Guide to Women's History
This guide identifies manuscript collections that are related to women or women’s lives.
Since most collections in a general manuscript repository will relate to women in some way, we have tried to identify those which are directly related to particular women or which have significant material on women's roles. Some collections are entered under women's names; others may be entered under the name of a family, an organization, or a male relation.
This guide is not intended to be a complete finding aid to the collections. It serves as a preliminary research tool, providing a brief description of holdings with basic information on size, inclusive dates, types of records, and broad subject areas. More detailed descriptions of the sources listed below are available in the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) and through EUCLID, the Emory Libraries’ online catalog. EUCLID contains bibliographic records for the majority of the manuscript collections held in MARBL as well as books and other printed material available at Emory University. EUCLID is accessible through the Internet at http://www.library.emory.edu. Finding aids for these sources are also available through MARBL's Web site in the finding aids database.
Please note that not all manuscript collections are housed in MARBL. Some collections are located at an off-site storage facility and must be requested in advance. In addition, some collections have access restrictions. Researchers are encouraged to contact MARBL to insure that materials will be available. We are also happy to pull materials in advance of a research visit.
ADAMS, JULIA (MSS 136)
Scrapbooks, 1926-1942; (2 reels microfilm)
Julia Adams was a journalist and longtime Putnam County, Georgia resident. These three scrapbooks primarily contain newspaper clippings. One scrapbook includes clippings of the feature “Stories of Old Putnam,” written by Adams for the Eatonton Messenger, 1940-1942. The other two are devoted to materials on Georgia history, mainly newspaper features dated 1926-1940.
AFRICAN AMERICAN MISCELLANY (MSS 1032)
.5 linear ft. (1 box, 4 bound volumes, 3 oversized bound volumes, 2 audio recordings)
African American miscellany is an artificially created collection that contains single items related to African American history and culture. The collection includes scrapbooks, minute books, correspondence and sound recordings. Among these items are the following: a scrapbook relating to the National Association of Colored Girls Citizen Institute for Future Leaders Institute at Howard University, March 1960; a scrapbook dating from 1946-1960 relating to the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, the National Council of Negro Women, the Iota Phi Lambda sorority, Mary McLeod Bethune and Mary Chuch Terrell; and a reel to reel recording of Martin Luther King, Jr. speech at Montreat, North Carolina, 1965.
AKIN, BENJAMIN F. (MSS 508)
Papers, 1888-1940; .5 linear ft. (1 box, 3 oversized papers)
The papers of this Butts County, Georgia physician include letters, diplomas, and other materials relating to the Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery. They also include scattered materials of Hattie T. Barron Akin (Mrs. Benjamin F. Akin), graduate of the Women’s Medical College of Georgia, who was also a physician.
ALLEN, YOUNG JOHN (MSS 11)
Papers, 1854-1924; 25 linear ft. (51 boxes, 10 oversized papers, 7 bound volumes)
Young John Allen (1836-1907) left the United States in 1859 to become a missionary in Shanghai, China, but after his arrival in 1860, he was forced to work also as a teacher, editor, and businessman due to the disruption caused by the American Civil War and his loss of contact with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He later worked as a translator, became superintendent of the mission (1881-1886), was president of the Anglo-Chinese University in Shanghai (1885-1895; became Soochow University), helped found the McTyeire Home and School for Girls with Laura Askew Haygood (1892), and promoted missions in Japan and Korea. He authored or translated about 250 works including Women of All Lands, and edited the monthly Review Of The Times (1868-1907) and other periodicals. His papers include correspondence and letterbooks (1857-1907), diaries and notebooks (1855-1878), account books, clippings, writings, files and photographs relating to Allen, his family, his student years at Emory College, his work as a missionary, or to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The collection also includes Allen’s extensive correspondence with his wife Mary before and after they got married, with his children Edgar, Arthur, and Malvina (Mellie), and with women promoting Methodist mission work, including Mrs. D. H. McGavock and Laura A. Haygood.
