Pattillo family papers

Pattillo family papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Pattillo family papers
Creator: Pattillo family
Inclusive Dates: 1931-1941
Language(s): English
Extent: 0.75 Linear Feet 1 document box, 1 half box
Collection Number: ms2893
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

The Pattillo family included Emory Moss Pattillo, an agent for SVEA Insurance Company (Charlotte, North Carolina) and National Union Insurance Company (Chattanooga, Tennessee); his wife Rosa Milledge Pattillo; and their children Emory Moss Pattillo, Jr. and Katharine Milledge Pattillo. Katharine attended Columbia Institute in Columbia, Tennessee, Decatur High School, and the University of Georgia. She graduated in June 1938 with a degree in Home Economics. She married Fred Henry White, Jr. on December 16, 1939. Emory, Jr. attended the University of Georgia, married Helena (last name unknown), and died in 1941. The Pattillos moved to Atlanta around 1937.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Most of the correspondence is between Katharine and Emory and their parents and friends. While a student at the University of Georgia, Emory wrote letters describing various athletic events and social activities. There are also letters of sympathy to Katharine and her mother Rosa concerning the illness and death of Emory, Jr. There are photographs of Katharine and Chi Omega sorority. The printed material consists of school material of Katharine's, copies of "The Georgia Arch," "The Georgia Agriculturalist," and various programs at the University of Georgia.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Pattillo family papers, ms2893, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2009 October 16.


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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Correspondence - Rosa M. Pattillo, 1907
 
12Correspondence - from Emory Pattillo, Jr., 1931-1937
 
13Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo, 1931
 
14Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo, 1932 January
 
15Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo, 1932 February-March
 
16Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo, 1932 April
 
17Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo, 1932 May-November
 
18Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo, 1934-1935
 
19Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo, 1936-1938
 
110Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo, 1939
 
111Correspondence - Rosa M. Pattillo, 1940 December-1941 March
 
112Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo White, 1940 December-1941 March
 
113Correspondence - Katharine Pattillo
 
boxfolder
21School Items - Columbia Institute Katharine Pattillo, 1931-1932
 
22School Items - University of Georgia Katharine Pattillo, 1935-1938
 
23Photographs
 
24Printed Material - University of Georgia, 1932-1939
 
25Printed Material - The Georgia Arch, 1936-1937
 
26Printed Material - The Georgia Agriculturalist, May 1937

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