War Memorial Fund records

War Memorial Fund records

Descriptive Summary

Title: War Memorial Fund records
Creator: University of Georgia
Creator: Hodgson, Harry, 1874-1971
Inclusive Dates: 1919-1933
Language(s): English
Extent: 3.5 Linear Feet
Collection Number: UA0018
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

Collection Description

Historical Note

At the close of World War I, Harry Hodgson, an Athens businessman and a 1893 graduate of the university, spearheaded an ambitious War Memorial Fund drive among alumni and others to raise a fund for the completion of a hall on campus to honor the University of Georgia men who died in World War I. Considered the university's first major capital campaign, the War Memorial Fund drive eventually raised nearly one million dollars, including contributions from the Rockefeller Foundation and a $60,000 donation from the university's wealthy friend and benefactor George Foster Peabody of New York. By 1925, the recreational facility building that was begun on Lucas Hill 15 years earlier was completed and renamed War Memorial Hall. A bronze plaque, inscribed with the names of the university alumni who lost their lives in the war, was installed in the hall's majestic rotunda. Chancellor David C. Barrow composed the words that rim the rotunda: "In loyal love we set apart this house, a memorial to those lovers of peace who took arms, left home and dear ones and gave life that all men might be free." War Memorial Hall, later known simply as Memorial Hall, served as the official student recreation center for the University of Georgia for nearly 60 years, until the completion in 1984 of the Dean William Tate Student Center.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of documents (1919-1933) relating to the establishment and maintenance of the War Memorial Fund at the University of Georgia. The fund financed the building of War Memorial Hall (now known as Memorial Hall).

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

War Memorial Fund records, UA0018, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

RG 1-6


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related material: War memorial fund : report of the Campaign Committee to the Society, Ga Room LXH1 .A4 1922.


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund Miscellaneous
 
12Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1921-1924
 
13Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1925 January-June
 
14Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1925 July-December
 
15Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1926 January-June
 
16Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1926 July-December
 
17Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1927 January-May
 
18Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1927 July
 
19Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1927 August
 
110Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1927 September
 
111Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1927 November-December
 
112Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1928 January-February
 
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21Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1928 March
 
22Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1928 April-May
 
23Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1927 June
 
24Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1928 June-July
 
25Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1928 August-September
 
26Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1928 October-December
 
27Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 January-February
 
28Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 March
 
29Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 March
 
210Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 April
 
211Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 May
 
212Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 May
 
213Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 June
 
214Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 June
 
215Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 July
 
216Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 August
 
217Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 September
 
218Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 October
 
219Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 December
 
220Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1929 November
 
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31Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund (records), 1929
 
32Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund (records), 1930
 
33Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund (records), 1931
 
34Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund (records), 1932
 
35Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund (records), 1933
 
36Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 January
 
37Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 January
 
38Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 February
 
39Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 March
 
310Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 April
 
311Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 May
 
312Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 July
 
313Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 June
 
314Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 August
 
315Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 September
 
316Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 October
 
317Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 November
 
318Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1930 December
 
319Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1931 January-March
 
320Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1931 April-October
 
321Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1931 November-December
 
322Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1932 January-March
 
323Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1932 April-June
 
324Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1932 July-September
 
325Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1932 October-December
 
326Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1933 January-April
 
327Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1933 May-July
 
328Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1933 August-October
 
329Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1933 November-December
 
330Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund, 1934 January-October
 
331Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund
 
332Georgia. University. War Memorial Fund
 
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41War Memorial Fund U. Of Ga. General File
 
42War Memorial Fund U. Of Ga. A Thru I
 
43War Memorial Fund U. Of Ga. J Thru Y

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