Georgia miscellany collection, 1770-1968 Emory University Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Atlanta, GA 30322 404-727-6887 [email protected] Descriptive Summary Title: Georgia miscellany collection, 1770-1968 Call Number: Manuscript Collection No. 44 Extent: 3 linear feet (6 boxes), 3 oversized papers boxes and 7 oversized papers folders (OP), 7 bound volumes (BV), 6 oversized bound volumes (OBV), 1 microfilm reel (MF), and 1 framed item (FR) Abstract: This artificial collection is comprised of small manuscript collections either written in Georgia, or by, to, about, or concerning Georgians or Georgia. Language: Materials entirely in English. Administrative Information Restrictions on Access Unrestricted access. Terms Governing Use and Reproduction All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction. Additional Physical Form Allatoona Iron Works (Cass County, Georgia) account book also available on microfilm. Source Various sources. Citation [after identification of item(s)], Georgia miscellany collection, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. Processing Processed by Susan Potts McDonald, 2004. This collection contains material that was originally part of Miscellaneous Collections A-D, F, and I. In 2017, these collections were discontinued and the contents dispersed amongst other collections by subject or provenance to improve accessibility. Emory Libraries provides copies of its finding aids for use only in research and private study. Copies supplied may not be copied for others or otherwise distributed without prior consent of the holding repository. Georgia miscellany collection, 1770-1968 Manuscript Collection No. 44 This collection contains material that originally comprised the Georgia political leaders autographs collection (MSS 280). These documents were integrated into this collection in 2019 to improve accessibility. The documents are described at the item level in the container list and the files, which are all in box six, are labeled with "Georgia political leaders." This collection contains material that originally comprised the Georgia documents collection (MSS 281). These documents were integrated into this collection in 2019 to improve accessibility. The documents are described at the item level in the container list and the files, which are in box six, OP4 and OP10, are physically arranged geographically and labeled "Formerly Georgia documents." This finding aid may include language that is offensive or harmful. Please refer to the Rose Library's harmful language statement for more information about why such language may appear and ongoing efforts to remediate racist, ableist, sexist, homophobic, euphemistic and other oppressive language. If you are concerned about language used in this finding aid, please contact us at [email protected]. Collection Description Scope and Content Note This artificial collection is comprised of small manuscript collections either written in Georgia, or by, to, about, or concerning Georgians or Georgia and includes correspondence, photographs, account books, and printed material. Material in the collection documents art and literature, agriculture, business, education, politics, and social customs throughout Georgia from 1770-1967. Of particular note are numerous documents relating to the sale of enslaved people and the economic relationships between land-owners and free Black people in the post-Civil War period. Also present are muster rolls and other documents relating to state military units before the Civil War; financial records and correspondence documenting a variety of businesses in the state; records of the state government and political groups; and small collections of personal papers. Arrangement Note Arranged in alphabetical order. 2 Georgia miscellany collection, 1770-1968 Manuscript Collection No. 44 Container List Box Folder Content 1 1 Abbot, Joel, Representative 1817-1825, Committees on Commerce and the Slave Trade, two letter to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy, 1818-1819 BV1 Allatoona Iron Works (Cass County, Ga.) Account book for Allatoona Iron Works, Cass County, Georgia, 1845. (Also available on microfilm) 4 8 Alexander, E.L., certificates of clearance and health for sailing the Schooner C.H. Culpepper from Charleston, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia, 1861 MF1 Allatoona Iron Works (Cass County, Ga.) Account book for Allatoona Iron Works, Cass County, Georgia, 1845. 1 2 American Civil Liberties Union. Unsigned copy of a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union to Hon. E. L. Rainey, G. A. Johns, V. L. Stanley, [1932]. The letter regards a book entitled Georgia Nigger, by John L. Spivak, which discusses conditions in Georgia prisons. 