M'Nelle Causey family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: M'Nelle Causey family papers
Creator: Causey, M'Nelle Gibson
Inclusive Dates: 1906-1995
Language(s): English
Extent: 11 Linear Feet 21 boxes, 2 items
Collection Number: ms3606
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Mary Minelle (M'Nelle) Gibson Causey was born in 1920 in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Griffin High School, West Georgia College, and the University of Georgia. Her parents were William Claude Gibson (1887-1956) and Lucy Davis Gibson (b. 1892). M'Nelle married William Claude Causey (1916-1997) in 1941 and they had three sons – William Claude, Jr. (1943-1994), Davis Eugene (b. 1949) and Joseph Stephen (b. 1950). The Causey family lived in Athens, Georgia, and M'Nelle Causey was a freelance writer who wrote for newspapers and magazines, worked for the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, and owned M'Nelle, Inc., a costume and dress shop.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, writings, photographs, art and printed material. Much of the correspondence is between M'Nelle and her husband while he served in Troop B, 89th Cavalry, Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), U.S. Army, during World War II.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

M'Nelle Causey family papers, ms3606, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Correspondence
	1.1 General
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1	1		Genealogy
1	2		Biographical information and M'Nelle Causey's notes about the collection
1	3		1906-1912
1	4		1913
1	5		1914-1916
1	6		1917 July-September
1	7		1917 December-1918
1	8		1900-1919
1	9		1920-1929
1	10		1930-1939
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2	1		at University of Georgia, 1939-1941
2	2		at University of Georgia, 1939-1941
2	3		1940 June-September
2	4		1940 October
2	5		1940 November
2	6		1940 December
2	7		1941 January
2	8		1941 February-July
2	9		1941 August
2	10		1941 September-December
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3	1		1942 January-June
3	2		1942 July-December
3	3		1942
3	4		1943 January 1-17
3	5		1943 January 18-31
3	6		1943 February-May
3	7		1943 June-July
3	8		1943 August
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4	1		1943 September
4	2		1943 October-November
4	3		1943 December 1-9
4	4		1943 December 13-30
4	5		1943
4	6		1943
4	7		1944 January-July
4	8		1944 August
4	9		1944 September
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5	1		1944 October 1-10
5	2		1944 October 11-20
5	3		1944 October 21-31
5	4		1944 November 1-15
5	5		1944 November 16-30
5	6		1944 December 1-10
5	7		1944 December 11-31
5	8		1945 January 1-15
5	9		1945 January 16-23
5	10		1945 January 24-31
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6	1		1945 February 1-7
