William Humphrey Foy III papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: William Humphrey Foy III papers
Creator: Mitchell, David Yoakley
Inclusive Dates: 1880-2015
Language(s): English
Extent: 3.5 Linear Feet 2 boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 oversized folder
Collection Number: ms4068
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

William Humphrey Foy III (1952-2015) was born in Eufaula, Alabama and studied art at The University of Georgia (1974) and was an artist, collector, and antiques dealer. His parents were Humphrey and Mary Elizabeth Johnson Foy, and sister was Mary Delia Foy Estes (James).

Admiral Thomas Moorer was a U.S. Navy aviator during WWII, and rose through the ranks to finally serve as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974.

Scope and Content

This collection contains family history and photographs, scrapbooks and photo albums, land records, and ephemera collected by William H. Foy III.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

William Humphrey Foy III papers, ms4068, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

This collection forms part of the Jule Carnes Mitchell, Jr. Archive of Southern Record.

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Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Family history

 

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Photo album - William, Delia Foy

 

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Scrapbook - William H. Foy III

 

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Scrapbook - Humphrey Foy, Elizabeth Johnson

 

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Photographs - family

 

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Tintype photograph

 

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Photographs - military

 

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Photo album - unidentified

 

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Admiral Thomas Moorer

 

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Nixon inauguration, 1973

 

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Mary E. Foy - Teachers' retirement, Faulk estate

 

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Bill Foy III - postcards, photographs, ephemera

 

1	17	Photograph - Opalotype - William Foy, II
		An opalotype is a photographic technique using a tinted image on opalescent white glass.

 

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Ephemera

 

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Emphemera documenting the African American experience

 

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Correspondence from Frank to someone in Eufaula, Alabama, 1944

 

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Celebrity autographs

 

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Weight machine fortune cards, cigarette cards

 

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Real estate, rental agreement - Emma Foy

 

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Land deeds, legal documents

 

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Diploma - William Foy - Eufaula High School, 1970

 

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Yearbook - Norma Foy - Hollis College, 1929

 

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Yearbook - Delia Foy - Huntingdon College, 1968

 

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Yearbook - Delia Foy - Huntingdon College, 1969

 

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Photo album - MacUmber, Stoner, Longacre families

 

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Mary Ross Foy - United Daughters of the Confederacy certificate, 1946

 

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Photographs - for Bill Foy (2)

 

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Mounted photograph - R.D. Johnson, 1970

 

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Unit photograph - Company 883 B-5, U.S. Navy - Camp Perry, Virginia, 1944 September

 

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Humphrey Foy family tree