Finding Aids @ Georgia Archives

The collection contains economic impact studies and legislation leading up to the establishment of the Cumberland Island National Seashore under the National Park Service in 1972. It also includes correspondence between the Carnegie heirs and Charles Fraser, the land developer from South Carolina, and material on Camden County, Georgia. Superior Court Case #1667, Bullard vs. Ferguson, 1964.

The daybook records land transactions and genealogical data of the Bagley family.

Name and subject files set up by Martha Lee Miller (Mrs. O. A.) Bell; catalogs and pamphlets; correspondence between Bronsons, Bells, and Waddells; McAllister family volume; and genealogical aids. Some periodicals were removed to the Reference Library. This collection does not contain records of the chapter meetings and work.

Scrapbook kept by Mrs. J. Harold Nicholson, (State) Chairman, containing newspaper clippings and programs of various Georgia D.A.R. chapters.

Scrapbooks entitled "Press Clippings," clearly arranged by state and national conferences, Atlanta Constitution newspaper clippings of the [Daughters of the American Revolution] D.A.R. weekly column, chapter reports, and mixed newspaper clippings.

Record of merchandise sold by this Indian Springs, Butts County, Georgia, company, citing date, name of account, goods purchased, and costs.

This collection includes typed abstracts of a Civil War letter of J. Hardman and of David T. Harris; an original 1862 Harris letter; and photographs of uniformed Harris and Robert M. Julian, who both served in the 21st Regt. GA Vols., Co. E.

Family grants, plats, and deeds connected mainly with the District of Camden, South Carolina, and with Early County, Georgia. A few people are connected to additional land records in Thomas County (Shadrack E. Dickey, John and Leah Sconyers), Cherokee Co. (Frederick J. W. Adkerson), and Irwin Co., GA (William Haley), and in St. Mark's Parish (William Graham) and Sumter District, South Carolina (James Atkinson estate).

A few deeds, two 1850s letters, the Benjamin P. Bussey will (1857) naming slaves, a piece written on Julia E. Bussey after her death in 1879, some Masonic items belonging to Henry F. Dixon, and some World War II ration books kept by the Dixon family. Most of the documents are related to Meriwether County, Georgia.

These are parts of four account books used in the general store on Peachtree Road in Doraville, Georgia, that was operated by Dr. Flowers. Each volume is arranged by name of account, recording date, items purchased, cost, and payment. Merchandise purchased included food, tools, fabric, and other staples. These volumes also indicate those accounts that are for African American customers. Some of the pages are water-stained and very fragile.

Letters are between Daniel O. Dougherty, Jr., and his wife Wilhelmina while he was in France and she remained at home in Atlanta in 1918 - 1919 and between Daniel and his son D. O. III from 1940 - 1945 while the former remained in Atlanta and the latter was away studying or serving in the armed forces.

Correspondence, census and courthouse records, research notes, and oral history trancription relating to the Dougherty, Daugherty, Smith, and Lillard families in Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia. Of particular interest is the identified photocopy of an Atlanta Calhoun Elementary School photograph (1893 - 1894) and a transcription of a Bradley County, Tennessee, school record book from the early 19th century.

Personal papers, business records, church records, lodge speeches, and genealogical data relating to the Dozier and Hutcheson families of Oglethorpe County and Athens, Clarke County, Georgia. Major correspondents are Thomas H. Dozier and his sons, Jim and Gus; Thomas D. Hutcheson, M.D.; his wife's sister-in-law, Annie Vasser Jones Acker of Aberdeen, MS; his daughter Mary Hutcheson Dozier; and his granddaughter Emily R. Hutcheson Dozier.

Record of daily business transactions, with references to accounts to which they are to be credited, of a tavern, said to be the Eagle in Clarke (later Oconee) County. Each page is headed "Watkinsville" and the date. The name of Joseph Ligon and others of that family appear throughout the volume. Liquor and dry goods account for most of the sales.

Two postcard albums kept by Edith, most before her marriage. One album was from a suitor, Frank; and the cards came from many friends and a wide number of places, portraying courtship and racial mores of the time as well as towns and cities. A letter from Grace is included.

This letter is addressed to Mr. W. P. Hay of Cartersville, Georgia, and is about the merits of Hay's son, Henry. Kirby-Smith is discharging him from the Confederate army so he may continue his education.

Record of medical services by Dr. Alfriend of Hancock County, Georgia, citing date, name of account, brief description of services, and cost. An index indicates each patient's race.

Records name of patient, date of visit, services rendered, and charges in Morgan County, Georgia, medical practice. Includes name of Dr. John J. Boswell.

Two 1846 letters from Eliza Jane Shepherd to her husband, Edward, while she was staying at her brother Edwin's home in Habersham County, Georgia, and one to her from Edward back at their home in Stewart County, Georgia. They discuss family relations, agriculture, weather, and their slaves. An 1862 letter (typescript included) was written by Edward's brother, Alexander Haywood Shepherd, while he was serving with Company F, 8th Georgia Regiment Cavalry. in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Four letters to Dr. Jelks from Governor Allen D. Candler; a copy of Jelks' will; and a newspaper article.

