Butler family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Butler family papers
Creator: Barrow family
Creator: Butler family
Inclusive Dates: 1820-1950
Bulk Dates: 1896-1931
Language(s): English
Extent: 4.8 Linear Feet (6 document boxes, 1 half box, 1 oversized box, 1 carton)
Collection Number: ms1639
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of the Butler family of Madison, Morgan County, Georgia from ca. 1820-1950. Contains correspondence to various members of the Butler family including Col. D.E. Butler, Peter Walton Butler, and Bessie Butler. Correspondents of Bessie Butler include Benjamin W. Hunt of Eatonton, Joseph Jacobs of Atlanta, and J. Quinn West of Thomaston, Georgia, all which discuss family matters and Georgia politics. The collection also contains medical notes from college (1820s); an autograph album of Ginnie T. Walton (1849-1850); glass plate negatives of Thurlston, the Butler home in Madison (1880s); and a diary of Baptist minister Jesse Mercer describing a journey (March-June 1820) to Philadelphia to attend a Baptist convention.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Butler family papers, MS 1639. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 September 11.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

See also photographic materials from this collection that were removed to the Cased Image Collection, MS 3529.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Correspondence
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1	1	28 June 1833
1	1	27 September 1833
1	2	20 January 1840
1	3	23 January 1864
1	4	21 May 1868
1	4	1 June 1868
1	5	29 April 1871
1	6	2 May 1871
1	7	2 April 1873
1	8	21 June 1875
1	9	25 March 1884
1	10	28 May 1896
1	11	25 December 1898
1	12	11 January 1900
1	13	23 January 1900
1	14	21 May 1903
1	66	1 January 1905
1	15	24 November 1908
1	16	21 August 1909
1	17	9 December 1910
1	18	31 December 1913
1	19	25 January 1915
1	20	3 August 1916
1	21	2 September 1916
1	22	14 September 1917
1	23	26 December 1919
1	24	2 January 1920
1	25	13 June 1922
1	26	23 June 1922
1	27	5 July 1922
1	28	30 September 1922
1	29	21 November 1922
1	30	29 November 1922
1	31	10 March 1923
1	32	3 May 1923
1	33	10 May 1923
1	34	23 July 1923
1	35	26 May 1924
1	36	6 August 1924
1	37	21 August 1924
1	38	9 January 1925
1	39	11 May 1925
1	40	24 May 1926
1	41	2 July 1926
1	42	19 November 1928
1	43	26 November 1928
1	44	8 January 1929
1	45	19 March 1929
1	46	2 June 1929
1	47	1 July 1929
1	48	9 September 1929
1	49	18 October 1929
1	50	20 October 1929
1	51	26 September 1930
1	52	3 December 1930
1	53	22 December 1930
1	54	29 December 1930
1	55	31 January 1931
1	56	4 March 1931
1	57	25 December 1944
1	58	2 January 1946
1	59	Undated
1	60	Undated
1	61	Undated
1	62	Undated
1	63	Undated
1	64	Undated
1	65	Undated

 

Subject file
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2	1	Address Book
2	2	Autograph Book -Louise Winston Powell
2	3	Clippings
2	4	Desk Calendar-Dr. J.H. Nicholson
2	5	Diary and Quotation Book-P.W. Butler
2	6	Envelopes
2	7	Financial Records
2	8	Genealogy
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3	1	Household Inventory
3	2	Ledger-P.W. Butler, 1901-1916
3	3	Ledger-Daisy Butler, 1915-1916
3	4	Ledger-Daisy Butler, 1917-1918
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4	1	Medical Notes
4	2	Medical Notes
4	3	Medical Notes-James B. Lewis[?], 1824-1825
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5	1	Medical Notes-Dr. J.H. Nicholson, Univ. of Penn., 1923-1924
5	2	Medical Notes-Edward A. Broddus, 1822-1823
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6	1	Mercer, Jesse-Accounts of a journey to Philadelphia
6	2	Miscellaneous
6	3	Photo Album-Ammi[?] Butler
6	4	Photographs
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7	1	Receipt Book, 1938-1940
7	2	Recipes
7	3	Speech
7	4	Superior Court Records, 1868-1871
7	4	Morgan, Jones, Baldwin, Putnam, Wilkinson, Greene counties
7	5	Walton, Ginnie T.-Autograph Album, 1849-1850

 

Photographs and artifacts

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8

Photographs, Glass Negatives, Photo Album, Eyeglasses, 1878 (2)

8

Photo Album of Graduating Class of Mercer University, 1877

carton

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1

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Black Beaver Fur Top Hat