Malcolm Bell's Major Butler's Legacy papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Malcolm Bell's Major Butler's Legacy papers
Creator: Bell, Malcolm, 1913-2001
Inclusive Dates: 1974-1997
Language(s): English
Extent: 4 Linear Feet
Collection Number: ms4170
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Malcolm Bell, Jr. (1913-2001) was a banker, historian, civil leader, and civil rights advocate from Savannah, Georgia.

For more information, see Malcolm Bell, Jr. in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Pierce Butler (1744-1822) came to America in 1758 as an officer in the British Army. Butler was delegate to the Continental Congress in 1787; member of the convention which framed the Federal Constitution in 1787; elected to the United States Senate in 1789; reelected December 5, 1792, and served from March 4, 1789, to October 25, 1796.

For more information on the Butler family, see this article.

Scope and Content

This collection contains research notes, drafts, illustrations, and correspondence regarding Malcom Bell's publication of his book Major Butler's Legacy.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Malcolm Bell's Major Butler's Legacy papers, ms4170, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections include the Butler family papers, ms1639, the Pierce Butler letter to Petit de Vliiers, ms1498, and the Fanny Kemble collection, ms2459.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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1-4

Correspondence

 

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5-6

Butler correspondence

 

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7

Inquiries for publication

 

1

8

UGA Press

 

1

9

Permission

 

1

10

Changes

 

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11

Paperback edition

 

1

12

New Butler material

 

1

13

Peripheral material

 

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14

Butler material after publication

 

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Miscellaneous

 

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Reviews, clippings

 

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Notes, transcriptions of Fanny Kemble Butler and others

 

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3

MB Jr. Butler material

 

2

4

Introduction - notes

 

2

5

1. Carolina Gentry - notes

 

2

6

2. Patriot - notes

 

2

7

3. Spoils of War - notes

 

2

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4-5. Private Life - notes

 

2

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6-7. Public Life - notes

 

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8. Altamaha - notes

 

2

11

9. Georgia - notes

 

2

12

10. The Slaves - notes

 

2

13

11. Honored Sir - notes

 

2

14

12. War of 1812 - notes

 

2

15

13. 2d Generation Butlers - notes

 

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15. Mease Boys - notes

 

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16. Enter FK - notes

 

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17. Negroland - notes

 

2

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18. Butler v. Butler - notes

 

2

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19. Weeping Time - notes

 

2

21

20, 21, 22. Civil War - notes

 

2

22

23. Why Be Free - notes

 

2

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24. Massa Jimmy - notes

 

2

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25. Gravestones - notes

 

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26. Up To God - notes

 

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27. Lady Baltimore - notes

 

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Epilogue

 

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Biographical sketches

 

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3-4

Talks

 

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Original manuscripts

 

3

9

Journal of the Butler Society journals with notes (4)

 

3

Major Butler's Legacy - hardcover with notes and miscellaneous papers

 

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Mounted llustrations

 

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Illustrations (some original prints)

 

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Major Butler's Legacy - marked page proof

 

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Major Butler's Legacy - hardcover page proof, unbound