Alexander Atkinson Lawrence papers
Descriptive Summary
Repository: Georgia Historical Society Creator: Lawrence, Alexander Atkinson, 1869-1930. Title: Alexander Atkinson Lawrence papers Dates: 1915-1981 Extent: 26.0 cubic feet (48 boxes, 73 volumes) Identification: MS 2019
Biographical/Historical Note
Alexander Atkinson Lawrence (1906-1979) was born in Savannah, Georgia, on December 28, 1906. He was the son of Alexander Atkinson Lawrence and Isabel Ashby Paine. He attended Massie School (Savannah, Ga.) and Woodberry Forest Preparatory (Orange, Virginia). He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1929 and read law in his father's Savannah law office, Lawrence and Abrahams. He married Margaret Adams on April 18, 1933, and they had two children. From 1930-1969, Alexander Lawrence practiced law in Savannah as a partner in the firm of Bouhan, Lawrence, Williams, and Levy and established a wide reputation in the legal profession. He engaged in mainly civil cases and represented some of Savannah's major insurance, utility and railroad companies. In 1968, he was nominated to the bench of the Federal District Court of South Georgia. As judge he faced the issue of the desegregation of the Savannah- Chatham County public school system. One of his highest profile civil-damages case grew out of the February 1971 explosion at the Thiokol Chemical Corporation in Woodbine, Georgia.
Lawrence served as president of the Georgia and Savannah bar associations. He was a member of the Georgia Bar Examiners' Board, the American College of Trial lawyers, Georgia Historical Commission, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the Cincinnati, and he served as president of the Georgia Historical Society from 1945 until 1952. He was an active participant in the historic preservation movement in Savannah.
Lawrence possessed a great interest in history and wrote several works. His first, James Moore Wayne, Southern Unionist (1943), was a biography of a Savannahian who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1835-1867 but refused to join in secession in 1861. His most popular work, Storm Over Savannah (1951; rev. 1979), recounted the siege of the city in 1779. Lawrence's Present for Mr. Lincoln (1961) received an award from the American Association of State and Local History. Other works include: James Johnston, Georgia's First Printer (1956), and A History of the Georgia Supreme Court (1948).
Alexander Atkinson Lawrence died on August 20, 1979.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Alexander Atkinson Lawrence. The collection is arranged into 7 series: personal, educational, and legal papers; correspondence and speeches; A Present for Mr. Lincoln research materials; Storm Over Savannah research materials; James Moore Wayne research materials; Johnny Leber materials; and historical markers and sites.
Index Terms
Civil law--Georgia. Civil rights--Georgia. Constitutional law. Criminal law--Georgia Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794. Fort Jackson (Ga.) Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort) Habeas corpus--Georgia. Historical markers--Georgia--Chatham County. Inmates of institutions--Georgia. Johnston, James. Judges--Georgia. Judicial opinions--Georgia. Law. Lawrence, Alexander Atkinson, 1869-1930. Leber, Johnny. Legal documents. Letters (correspondence) Manuscripts for publication. Research notes. Savannah (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Savannah (Ga.)--History--Siege, 1779. Scrapbooks. Sherman's March to the Sea. Speeches (documents) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French. Wayne, James Moore, 1790-1867. Woodberry Forest School.
Location of Originals
Original materials in the possessions of University of North Carolina; University of Michigan; Indiana State Library; University of Georgia Library; Porter W. Carswell; Library of Congress; Solomon's Lodge (Savannah, Ga.); Indiana Historical Society; Emory University Library; Sullivan Bond; Detroit Public Library; Duke University; Wisconsin Historical Society; Maine Historical Society; Avingnon Municipal Library; and William L. Clement Library.
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Material was acquired from creator.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Alexander Atkinson Lawrence papers, MS 2019, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Alexander Atkinson Lawrence, 1979.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher. Publication Note
Alexander Atkinson Lawrence, A Present for Mr. Lincoln (Ardivan Press, 1961); Storm Over Savannah (University of Georgia Press, 1951; reprinted 1968; reprinted Savannah, Ga.: Tara Press, 1979); James Moore Wayne (University of North Carolina Press, 1943; reprinted Greenwood Press, 1970).
