Hardin and McPherson family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Hardin and McPherson family papers
Creator: Hardin family
Creator: McPherson family
Inclusive Dates: 1847-1947
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Collection Number: ms3875
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists primarily of correspondence, containing 87 letters exchanged by the Hardin and McPherson families over a one hundred year period. Topics include family members, health, marriage, births, deaths, and education. The collection also includes photographs and drawings of family members, the marriage certificate of James McPherson and Susan Hardin, and clippings.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Hardin and McPherson family papers, ms 3875, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2014.

General Notes

This collection was donated in loving memory of Amanda Stacy Northrop class of 2007.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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folder

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List of correspondence

 

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Correspondence, 1847-1947

 

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James McPherson letter to his mother, Sophia Beery, undated

 

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Marriage and birth listings, 1844-1898

 

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5

James McPherson and Susan Hardin marriage certificate, 1868 July 28

 

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6

Beery-McPherson family timeline

 

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7

J. S. Burbank "In memoriam" envelope, 1915 July 12

 

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8

Drawing of Lauriston Bonaparte Hardin by Anna Maria Hanson Hooe Hardin

 

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Photograph of oil portrait of Lauriston Bonaparte Hardin

 

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10

Print of unidentified woman on tearsheet

 

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Colonel M. B. Hardin photograph and biographical sketch

 

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John Hayward Hardin photograph and biographical sketch

 

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13

Susan Lane Hardin McPherson photograph (reproduction)

 

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Clippings