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Robert Preston Brooks papers of the Georgia Historical Association
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Robert Preston Brooks papers of the Georgia Historical Association | |
| Creator: Brooks, Robert Preston, 1881-1961 | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1917-1922 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet 1 box | |
| Collection Number: ms38 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Robert Preston Brooks was an educator, historian, head of the Institute of Public Affairs, and Dean of the School of Economics at the University of Georgia, and resided in Athens, Georgia.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of papers of Robert Preston Brooks, mainly in association with the Georgia Historical Association and Georgia Historical Society. Correspondence chiefly concerns the merger of the Georgia Historical Association with the Georgia Historical Society, and Georgia Historical Quarterly. Correspondents include A. R. Lawton, Andrew J. Cobb, Otis Ashmore, Charles Edgeworth Jones, Alfred Newell, Percy Flippin, Lucien Lamar Knight, and E. Merton Coulter.
The collection also contains the Georgia Historical Association and Georgia Historical Society merger agreement, financial statements and ledgers of Robert Preston Brooks and the Georgia Historical Association, meeting minutes, and lists of members of the Georgia Historical Society.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Robert Preston Brooks papers of the Georgia Historical Association, ms38, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2019.
General Notes
Papers donated by the Georgia Historical Association in 1953. Minute book transferred from Georgia Room to collection in 2008.