Sponsorship
Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Container List
SERIES 1:: Personal, educational, and legal papers, 1930-1979
This series contains 73 volumes of briefs, unreported and reported opinions of Judge Alexander Atkinson Lawrence from his work both as an attorney with Bouhan, Lawrence, Williams, and Levy (1930-1968) and while on the bench of the Federal District Court of South Georgia (Savannah, Ga.), 1968-1979. A few of the volumes contain both professional and personal photographs. Other items from Lawrence's professional career include notebooks and correspondence concerning his nomination and appointment to the bench of the Federal District Court of South Georgia. Also included in the series are items from Lawrence's time at Woodberry Forest School (Orange, Va.) and the University of Georgia. Among these items are a scrapbook from Woodberry Forest School, notebooks from the University of Georgia, and photographs.
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1 1 Letters to his grandfather, R. de Lawrence, 1915
2 School paper, "The Cruise of the Ben Bolt, 1915-1925"
Scrapbooks
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1 3 WWI Navy, 1915-1920
4 WWI Aviation, 1918-1919
5 Correspondence sent while at Woodberry
6 Woodberry Forest School, scholastic reports, 1921-1924
7 Issues of the Taylor Tribune, October 6, 1924-November 17, 1924
8 English vocabulary list, 1925
9 Scrapbook of humorous stories, 1925
Class notes
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1 10 Course on Georgia history, University of Georgia (also includes drawings and sports statistics), 1925 and 1926
11 Class in Greek, 1925-1926
12 Sigma Alpha Epsilon, membership certificate, 1926. Photograph of 1929 SAE Phi Beta Kappas
13 Correspondence, 1929
University of Georgia
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1 14 Examinations for English, 1927-1928; Greek, 1927; Latin, 1927
Notes and examinations
15 History
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2 16 Physics
17 Latin
18 Commerce
19 Math
20- English 21
22 Miscellaneous
23 Textbook, Marbot A. Austerlitz (including drawings and sports statistics)
24 Scholastic reports, 1926-1928
25 Graduation program, 1929
26 Poetry book, The Englishman in Greece by Sir Rennell Rodd, Oxford, 1910
27 Photograph, circa 1925-1929
Lessons from reading law
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2 28 March 1, 1930
29 March 15, 1930
30 March 21, 1930
31 March 29, 1930 32 April 5, 1930
33 April 12, 1930
34 April 19, 1930
35 April 26, 1930
36 May 3, 1930
37 May 10, 1930
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3 38 May 17, 1930
39 May 26, 1930
40 June 9, 1930
41- Notebooks of quotes, writings, etc. 44
45 Wedding invitation, Alexander Atkinson Lawrence and Margaret Adams, April 18, 1933
46 Legal calendar with notes, 1938
Lawyer's desk book
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3 47 1938
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4 48 1939
49 Historical notebook
50 Index of cases on automobiles and evidence in Georgia
51 Oath of office for U.S. Judge; includes other items regarding appointment, 1968
52 Resolutions regarding judgeship
53 Newspapers clippings concerning appointment
Letters and correspondence concerning his appointment to U.S. Judge
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4 54- 1967-March 1968 59 Box Fldr
5 60- April-July 1968 67
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6 68- July-September 1968 75
76 Correspondence, 1972-1978
77 Letters concerning recommendation to U.S. Supreme Court, 1971
78 Personnel actions and correspondence concerning Senior Judge status and retirement, 1976-1978
79 Richard B. Russell Foundation
80 Photographs, 2 items
81 Judges' dictionary
82 Autobiographical materials on Judge Lawrence
Scrapbook, Woodberry Forest School, 1922-1924
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1 Woodberry Forest School certificate of distinction, 1921-1922; Woodberry Forest School diploma, June 5, 1925; certificate of admission for U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 5th district, November 19, 1943; watercolor from materials on Siege of Savannah
Briefs
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1 Letter to his father, 1918; photographs of Alexander A. Lawrence as a child, 1930-1931.
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2-7 1931-1937
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8 Photograph of Lawrence and his son, 1937-1938.
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9-10 1938-1940 Volume
11 Photograph taken November 18, 1940, 1940-1941.
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12 1941-1942
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13 Photograph of A.A. Lawrence, 1942-1943.
Volume
14-15 1943-1945
Volume
16 War related certificates. Photo of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945-1946.
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17 Photograph of University of Georgia Club, 1947, 1946-1947.
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18-19 1947-1949
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20 Includes speeches and photographs, 1949-1950.
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21-25 1950-1955
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26 Photographs of the Two-Minute Club award banquet, 1955-1956.
