Telamon Cuyler Collection, Series 3. Personal Materials

Descriptive Summary
Title: Telamon Cuyler Collection, Series 3. Personal Materials
Creator: Cuyler, Telamon Cruger Smith, 1873-1951
Inclusive Dates: 1893-1946
Language(s): English
Extent: 5.2 Linear Feet (8 document boxes, 1 half box, 1 oversized box, 1 slide box)
Extent: Series includes boxes 97-107 of the collection.
Collection Number: ms1170.series3
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Telamon Cruger Smith Cuyler (1873-1951) was born in Rome (Ga.) to Captain Henry Hunter Smith and Estelle Cuyler Smith. He legally changed his surname from Smith to Cuyler in 1905. In 1893, he received a Bachelor of Law degree from the Univeristy of Georgia. In 1900, he married Grace Barton and they had two children. Between 1895 and 1905, he served as special counsel for the governements of Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, and Chile. Cuyler authored sixty privately printed works on Southern, Confederate, and Georgia history. Upon his death in 1951, his large collection of historical documents and photographs were willed to the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Scope and Content

Series 3. Personal Materials consists of diaries of Telamon Cuyler from 1893-1946, with gaps. The entries discuss Cuyler's college life at the University of Georgia (Athens); his work and social life in Atlanta (Ga.) where he began his law practice; later he discusses the management and life on his farm, Beverwyck, in Jones County (Ga.); and the home front during World War II. Also included in the collection are various pieces of memorabilia and scrapbooks.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged by record type and date.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Telamon Cuyler collection, MS 1170: Series 3. Personal Materials. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 May 24.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

For the rest of the Telamon Cuyler Collection MS 1170 at the Hargrett Library, see also:

Series 1. Historical Manuscripts; Series 2. Family Papers; Series 3. Personal Materials (this guide covers series 3); Series 4. Correspondence; Series 5. Writings, Notes, and Photographs

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

1. Diaries
box	folder
Request box
97	1	Diary, 1893
97	2	Diary, 1894
97	3	Diary, 1895
97	4	Diary, 1895
97	5	Diary- Thomas and Smith law office (Atlanta, Ga.), 1896-1897
box	item
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98	1	Diary, 1897
98	2	Diary, 1907
98	3	Diary, 1923
98	4-7	Diary, 1927-1930
98	8	Diary, 1932
98	9	Diary, 1934
box	folder
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99	3	Journal, 1906
99	4	Office diary, 1924
99	5	Diary, 1929-1936
			Georgia motor tours
99	6	Diary, 1943
			of a visit to the University of Georgia
99	7	Diary, 1943 July 25-November
99	8	Diary, 1944 February-March
99	9	Diary, 1946 January-February
99	10	Diary, 1946 February-April
99	11	Diary, 1946 July-August

 

2. Memoranda and Memorabilia
		This box contains Telamon Cuyler's undated handwritten notes on scraps of paper
box	folder
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100	1	Personal memoranda
100	2	Personal memoranda
100	3	Personal memoranda
100	4	Personal memoranda
100	5	Personal memoranda
100	6	Personal memoranda
100	7	Personal memoranda
box	folder
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101	1	"An account of my own life and times" by Telamon Cuyler, 1907
101	2	"Observations and reminiscences" by Telamon Cuyler
101	3	"Telamon Cuyler story"
			notebook of memos, etc.
101	4	Personal memoranda
			Cuyler's notes on scraps of paper
101	5	Personal memoranda
			Cuyler's notes on scraps of paper
101	6	Personal memoranda
			Cuyler's notes on scraps of paper
box
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102		Artifacts including flask, scarf, wallet, and souvenirs of the inauguration of President William Taft, military memorabilia, etc

 

3. Scrapbooks

box

Request box

103

Scrapbook, 1891-1896

103

Scrapbook, 1893 1896

of University of Georgia Law Class of, also society items thru

box

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104

Scrapbook, 1914

"Notes on the Great War of the Nations", includes clippings, photographs, maps and printed material

104

Journal, ca. 1881-1939

"Wayside Notes"

104

Scrapbook, 1897-1900

box

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105

Scrapbook, 1939-1940

box

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106

Scrapbook, 1888-1894

106

Scrapbook, 1913

re: Cuyler divorce

 

4. Stationary
box	folder
Request box
107	1	Stationary
			with coat of arms
107	2	Stationary
			with Telamon Cuyler's name
107	3	Stationary
			for travel
107	4	Stationary
			for clubs
107	5	Stationary envelopes
107	6	Beverwyck Quartos information, blank menu form