First Presbyterian Church (Athens, Ga.) records

Descriptive Summary
Title: First Presbyterian Church (Athens, Ga.) records
Creator: First Presbyterian Church (Athens, Ga.)
Inclusive Dates: 1907-1997
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Collection Number: ms3151
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and records of First Presbyterian Church, Athens, Georgia, from 1907-1997. Several letters are from members of the armed forces, their families, chaplains and pastors during World War II. Photographs depict missionaries, church members, and the church building. Church records include inventories, bulletins, various resolutions and memorials.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

First Presbyterian Church (Athens, Ga.) records, ms3151, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2019.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. World War II Correspondence and Related Material
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1	1	Correspondence, 1941-1942 August
1	2	Correspondence, 1942 September-December
1	3	Correspondence, 1943 January-August
1	4	Correspondence, 1943 September-November
1	5	Correspondence, 1943
1	6	Correspondence, 1944 January-August
1	7	Correspondence, 1944 September-December
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2	1	Correspondence, 1945 January-May
2	2	Correspondence, 1945 June-December
2	3	Correspondence
2	4	Log of church activities regarding servicemen; Lists of soldier's addresses, record of church activities in their behalf , 1942-1944
2	5	Inventory of church vault; Margaret Prescott Montague poem To the Fighting Men, 1942, 1967

 

2. Church Scrapbooks and History
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2	6	Church scrapbook (disbound), 1911-1949
			Church scrapbook; Photographs of missionaries: The Swineharts and Mrs. H.C. Ostrom; Bulletins; Bible School picture; University Class; Appreciation of W.D. Hooper; Program of Progress committee minutes; Georgia Synodical Training School picture; Photographs of John Roark, Martha Stone and Chaplain W.R. Floyd, Interior and exterior of church building
2	7	Church scrapbook (disbound), 1907-1955
			Church scrapbook; Photographs: family night suppers, Sunday school classes, meetings; Dr. Eugene L. Hill information-pastor; Article on new organ; Memorial for Sarah Frances Marshall Ramsey (Mrs. Harmon B.); Resolution of Dr. Harmon B. Ramsey
2	8	Church scrapbook (disbound), 1963-1997
			Hill memorial tablet; Photographs: groundbreaking ceremony, Earl Roberts Family, Forward Step banquet, building committee, floor plans, family night, Haiti mission trip; Newsclips; Mrs. A.S. Isom letter; Theodore C. Santana letter
2	9	Photocopies of various church publications
			Photocopies of Sesqui-centennial book of church history; Memorial Day observance honoring gold star veterans on 50th Anniversary of end of WWII with list of veterans; Script for slide presentation based on armed services letters