Emma Talley Shaw and Carolyn Shaw McMillan families papers

Emma Talley Shaw and Carolyn Shaw McMillan families papers

Descriptive Summary

Title: Emma Talley Shaw and Carolyn Shaw McMillan families papers
Creator: McMillan, Della
Inclusive Dates: 1824-2000
Language(s): English
Extent: 7.5 Linear Feet 6 boxes, 1 oversized box, 3 oversize folders
Collection Number: ms4531
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

The LeConte family included brothers John LeConte (1818-1891) and Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), their father Louis LeConte (1782-1838) and grandfather John Eatton LeConte (1739-1822). John and Joseph were scientists and educators at the University of Georgia, South Carolina College (later University of South Carolina) and the University of California at Berkeley. Louis LeConte was a planter and naturalist who lived at the plantation Woodmanston near Savannah, Georgia and developed a botanical garden there. John Eatton LeConte acquired Woodmanston in the 1760s.

Joseph LeConte was the father of five children: Emma Florence, Sarah Elizabeth, Josephine Eloise (died in early childhood), Caroline Eaton, and Joseph Nisbet.

Emma LeConte's diary of events surrounding the Union attacks on Columbia, South Carolina in February 1865 was published as "When the World Ended" in 1957 and reissued in 1987. Her husband, Farish Furman, became a farmer near Milledgeville and developed a highly successful fertilizer for growing cotton.

Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs, genealogical research, correspondence, legal documents, artifacts, and journals regarding the Shaw, Talley, Carter, LeConte, Furman, and Smith families, as well as their historic family homeplaces of Woodmanston and Scottsboro.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item, box, folder], Emma Talley Shaw and Carolyn Shaw McMillan families papers, ms4531, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in this library are LeConte Furman Carter family papers, ms3027


Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
boxfolder
11Farish Carter
 
12James Carter - Grave site
 
13Photographic reproductions - Catherine Carter (Furman)
 
14Carter genealogy
 
15Charles MacDonald - Eliza Carter's brother
 
16Governor's Mansion, Women's College - Milledgeville
 
17Flora MacDonald
 
18Richard Furman
 
19Letter - Richard Furman to Mary MacDonald
 
110Farish C. Furman
 
111Correspondence - Emma LeConte - Farish Furman, 1869-1882
 
112Correspondence - Emma LeConte - Caroline N. LeConte
 
113Correspondence - Emma LeConte - Frances L. Hutson, 1869
 
114Emma LeConte Furman
 
115Photographs - Emma LeConte Furman
 
116Journal, transcribed - Emma F. LeConte, 1864-1865
 
117Diary - Emma LeConte Furman, 1882
 
118Diary, transcribed (2 copies) - Emma LeConte Furman, 1900
 
119Typescript - "When the World Ended"
 
120"When the World Ended" correspondence, press - Oxford University Press
 
121Recollections of Emma Florence LeConte's youth
 
122Photo Album - Emma LeConte Furman
 
123Photographs - Emma LeConte Furman - California
 
124Furman genealogy
 
125Correspondence - Katherine Furman - Emma LeConte Furman, 1893-1895
 
126Correspondence - Katherine Furman - Elizabeth "Bess" Furman, 1894-1895
 
127Correspondence - Elizabeth Furman - Emma L. Furman, 1895
 
128Correspondence - Elizabeth Furman - Joseph LeConte, 1891, 1895
 
129Correspondence - Elizabeth Furman - Caroline LeConte, 1895
 
130Correspondence - Elizabeth Furman, 1894-1895
 
131Correspondence - Caroline LeConte - Joseph LeConte - , 1858, 1886
 
132Correspondence - Joseph LeConte - Emma LeConte, 1860, 1868
 
133Photograph - Caroline N. LeConte
 
134Joseph LeConte
 
135Correspondence - Caroline E. LeConte - Katherine Furman Smith, 1927-1930
 
136Correspondence - Caroline E. LeConte
 
137Caroline E. LeConte - "Statue in the Air" - Photostat
 
boxfolder
21Caroline E. LeConte - Heraldry research
 
22Joseph and Caroline LeConte's 50th wedding anniversary, 1897
 
23John Eatton
 
24John Eatton D.A.R. application
 
25John Eatton LeConte
 
26Jane Sloan LeConte - Historic dress
 
27Eaton, LeConte women
 
28Genealogy - Martinique connection to Bacon
 
29William L. LeConte
 
210James A. LeConte
 
211John Lawrence LeConte
 
212LeConte genealogy - John, Joseph, Louis
 
213Letter from Helen LeConte regarding burial places of John, Joseph LeConte, 1962
 