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27-28 1956-1958
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29 Photographs of dove hunt, speech at Wesleyan Historical Panel, and Magna Carta Society, 1958, 1958-1959. Volume
30 1959-1960
Volume
31-33 Briefs and speeches, 1960-1963
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34 Briefs and papers
Photograph of Lawrence and two men next to the Warren A. Candler Hospital marker, 1963-1964.
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35 Photograph of Lawrence near Johnson Square, 1964-1965.
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36 Briefs, papers, and speeches, 1965-1966 Photograph at Massie School
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37 Briefs, 1966-1967 Photograph of Lawrence, December 1966
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38 Briefs and papers, 1967-1968
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39-73 Reported and Unreported Opinions, 1968-1979
SERIES 2:: Correspondence and speeches, 1940-1979
This series contains correspondence, 1955-1979 and speeches, 1940-1979. The correspondence is from both his personal and professional lives. The speeches were delivered to a variety of organizations including civic, patriotic, professional, and society. The correspondence is arranged according to Lawrence's original order. The arrangement is chronological, then alphabetical. The speeches are arranged chronologically with undated speeches at the end.
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1 1955-1959
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2 E-F, 1960-1961
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3 G-, E-F, 1961
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4 G-I, 1963
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5 J-H, 1963 1964
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6 J-D, 1964 1965
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7 E-F-E-F, 1965 1966
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8 G-G, 1966 1967
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9 H-J-C, 1967 1968
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10 D-D, 1968 1969
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11 E-F-S, 1969 1970
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12 T-V-K-L, 1970 1972 Box
13 M-M, 1972 1974
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14 N-O-D, 1974 1976
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15 E-F-N-O, 1976 1978
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16 332- P-Q, 1978 1979, August 338
Speeches
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16 339 "Tongue and Cheek"
340 If Longstreet Had Come up at Gettysburg, October 25, 1947
341 Introduction of Senator Leverett Salton Stall, 1950
342 From Rabun Gap to Tybee Light, February, 1950
343 My Life with Flora, March 25, 1955
344 Colonial Dames, April 11, 1956
345 Magna Carta, 1958
346 Pitfalls in the examination and cross examination of witnesses, 1958
347 Madeira Club, January 23, 1958
348 Christ Church 250th Anniversary, February 12, 1958
349 Savannah's historic Heritage, November, 1959
350 Central Georgia Historical Society, January 28, 1960
351 The Thirteenth Colony, April 2, 1960
352 Richmond County Historical Society, October 27, 1960
353 Neo-Puritanism in the Modern World, April 30, 1961
354 Lawyers Title Insurance Publication, 1961
355 The Private, unexpurgated diary of a member of Mariana Knox's Fun-Fabulous European Tour, 1962 Box Fldr
17 356 Madeira Club, Ladies' Party, June 2, 1962
357 Charleston Rotary Club, June 6, 1962
358 Augusta Bar Association, May 1, 1963
359 Presentation of Scroll to Senator Russell, May 4, 1963
360 Law Day, University of Georgia, 1963
361 Vidalia Speech, DAR, November 6, 1963
362 Waycross Teachers Association, February 28, 1964
363 Four Influential Women of Savannah, April 23, 1964
364 The March to the Sea, Atlanta Civil War Panel, June 10, 1964
365 Waycross Kiwanis Club, December 7, 1964
366 Hibernian, 1964
367 Savannah's Lost Houses of the Confederacy, 1964
368 Medical Staff at Candler Hospital, January 19, 1965
369 Joint Meeting Brunswick and Savannah Rotary Club, February 18, 1965
370 Deep South Regional Convention, March 1965
371 Lachlan McIntosh dedication, July 1, 1965
372 Men's Garden Club, December 9, 1965
373 Madeira Club, 1965
374 Robert E. Lee, January 20, 1966
375 Travel editors, April 1966
376 Rotary Golf Tournament, May 5, 1966
377 Cotton Importers Association, June 6, 1966
378 Columbus, Georgia, October 22, 1966
379 Introduction of Gerald Underwood, British Consul General, November 15, 1966
