Finding Aids @ Georgia Archives

The volume contains minutes and membership lists.

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.

In November 1864, the Georgia General Assembly passed an act relieving taxpayers of property taxes on property destroyed or rendered useless by the public enemy or by order of the commanding Generals of the Confederate Army. Taxpayers signed an affidavit describing the property destroyed, who destroyed it (Union or Confederate forces). Most affidavits are from Clayton and Henry Counties, with some from Cobb and a few from other counties in the path of General Sherman's Union forces.

This series contains special orders issued to the individual officers and men of the Georgia Air National Guard. Included are: (1) discharges, (2) appointments, (3) assignments, (4) statements of security clearances, and (5) transportation instructions.

This series consists of the file copy of permanent orders issued by the Adjutant General or his Assistant to the Army National Guard. These orders primarily apply to individual officers or men or to specific units rather than having a general application throughout the command. They include: awards, commendations , annual training orders, administrative and personnel instructions, transfers to State Retired List, unit designations, amendments to orders, and other directives.

The bulk of this series consists of incoming correspondence to the Adjutant General's office during the Civil War. Other records include adjutant general's orders and general files from the early 1900's.

Adjutant General's Incoming Correspondence, 1861 - 1865 scanned and available on Ancestry.com. Collection's Name: Georgia, U.S., Civil War Correspondence, 1861–1865

This series consists of records of the Georgia Militia and the Georgia National Guard, 1779-1975. Among the records are reports, orders, rosters, correspondence, muster rolls, and pay rolls.

Georgia law required the counties to report to the state the number of men between the ages of 18 and 45 eligible for military duty every year beginning in 1860. In 1860, many of these men had already enlisted in local militia units.

This series contains the file copy of special orders issued by the Adjutant General. Special orders are those which apply to individual officers or men or to specific units rather than having a general application throughout the command. These orders announce: (1) resignations, (2) promotions, (3) discharges, (4) awards, (5) commendations, (6) the granting of leave, (7) temporary and permanent duty assignments, and (8) appointments to service schools.

This series includes the following publications: "Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps of the United States in the Spanish- American War, 1898 - 1904," and "Report on the Origin & Spread of Typhoid Fever in U.S. Military Camps during the Spanish/American War of 1898."