214Sallie LeConte Davis estate
 
215Sarah Stillwell Griffing
 
216Ann Quarterman LeConte, Ann LeConte Stephens
 
217Nisbet family
 
218Mother Seton
 
219Lady Berrien
 
220Camp, Peeples families
 
221Talley family
 
222Caleb Talley family book
 
223Elizabeth Furman Talley
 
224Elizabeth Furman Talley - Poems
 
225Photographs - Elizabeth Furman Talley
 
226-27James N. Talley family
 
228Photographs - Talley family
 
229Photographs - Talley women, girls
 
230James N. Talley
 
231Correspondence - Emma T. Shaw, 1944-1966
 
boxfolder
31Genealogy notebook - Emma T. Shaw
 
32Mary Newell
 
33Farish Furman Talley Sr., Jr.
 
34Joseph LeConte Talley Jr.
 
35Reverend James Lawrence
 
36John R.L. and Katherine F. Smith
 
37Photographs - John R.L. Smith
 
38Photographs - Katherine F. Smith
 
39Katherine C. Furman (Smith) - Art - Reproductions
 
310Correspondence - Katherine C. Furman
 
311Photographs - Katherine, Elizabeth Furman
 
312-13Photographs - Katherine Smith children
 
314Joseph LeConte, Margaret Smith
 
315Correspondence - Joseph LeConte Jr. to sister (partial)
 
316Correspondence - Margaret Smith - Emma Shaw, 1950-1963
 
317Photographs - Furman, Lucy Smith
 
318Furman Smith - Clippings, genealogy
 
319Furman Smith - Mercer University, King & Spalding
 
320Furman Smith - Writing, clippings
 
321Genealogy from Furman Smith
 
322Condolences, resolutions - regarding the death of Furman Smith, 1968
 
323Photographs - Smith family
 
324Photographs - Smith, Talley children
 
325Katherine C. Smith Adams
 
326Photographs - Katherine C. Smith
 
327Photographs - Katherine C. Adams
 
328Adams home, Carrboro, North Carolina
 
boxfolder
41-2Joseph Edison Adams
 
43Joseph Edison Adams - Dissertation, 1935
 
44Joseph Edison Adams - Biology textbook "Plants"
 
45"Aunt" Harriet Adams Newman
 
46Adams family history
 
47John, Martha Adams
 
48Photographs - John, Martha Adams
 
49Photographs - Elizabeth "Weencie" Smith (Nalls)
 
410Elizabeth "Weencie" Smith Nalls family
 
411Photographs - Anne L. "Nancy" Smith
 
412Correspondence - Nancy L. Smith
 
413Photographs - Emma LeConte Smith
 
414LeConte name
 
415Midway church
 
416Capitol Bank of Macon
 
417Old state capitol renovation
 
418LeConte Memorial Fund
 
419LeContes of California
 
420LeConte genealogy
 
421Photographs - LeConte family
 
422Photographs - LeConte, Dekle, Davis
 
423Talley, Furman genealogy
 
424Smith genealogy
 
425McMillan genealogy
 
426Carter genealogy
 
427Correspondence - Lester Stephens - Emma T. Shaw, 1973-1974
 
428Correspondence - Lester Stephens - Katherine C. Adams, 1976-1978
 
429Correspondence - Lester Stephens - Carolyn McMillan, 1974-1992
 
boxfolder
51Correspondence - Mason Gibbes - Genealogy
 
52Coat of Arms
 
53Photographs - Family at Scottsboro
 
54Photographs - Scottsboro
 
55Photographs - African American families at Scottsboro
 
56Photo album - Scottsboro cousins
 
57Photo album - Scottsboro, 1905-1912
 
58Photo reproductions - Family at Scottsboro
 
59Negatives - Various
 
510Thesis on Emma L. Furman by Pamela Penick [NESU], 1992-1993
 
511Thesis on Joseph LeConte - Timothy Brown [UNC], 1997
 
512Midway, Scottsboro paper, 2000
 
513John LeConte novel draft, correspondence, 1996
 
514LeConte de Nonant notes by Caroline LeConte
 
515Book [in French] - Marquisat de Nonant - Charles Verel, 1908
 
516Huguenots - Nonant, France
 
517LeConte de Nonant chateau trip
 
518Deed - Third of River Plantation from Emma L. Furman to Katherine C., Elizabeth Furman, 1895
 
