Fred Morris and Cheney family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Fred Morris and Cheney family papers
Creator: Mitchell, David Yoakley
Inclusive Dates: 1861-2004
Language(s): English
Extent: 1.1 Linear Feet 1 box, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms4648
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Fred Morris (1873-1953) of Marietta, Georgia, received his degree in law from the University of Georgia in 1896, where he excelled in football, baseball and track. He practiced law, served in the U.S. Army in World War I, and was elected as a State Representative and State Senator. He married Kathryn Dorsey (1873-1928) in 1896 and they had a son Fred Morris Jr. (1899-1952). Fred Morris Jr. married Evelyn Cheney and they had a daughter Kathryn Morris Hardy (b. 1942).

For further information, see Morris' Centennial Alumni record.

Scope and Content

This collection includes family, portrait, class group and sports photographs, correspondence, family history and genealogy, clippings, yearbooks, and writing from the Cheney and Morris families.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Fred Morris and Cheney family papers, ms4648, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Fred Morris Sr. - Photographs and tintype portrait in University of Georgia football uniform

 

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Fred Morris Sr. - Correspondence, clippings, resolution

 

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3

Evelyn, Fred Morris Jr. - Photographs

 

1

4

Fred Morris Jr. - Ephemera

 

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5

Morris family history

 

1

6

J.M. Stone - Legal documents, invoices, notes

 

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7

W.S. Cheney - Photographs, correspondence

 

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8

John P, Maude Stone Cheney - Photographs, correspondence

 

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9

Cheney genealogy

 

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10

Cheney family history, photograph reprints

 

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11

Mounted photograph - Carnes and Cheney Furniture, Stoves and Grocery

 

1

12

Evelyn Cheney Morris - Photographs, ephemera

 

1

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Kathryn Morris Hardy - Photographs, ephemera

 

1

14

Kathryn Morris - Typescript for cookbook

 

1

15

Photographs - Houses

 

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Photographs - Most unidentified

 

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17

Writing, ephemera

 

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Yearbook - Maid of the Mountains, Southern Seminary and Junior College, 1960

 

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Yearbook - The Spinster - Hollins College, 1963

 

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Photograph - Group of nine schoolboys

 

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Marriage certificate - Samuel L. Fell and Rachel E. Eastburn, 1861 April 18