ANDREWS, VIOLA P. (MSS 813)
Family Papers, 1957-1998; 12.5 linear ft. (23 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
Viola P. Andrews (1912- ), African-American writer, columnist, and Sunday School teacher, was born in Morgan County, Georgia. She married George Andrews, a sharecropper and folk artist of Morgan County, Georgia, with whom she had ten children. She and her husband lived as sharecroppers until 1953, when Viola and her children moved to Atlanta—without George. There, she attended Beaumont’s School of Vocational Nursing and worked at McClendon Hospital for many years. In 1971, she attended the Atlanta School of Biblical Studies. She taught Sunday School at Hunter Hill Baptist Church beginning in the early 1950s and integrated the white Lakewood Presbyterian Church when she began to teach there in 1972. In addition to religious activities, Andrews wrote short stories, poems, an autobiography, a newspaper column, and served as Religious Editor at the Metro Atlanta Community Bulletin. Time Capsule, a literary magazine, published her short story “Go Down Moses” in 1971. This collection includes letters from her children which primarily focus on family events and business, although they occasionally include reactions to current events. Also included are photographs, extensive writings (including three drafts of an autobiography), as well as notebooks and scrapbooks Andrews constructed to save greeting cards and other papers of her family members.
ARMSTRONG, EDWARD (MSS 320)
Collection, 1701-1877; .2 linear ft. (1 box, 1 oversized paper)
Edward Armstrong was one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Historical Society and served as its recording secretary (1843-1853). He was the editor of Vols. 9 and 10 of the Society’s papers. The collection consists of papers of Edward Armstrong from 1701-1877. It includes correspondence from members of the Armstrong family in the United States and Ireland regarding genealogy; Philadelphia court documents (1700's) such as petitions, indentures, complaints and summons, including petitions by widows for the privilege of selling "spiritous liquors by small measures;" various legal and financial papers which include deeds, land surveys and wills; and materials relating to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1836-1877).
AVANT, MAMIE WADE (MSS 887)
Papers; 1 linear ft. (1 box, 1 oversized paper)
Mamie Wade Avant, a conjurer, lived in Savannah. This collection includes books, pamphlets, Order of the Eastern Star materials, fortune telling cards, a crystal ball, jewelry, plus handwritten recipes and cures for a variety of physical and emotional ailments utilizing herbs, prayers, and rituals.
BAILEY-THURMAN FAMILY (MSS 807)
Papers, ca. 1882-1995; 6.25 linear ft. (12 boxes, 23 oversized papers, 4 bound volumes)
Isaac G. and Susie E. Bailey were prominent religious leaders who served as colporteurs for the American Baptist Publication Society, selling Bibles and other religious books throughout Arkansas. Susie Bailey attended Sumner High School and Normal School in St. Louis. She served as president of Southeast District Baptist Women's Association and as an agent for the Women's American Mission Baptist Home Mission Society. The collection tracks the political and religious pursuits of the family through three generations. It includes correspondence, writings, printed material, newspaper clippings, books from the Bailey library, photographs, legal documents, financial records, and general ephemera. A large portion of the collection is made up of correspondence written to family members. The correspondence written to and by Isaac and Susie Bailey is of particular interest. It covers familial matters as well as those pertaining to the branches of the Baptist Missionary Association. In addition to their own letters, there is correspondence to and from their children. Additional material relates to Arkansas Baptist College, the Southeast Baptist Academy, the Southeast District Missionary Baptist Association, the Baptist Women's Southeastern District Association, and the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society. The collection also includes a photo of Susie Bailey with Gandhi.
BAKER, JOSEPHINE (MSS 955)
Collection; 5 linear ft. (8 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was an African American performer, dancer, and silent film star. The collection includes correspondence, fan mail, press books, sheet music, and newspaper clippings.
BALDWIN, JEANNE (MSS 969)
Papers, ca. 1910-1990; 19 linear ft. (19 boxes)
The collection contains the papers of Jeanne Baldwin and the Baldwin family. Jeanne Baldwin worked for both the Coca-Cola Company and BellSouth. The papers include correspondence, video tapes, genealogies, and photographs documenting several generations of this Georgia family spanning the twentieth century. The collection documents the Baldwin family's relationships, the growth of the family, their work, and the state of the world around them, including discussions of Jeanne's aunt's marriage to an Episcopalian priest from the North and the death of her brother in Vietnam. The collection provides insight into women's lives in upper middle-class families.
