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Beth and Gib Johnston collection

Beth and Gib Johnston collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Beth and Gib Johnston collection
Creator: Johnston, Beth
Inclusive Dates: 1809-1987
Language(s): English
Extent: 3.25 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Collection Number: ms3874
Repository: Hargrett Library
Location: Private Gottlieb (George) Hauser's crutch is housed off-site at Main Library Storage. Contact Hargrett Library to request this item.

Collection Description

Historical Note

Beth and Gib Johnston are University of Georgia alumni.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of materials collected by Beth Gib Johnston, including World War II materials, correspondence, a program from Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, tintypes, and a crutch used by a Civil War soldier.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Beth and Gib Johnston collection, ms3874, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2015.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Athens (Ga.) -- History.
Boy Scouts -- Georgia.
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Johnston, Gib
Postage stamps -- 20th century.
Programs (documents)
Ration books.
Tintype.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pamphlets.

Related Collections in this Repository

A related collection in the Hargrett Library is the Beth and Gib Johnston UGA ephemera, UA0112, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Invitation and program - Woodrow Wilson inauguration , 1917 March 5
 
11Program - Carl Vinson's portrait unveiling, Washington, D.C., 1942 January 20
 
11Pins - Keep U.S. Senator David Gambrell, Landon/Knox GOP, I'm for Nixon
 
12Pamphlet - Delegates and Alternates to the Democratic National Convention, 1916 June 14
 
13"About Women by a Man" - pamphlet published by Florida Power and Light Company, 1941
 
13Johnston family war ration books (13), 1942-1943
 
14Handheld fan with image of Japanese flag and Japanese writing
 
14Small leather pouch
 
14U. S. Army Air Force Observer brassard
 
14World War II Selective Service System medal
 
16Certificate appointing Thomas G. Hotchkiss to First Lieutenant - signed by Joseph E. Brown, 1861 October 28
 
16Civil War generals educational booklet
 
15Gibson Johnson's Boy Scout certificates, cards, badges, 1940-1948
 
16Certificate from Georgia governor David B. Mitchell granting Shepherd Williams 318 acres of land in Bulloch County, Georgia - missing bottom half of certificate, Circa 1809-1813
 
16John R. Miller Justice of the Peace certificate, Bulloch County, Georgia, 1877 January 27
 
16John S. Miller Justice of the Peace certificate, Emanuel County, Georgia, 1831 June 29
 
17Carte de Visite - General Albert Sidney Johnston
 
17Tintype - two unidentified men
 
17Tintype - Elizabeth Turner, wife of Elias Clements
 
17Reproductions - Official U.S. Navy Photographs of Pearl Harbor
 
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1Framed photographs - Alma Houser (Booth), an Athens residence, and George Hauser's tobacco shop
 
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15Georgia highway maps (2), 1938-1946
 
15Stamps, 1978-1987
 
17Alma Hauser's signature scrapbook, 1894-1896
 
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2Foil ball from chewing gum wrappers saved during World War II
 
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3Golden scale set
 
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MLSPrivate Gottlieb (George) Hauser's crutch, 1863
 
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17Description of Private Gottlieb (George) Hauser's crutch
 
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41Correspondence - Rosemary Johnston - James Wood, 1958
 
42Correspondence - Rosemary Johnston - James Wood, 1959