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A Georgia Soldier in the Civil War, 1861-1865
Contains an unbound manuscript of Robert Duncan Chapman's published Civil War memoir.
Albert Shaw Collection of Martha Berry Schools Material
Benjamin Rice Holt Papers
Letters and papers of this Confederate soldier and his family during the Civil War and afterwards.
Berry Family Papers
The Berrys were a plantation- and slave-owning family from Coweta County, Georgia. This collection contains correspondence and other materials related to several Berry family members, particularly Judge Andrew J. Berry (1798-1883) and his sons William, Thomas, and Joel Berry. Materials document the family’s economic situation both before and after the US Civil War (1861-1865).
C. L. Boynton maps
Printed maps of Georgia with additions showing routes taken for "botanical tours."
Buckner Confederate Hospital Medical Logs
Charles Summersell Photographs and Transparencies
Correspondence on Boston Relief Mission to Savannah, Georgia
This collection contains correspondence and other documentation regarding a mission by citizens of Boston to send supplies to Savannah, Georgia, in January 1865, while the city was occupied by William Tecumseh Sherman and his Union troops during the US Civil War.
Early Educational Institutions in the South
Tuition receipts, a printed announcement, and a clipping, from several schools, primarily in Alabama.
Eliza Ann McCants Diaries
The collection consists of two diaries kept by Eliza Ann McCants (1817-1844) in the antebellum South. Volume One contains 160 pages and covers the years 1840-1842. Volume Two contains 136 pages and covers the years 1843-1844.
Freedmen’s Bureau Circular Letter on Local Government Aid, Georgia
Georgia Census 1850 and 1860
Handwritten census records for counties in Georgia. Contains information on numbers of slaves, acres of improved and unimproved land, and value of farms. Summary information provided for some counties. Counties included (1850): Elbert, Franklin, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Greene, Gordon, Hall, Harris, Heard, Henry, and Houston. Counties included (1860): Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Glynn, Gordon, Hall, Harrid, Heard, Houston, Lowndes, and Montgomery.
Townsend Heaton letters
Letters written by Dr. Townsend Heaton, a member of the 70th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War
Reverend E. A. Henderson Photographs
Collection consists of four photographs of Chickamauga Battlefield in Georgia and Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
E. O. McElroy papers
Ten U.S. postal service railroad mail service directories for several southeastern states: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; letters, postal rating exams, etc.
Peter Brannon papers
Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and other materials created by Peter A. Brannon, highlighting his career as a pharmacist, an anthropologist, and an archivist.
L. W. Shepherd letter
A letter dated 6 December 1863, from a camp near Dalton, Georgia, to S. D. Cabaniss, Huntsville attorney.
Southern Trade and Diplomacy Collection
The collection consists of one letter and two pamphlets related to trade and diplomacy in the antebellum South.
George Stritikus papers
This collection contains materials on floriculture in Alabama, including papers on roses and on old English boxwoods, a plant inventory of Fendall Hall, Eufaula, Alabama, and indexes of plants mentioned in books on Alabama and Georgia plantations and homes, plus photos, garden plans, and written descriptions from Stitikus's traveling exhibit, "Alabama : Her People, Houses and Gardens," (1986).
The Injustice of Poll Taxes Broadside
Paul Turner Vaughn diary
Civil War diary of a soldier from Marengo County, Alabama. It contains entries describing camp life, marching, and fighting in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia; including the Battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and Lookout Mountain.
Wade Hall Photographs, Small Collection
This collection consists of fifteen photographs depicting places and people with some of them taken in Georgia and Florida.
William Joseph Mims Papers
Material on Mims' family history and materials relating to Weevilnip Company of Macon, Georgia. The collection includes correspondence with the U.S. Department of Agriculture relating to false labeling, as well as company advertising. The collection also contains two small notepads, one with notes on teaching and one with notes on history, boll weevils, and other subjects.