380 What Alexander Lawrence would do with one million dollars, January 16, 1967
381 Ductile Iron Group, Hilton Head, January 27, 1967
382 Sylvania Rotary Club, March 16, 1967 and Georgia Entomological Society, March 22, 1967
383 A Welcome to Visiting Industrialists, April 6, 1967 Box Fldr
18 384 PEO Convention, April 19, 1967; and GSME Ladies Night, May 26, 1967
385 Beaufort Volunteer Fireman's Banquet, July 10, 1967; and Georgia Chamber of Commerce Exec. Association, August 22, 1967
386 Introduction for Maddox at RBB Banquet, September 26, 1967
387 Junior League, November 1967
388 Charleston Rotary Club, November 9, 1967
389 Knights of Columbus, February 24, 1968
390 Jasper Greens, March 1968
391 Waycross Rotary Club, Ladies Night, April 3, 1968
392 Conference of Southern Historical Societies, April 4, 1968
393 Southern Association of Railroads and Utilities Commissioners, April 19, 1968
394 Augusta Kiwanis Club, May 21, 1968
395 Colonial Wars, Atlanta Chapter, May 31, 1968
396 German Heritage Society, October 15, 1968
397 Propeller Club of the U.S., October 15, 1969
398 Law Day, Augusta, 1969
399 Savannah Bar Association, March 12, 1970
400 Introduction of Chief Justice Almand, May 14, 1970
401 A Federal Judge's Prayer, March 17, 1971
402 Remarks to Atlanta Lawyers Club, March 17, 1971
403 Introduction of French Ambassador, Charles Lucet, May 5, 1971
404 Speech made to Home Federal, December 5, 1972
405 Introduction of Dean Rusk, March 5, 1973
406 Secretaries State Convention, April 28, 1973
407 A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony and the State of Georgia, 1733-1863
408 Columbia, S.C. speech, August 22, 1974
409 Estate Planning for Federal District Judges, September 16, 1974
Box Fldr 19 410 Atlantic Judicial Circuit Bar Association, April 24, 1975
411 Swearing-in ceremony of Bankruptcy Judge Coolidge, July 1, 1975
412 St. Andrew's Society Banquet, December 2, 1975
413 Report to District and Circuit Judges of the 5th Circuit at Exec. Comm., Judicial Conference, Houston, 1976
414 Statesboro Annual Meeting of First District Medical Society, March 24, 1976
415 Georgia Association of Historians, April 3, 1976
416 University of Georgia Alumni Seminar, May 15, 1976
417 Georgia Association Press Annual meeting, Awards Luncheon, Jekyll Island, May 16, 1976
418 Historic Savannah Ceremonies, October 9, 1976
419 Madrid Club, March 8, 1977
420 Judicial Conference of the Sixth Circuit, Louisville, May 11-13, 1977
421 Younger Lawyers Section of State Bar Luncheon, June 2, 1977
422 Unveiling of Judge Lawrence's Portrait, September 28, 1977
423 Savannah Bar Association, January 12, 1978
424 Pittsburg, Patent Law Association, January 18, 1978
425 Augusta Bar Association Annual Meeting, January 25, 1978
426 Park and Tree Commission, February 1, 1978
427 Savannah Tree Conference, February 1-2, 1978
428 Sons of American Revolution, February 17, 1978
429 A Toast of Helen Hays, May 6, 1978
430 Scenario and Script for Sax's Retirement Dinner party, May 25, 1978
431 Avant B. Edenfield, swearing-in speech, November 9, 1978
432 Founders Day dinner at Athens, January 26, 1979
433 Naturalization Proceedings at Savannah, August 16, 1979
434 Southeast Museum Conference
435 122 West Oglethorpe
436 Indian Village
437 Jones v. Ault
438 Development and Evolution, 1733-1900 439 The Coming of the Jews to Colonial Georgia
440 Miscellaneous
441 The Cloister
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20 442 Character sketch: Charles Henri Comte d'Estaing
443 Homes Associated with the Revolutionary War
444 Historical Markers in Coastal Georgia
445 My Life with Flora
446 The Indian Giver
447 In the Matter of Coldr (book review)
448 Sights and Sounds of Savannah
449 The Black Robe of Tyranny
450 Savannah's connection with other states in the southeast
451 Savannah women of the Confederacy
452 Civil War notes about vignettes of Savannah
453 Savannah and the Civil War
454 A lawyer looks at women
455 Robert Morris Associate
456 Junior Chamber of Commerce
457 Sherman at Savannah
458 Capture of Savannah
1 Speeches, 1940
2 Speeches, 1847-1948
SERIES 3:: A Present for Mr. Lincoln research materials, 1959-1965
This series contains research materials for Lawrence's book, A Present for Mr. Lincoln. It includes photocopies and transcripts of letters, diaries, and newspaper articles from other repositories. Also included are photographs, prints, and a scrapbook of published and unpublished reviews of A Present for Mr. Lincoln and Johnny Leber. The scrapbook also contains a merit certificate presented to Judge Lawrence for A Present for Mr. Lincoln from the American Association for State and Local History in 1962.