BARKER, MARY CORNELIA (MSS 528)
Papers, 1912-1971; 6.5 linear ft. (13 boxes)
Barker taught school in Stockbridge, McDonough, and Decatur, Georgia (1900-1904), before becoming a teacher and principal in Atlanta Public School System (1921-1944). While with Atlanta Public Schools, Barker was president of Local #89 (1921-1923) and president of the National American Federation of Teachers (1925-1931); a founder of the Southern Summer School for Women Workers in Industry (1927); the first woman appointed to the Georgia State Board for Vocational Education (1927); and was involved in the move for tenure, equal salary schedules for elementary and secondary school teachers, retirement benefits, and the establishment of a teachers' credit union. Barker belonged to several civic, labor, and civil rights organizations and helped to form a union for Atlanta's black teachers. The papers include correspondence, organizational records, printed material, clippings, notes and memoranda related to the American Federation of Teachers, Atlanta Public School Teachers’ Association, and the Southern Summer School for Women Workers. It also includes materials relating to various other organizations with which Mary Barker was affiliated (e.g. the League of Women Voters, the Atlanta Forum Association, the Urban League, the American Civil Liberties Union, the League of Women Shoppers, YWCA, and other labor and inter-racial groups). Correspondence and clippings follow reactions to the Angelo Herndon indictment. Also includes papers pertaining to Barker’s sister, Tommie Dora Barker (1888-1978), a librarian and library educator.
BARKER, TOMMIE DORA (MSS 585)
Papers, 1905-1971; 8.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
Papers of this Atlanta librarian and library educator include correspondence, organizational records, and clippings relative to Barker’s (1888-1978) involvement in many library organizations, in Atlanta’s Carnegie Library School, and in the Emory University Library School (later the Division of Librarianship of the Graduate School). They include some personal correspondence and information concerning Barker’s work in professional and civic affairs. The collection also contains administrative records of the Carnegie Library School, 1905-1930.
BARNES, MARGARET ANNE (MSS 916)
Papers; 22 linear ft. (22 boxes, 19 bound volumes)
Margaret Anne Barnes was a Georgia novelist and author of Murder in Coweta County. The collection consists of the personal papers of Margaret Anne Barnes relating mainly to the publication of her books and the screen adaptation of Murder in Coweta County. The papers include oral history interviews, research files, manuscripts, correspondence, and photographs. The collection also includes files created by Albert Patterson of Phenix City, Alabama.
BARTON, ETTA PURSLEY (MSS 737)
Papers, 1915-1992; 20.25 linear ft. (46 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
George Etta Pursley Barton (so named because of her father’s desire for a son) was married to Rev. J. Hamby Barton with whom she established the Barton Education Trust Fund designed to aid foreign (generally Korean) students who wished to study in the United States. The collection includes papers that chronicle Etta Pursley Barton’s life as an educator, writer, and wife of a Methodist minister. Typescripts, page proofs, and some correspondence relate to her two published autobiographical works The Phone Rang: A Story of Long Life and Happiness (1984) and The Phone Still Rings (1989). Other correspondence and bank statements relate to the Barton Educational Trust Fund and the Korean students whom this fund supported.
BATTEY, ROBERT (MSS 361)
Papers, 1810-1974; .7 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
Battey (1828-1895) was a Rome, Georgia, physician, who graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadephia (1857), traveled and studied in Europe (1859), and specialized in gynecology and obstetrics. He developed a procedure for the removal of the ovaries called “Battey’s Operation.” He also served as Senior Surgeon with Hampton’s Brigade during the Civil War, was professor of obstetrics at Atlanta Medical College (1873-1875), and an Emory College Trustee (1890-1895). His papers include correspondence with his wife, Martha Smith Battey, 1846-1894; materials concerning actress Adrienne Battey (b. ca. 1890); an article and manuscript describing “Battey’s Operation” and medical procedures; and materials that address social conditions and Reconstruction in Georgia.
