H. Branch Howe, Jr. papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: H. Branch Howe, Jr. papers
Creator: Howe, H. Branch, Jr., 1924-1998
Inclusive Dates: 1917-1999
Language(s): English
Extent: 18.75 Linear Feet (14 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 1 oversized folder)
Collection Number: UA0154
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Henry Branch Howe, Jr. (1924-1998), native of Atlanta and long-time Athens resident, taught microbiology at UGA from 1957 to 1990 and served as associate dean of the Graduate School (1981-1990). Additionally, Howe served as president of the UGA Chapter of Sigma Xi, director of the State Science Fair, and president of the UGA Retired Faculty Association. A bird enthusiast, Howe participated in the Athens bird count in his spare time (1980-1998) and served on Georgia Ornithological Society Executive Committee. Prior to joining the faculty at UGA, he obtained his doctorate in genetics from the University of Wisconsin and served in the Army's 100th Infantry Division during World War II.

Scope and Content

The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, and photographs. The correspondence is primarily between Howe and other microbiologists regarding genetics and neurospora; however, there is also birding, personal, and administrative correspondence. There are a small number of applications and proposals submitted to the UGA Graduate School by various departments desiring to offer PhD programs (1962-1963). There are a number of research grant proposals (1959-1979). Also included is information and statistics from the Athens bird count (1980-1998) and Branch Howe's papers concerning the Georgia Ornithological Society with some printed material. One large photo album documents the 100th Infantry Division during World War II and Howe experience during the war. The other photo album originally belonged to Clifford Cagle (Branch Howe's mother-in-law's sister's husband) and documents UGA around 1917-1918. The UGA photographs include football and baseball games, students in World War I uniforms, buildings and scenes around campus, and student activities.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

H. Branch Howe, Jr. papers, UA0154, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Biographical information

 

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Correspondence A

 

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Correspondence B

 

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Correspondence Barbara Bachmann

 

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Correspondence R. W. Barratt

 

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Correspondence A. V. Beatty

 

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Correspondence Sara N. Bennett

 

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Correspondence Lewis Berner

 

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Correspondence Connally Briles

 

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Correspondence Robert R. Bryden

 

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Correspondence Condolences

 

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Correspondence D

 

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Correspondence Julian T. Darlington

 

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Correspondence Gib DuBusk

 

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Correspondence Frederick de Serras

 

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Correspondence E

 

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Correspondence Bruce M. Eberhart

 

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Correspondence F-G

 

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Correspondence Norman Giles

 

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Correspondence Sam Gross

 

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Correspondence H

 

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Correspondence Dr. Herholdt

 

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Correspondence I

 

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Correspondence J-L

 

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Correspondence M

 

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Correspondence Louise McBee

 

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Correspondence Robert L. Metzenburg

 

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Correspondence Mary B. Mitchell

 

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Correspondence Noreen Murray

 

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Correspondence N

 

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Correspondence P

 

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Correspondence William J. Payne

 

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Correspondence David D. Perkins

 

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Correspondence Vivek Prakash

 

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Correspondence Q

 

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Correspondence R

 

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Correspondence with and concerning Dr. M. V. Reddy

 

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Correspondence S

 

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Correspondence Frank Seto

 

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Correspondence Adrian M. Srb

 

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Correspondence David R. Stadler

 

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Correspondence Henry M. Stevenson

 

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Correspondence George Woolley

 

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Correspondence unidentified

 

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Correspondence concerning the American Chestnut, 1958-1961

 

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Correspondence concerning the American Chestnut, 1962-1972

 

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Correspondence- Departmental

 

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Correspondence- Personal, 1958-1998

 

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Correspondence, 1930s-1940s

 

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Correspondence with Henry M. Stevenson, 1940-1944

 

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Correspondence with Norman H. Giles, 1953-1959

 

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Correspondence, 1960, 1965-1968

 

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Correspondence, 1950s

 

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Correspondence, 1960-1969

 

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Correspondence, 1970s

 

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Correspondence, 1980s

 

