Mills B. Lane, Jr. family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Mills B. Lane, Jr. family papers
Creator: Lane family
Inclusive Dates: 1916-1989
Language(s): English
Extent: 4.8 Linear Feet 9 document boxes, 1 oversized box
Collection Number: ms2737
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Mills Bee Lane, Jr. (1912-1989), president of the Citizens and Southern National Bank from 1946-1972, son of Mills Bee Lane, Sr. (1860-1945), founder of the Citizens and Southern National Bank and president until 1928.

For more information, see the article Mills B. Lane Jr. (1912-1989) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Mills (Bee) Lane IV (1942- ), publisher of the Beehive Press (Savannah, Ga.), author, son of Mills Bee Lane, Jr.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of papers of Mills B. Lane, Jr. Mills B. Lane, Sr. and the Mills family from 1916-1989. Materials (1916-1943) relating to Mills B. Lane, Sr. include incoming correspondence and carbon copies of Mills' outgoing letters, clippings, photographs, and legal documents. The materials document Mills' banking activities including his presidency of the Citizens and Southern National Bank (Savannah, Ga.) and tenure as chairman of the Board, as well as Mills' involvement with Georgia real estate sales, fertilizer and chemical companies, and his assistance to Georgia farmers through bank loans. Correspondents include Lane's brother Edward W. Lane and A.P. Brantley.

The bulk of the collection (1931-1979) contains the correspondence of Mills Bee Lane, Jr. Includes letters (1931-1934) between Lane, Jr. and his parents, Lane, Sr. and Mary Comer Lane, while a student at Yale University; letters (1935-1945) between Lane, Jr. and Lane, Sr. discussing banking activities, finance, and farming; correspondence (1950-1974) between Lane, Jr. and his brother Edward C. Lane concerning finances and the management of Edward's farm in Valdosta (Ga.); and letters (1958-1973) between Lane, Jr. and Mills Lane concerning Mills' schooling at Middlesex School (Concord, Mass.) and Harvard University, Mills' activities with Beehive Press (Savannah, Ga.), and Mills' finances. The collection also contains correspondence pertaining to the resignation of Richard Kattel, the financial crisis of Citizens and Southern Bank (1978), and the establishment of the Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation (Savannah, Ga.).

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Mills B. Lane, Jr. family papers, ms2737, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 May 7.

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 Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Mills B. Lane, Sr.
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1	1	Clippings
1	2-11	Correspondence, 1916-1973
1	12	Correspondence - Georgia-Carolina Chemical Co., 1931-1943
1	13	Correspondence - Reliance Fertilizer Co., 1938-1939
1	14	Correspondence - South States Phosphate & Fertilizer Co., 1933-1934
1	15	Deeds of trust, 1854 1861
1	16	Genealogy
1	17	Photographs
1	18	Writings-"Lanes of Lebanon"

 

2. Mills B. Lane, Jr.
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2	1	"Automobile Quarterly"
2	2	Baptismal records
2	3	Biography-"The Wonderful World of Mills B. Lane, Jr."
2	4-5	Clippings, 1930-1989
2	6	Clippings - Kattel resignation, 1978
2	7-10	Correspondence, 1923-1934 (copies)
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3	1-5	Correspondence, 1935-1945
3	6	Correspondence - between Pineapple (Mills B. Lane Jr.) and Coconuts (James Molaka), 1945-1947
3	7-13	Correspondence, 1946-1977
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4	1-4	Correspondence - Kattel resignation, 1978
4	5	Correspondence - Kattel resignation stockholder letters, 1978
4	6	Correspondence, 1978-1979
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5	5	Correspondence - Lane Foundation
5	6	Correspondence - Passport
5	7	Correspondence - Photographs
5	8	Correspondence - Tapes
5	9	Correspondence - Wills, 1981-1988
5	10	Correspondence - Writings, 1941-1977
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6	1-6	Correspondence re: Edward C. Lane, 1947-1984
6	7	Correspondence re: Edward C. Lane Ruby Ellen Lane Gray Corbett, 1962-1973
6	8-10	Correspondence re: Edward C. Lane finances, 1959-1984
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7	1-10	Correspondence to Mills B. Lane IV, 1952-1973

 

3. Mills B. Lane IV
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8	1	Automobile file, 1968
8	2	Beehive Foundation-report, 1994
8	3	Biographical information
8	4-8	Correspondence, 1949-1998
8	9	Financial papers, 1970-1992
8	10	Photographs
8	11-12	Printed Material, 1972-2001
8	13	World trips, 1992-1993
8	14	Writings
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9	1	Lawsuit - Agreement, 1947
9	2-6	Lawsuit, 1995-2000

 

4. Oversize Material

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Oversize photographs-Mills B. Lane, Jr.

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Duplicate photographs-Mills B. Lane, Jr.

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Original copies of some newspaper clippings

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"Three Hundred Twenty-One Barnard Street, Savannah"

restoration photographs and clippings

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Custom made tie for Mills B. Lane, Jr., Undated