BERGMARK, JEAN B. (MSS 1047)
GRACE TOWNS HAMILTON AND THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Manuscripts, 1996-1997; 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Jean B. Bergmark co-authored Grace Towns Hamilton and the Politics of Social Change with Lorraine Nelson Spritzer. Hamilton (1907-1992) was the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. The collection consists of corrected and uncorrected drafts of Grace Towns Hamilton and the Politics of Social Change. The biography was published by the University of Georgia Press in 1997 and commended in a resolution of the Georgia General Assembly in 1998.
BILLOPS, CAMILLE AND JAMES V. HATCH ARCHIVES (MSS 927)
Collection; 19.5 linear ft. (39 boxes)
The Billops/Hatch Collection in New York (which continues to operate separately there) originated in 1968 while Billops and Hatch were teaching art and literature at the City College of New York. With the rise of the civil rights movement and a concomitant increase in racial consciousness, a demand rose for courses in black American art, drama and literature. Billops and Hatch found that very little had been published on the history of African American cultural arts, and much that had been published was out of print. They began collecting primary materials and artists and writers also began to send material to them for safekeeping. With a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Billops and Hatch conducted oral histories with black artists in all disciplines. Hatch began to collect published and unpublished plays, set designs, theater programs, and historical and biographical works. Since 1981 Billops and Hatch have published Artist and Influence: The Journal of Black American Cultural History that features transcripts of interviews they regularly conduct in New York, as well as panel discussions and forums with minority artists.
The Camille Billops and James Hatch archive includes play scripts, posters, and Artist and Influence oral history interviews. The majority of the play scripts are by African American dramatists from 1879 through 2002. Notable among the several hundred play scripts are works by Alice Childress, Ruby Dee, Lorraine Hansberry, and Zora Neale Hurston.
BINGHAM, JANE RAOUL (MSS 937)
Papers; 41 linear ft. (41 boxes)
Jane Raoul Bingham (1915-2001), was a resident of Ashville, North Carolina, and the daughter of Thomas Wadley Raoul, a president of the Biltmore Forest Company. The collection contains the personal papers of Jane Raoul Bingham and her sister Kathleen Raoul. The papers include correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks and audio-visual materials.
BLACK PRINT CULTURE COLLECTION (MSS 921)
Collection, 1854-1997; 5.5 linear ft. (15 boxes, 37 oversized papers)
The Black print culture collection (1854-1997) includes printed matter pertaining to religion and music, items published by the black press, publications relating to fraternities and sororities, to organizations, education, business and professional matters, and to arts and entertainment, as well as broadsides and posters. The largest part of the collection is comprised of ephemera relating to the church, (1889-1989), including souvenir programs, church and funeral service programs, and conference programs. The collection also consists of sheet music and music books from 1888-1964. Also produced by the black press are newspapers, newsletters, and periodicals represented in the collection (1880-1997). Included among the newspapers are examples of the products of amateur presses: The Kentuckian and Nequidem. Present in the collection are yearbooks, programs, handbooks, and other printed materials relating to various fraternal organizations, clubs and societies from 1940-1988, including clubs for African-American women. Also present are leaflets, pamphlets, and other printed materials concerning various organizations (1907-1977); programs, yearbooks, and invitations relating to education (1920-1990); and a small group of biographical materials.
BLACKBURN, JOYCE (MSS 578)
Papers, 1965-1978; 15.5 linear ft. (28 boxes, 2 oversized papers, 1 oral history)
Joyce Blackburn lived on St. Simon’s Island, Georgia and is best known for her children's fiction including Suki and the Invisible Peacock (1965) and other Suki books; and biographies of Theodore Roosevelt, Martha Berry, George Wythe, and others. Typescripts include those for the Suki books and several biographies. Correspondence is with publishers and illustrator Stephanie Clayton; some concern Blackburn's civic activities including work on the Concerned Citizens Board, participation on the State Commission for the Humanities, and environmental issues. Visual materials include photographs of Blackburn and Eugenia Price, children's artwork in response to the Suki books, and illustrations by Clayton for the Suki books. Sound recordings are of Suki and the Invisible Peacock. Drafts are of manuscripts for publication and for WMBI radio broadcasts (1945).
