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Carlisle Cobb family papers
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Carlisle Cobb family papers | |
| Creator: Cobb family | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1815-1971 | |
| Bulk Dates: 1922-1947 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 24.1 Linear Feet (57 document boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 oversized folder B) | |
| Collection Number: ms2007 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Carlisle Cobb (1886-1970) was a lawyer and judge, the son of Howell Cobb (1842-1909) and Mary McKinley Cobb (1844-1927), he married Kate McKinley Treanor in 1913. their children include Carlisle Cobb, Jr. (1916) married Juliette Dale, Howell Edward (1918), and Mary McKinley (1923) married Lee Trimble. Other family members include Carlisle's brothers Zachariah Lamar Cobb (b. 1880) and Thomas Reade Roots (1868-1898) who married Maud Barker (d. 1891), sisters Sara Spalding (b. 1882) who married Richard Baxter (d. 1906) and Caroline Elizabeth (b. 1884), and his nephew Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (b. 1896).
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, receipts, family legal papers, radio scripts of Carlisle Cobb, and manuscripts of Carlisle Cobb and Mary McKinley Cobb. The correspondence contains letters between Howell Cobb, Mary McKinley Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, and members of the McKinley family. The bulk of the correspondence contains letters from Carlisle Cobb to his wife Kate Cobb; from Carlisle, Jr. to his wife Juliette Cobb from England, France, and Ireland while serving with the 6th and 28th Cavalry during World War II; and from Mary McKinley Cobb, while a student at Kansas State University, to Lee Trimble. Other correspondents include Sara Cobb Baxter, Howell E. Cobb, Zachariah Lamar Cobb, and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Carlisle Cobb family papers, ms2007, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2009 June 29.
General Notes
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
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Related Collections in this Repository
Related collections in this repository: Other Cobb family papers.