Box Fldr 1 1 Cohen letters owned by Miss Jeanne Hunter. Two Adam Leopold Alexander letters (University of NC)
2-3 Edward C. Anderson (nephew of Col. Anderson)
4 William S. Basinger reminiscences
5 Berry Benson reminiscences. Joseph Espy letters. Log of USS Augusta (University of NC)
6 Photostats letters of John M. Bessmer (University of Michigan)
Diaries
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1 7 Daniel E. Bruce, a teamster 87th Regiment (Indiana State Library)
8 E.P. Burton, 7th Illinois Regiment
9 Carlton-Newton-Mell collection (University of Georgia Library)
Letters
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1 10 John Devine Carswell and his father, John Wright Carswell, 1861, 1862 (owned by Porter W. Carswell)
11 Pope Barrow and Howell Cobb, Jr. (Cobb papers, University of Georgia Libraries); Brown letters (papers of Col. David C. Barrow, University of Georgia Libraries)
12 Excerpts from Confederate ordinance records, Savannah, Georgia (Library of Congress)
13 Confederate Veteran
14 Naval letters from Capt. Percival Drayton ( Bulletin, New York Library, 1906)
15 Private journal of E.W. Drummond and war memories of Mary A. Drummond
16 Diary of James G. Essington
17 Photostat letter of John W. Geary to Solomon's Lodge and copy of resolution of lodge, 1866 (original in possession of Solomon's Lodge)
18 Letters of George W. Gift, CSN (University of North Carolina)
19 Judge Richard T. Gibson letter. Linda McNeil, two letters
20 William J. Hardee papers
21 John Hart Diary
22 Letters of Moses Harter; recollections of Daniel H. Rowe; diary of William Lomax (Indiana Historical Society) Excerpts
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1 23 History of 15th Iowa Volunteers by Wm. Worth Belknap; Francis R. Baker diary
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2 24 Letters of Charles C. Jones, Jr. and William B. Hodgson (Margaret Branch Sexton Collection, University of Georgia Libraries); journal (Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. collection University of Georgia)
25 W.L. Landershine diary. Fort Pulaski
26 Log books of Union vessels
27 Letters and journal of John Newland Maffitt (University of North Carolina)
28 O.M. Poe letters
29 Letters of Joseph C. Thompson in possession of Edward W. Bell, Savannah
30 Wm. E. Strong reminiscences of capture of Fort McAllister (Sherman collection, Library of Congress)
31 Aaron Wilbur papers and letter of George A. Mercer (Emory University Library)
32 A "reminiscence of the war" by Mary A. Wragg (original in possession of Sullivan Bond)
33 George F. Palmes
34 Montfort letters; Hanleiter diary; Henry L. Graves letters
35 John Weissert letters
36 Alpheus S. Williams letters (Detroit Public Library)
37 Jeremy F. Gilmer letters
38 Lafayette McLaws letters
39 Bartow at Manassas recollections by S.F. Culpepper
40 Major George W. Anderson papers
41 John McCrady papers
42 Wayne papers
43 C.C. Jones letters
44 Official records, skirmish at Whitemarsh Island
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3 45 Correspondence: Chicago Historical Society; Chicago Public Library; Illinois State Historical Library 46- Letters of Jane Petigru (Baber-Blackshear collection, University of Georgia Libraries) 47
48 Charles Brown papers (Duke University)
49 Robert Bruce Hoadley papers (Duke University)
50 Michael H. Turrentine papers (Duke University)
51 Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. papers (Duke University)
52 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard papers (Duke University)
53 Elizabeth Buntyn papers (Duke University)
54 George A. Mercer diary
55 Wilbur collection (Duke University)
56 Items from the Wisconsin Historical Society
57- Excerpts, regimental histories and diaries concerning Sherman's march through Georgia 58 and occupation of Savannah
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4 59- Excerpts, regimental histories and diaries concerning Sherman's march through Georgia 62 and occupation of Savannah
