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Confederate monuments in Georgia photograph collection

Confederate monuments in Georgia photograph collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Confederate monuments in Georgia photograph collection
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1970-1979
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.75 Linear Feet 1 document box, 1 half box
Collection Number: ms2273
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

The historian Gaines M. Foster has identified ninety-four Confederate monuments that were erected in the South by 1885 (a further 406 were added by 1912). Some of the oldest of these monuments are in Georgia, such as the pillar in downtown Athens, which was erected in 1872. For more information see the article Confederate Monuments in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographs of Confederate monuments located throughout Georgia. There is also a copy of the book, Confederate Monuments in Georgia, located in Box 1 of the collection.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Confederate monuments in Georgia photograph collection, ms2273, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 July 31.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Monuments -- Georgia -- History.
Monuments -- Georgia -- Photographs.
Monuments.
Soldiers' monuments -- Southern States.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Abbeville-Wilcox County
 
12Americus-Sumter County
 
13Albany-Dougherty County
 
14Andersonville-Sumter County
 
15Athens-Clark County
 
16Atlanta-Fulton County
 
16Oakland Cemetery
 
17Atlanta-Fulton County
 
18Augusta-Richmond County
 
19Bainbridge-Decatur County
 
110Barnesville-Lamar County
 
111Blakely-Early County
 
112Brunswick-Glenn County
 
113Buena Vista-Marion County
 
114Butler-Taylor County
 
115Calhoun-Gordon County
 
116Canton-Cherokee County
 
117Carnesville-Franklin
 
118Cartersville-Bartow County
 
119Carrollton-Carroll County
 
120Cassville-Bartow County
 
121Cedartown-Polk County
 
122Chicamauga
 
123Cochran-Polaski County
 
124Columbus-Muscogee County
 
125Conyers-Rockdale County
 
126Cordele-Crisp County
 
127Covington-Newton County
 
128Crawfordville-Talliferro County
 
129Cuthbert-Randolph County
 
130Decatur-Dekalb County
 
131Dalton-Whitefield County
 
132Douglas-Coffee County
 
133Douglasville-Douglas County
 
134Dublin-Laurens County
 
135Eatonton-Putnam County
 
136Eastman-Dodge County
 
137Elberton-Elbert County
 
138Ellaville-Sibley County
 
139Fairburn-Fulton County
 
140Fayetteville-Fayette County
 
141Forsyth-Monroe County
 
142Ft. Gaines-Clay County
 
143Gainesville-Hall County
 
144Greensboro-Greene County
 
145Griffin-Spalding County
 
146Hamilton-Harris County
 
147Hartwell-Hart County
 
148Hawkinsville-Pulaski County
 
149Hinesville-Liberty County
 
150Irwinville-Irwin County
 
151Jackson-Butts County
 
152Jefferson-Jackson County
 
153Jeffersonville-Twiggs County
 
154Jonesboro-Clayton County
 
155Kennesaw Park
 
156Layfayette-Walter County
 
157LaGrange-Troup County
 
158Lexington-Oglethorpe County
 
159Lincolnton-Lincoln County
 
160Lumpkin-Stewart County
 
161McDonough-Henry County
 
162Macon-Bibb County
 
163Madison-Morgan County
 
164Marietta-Cobb County
 
165Millidgeville-Baker County
 
166Millen-Jenkins County
 
167Milner
 
168Monroe-Walton County
 
169Montezuma-Macon County
 
170Moultrie-Colquitt County
 
171Monticello-Jasper County
 
172Newnon-Coweta County
 
173Ocilla-Irwin County
 
174Oglethorpe-Macon County
 
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21Oxford-Newton County
 
22Palmetto-Fulton County
 
23Perry-Houston County
 
24Pine Mountain-Cobb County
 
25Quitman-Brooks County
 
26Resaca-Gordon County
 
27Rome-Floyd County
 
28Sandersville-Washington County
 
29Savannah-Chatham County
 
210Sparta-Hancock County
 
211Springfield-Effingham County
 
212Statesboro-Bulloch County
 
213Stone-Mountain-DeKalb County
 
214Sylvania-Screven County
 
215Talbotton-Talbot County
 
216Tenniville-Washington County
 
217Thomaston-Upson County
 
218Thomson-McDuffie County
 
219Thomasville-Thomas County
 
220Tifton-Tift County
 
221Toccoa-Stevens County
 
222Union Park-Greene County
 
223Valdosta-Lowndes County
 
224Vienna-Dooley County
 
225Warrenton-Warren County
 
226Washington-Wilkes County
 
227Watkinsville-Oconee County
 
228Waycross-Ware County
 
229Waynesboro-Burke County
 
230West Point
 
231Winder-Barrow County