6	2		1945 February 9-19
6	3		1945 February 20-27
6	4		1945 March 1-12
6	5		1945 March 13-21
6	6		1945 March 22-31
6	7		1945 April 1-8
6	8		1945 April 9-19
6	9		1945 April 21-30
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7	1		1945 May 1-11
7	2		1945 May 12-23
7	3		1945 May 25-31
7	4		1945 June 1-9
7	5		1945 June 10-19
7	6		1945 June 20-30
7	7		1945 July 1-8
7	8		1945 July 9-16
7	9		1945 July 17-23
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8	1		1945 July 24-31
8	2		1945 August 1-7
8	3		1945 August 8-14
8	4		1945 August 16-31
8	5		1945 September
8	6		1945 October
8	7		1946-1949
8	8		1950-1951
8	9		1952
8	10		1953
8	11		1954-1955
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9	1		1956 January-September
9	2		1956 October-December
9	3		1957 January-February
9	4		1957 March-July
9	5		1957 August-October
9	6		1958-1959 May
9	7		1959 June
9	8		1959 July-December
9	9		1960 January-April
9	10		1960 May-December
9	11		1961-1962
9	12		1963-1968
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10	1		1970-1979
10	2		History of M'Nelle, Inc., 1978
10	3		Travel Related, 1982
10	4		Travel Related, 1985
10	5		Travel Related, 1986
10	6		1986-2003
10	7-8		1940-1949
10	9		1950-1959
10	10		1960-1979
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11	1		A-Z Miscellaneous
11	2		Athens Area Vocational Technical School, 1963, 1973
11	3		Athens Area Vocational Technical School, 1974
11	4		Beech Haven Baptist Church (Athens, Ga.), 1962-1966
11	5		Jane Chamberlain , 1974
11	6		Elsie Chitwood, 1965-1974
11	7		Copyright, 1938-1954
11	8		Mamie Eisenhower, 1977
11	9		Georgia State Department of Education, 1959-1967
11	10		John H. Glenn, Jr., 1961
11	11		Luke Greene, Atlanta Times, 1964
11	12		Muriel Humphrey (Mrs. Hubert Humphrey), 1964-1967
11	13		Lady Bird Johnson (Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson), 1960-1969
11	14		James J. Kilpatrick, 1976-1977
11	15		David R. King, 1969-1974
11	16		Loraine Knight, 1971
11	17		Grace Lundy, 1966
11	18		Robert McKee, 1960-1961
11	19		Harold Martin, 1966, 1968
11	20		Sharon Porter, 1963
11	21		Mary George Poss, 1963, 1964
11	22		Rich's (Atlanta, Ga.), 1967, 1974
11	23		Edwin and Belle Saye, 1967
11	24		Celestine Sibley, 1952-1974
11	25		John and Janet Stegeman, 1966-1967
11	26		Betty Talmadge, 1958
11	27		University of Georgia, 1956-1964
11	28		University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, 1953-1962
11	29		Ernest and Betty Vandiver, 1958-1966
11	30		Unknown Correspondents
	1.2 With Editors
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11	31		A-Z Miscellaneous
11	32		Anderson Independent, 1961-1962
11	33		Anderson Independent, 1963-1973
11	34		Atlanta Constitution , 1961-1977
11	35		Farm and Ranch, 1953-1963
11	36		Reader's Digest, 1965-1969
11	37		Westminster Magazine, 1951, 1953