BLACKSHEAR, JAMES APPLETON (MSS 302)
Diaries, 1862-1867; (1 reel microfilm)
James Appleton Blackshear (1841-1867) was an educator and Confederate officer. In his four diaries (1862-1867), Blackshear documents his experiences in the Confederate Army and afterward, writes of numerous romances and friendships, and gives his thoughts on slavery, soldiers, women, friends, books he read, finances, and news of the day.
Note: A related collection in this repository is Cotton Family Papers.
BOMAR FAMILY (MSS 86)
Papers, 1862-1870; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection consists of the family papers of Benjamin F. Bomar, pioneer Atlanta citizen elected mayor in 1849. The collection includes the letters primarily written to Amaryllis Bomar, daughter of Benjamin, which describe Atlanta society as well as life for refugees from Atlanta during the Civil War. One letter is from a Confederate Soldier friend of the Bomars and describes the evacuation of Atlanta and the military situation in North Georgia.
BONE, ROBERT DONNELL (MSS 406)
Papers, 1861-1892; (1 reel microfilm)
The papers of Robert Donnell Bone (1832-1892) include correspondence between this physician of the 12th Texas infantry regiment of the Confederate Army and his wife, Griselda Minerva Burke Bone (1861-1863). Mrs. Bone’s letters about life in a rural Texas community describe household duties, social affairs, public morale, neighborhood gossip, and religion, while Dr. Bone’s letters mainly discuss morale among the soldiers.
BONNELL, JOHN MITCHELL (MSS 105)
Papers, 1848-1864; .25 linear ft. (6 bound volumes)
John Mitchell Bonnell (1820-1871) was a Methodist minister who served in Georgia and Kentucky. He was also a professor of Greek Literature at Emory College in Oxford, Georgia (1851); taught natural science at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia (1852); was president of Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Female High School (ca. 1853-1859); and served as president of Wesleyan Female College (ca. 1860-1871). The collection includes a common-place book (1848- ), two record books (1856-1859), two lesson books, and a sermon book. The record books contain a list of pupils at Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Female High School (1856-1857). The sermon book also contains a draft of a letter refusing to allow Wesleyan Female College to be used as a Confederate Hospital (ca. 1864).
BRADLEY, FRANCES SAGE (MSS 473)
Papers, 1893-1965; 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes, 2 oversized volumes, 2 medals)
Bradley (1866-1949) was one of the first women to receive a medical degree from Cornell University School of Medicine (1899). She was a physician who worked in private practice in Atlanta (1899-1914), with the United States Children’s Bureau (1914-?), with the American Red Cross in France (1918), and with the Arkansas and Montana Boards of Health. The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts of Bradley’s short stories, an unpublished autobiography, photographs, clippings, and mementos. Most of the correspondence and photographs relate to Bradley’s work with the Children’s Bureau in rural areas of the South.
BRADLEY, PANKE (MSS 566)
Papers, 1970-1977; 8 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Bradley was an Atlanta politician, civil leader, urban social worker, and the first woman to serve on the Atlanta Board of Aldermen (1971). This collection relates to Bradley’s campaigns for City Council and her work on the Council. The collection contains correspondence, minutes, memorabilia, committee reports, and subject files on housing, police, and transportation.
BRAMBLETT, AGNES COCHRAN (MSS 831)
Papers, 1896-1979; 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes, 1 oversized bound volume)
Bramblett, who lived in Forsyth Co. (Georgia), was the poet laureate of Georgia from 1963 to 1972. Her papers include letters, handwritten and typescript versions of published and unpublished poems, notebooks, photographs, memorabilia, and correspondence regarding her appointment as poet laureate.
BRICKTOP (MSS 831)
Papers, 1980-1984; 2 linear ft. (4 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
Bricktop (1894-1984), international cabaret performer and nightclub owner in Paris, Mexico City, and Rome, was born Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, in Alderson, West Virginia, on August 14, 1894. A natural performer, Bricktop (so-called because of her red hair) began doing local song-and-dance shows as a teenager. She moved to Paris in 1924, where she performed for almost two decades, garnering international fame with the first in a series of “Bricktop’s” clubs. Bricktop went on to open clubs in Mexico and Rome and remained a sought-after international personality until her death in the U.S. in 1984. She married Peter Duconge, a New Orleans-born musician, in 1929; they separated a few years later (although they never officially divorced). The collection consists of the papers of Bricktop from 1890-1982 (bulk 1950-1967). The papers include correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, religious documents, financial records, legal documents and general ephemera. Related materials are held in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library.
