Payne and White families papers

Payne and White families papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Payne and White families papers
Creator: White, Patricia Payne
Creator: Payne, Rufus, -1996
Inclusive Dates: 1809-1987
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 Linear Feet
Collection Number: ms4494
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Rufus Payne graduated Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine (1933) and John Hopkins School of Public Health (1939). Dr. Payne served as superintendent fo the Georgia State Tuberculosis Hospital and later worked at the Battery State Tuberculosis Hospital and finally Talmadge Hospital. He met his wife Ruth White in Virginia where she worked as a nurse supervisor in the operating room. The couple had three children: Patricia Payne-White, Peter Payne, and Penny Payne Hughes.

Scope and Content

This collection contains family photographs, correspondence between Ann Ruth White and Rufus F. Payne, family history, artifacts and ephemera.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Payne and White families papers, ms4494, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Correspondence - Ruth White - Rufus Payne, 1932
 
12Correspondence - Ruth White - Rufus Payne, 1933 January-April
 
13Correspondence - Ruth White - Rufus Payne, 1933 May-August
 
14Correspondence - Ruth White - Rufus Payne, 1933 September-December
 
15Correspondence - Ruth White - Rufus Payne, 1934 January-April
 
16Correspondence - Ruth White - Rufus Payne, 1934 July
 
17Correspondence - Ruth White - Rufus Payne, 1934 August
 
18Correspondence - Ruth White, 1929-1934
 
19Correspondence - Ruth, Rufus Payne
 
110Rufus Payne - Medical School, Battery Hospital
 
111Ruth White - Education
 
112Ruth White - Nursing School notebooks
 
113Ephemera - Ration books, recipe, cards
 
114Family History - Ruth, Rufus Payne family
 
115Family History - Payne
 
116Family History - White
 
117Family History - Spivey
 
118Family History - Lassiter
 
119Family History - Lassiter
 
120Ledger - John D. White, 1809-1811
 
121Photographs - Ruth, Rufus Payne family
 
122Photographs - Isaac N. Payne family
 
123Photograph reproductions - C.B. Fowler Jr.
 
124Photographs - Unidentified prtraits, children, house
 
125Slides, negatives
 
box
2Family Bible
 
2Mounted photograph - Alumni of University of Georgia Medical Department, 1912
damaged, broken in two pieces and sleeved.
 
2Mounted photograph - Portrait of a man
very fragile, broken in several pieces and sleeved
 
2Ephemera - small crocheted acorns

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