63- Newspapers, articles from all over the country regarding Civil War 65
66 Book reviews
Correspondence
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4 67- 1959-October 1961 72
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5 73 1962
74 Connecticut
75 Georgia
76 Illinois
77 Indiana
78 Iowa
79 Louisiana 80 Massachusetts
81 Michigan
82 Minnesota
83 Missouri
84 New York
85 North Carolina
86 Ohio
87 Pennsylvania
88 Rhode Island
89 South Carolina
90 Tennessee
91 Vermont
92 Virginia
93 Wisconsin
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6 94- Publisher, 1960-1965 97
98 National Archives, 1959-1961
99 Inter-library-loans, 1959-1961
100 James N. Adams and Lee Deloache, researchers, 1959
101 John de Porry, researcher, 1959-1961
102 Helen Burr Smith, researcher, 1959-1960
Photographs and prints
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6 103 Edward Porter Alexander; Francis Stebbin Bartow; William Starr Basinger; Pierre Gustave Toutant; Beauregard; John White Geary; Jeremy Francis Gilmer; William Joseph Hardee; Henry Rootes Jackson; Joseph E. Johnston; Charles C. Jones, Jr.; Alexander R. Lawton; Robert Edward Lee; Lafayette McLaws; George Anderson Mercer; Hugh Weedon Mercer; Charles Olmstead; Gilbert Moxley Sorrel; Josiah Tattnal; H.C. Wayne; Charles Claudius Wilson
104 Confederate Ram Atlanta; USS Leigh; USS Montauk; US Weehawken; diagram showing the relative position of the guns on the river defenses of Savannah, Ga.; ground plan and view of Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River; unidentified battery 105 Fort Pulaski; drawings of Sherman review the troops on Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.; officers' quarters, Green island; rebel batteries near Savannah; the defenses of Savannah, the Rebel Ram Georgia, and obstructions placed in the Savannah River, at Elba Island, to resist the approach of the Union fleet; the destruction of the Rebel Ram Savannah by the enemy on the eve of the Federal occupation of Savannah; General Kilpatrick's headquarters in Savannah; Savannah, Ga. riverfront; the first Flag of Independence raised in the South by the citizens of Savannah;, November 8, 1860; Bull Street, Savannah; Broad Street, Savannah; Martello Tower, Tybee Island, Ga., Co. I, 48th New York; Battery Lee and Fort Jackson, Savannah River; Fort Jackson, looking west; interior of Fort Jackson; interior of Battery Lee
106 Book report by George Mundy
107 Scrapbook, reviews of A Present for Mr. Lincoln and Johnny Leber, 1961-1963, 1967-1970
SERIES 4:: Storm Over Savannah research materials, 1951-1981
This series contains research materials used by Lawrence for Storm Over Savannah. Included are correspondence pertaining to the research and documents used, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Also included is a scrapbook of published and unpublished reviews for Storm Over Savannah and other works by Judge Lawrence, such as James Johnston, Georgia's First Printer, which was published in 1956.
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1 1 Author's contract, March 1, 1951
2-15 Correspondence, 1948-1973
16 Publishing contract, 1978
Correspondence
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1 17 1978-1979
18 Ralph Steven, University of Georgia Press, 1950-1952
19 British Museum, 1950-1951
20 Abel Doysie, 1950-1951
21 Earl of Lauderdale, 1951
22 Savannah Public Library, 1950-1951
23 New York Public Library, 1950-1951
24 Kenneth Coleman, 1950-1951
25 John Carter Brown Library, 1950-1951
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2 26 Library of Congress 27 Dallas Young, 1952
28 Concerning various Frenchmen
29 Pinckney letter, regarding, 1950
30 Pulaski, regarding, 1950-1951
31 Sir James Wright portrait, regarding, 1956-1958
32 Anthony Stokes, regarding, 1953-1955
33 Reviews, 1951-1952
Correspondence
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2 34 George Fenwick Jones about Frederick von Porbeck's map of Siege of Savannah
