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Safford Harris collection
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Safford Harris collection | |
| Creator: Harris, Safford | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1859-1938 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 2.4 Linear Feet (3 document boxes, 1 oversized box) | |
| Collection Number: ms87 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
Historical Note
Miss Safford Harris was the Special Collections Librarian at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of letters dated 1859-1938, deeds, finances, business and personal, such as cancelled checks, check stubs, bank books, tax receipts, legal documents, such as indentures, notes, cases, manuscripts, i.e. poems and recipes, pamphlets, printed materials, books, newspaper clippings, post cards, Christmas cards, Easter cards, valentines, programs, broadsides, sunday school cards, trade cards, mementos, and other miscellaneous items. The material deals with the Wray family of Wrayswood, Greene County and Athens, and the family of C. W. Harris and Miss Sarah H. Harris of Winterville, Wrayswood, Madison and Athens.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in chronological order.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Safford Harris collection, ms87, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Safford Harris in 1961-1963
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See also photographic materials from this collection that were removed to the Cased Image Collection, ms3529.