Robb family autograph collection

Robb family autograph collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Robb family autograph collection
Creator: Robb family
Inclusive Dates: 1894-1943
Language(s): English
Extent: 1 folder(s)
Collection Number: ms1730
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs and autographs collected by Ellis D. Robb and Adelaide Robb, and correspondence to the Robbs relating to their acquisition. Autographed photographs are of General Leonard Wood, John McCormack, Leslie Ward, James S. Sherman, and James Saxon Childers. Autographs included are by Hugh Walpole, James Bede, Franklin MacVeagh, Charles W. Fairbanks, James R. Garfield, Anna Balestier, Henry C. Wallace, John C. Coolidge, Carter Glass, Walter Brown, Newton D. Baker, Marian Bower, Lytton Strachey, and Emma S. Bellamy. Also included are several typewritten correspondence from secretaries to presidents of the United States, and some autographs that are illegible and undated.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Robb family autograph collection, ms 1730. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2017.


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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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