 

2. M'Nelle Inc.- Business records
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12	1	History
12	2	Information
12	3	Business Correspondence, 1977-1995
12	4	Notes
12	5	Financial Papers
12	6	Printed material, clippings, and ads

 

3. Writings
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13	1	Diary (as M'Nelle Gibson), 1936 November
13	2	School Papers (as M'Nelle Gibson), 1938
13	3	Daily Planner, 1964
13	4	Daily Planner with Notes, 1974
13	5	Jeanette McGarity Barber
13	6	Causey house construction
13	7	Margaret Goldwater (Mrs. Barry Goldwater) , 1964
13	8	Catherine Gibson Henderson, 2003
13	9	Sue Hughes, M'Nelle Inc. and family information , 1989
13	10	Muriel Humphrey (Mrs. Hubert Humphrey) , 1964-1967
13	11	Lady Bird Johnson (Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson) , 1961-1965
13	12	Ralph McGill/ "The House With the Yellow Door" , 1965-1967
13	13	Wren's Nest – letters to the editor, 1967
13	14	John Young, 1965-1969
13	15	"Answer Me, Ocean"
13	16	"Corner Brightness"
13	17	"Day in the Life of a Free Lance Writer"
13	18	"Farming to Foreign Relations"
13	19	"Gramma's Funeral"
13	20	"Gwabo and Teewee"
13	21	"Hollywood Can Have It"
13	22	"Jay's Kittens"
13	23	"Minutes from the Dixie Farm and Home Hour"
13	24	"Miss Puckett", 1966
13	25	"My Kinfolk, the Georgia School Teacher"
13	26	"The Place of the Writer in the Day's World"
13	27	"Return of Confidence"
13	28	Nursery Rhymes (Revised)
13	29	Poems A-W
13	30	Poems, untitled
	Trips
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14	1		Mobile, AL, 1956, 1959
14	2		New York, 1967 December
14	3		Hawaii, 1968
14	4		Chicago, 1968 November
14	5		Chappaqua, NY, 1968 December
14	6		Washington, DC, 1977 February
14	7		Camping, 1982-1986
14	8		New York , 1990 February
14	9		E. A. Causey trip, undated
14	9		North Carolina and Virginia
	Notebooks
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14	11		1965-1966
14	12		1966 March
14	13		1966 October
14	14		typescript which includes "Cali is Dead" , 1976
14	15		Redbook articles, 1976-1978
14	16		from Carrabelle, Florida, 1979 December
14	17		from Carrabelle, Florida, 1979 October
14	18		from Carrabelle, Florida, 1979 October, 1985 February
14	19		from Carrabelle, Florida, 1985 February
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15	1		1981-1982
15	2		from Ft. Walton, Florida, 1988 October
15	3		Undated notebooks
15	4	Anderson Independent articles, 1963-1967
15	5	Anderson Independent, bound volume of "Strictly Personal" columns , 1962-1963
15	6	"Strictly Personal" columns, 1962-1965
15	7	Athens Observer articles, 1975-1989
15	8	Atlanta Journal and Constitution articles, 1961
15	9	Bowdon Bulletin articles, 1963
15	10	Contact articles, 1965-1966
15	11	Farm and Ranch articles, 1961, 1963
15	12	Georgia Farmer articles, 1957-1960
15	13	Home Life articles, 1966-1968
15	14	magazine articles
15	15	untitled writings and notes
15	16	writing classes, 1974-1986
15	17	William C. Causey, Sr. (written by)
15	18	Writings by others
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16	1	"American News Sagas (bound), 1941
16	2	"Georgia Farmhouse Chats" (bound), 1952
16	3	"Georgia Farmhouse Chats" (bound), 1953
16	4	"Georgia Farmhouse Chats" (bound), 1954
16	5	"Georgia Farmhouse Chats" (bound), 1956
	University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service
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17	1		News Writing Assignments (bound), 1957-1958
17	2		"Weeklies" (bound), 1957
17	3		"Weeklies" (bound), 1958
17	4		"News Columns" (bound), 1958
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18	1	Georgia Cloverleaf (bound), 1954-1957
18	2	"Facts and Features" (bound), 1957
18	3	"Facts and Features" (bound), 1958
18	4	"United Press Radio" (bound), 1958
18	5	"Georgia Local Government Journal" (bound), 1960

 

4. Printed Material, Photographs
	4.1 Printed Material
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19	1		Miscellaneous
19	2		Causey and Gibson family
19	3		Agricultural Extension Service, FHA, 4-H
19	4		Griffin (Ga.) High School
19	5		Griffin (Ga.) High School – "The Spotlight", 1937
19	6		West Georgia College
19	7		West Georgia College – "The Chieftain, 1938
19	8		West Georgia College – "The Chieftain, 1939
	4.2 Photographs
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19	9		Family and Friends
19	10		Barry Goldwater family
19	11		Hubert Humphrey family
19	12		Lyndon B. Johnson family
19	13		John Young
	4.3 Miscellaneous
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19	14		Financial Papers
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20	1		Poster of Atlanta Journal front page announcing that Atlanta was chosen to host the 1996 Olympics, 1990 September 18
20	2		Poster of an owl
20	3		Owl design on cloth (by Marushka)
20	4		Portrait of M'Nelle Causey
20	5		Bound copy of North Georgia Life containing articles by M'Nelle Causey, 1963-1964
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21	1		Cameras and light meter used by M'Nelle Causey
21	2		Embosser for M'Nelle, Inc. logo
21	3		CD of M'Nelle Causey's interview with Ladybird Johnson
		Color oil painting by Alex Perrodin- depicts football player in jersey number 10- UGA alum Fran Tarkenton with the Minnesota Vikings
		Color oil painting by Alex Perrodin- depicts football player in jersey number 14- UGA player Andy Johnson