Lipscomb family papers

Lipscomb family papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Lipscomb family papers
Creator: Lipscomb, Mary Ann Rutherford, 1848-1918
Creator: Lipscomb, Frank A. (Francis Adgate), 1845-1874
Creator: Lipscomb, Andrew A. (Andrew Adgate), 1816-1890
Creator: Barrow, David C., Jr. (David Crenshaw), 1852-1929
Inclusive Dates: 1866-1911
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.4 Linear Feet 1 document box
Collection Number: ms1117
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Andrew A. Lipscomb (1816-1890) was Chancellor of the University of Georgia from 1860 to 1874. Lipscomb was also a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church and the founder of the Metropolitan Institute for Young Ladies in Montgomery, Alabama. After leaving the University in 1874, he taught at Vanderbilt and later returned to Athens where he wrote and lectured for the rest of his life. His son, Francis A. Lipscomb, graduated from the University in 1866 and later became Professor of Belles Lettres.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of miscellaneous materials chiefly concerning Andrew A. Lipscomb, Chancellor of the University of Georgia, and his son, Francis Adgate Lipscomb, class of 1866 and later Professor of Belles Lettres. There are eight typescripts of poems by A. A. Lipscomb on various topics. Class notes and literary society speeches of F. A. Lipscomb during his terms at the University are present as well as his complete lecture book for British literature (1872-1873). In addition there is a small group of correspondence between father and son. There is also a small amount of correspondence between Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb and David C. Barrow concerning the establishment of the Crawford W. Long infirmary on the University campus. Also present is a genealogy of the "Descendants of John Hall and Mary Parker of Maryland," compiled by H. M. Chapman of Washington, D. C., in 1898.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Lipscomb family papers, ms1117. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Correspondence from David C. Barrow to Mrs. M.A. Lipscomb
 
12John Hall - Mary Parker Genealogy
 
13Family Correspondence
 
14Miscellaneous
 
15A.A. Lipscomb - Poems
 
16F.A. Lipscomb - Miscellaneous Speeches
 
17F.A. Lipscomb - Commencement, 1866
 
18F.A. Lipscomb - Miscellaneous Letters
 
19F.A. Lipscomb lecture at Southern Masonic Female College
 
110-11F.A. Lipscomb - Literary Society Lectures
 
112F.A. Lipscomb - Lecture Books, 1872-1873

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