35 Robert S. Davis, Jr.
36 Mrs. Thomas R. White
37 Colin Campbell, regarding British capture of Savannah, December 29, 1778
38 George P. Clark, regarding Haitian participation in the Siege
39 Gordon B. Smith, Jr. research notes
40 Scipion de Castries journal
41 Lincoln-McIntosh-Pulaski letters (Maine Historical Society, University of Georgia Library)
42 Material relating to John H. Cruger and Quash Dolly
43 Journal de Campagne d'un officer du regiment de Hainault and journal of Pierre Alexandre de Pastour de Costebelle
44 Correspondence of General Benjamin Lincoln
45 Casimir Pulaski letters relating to Siege of Savannah
46 Correspondence of General Prevost with Clinton and Fuser, British Intelligence reports (William L. Clement Library)
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3 47 Meyronnet de Saint-March journal of Siege of Savannah, including translation by Roberta Leighton in the New York Historical Quarterly, July 1952
48 Extract of journal de Campagne du Chevalier Jean-Reny de Tarragon
49 Journal de la Campagne de Vaisseau la Marseillais... (Municipal Library, Avingnon)
50 Miscellaneous correspondence of Lincoln and d'Estaing; reports as to landing places, convention of retreat and ship passenger lists
51 Col. John Maitland
52 Peyrelongue
53 Casualty lists and returns, British, French, and American
Journals
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3 54 Unidentified officer aboard le Majlifique
55 Unidentified French officer
56 Lachlan McIntosh letters
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4 57 The London Chronicle, February 27, 1770, regarding the litigation of d'Estaing's legitimacy
58 Report from d'Estaing to M. de Sartine
59 Major John Jones, Thomas Pinckney, and Col. John Laurens
60 Miscellaneous research files
61 Maps
62 Photocopies of prints
63 Photographs: Charles Henry Comte d'Estaing; Louis Marie, Vicomte de; Noailles; John Maitland; George Prevost; Casimir Pulaski; Albert Rosenthal; Thirlastane Castle, Lauder; Scotland; La Citadelle
64 Correspondence with dr. Preston Russell, 1979-1981
65 Scrapbook, reviews of Storm Over Savannah; James Johnston, Georgia's First Printer; and other works by Judge Lawrence, 1950-1952, 1954, 1957-1959, 1963, 1966, 1979- 1970, 1977
SERIES 5:: James Moore Wayne research materials, 1937-1977
This series contains research materials used by Lawrence for James Moore Wayne. Included are correspondence pertaining to the research and documents used, photographs, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook of published and unpublished reviews of James Moore Wayne. The scrapbook also contains original and photocopies of letters written by Wayne, which span the years 1824-1861.
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1 1-5 Research notes by chapter
6 Notes for index to Wayne book Correspondence
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1 7-8 1937-1938
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2 9-15 1939-1945
16- With publisher 17
18 Personal research trips
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3 19- Correspondence regarding research in other cities on Wayne 20
21 Miscellaneous research notes
Correspondence
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3 22 Regarding the Supreme Court, and notes
23 Regarding Wayne-Daniell duel, and notes
24 Miss Maud K. Sites, research, 1939-1943
25 Regarding reviews of book, and notes
26 Regarding reprint of Wayne book, 1969-1977
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4 27 Regarding Dred Scott Case, 1939-1941, and notes
28 H.C. Wayne and John M. Cuyler family information
29 Letters of thanks and congratulations on Wayne book
30 Correspondence regarding photographs of James Moore Wayne
31 Photographs and prints: James Wayne Cuyler; Dred Scott; Alexander H. Stephens; H.C. Wayne; Henry Constantine Wayne with two sons; James Moore Wayne (photo and daguerreotype); Mrs. James Moore Wayne; Richard Wayne; Wayne-Gordon House; letter from Joseph Story to Wayne, September 20, 1843; Harpers Weekly, June 7, 1862, Hospital at Fort Monroe; group photograph of Supreme Court Justices Davis, Swayne, Grier, Wayne, Chase, Nelson, Clifford, Miller, and Field, 1865
32 Scrapbook, reviews of James Moore Wayne, A Southern Unionist, 1843-1845, 1951-1954
SERIES 6:: Johnny Leber materials, 1961-1979
This series contains correspondence and a draft of a manuscript entitled, Johnny Leber.
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1 1 Draft of manuscript
2 Copyright registration
Correspondence
Ashantilly Press
3 1979, concerning transfer of copyright
4-6 1961-1963
7 1965
8 Allen P. Julian, Atlanta Historical Society, 1961-1962
9-11 1961-1963
SERIES 7:: Historical markers and sites, 1950-1970
This series contains files on Chatham County historical markers, Savannah's Revolutionary Battlefield Park, Fort McAllister, and Fort Jackson.