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Correspondence, 1983

 

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Correspondence, 1989-1993

 

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Correspondence, 1996-1998

 

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Correpondence about Historic Tree Program, 1992

 

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Correspondence-includes obituaries for Henry M. Stevenson, 1991

 

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Correspondence, 1990s

 

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Correspondence, 1975-1991

 

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Correspondence, undated

 

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Anne Howe sympathy cards, 1998

 

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Graduate School papers

 

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Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society certificate, 1957 November 19

 

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Grade analysis, 1959-1964

 

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Petitions - Applications by UGA Deptartments to the Graduate School to offer Ph.D. programs, 1962-1963

 

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Wake Forest grant material , 1957

 

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Grant - Genetic studies on mating type in neurospora crassa, 1959-1962

 

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Grant - Genetic studies on neurospora tetrasperma, 1962-1965

 

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Grant - Genetic studies on neurospora tetrasperma, 1967-1969

 

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Grant - Genetic studies on blue-green algae, 1965-1968

 

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Grant - Genetic studies of urease in neurospora crassa, 1968-1972

 

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Grant - Conversion of biomass (cellulose) to alcohol using microbial fermentations, 1979

 

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Quarterly reports - Honors Program, 1963-1964

 

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Neurspora information conference, 1960

 

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Teaching, 1965-1970, undated

 

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Microbiology Department, 1970s-1991, undated

 

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Teaching materials

 

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The Graduate School, 1974-1990

 

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The second series of Graduate Program reviews at UGA, 1986

 

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The Graduate School annual report, 1988-1989

 

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Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, 1987

 

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Environmental Fund for Georgia, 1992

 

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50th Georgia Science and Engineering Fair, 1998

 

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UGA Commencement program, 1979

 

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Research - Homothallic Neurospora

 

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Research - Auxotrophic mutants, 1979

 

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Research - Neurospora Africana

 

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Research - Neurospora crassa

 

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Research - Black mutant Neurospora crassa

 

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Paper - Uptake and Dissimilation of Glycerol by Wild Type and Glycerol Non-utilizing Strains of Neurospora Crassa by Joseph E. Pyle and H. Branch Howe, Jr.

 

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Paper - Female Sterility and Ascospore Lethality in Neurospora Crassa by H. Branch Howe, Jr.

 

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Personal Research papers

 

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Clippings, 1981-1982

 

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Clippings, 1927-1998

 

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Personal

 

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Personal, 1980-1990

 

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Awards and certificates

 

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Diplomas and certificates

 

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Six Generations of Ards and Stevensons, 2010

 

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Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1964-1969

 

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Society of the Sigma XI

 

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Lantern slides to unkown presentation

 

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Professional papers

 

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Writing - Crossing Over and Nuclear Passing in Neurospora Crassa

 

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Writing - History of Emory's Department of Biology

 

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Writing- Articles, 1949-1981

 

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Writing- Articles, undated

 

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Writing- Birding

 

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M.A. Thesis, Emory University, 1950

 

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Professional papers

 

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Commencement regalia

 

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100th Infantry Divsion Association

 

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Sutton's Warbler project, 1958

 

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Report - GOS Regional Vice President, Athens, 1964

 

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Athens regional report for the Georgia Ornithological Society, 1965

 

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Sandy Creek printed materials, 1991-1997, undated

 

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Bird count correspondence, notes, and printed materials, 1991-1997

 

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Birding correspondence

 

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Description of bird count areas, 1990-1996

 

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Chirstmas bird count, 1980-1987

 

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June bird count, 1988

 

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Christmas bird count, 1988

 

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June bird count, 1989

 

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Chirstmas bird count, 1989

 

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June bird count, 1990

 

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Christmas bird count, 1990

 

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June bird count, 1991

 

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Christmas bird count, 1991

 

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June bird count, 1992

 

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Chirstmas bird count, 1992

 

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June bird count, 1993

 

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Christmas bird count, 1993

 

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June bird count, 1994

 

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Christmas bird count, 1994

 