School and business notes, a list of schoolmates, and poems written by Nisbet while a student at Oglethorpe College. Also includes genealogical data on the Nisbet and LeConte families.

The papers include a slave bill of sale for Abram from A. M. Cochran to Edwin Skinner, 1865; three receipts for taxes signed by the U.S. Army, 1868; Hall County, Georgia, indenture for Henry Greenwood, aged ten, by Sallie Greenwood, his mother, to Edwin Skinner, 1879. Henry appears on the 1880 census listed as Henry Skinner, a ten year old black male with occupation listed as "works on farm."

The papers in this collection document one family's land holdings and home life in central Georgia's Laurens County. Land records and store accounts date from early in the nineteenth century, while 1840's letters describe agricultural problems and grandmother Hobbs' death. A few records are from Appling, Jefferson, Montgomery, and Washington counties. Organized by correspondent or type of record.

Letters to his brother, William Dismukes Williams, from West Point, Troup County, Georgia, and Chambers County, Alabama, where Elijah Moseley was working on the railroad. Subjects are family, the railroad, agriculture, slaves, and speculation. Photographs of both brothers are included.

The collection is primarily made up of incoming letters to Elizabeth concerning the death of her husband in 1864. There is also a letter from brother J. J. at James Island, South Carolina, in 1863. Some letters concern postwar property taxes and Elizabeth's pension. Genealogical information is located in the Colquitt Family File.

Papers include loose 1941 diary entries, poems, 1932 election notes, and incoming mail.

Research notes, family compilations, and correspondence accumulated by Ella Wall Van Leer during her over forty years of documented genealogical research on the Ragsdales and allied families.

Junior and senior compositions written by Wright, an 1875 alumna of College Temple School in Coweta County, Georgia. A Directory of the Alumnae of Temple, Newnan, Georgia, 1878, is also included.

Record of company's receipts and disbursements including investments and records of insurance policy liens and dividends. Also contains entries concerning the company's distribution of assets, 1923, when it went out of business. Several loose stock certificates are inserted in the 1917 - 1923 volume.

The collection includes scrapbooks (1952-1962), publicity, newspaper clippings, and publications, some by the English-Speaking Union of the United States.

Financial journal with such headings as rolling mill, furnace, flour mill, merchandise, and stables. Most of the entries are from November 1855 - October 1856.

Fanny Woodcock Missionary Society minutes (1914-1915), of which Perry was treasurer; Druid Hills Presbyterian Church directory, 1924; and the ARGALIAD of Phi Mu Gamma, a sorority publication, 1911.

Most of this collection contains private and unofficial papers relating to Eugene Talmadge's contested Senatorial Primary Election, 1938, against Walter F. George. Also included are a scrapbook of political newsclippings, invitations for Talmadge to speak, and three boxes of bank statements and check stubs. One box consists of Elsie Ray's private papers (1922 - 1930), who later became Eugene Talmadge's executive secretary.

Land survey and deed to property used for a Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and record of assessments of members in a subsequent year. Also a history of Mount Pullen A.M.E. Church is included.

Swanson's account books for merchandise sold in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia. One volume records entries concerning his accounts with Savannah and New York banks; later the volume was used by his daughter-in-law Lula to draft letters.

Newspaper clippings; photographs, some by Walter Hunnicutt; Fannie Picklesimer (sometimes Pickelsimer) K. Smith's "Sinking Mountain" Guest House register, 1891-1898; and the travel diary of Minnie Tunis and Percy Trant Norcop on their honeymoon through Ireland (where they stayed with his mother's people at Edenburn, Tralee) and England, 1882. Drawings and later notes by Percy after they separated.

The letters to her husband are dated May 15 and Oct. 16, 1864 the first written from Hanover Junction, Virginia. Because the General and Mrs. Gordon had agreed to burn all their letters after reading, they contain an unusually intimate portrait of their domestic relations. Fanny makes specific references to her husband's duties in the Civil War while in Virginia.

Papers document agriculture in Georgia, a Civil War military hospital diet, and 19th century family life. Included are lists of slaves owned by the Fears and Boyd families and Croft family information.

This collection includes genealogical materials related to the following families: Fears, Minter, Ragland, McDowell, Avent, and Dougherty. There is some information on the following: Ballard, Bullard, Compton, DuPuy, Faulkner, Kennon, McDade, Person, Pye, Roberts, Sadler, Stringfellow, and Talmadge. Areas covered are Jasper County and Atlanta, Georgia; Stamps, Arkansas; North Carolina; and Virginia. Papers also document Ms. Johnson's career.

Letters to Felix's wife, Nancy, from encampments near Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah when he was part of the 9th Regt. GA State Guards during the last battles of the Civil War. An early letter suggests that he began service in another unit.