Historical markers
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1 1 List of state historical markers
2 Attack on British lines
3 Comer House, Jefferson Davis
4 Joseph Vallence Bevan
5 S.S. Savannah and S.S. John Randolph
6 Tomochichi grave
7 Trustees Garden
8 James Moore Wayne
9 Waterwitch
10 Sorrel-Weed House 11 Old Harbor Light
12 Congregation Mickve Israel
13 Lutheran Church of the Ascension
14 Davenport House
15 Site of Colonial Shipyard
16 Trinity United Methodist Church
17 Mulberry Grove
18 Madison Square
19 Sherman's headquarters
20 Warren A. Chandler Hospital
21 Habersham markers
22 McIntosh markers
23 Confederate Monument
24 Landing of Oglethorpe and the colonists
25 Henry R. Jackson
26 Duelist grave
27 Hugh McCall
28 Georgia Historical Society, Hodgson Hall
29 Girl Scout headquarters
30 Old City Exchange bell
31 Lachlan McIntosh
32 Samuel Elbert
33 Fort Wayne
34 Pulaski
35 Caruthers
36 Birth place, University of Georgia
37 John Berrien
38 Tybee Island markers
39 James Edward Oglethorpe
40 Nathanael Greene 41 Jasper, Jasper Spring
42 Oglethorpe marker, Church of All Saints, Cranahm-Essex, England
43 Wright Square
44 Bellvue
45 Telfair family mansion
46 William Scarbrough
47 Button Gwinnett burial place investigation
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2 49 Edward Green Malbone
50 American Grand Price Races, Vanderbilt Cup Race
51 James Johnston
52 U.S. Custom House
53 Archibald Bulloch
54 Colonial Park
55 Owens-Thomas House
56 Johnson Square and Oglethorpe Square
57 Joseph Clay, patriot
58 Sailors' Burial Ground
59 Captain Denis Cottineau, 1745-1808
60 Old Mongin House
61 Fort Morris
62 Juliette Low
63 John Abbot
64 Methodist Church, Isle of Hope; Bethesda
65 Independent Presbyterian Church; Lowell Mason
66 Chatham Artillery's Washington Guns
67 Military barracks and British fortifications during the Revolutionary War
68 Savannah Cotton Exchange
69 Veterans Council of Chatham County proposed marker, 8th Air Force Revolutionary War Battlefield Park
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3 70 Constitution and by-laws
71 Minutes of committee members
72 Revolutionary War Battlefield Park, 1961
73 Park proposal, February 1963
74- 1963-1964 75
76 Project J., preliminary study, April 1964
77 Petition for incorporation of Revolutionary Battle Park, Inc., 1965
78- 1965-1973 86
87 Bicentennial Parks Feasibility study, phase 2, vol. 2, February 27, 1973
88 1974
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4 89- 1975-1978 92
93 Oglethorpe Trail
94 Bill S-2565
95 Incorporation of Revolutionary War Battlefield Park, May 11, 1965
96 Plans and maps
97 Report for advisory board on National Park, Historic Sites
98 Dinner for Park, October 9, 1972
99 Photographs, aerial views of Savannah (3)
Fort McAllister
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5 100 Program from presentation of Fort McAllister to the State by International Paper Company, March 20, 1958
101 Resolution for restoration of Fort McAllister, April 19, 1961
102- Correspondence, 1957-1965 111 112 Progress reports from architect, John C. LeBey, 1962-1963
113 Columbiad cannon replica
114 A.J. Waring memorial
115 Correspondence concerning sketch of Fort McAllister, 1966
116 Text for markers
Fort Jackson
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6 117 Correspondence, 1957
118 1958
119- 1963-1967 138
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7 139 Copy of deed for Fort Jackson site
140 Acquisition of Fort Jackson from American Cyanamid Company
141- Historic Preservations Reports by Frederick L. Rath, Jr., 1958 142
143 Plans of Fort Jackson
144 Forward Savannah
145 Correspondence with M.J. Carbonell, 1965
146 Exhibit plan for room A, February 18, 1966
147 Mooring, Fort Jackson
148 Easement from Georgia Historical Commission to Chatham County, 1966
149 CSS Savannah
150 Correspondence with Mystic Seaport, 1965
151 Outline for Fort Jackson brochure
152 List of Savannah maritime material
153 Plans for light ironclad ship
154 Newspaper clippings
155 Georgia Day Celebration "Cruz del Sur,", 1965-1966
156 Ships named Savannah Correspondence
157 Regarding cannon
158 Regarding periscope, buoy, and diving outfit
159 N.S. Savannah exhibit, 1965-1966
160 Proposed maritime museum at Fort Jackson
161 Correspondence with Yacht America, 1965-1967
162 Photographs: Fort Jackson; model of ship Savannah; aerial of Fort Jackson; N.S. Savannah exhibit; anchor from ship Dictator