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June bird count, 1995

 

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Christmas bird count, 1995

 

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June bird count, 1996

 

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Christmas bird count, 1996

 

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June bird count, 1997

 

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Christmas bird count, 1997

 

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June bird count, 1998

 

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Early Christmas bird counts - notes and printed material, 1942-1979

 

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Twenty-nine Year Synopsis of the Coot Bay (Fl.) Christmas Bird Count

 

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North American May Bird Count, 1992

 

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Georgia Ornithological Society memebership, 1950-1993

 

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Georgia Ornithological Society Executive Committee meeting minutes, 1965-1994

 

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Georgia Ornithological Society Executive Committee meeting minuites, 1995-1997

 

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Georgia Ornithological Society materials, 1925-1994, undated

 

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North American migration count, 1993, 1994, 1996

 

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An Analysis of Range Extensions of Certain Bird Species in the Athens, Georgia Area by Olin S. Allen III

 

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Clippings - Ornithological

 

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Miscellaneous birding material

 

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Printed material - nature and parks

 

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Printed material - State Botanical Garden of Georgia

 

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Printed material - Ornithological

 

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Printed material - Ornithologists' Union

 

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Paper - Birding

 

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"Army Talks" vol. IV, nos. 15, 21, 26, 27, 1945

 

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"The Athens Yellow-Throat" Quarterly of the Athens Bird Club vol. 1, nos. 1, 2, 3, 1967

 

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"The Auklet: An Occasional Journal of Awkward Murre-Murres" vol. 1, nos. 2, 4; vol. 2, no. 4; vol. ?, no. ?, 1922, 1924, 1931, 1938, 1947, 1948

 

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"The People vs. Nazism" Information Bulletin, 1946

 

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"The Raven: Bulletin of the Virginia Society of Ornithology" vol. XVI, nos. 7, 8, July-August 1945

 

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Printed material- German army booklets, 1940; 1944

 

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Printed material- "Elites Francaises: The Allied Troops Landing"

 

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Printed material- WWII American military booklets, 1941-1946

 

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Student work, 1947-1951

 

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Boy Scout material, 1930s

 

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Daughters of the American Revolution material, 1970s

 

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Clifford E. Cagle will and obituaries, 1947; 1951

 

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41st United Confederate Veterans Reunion souvenir program, 1931

 

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Official documents

 

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Anne Haden Howe material

 

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Passport- H.B. Howe, Sr., 1920

 

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Henry B. Howe Sr. and Grace Howe papers, 1920-1921

 

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Howe family and property history

 

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Military service documents, 1943-1948

 

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Grammar school scrapbook, 1930s

 

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Ephemera

 

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Slides- Hummingbird, 1979

 

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Photo album - Clifford Cagle, UGA Scenes [includes campus and buildings, students, baseball and football games, WWI military training, and "Hunka Tin"], circa 1917-1918

 

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Photo album - 100th Infantry Division , 1945-1946

 

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Photographs- lab work

 

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Photographs, 1940s-2007

 

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Photographs and negatives

 

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Photographs- 100th Infantry Division Europe trip - photo album contents, 1994

 

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Photographs- Olympics, 1996

 

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Photograph- Burlington Traffic Dept. family dinner-Chicago, IL, 1939

 

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Photograph- Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) unit at Fort Benning, 1944

 

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Photograph- Burlington Railroad officials in Sheridan, Wyoming, circa 1912

 

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Mess kit, WWII era

 

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Russian military helmet, WWII era

 

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Nazi helmet and cap

 

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Military helmet, WWII era

 

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U.S. Army uniform and wool overcoat, WWII era

 

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Writing- "An Herbarium of Fifty Georgia Seed Plants, Selected to Include a Wide Range of Orders", 1948

 

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American publications in Europe: "Beachhead News," "The Stars and Stripes," "Yank," "The Blue Star," "Powder Horn," "Century Sentinel", 1945

 

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"The Pine Bur," published at Fort Benning, 1945

 

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Unidentified group photos of women, possibly Washburn College class