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Collier Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2007-0005M
Scope and Contents
Letters by brothers Charles C. (1863 - 1920), William D. (born 1865), and Jacob T. Collier (1867 - 1942) and other family members, most to their younger brother, Josiah B. (1871 - 1928), on his farm in Worth County, Georgia. Most of the letters are by Charles from Atlanta, Augusta, Georgia, and other towns as he traveled around the South selling candy and fruit on various trains. A few letters are by Jacob from Italy in Ellis County, Texas, where he was living in the 1890s. Topics include...
Dates:
1882 - 1929; Majority of material found in 1894 - 1902
Found in:
Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections
Collier / Hicks / Griffin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1997-0003M
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters in this collection are by or to Joseph Green Collier of Calhoun County, Georgia. Some are by his brothers in Texas or serving in the Confederate army. There are also three letters by William J. Hicks when he was in the army. Finally there are essays written by Viera Griffin while attending Wesleyan Female College and letters to her from school friends later in life.
Dates:
1850 - 1947
Found in:
Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections