Francis R. Goulding papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Francis R. Goulding papers
Creator: Goulding, F. R. (Francis Robert), 1810-1881
Creator: Ben Ali, active 1812-1860
Inclusive Dates: 1850-1986
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 Linear Feet 2 document boxes, 1 oversized folder, 2 artifacts
Collection Number: ms2807
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Francis Robert Goulding (1810-1881) graduated from the University of Georgia in 1830. Goulding authored the book The Young marooners on the Florida coast.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, patent petitions, manuscripts of writings, notes, and other papers of Goulding; family correspondence; correspondence with the Georgia State Library, where Goulding's papers were previously housed, and others concerning the collection; and manuscript by Bilali (Ben Ali), an enslaved Arabic man from Sapelo Island, Ga., and correspondence, articles, and other papers relating to the manuscript.

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Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

A facsimile of the Bilali manuscript is available for use. The original is restricted due to fragility.

Ownership and Custodial History

Transferred from Georgia State Law Library, 1992.

Preferred Citation

Francis R. Goulding papers, ms2807, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Provenance

The Francis R. Goulding Collection contains materials originally given to the Georgia State Library in 1932.

Extract from Atlanta Journal magazine, 3 July 1932, concerning the Goulding family's gifts to the State Library; the artifacts listed are also included in this collection:

The tools with which his grandfather is said to have made the first sewing machine have been loaned to the state library by Frank Goulding, of Atlanta, for exhibit with the memorial collection. These tools, a rather crude brace bit and spoke shaver, were given Mr. Goulding by his uncle, the captain (Benjamin L. Goulding). Mr. Goulding has also lent a walking stick, made of teakwood from the Himalayan Mountains and which must have belonged to Thomas Goulding... for on its silver head is engraved, 'Dr. Goulding, May, 1705.'

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 September 11.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Goulding Papers
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1	1	Charles Goulding's grave
1	2	Clippings
1	3	Columbia Theological Seminary, pamphlet
1	4	Correspondence to Benjamin Lloyd Goulding, 1870
1	5	Correspondence to Benjamin Lloyd Goulding, 1871-1874
1	6	Correspondence to Benjamin Lloyd Goulding, 1877-1881
1	7	Correspondence to Charles Goulding
1	8	Correspondence to Alexander H. Stephens, Mrs. Thomas Goulding, others, 1861, 1862, 1870
1	9	Correspondence: from Benjamin Lloyd Goulding
1	10	Correspondence : to Francis R. Goulding
1	11	Correspondence to Benjamin Lloyd Goulding, 1869-1887
1	12	Correspondence to Benjamin Lloyd Goulding, 1895-1918
1	13	Correspondence to others
1	14	Manuscript on ants
1	15	Notes on Instinct, Nos. 1-3
1	16	Notes on "various Subjects", Nos. 1-3
1	17	Patent petition for crayon holders
1	18	Photo-Roswell home
1	19	Photos
1	20	Sheet music, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains"
1	21	Sheet music, "Missionary Hymn"
1	22	State Library materials

 

Bilali (Ben Ali) Manuscript
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2	1	Manuscript reproduction
			The original manuscript is very fragile; therefore, a reproduction is provided for research purposes.
2	2	Slides of manuscript
2	3	Affadavit of Benjamin L. Goulding
2	4	Al-Ahari, Muhamad
2	5	Correspondence
2	6	Correspondence: Austin, Allan
2	7	Correspondence : Cate, Margaret
2	8	Correspondence: Brown, Mary Jo McGee
2	9	Correspondence : Coastal Georgia Historical Society
2	10	Correspondence: Danner, Victor
2	11	Correspondence : Davis, Curtis
2	12	Correspondence: Glidden, Harold W.
2	13	Correspondence: Herskovits, Melville
2	14	Correspondence: Library of Congress
2	15	Correspondence: Matthews, Charles D.
2	16	Correspondence : Parrish, Lydia
2	17	Correspondence : Shelby, Gertrude M.
2	18	Correspondence : Swaney, W.B.
2	19	Correspondence : Wetmore, Alexander; Smithsonian
2	20	Hodgson, W.B.; paper presented to Ethnological Society, 1857
2	21	Journal of Negro History , 1940
2	22	Notes on manuscript, State Librarian
2	23	Photographs of manuscript
2	24	Photostatic copy of manuscript
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1A		Enlarged photographs of manuscript

 

Artifacts
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1		Wooden Cane inscribed "Dr. Goulding May 1785"
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2		Wooden Cane, inscribed "1759-1851"
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3	1	4 metal/wooden pieces used in machine (includes "brace" and "spoke shave")
3	2	Magnifying glass
3	3	Metal Clamps and Washer (4 items)
3	4	Example of stitching on Goulding sewing machine