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Gillis (Hugh M.) Papers University Libraries, Zach S Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern Finding Aids 1995 Gillis (Hugh M.) papers University Libraries, Zach S. Henderson Library Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation University Libraries, Zach S. Henderson Library, "Gillis (Hugh M.) papers" (1995). Finding Aids. 10. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/finding-aids/10 This finding aid is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 8/1/2018 Hugh M. Gillis Papers - Inventory Hugh M. Gillis Papers - Box 1 Soperton Office Correspondence 1957-1967 - letter from Gov. Marvin Griffin [3-11-57] - letter from Lt. Gov. Peter Zack Geer [4-20-65] - note from Harvey R. Brown, Georgia Forestry Association, Inc. (GFA) [1-26-66] - letter from Hugh W. Durham [1-28-66] - letter from W. E. Lovett [2-2-66] - letter from Mildred L. Grimes, Vidalia High School [3-14-66] - letter from L. E. Green [3-15-66] - letter from Sen. Culver Kidd [3-17-66] - letter from William L. Presley, The Westminster Schools [3-21-66] - letter from Tom Boyd, Jr., Georgia Association of Secondary School Principals [4-12-66] - letter from W. H. Champion, Dublin Courier-Herald [5-26-66] - letter from Frank H. Edwards, Legislative Service Committee (LSC) [6-13-66] - letter from Assistant Attorney General Henry G. Neal [6-24-66] - letter from Inez S. McGregor [6-25-66] - letter from U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge [6-28-66] - letters from Gov. Carl E. Sanders [6-29-66, 12-19-66] - note from Sims Garrett, Jr., Georgia Motor Trucking Association [7-1-66] - letters from Sen. James P. Wesberry, Jr. [7-6-66, 3-24-67] - letter from Attorney General (AG) Arthur K. Bolton [7-11-66, 3-20-67] - letter from Secretary of State (SOS) Ben W. Fortson, Jr. [7-12-66] - letter from Nita Luke Stephens [9-6-66] - letters from Sen. Ronald F. Adams [9-29-66, 4-18-67] - letter from Phil Campbell, Department of Agriculture (DOA) [10-25-66] - letter from Georgia School Food Service Association, Inc. (GSFSA) [3-16-67] - letter from The Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG) [3-16-67] - letters from Charles R. Yates, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company [3-17-67, 4-17-67] - letter from Denmark Groover, Jr., Southern Railway Systems [3-17-67] - letter from Peyton S. Hawes, Department of Revenue (DOR) [3-22-67] - letter from Ray Shirley, Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) [3-22-67] - letter from Dr. P. K. Dixon, State Board of Health [3-24-67] - letter from Walter S. Phillips, Georgia Automobile Dealers Association (GADA) [3-24-67] - letters from Wilton Hill, Georgia School Bus Drivers Association (GSBDA) [3-24-67] - letter from Frances Griffin, Department of Education (DOE) [3-24-67] - letter from Glenn McCullough, Georgia Press Association (GPA) [3-24-67] - letter from Sen. Robert A. Brown [3-25-67] - letter from Sen. Julian Webb [3-27-67] - letter from Gerry R. Holden, Georgia Association of Independent Insurance Agents [3-27-67] - letter from Mel Gerber [3-27-67] - letter from Sen. Oliver C. Bateman [3-27-67] - letter from Jack P. Nix, DOE [3-30-67] - letter from Rep. Hines L. Brantley [4-1-67] - letter from R. H. Burson, Department of Public Safety (DPS) [4-4-67] - letter from J. N. Baker, DOE [4-4-67] - letter from H. Oliver Welch, DOE [4-4-67] - letter from T. A. Gregory, Jr., Georgia Retail Association (GRA) [4-5-67] - letter from Sen. Render Hill [4-6-67] - letter from Comptroller General James T. Bentley [4-7-67] - letter from Sen. Joseph E. Kennedy [4-8-67] - letter from Edward S. Kendrick, State Board of Probation [4-13-67] - letter from Sen. Brooks Pennigton [4-14-67] http://libweb.lib.georgiasouthern.edu/specialcollections/manu/inv/gillis.htm 1/21 8/1/2018 Hugh M. Gillis Papers - Inventory - letter from Sen. Paul C. Broun [4-17-67] - letter from Robert E. Andrews [4-24-67] - letter from Rep. Emory L. Rowland [4-28-67] - letter from J. A. Crockett, Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc. [4-28-67] - letter from H. E. Ruark, Georgia Forest Research Council (GFRC) [5-4-67] - letter from William H. Kendall, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (L&N) [5-9-67] - letter from Robert P. Ethridge, L&N [5-20-67] - letter from Governor's Chief of Staff T. Malone Sharpe [5-25-67] - letter from Phillip J. Sutton, Hensley-Schmidt, Inc. [5-25-67] - letter from Gov. Lester Maddox [6-8-67] - letter from Lee Carter, Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) [6-12-67] - letter