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Louise Carswell York family papers

Louise Carswell York family papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Louise Carswell York family papers
Creator: York family
Creator: York, Louise Miller Carswell, 1894-1951
Inclusive Dates: 1915-2013
Language(s): English
Extent: .75 Linear Feet
Collection Number: ms4464
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Louise Miller Carswell York (1894-1951), daughter of James Alexander Carswell and Lavinia C. Miller, married Gus York at Hephzihah, Georgia in 1920. They had four children: Gus York, Jr., Orlean Walton York Castronis, Sara Lavinia York Barron, and Marion Hillyer York.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of family correspondence, photographs, genealogy, writings and memoirs of the York family. Also included is genealogy on the Polhills, Millers, and Guions.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Louise Carswell York family papers, ms4464, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Correspondence
Genealogy.
Photographs.

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections: Gus York papers, ms3034


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Genealogy
 
12Genealogy
 
13Letter (photocopy) Ethel Holcomb to Aunt Vin, 1922
 
14Letters (just transcripts) Flavius J. Holcomb to Louisa Polhill, 1878-1880
 
15Correspondence, 1921-1952
Letters mostly to or from Louise C. York but also include Frances Morris, Orlean Walton, J. Frank Carswell
 
16Correspondence, 1983-2013
Includes Orlean York Castronis, Frances Walton Morris, Margaret Paddock, Sara Barron
 
17James Alexander Carswell - photograph, memorial, writing, circa 1915
 
18Orlean Walton York, 1923-1946, 2009
Includes school report cards and ephemera, Alpha Omicron Pi certificate and photograph, correspondence regarding journalism career, clippings, press cards
 
19Photograph - Lavinia Miller Carswell
 
110Photographs
 
111Photograph - Ellet Carswell Walker with photocopy of letter to Ethel Holcomb, 1919
 
112Writings - Memoirs Marion H. York including military service, 1990s
 
113Writings - Miller, Polhill and other families by Albert Miller Hillhouse, 1936
 
114Writings- Memoirs Lavinia York Barron
Includes sections on Athens, Childs Street School, Athens High School
 
115Writings - Life in the Carswell/York family by Orlean Walton York Castronis
 
boxfolder
21Autograph book - Orlean York, 1930s
 
22Sears, Roebuck, and Co. vouchers