2 items OP4 2 American Steamer Savannah, image and article of the first ocean steamship in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 1854 1 3 Anthon School (Houston County, Georgia), exhibition exercises, July 8, 1875 1 4 Atkinson, William Yates, Governor of Georgia, photograph, 1896 OP1 1 Atlanta & West Point Railroad Co. Payrolls for the Atlanta & West Point Railroad Co., July, October 1865. 2 items OP4 1 Augusta, Georgia, List of Voters, 1857 4 9 Babcock, J.V. (Captain, Georgia School of Technology ROTC), letter to R.B. Harwell (Atlanta, Georgia), 1943 February 23 6 22 Bacon, Augustus O., TLS to Gardner Richardson, New York City, December 17, 1910 6 22 Bacon, Augustus O., TLS to Charles Dietuch, Brooklyn, New York, December 16, 1912 1 5 Baldwin, Abraham, portrait and biography from Kilowatt News, the Georgia Power Company, undated 6 22 Barnes, George T., two ALS to Major Edward Willis, Charleston, S.C., November 7, 1889 and December 3, 1891 4 10 Bartow, John (Savannah, Georgia), letters, 1860-1861 Letters discuss Bartow's accounts with the Customs Office. 1 6 Beavers, R.C. Letters, ALS, to R. C. Beavers, ordinary of Campbell Co., Georgia. They concern family matters and matters relating to county business, October 17, 1853-June 1861. 10 items 6 22 Beck, E.W., ALS to Mr. Rives, February 8, 1856 6 22 Beck, E.W., ALS to Hon. Benjamin Perley Poore, December 17, 1872 and December 18, 1872 3 Georgia miscellany collection, 1770-1968 Manuscript Collection No. 44 OP6 - Benét, Stephen Vincent, "John Brown's Body" excerpt, color lithograph, undated 1 7 Berrien, John Macpherson, Senator from Georgia, portraits, undated 1 8 Berry, Martha, photographs, founder of Berry College, portrait and biography from Kilowatt News, the Georgia Power Company, and photographs, undated 6 22 Bethune, Marion, ALS to Ben Perley Poore, Washington D.C., January 18, 1871 6 22 Bigby, John S., ALS to F.& J. Rives and George A. Bailey, Washington, D.C., July 7, 1873 1 9 Bisol, James. Subpoena to appear, alleged assault of Sally Lively, Richmond County, October 25, 1811 6 22 Black, Edward J., Circular written on a printed form, questionnaire in regard to congressional printing, February 8, 1840 6 22 Black, George R., three ALS to Benjamin Perley Poore, January 31, 1881, December 5, 1881, and January 9, 1882 6 1 Black, J.C., letter to I.C. River, 1860 February 7 1 10 Blount, James Henderson, Representative 1873-1893, letter dated January 27, 1889 OP4 2 Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, images from Harper's Weekly, 1860 OBV1 Bond Commission of the City of Atlanta. Report of the work and recommendations of the Bond Commission of the City of Atlanta, 1908-1909, regarding schools, waste disposal, hospitals, streets, and waterworks. 1 item 1 11 Bond election note, April 22, 1903 1 12 Brooks, Isaac P., Decatur County, Georgia, signed printed document swearing that he will not sell liquor to any slave or slaves, December 6, 1852. 1 item 1 13 Brown, Joseph E., Georgia politician, portrait, undated OP4 3 Brown, Joseph M., photograph of the Georgia governor at home, undated 1 14 Bullock, Rufus B., Governor of Georgia, to Hon. Joshua Hill, Washington, DC, March 7, 1867. Bullock says that people are ready for a settlement of political troubles and asks Hill's aid in interpreting the Sherman bill so that its meaning will be clear to all, includes photograph, undated. 1 15 Bunitt , S.L. ALS, 1 p., from S. L. Bunitt to "Friend Richards"; he is writing from the Steamer Columbus at sea off the coast of Virginia, asking that Mr. Richards sell a slave and her three children for the sum of $800 if the laws of Georgia permit it; May 22, 1849. 1 item 1 16 Burke, Lucille. Three letters from J.E. (Eddie) Manucy, Jr., to his fiancé, Lucille Burke, ALS, June 6, 1924, June 29, 1926, and June 29, 1926. These love letters were written from Athens, Georgia (June 6 and June 29) to Lucille Burkes home in Savannah. The third letter was written from Manucys new law office in Savannah. The June 16 letter has a photograph attached of Manucy and three classmates dressed in costume for a class production. Also Benedictine School with an attached name card for Joseph Michael McDonough, June 7, 1923; one from St. Vincent Academy, June 12, 1923. A handwritten invitation to 4 Georgia miscellany collection, 1770-1968 Manuscript Collection No. 44 Lucille Burke from Mrs. M. A. Doyle inviting her to a supper honoring her granddaughter, Margaret DuFour, is also included, June 12, 1923. 6 items 1 17 Caldwell, Erskine and Margaret Bourke-White, photograph and card, 1941 1 18 Carnes, W.E., Warranty Deed to George Poulos, lot 30, Fulton County, 1911 6 28 Carter, Joseph A., promissory note for $481.73 to John D. Thompson, 1829 March 26 1 19 Charlton, Thomas U.P., Mayor of