from Congressman G. Elliott Hagan [6-30-67] Soperton Office Correspondence 1968-1969 - newsletter - Scholarship Summary [1/68] - letter to Dublin Mayor William R. Smith [1-9-68] - letter to Jule Matheson, Rural Gas Corporation [1-9-68] - letter to Laurens County Attorney William Malcolm Towson [1-9-68] - letter to Reba Spell, Toombs County Unit, Georgia Education Association (GEA) [1-10-68] - letter to J. Hall NeeSmith, Toombs County Board of Commissioners (BOC) [1-11-68] - letter to Bannon Smith, Morris State Bank [1-12-68] - letter to O. D. Bannon, Retz Banking Company [1-12-68] - letter to Harry Green [1-16-68] - letter to Gerald J. May [1-17-68] - letters to J. A. Crockett, Piggly-Wiggly Southern, Inc. [1-18-68, 2-7-68] - letter to Tommy Peterson, Montgomery County Bank [1-22-68] - letter to Thomas K. Patterson, Oxford Industries, Inc. [1-22-68] - letter to Essie Mae Cobb, Laurens County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) [1-22-68] - letter to T. H. Brice, Brice Banking Company [1-22-68] - letter to J. H. Wynn, Morris Banking Company [1-22-68] - letter to William L. Lanier, Georgia Farm Bureau Federation (GFBF) [1-30-68] - letter to Virginia S. Krugner [1-30-68] - letter to Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen [1-30-68] - letter to Mrs. Charles W. Taylor [2-1-68] - letter to Mrs. Jerry Duggan [2-5-68] - letter to Mr. and Mrs. Royce Faircloth [2-7-68] - letter to Duncan Graham [2-7-68] - letter to Ralph Garner [2-7-68] - letter to William J. Andrews, Laurens Park Mill [2-7-68] - letter to Carolyn W. Cox and Maria W. Brown [2-7-68] - letter to Elbert Mullis [2-7-68] - letters to Toombs County officials [2-8-68] - letter to Brother Hahm (minister) [2-8-68] - letter to James Passmore, Dublin-Laurens County Civil Defense [2-8-68] - letter to C. B. McAllister, Sea Island Bank [2-8-68] - letter to Mrs. George A. Miller [2-12-68] - letter to W. E. Lovett, Dublin-Laurens County Chamber of Commerce (COC) [2-12-68] - letter Dr. Louis C. Alderman, Middle Georgia College (MGC) [2-12-68] - letter to Roy Hammond, Dublin Parks and Recreation Department [2-14-68] - letter to Charles Ricks [2-14-68] - letter to Jack Fields, Vidalia Garment Company, Inc. [2-19-68] - letter to Jerry O. Bange, Altamaha Area Planning and Development Commission (APDC) [2-19-68] - letter to Louise Pope, Laurens Education Association [2-19-68] - letter to H. R. Thompson, Solicitor General, Middle Judicial Circuit [2-19-68] http://libweb.lib.georgiasouthern.edu/specialcollections/manu/inv/gillis.htm 2/21 8/1/2018 Hugh M. Gillis Papers - Inventory - letter from Donald E. Payton, State Scholarship Commission [2-19-68] - letter to Dr. William R. Dyer [2-21-68] - letter to Mrs. A. L. Hussey, Toombs County Ordinary [2-26-68] - letter to Judge Bob Mikell, Bulloch County Court of Ordinary [2-26-68] - letter to U. S. Sen. Herman Talmadge [2-28-68] - letter to Gov. Lester Maddox [2-28-68] - letters to fellow legislators re: past session [3/68] - letter from Laurens County School Bus Drivers [3-7-68] - letters from fellow legislators re: past session [3-8/68] - letter from AG Arthur K. Bolton [3-28-68] - letter from Tom Gregory, GRA [3-29-68] - letter from Gerald Bishop, Magnolia Manor [4-1-68] - letter from Edward S. Kendrick, State Board of Probation [5-1-68] - letter from Sanford Derby, GFC [5-3-68] - letter from Harold Joiner, GFA [5-9-68] - letter from W. E. Lovett [8-7-68] - letter from U. S. Sen. Talmadge [9-23-68] - letter from Lt. Gov. George L. Smith [4-1-69] - letter from Solon C. Couch [4-2-69] - letter from Jimmy Carter [4-4-69] - letter from fellow Senators re: past session [4/69] - letter from Fred B. Hand, Farmers Bank of Pelham [9-23-69] Soperton Office Correspondence 1970-1979 - letters from fellow legislators re: past session [2-3/70] - letter from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Bond Almand [2-24-70] - letters from W. B. Bryan, Seaboard Coastline Railroad [2-27-70, 6-26-70] - letters from Ray Shirley, GFC [2-27-70, 3-16-71] - letter from James M. Hubbard, Oconee Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) [2-27-70] - letter from R. B. Symonette, Georgia Power Company (GPC) [2-27-70] - letters from Abit Massey, Georgia Poultry Federation, Inc. (GPF) [3-2-70, 3-22-71] - letters from Jack P. Nix, DOE [3-3-70, 5-22-70, 6-2-70, 6-22-70, 6-30-70, 3-22-71] - letter from Sam K. Rylee [3-6-70] - letter from Wilton Hill, GSBDA [3-6-70] - letter to William J. Lowe from E. C.
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