519Phi Kappa, Demosthenian invitaions - University of Georgia, 1890-1893
 
520Letter of Administration - Van Davis Sr. - Franklin County, Georgia, 1824 January
 
521Theodore Roosevelt, Bulloch Hall
 
522Paper currency - Mechanics Bank of Augusta, Georgia, 1847-1850
 
523Paper currency - Augusta Insurance & Banking Company, 1847
 
524Paper currency - County of Berrien, Georgia, 1867
 
525Paper currency - Bank of the State of South Carolina, 1862
 
526Confederate currency
 
527Photographs, Clipppings - Carter's Quarters, Vann House
 
528Clippings - Carter Dam
 
529Correspondence - Carolyn McMillan - Genealogy
 
boxfolder
61Woodmanston research, history
 
62Introduction to LeConte Woodmanston seminar, 1978
 
63Master plan - Woodmanston project, 1981
 
64LeConte-Woodmanston on the Threshold of Its 3rd Century - Seminar, 1986
 
65Scottsboro research, clippings
 
66Estate of F.C. Furman - E.L.C. Furman, 1885
 
67Indenture - Emma L. Furman - Emory Speer, Trustee, 1911
 
68Quit Claim deed - Elizabeth F. Talley - Emma L. Furman, 1926
 
69Quit Claim deed - Emma L. Furman - Elizabeth F. Talley, 1926
 
610Quit Claim deed - Elizabeth S. Nalls - John R.L. Smith, 1946 February
 
611Quit Claim deed - Furman Smith - John R.L. Smith, 1946 February
 
612Plat attached to Cooper - Hodges deed, 1946 March
 
613Indenture - Anne L. Smith, Katherine S. Adams - John R.L. Smith, 1946 July
 
614Indenture - Joseph L. Smith - John R.L. Smith, 1947 February
 
615Indenture, title - John R.L. Smith - Milledgeville Banking Company, 1950 February
 
616Indentures (2) - Rosehill Cemetery, 1885, 1903
 
617Indenture - John R.L. Smith - Baldwin County for gravel mining, 1950
 
618Power line easement, gravel mining lease, rent, 1952
 
619Insurance documents - John R.L. Smith
 
620John R.L. Smith - Surveys - Scottsboro, 1927-1933
 
621John R.L. Smith - Farm business, 1945-1947
 
622Farm check book, ledger, 1948-1953
 
623Check book stubs, 1956-1960
 
624Supplement to Southern Reporter, 1851 February 4
 
625Hair - Katherine Carter Furman, "Grandpappa"
 
626Letter - Joel Chandler Harris - My dear Mr. Man, 1900
 
627Photographs - Barry Hughes, Hern
 
628Writing, poetry, journal - unknown
 
629Correspondence - unknown
 
630Piece of Yosemite rock
 
631Clipping - Embroidery patterns
 
oversized_box
1Post Magazine - "The Making of a Saint" Mother Seton article, 1963
 
1Photo album - Katherine Smith, 1922
 
1Photo album - Katherine Smith, 1940s
 
1My Ancestry book
 
1Mounted photograph - Emma Talley Shaw holding Carolyn, Elizabeth Smith Nalls holding Betty, 1931
 
1Mounted photograph - Emma Talley Shaw
 
1Mounted photograph - Mr. Salisbury "Uncle Henry" and Joseph LeConte Talley Sr. - Scottsboro
 
1Mounted photograph - Emma LeConte Furman and grandchild
 
1Mounted photograph - James Nicholas Talley
 
1Photograph - Ralph Shaw in Air Force uniform
 
1Pharmacy diplomas, certificates - Joseph Edison Adams, 1925
 
oversized_folder
1Diploma - James Nicholas Talley - University of Georgia, 1892
 
1Abstract of Title - E.L. Furman - Baldwin County, 1893
 
1Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy - University of Michigan, 1931
 
1Certificate - Joseph Edison Adams - Honorary member, Alpha Zeta Omega Fraternity, 1928
 
1Group photograph - Phi Delta Chi, 1931
 
1Diploma - Katherine Carter Smith - Bachelors degree - Weslyan College
 
oversized_folder
2Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - Middletown High School, 1922
 
2Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - Pharmaceutical Chemist - Columbia University, 1927
 
2Diploma - Katherine Carter Smith - Master of Arts - Columbia University, 1924
 
2Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - Master of Arts - Columbia University, 1932
 
2Diploma - Joseph Edison Adams - PhD, Botany - University of California, 1935
 
oversized_folder
3Family trees

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