BROOKS, BOOKER T. (MSS 848)
Papers, 1931-1980; 2 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Booker T. Brooks was involved in African American Masonic organizations in California.
The collection consists of records and memorabilia of northern California Masonic organizations from 1931-1980 collected by Booker T. Brooks. The material includes membership lists, financial records, minutes, correspondence and ephemera. There is also a scrapbook of the California Colored Women's Club.
BROWN, ELAINE (MSS 912)
Papers, 10 linear ft. (10 boxes)
This collection contains the literary, artistic, and personal correspondence; videos; newspaper clippings; and drafts of published and unpublished writings of this activist and former Black Panther leader. Correspondents include Jerry Brown, Joan Browning, Barbara Chase-Ribaud, David Hilliard, Tom Jones (Jomandi), Huey P. Newton, Jean Seberg, and Anna Devere Smith. The collection focuses on the period following her active involvement in the Black Panther Party.
BROWN, LUCIUS FRANKLIN (MSS 472)
Papers, 1858-1863; (1 microfilm reel)
Lucius Franklin Brown (1839-1863), Union soldier, was one of the earliest recruits in the 18th Ohio Infantry in Tennessee. The collection includes typescript copies of letters, a family history, diary excerpts, a biographical essay, photocopies of photographs and drawings, and a regimental history. Letters are from Brown to his sister, Olivia Maria Brown, and two letters are from her to him; two letters are from his sister Virginia Flowers, to him. His letters provide detailed information about camp life, books he read, and reactions to Southern people and country. Photographs are of Brown’s fiancée, Emmaline McClelland. Excerpts are from the 1862 diary of Olivia Maria Brown.
BROWNING, JOAN C. (MSS 821)
Papers, 1961-1996; .5 linear ft. (1 box, 1 oversized paper)
The collection consists of the papers of Joan C. Browning from 1961-1996. The papers include correspondence, writings, and other materials pertaining mostly to her involvement as a Freedom Rider in the Albany Movement in Georgia. The Albany Movement/Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee materials consist of Browning’s letters from jail to Albany, Georgia, to her friend, Faye Powell, who resided in Atlanta. A large number of newspaper articles describing the events in Albany are included, on some of which Browning has written comments. A small notebook contains mainly notes she took while attending civil rights meetings and discussion groups from 1961-1962.
BULLARD, HELEN (MSS 599)
Papers, 1920-1979; 12.5 linear ft. (25 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
Bullard (1908-1979) was a political advisory and public relations consultant who was active in Georgia politics from the 1930s through the 1970s. She conducted campaigns for numerous politicians, including Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield, Ivan Allen, Jr., and Sam Massell, Congressman Wyche Fowler, Georgia legislator Max Cleland and Senator Walter F. George. She also advised the Atlanta Housing Authority and helped plan and finance the Memorial Arts Center, Fernbank Science Center, several buildings at Spelman College and bombed-out black churches in Atlanta. The papers contain general correspondence, subject files, writings, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, reports, and photographs documenting her life’s work. The bulk of the materials concern 1960s and 1970s political campaigns, elections, tenant relations consultant materials, civil rights, and Atlanta Housing Authority documents.
BURGE FAMILY (MSS 266)
Papers, 1832-1952; 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes, 20 bound volumes, 1 reel microfilm)
Dolly Lunt (1817-1891) was born in Bowdenham, Maine and moved to Georgia in 1838. She was married to and widowed by three men: a physician, Samuel Harding Brown Lewis; Thomas Burge, who owned the 900-acre Burge Plantation, including 100 slaves; and Williams Justice Parks, a Methodist preacher who served as financial agent and charter member of the Board of Trustees at Emory College. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, sermons, notebooks, account books, clippings, and other family papers. Papers relate to the Lewis family of Maine, the Burge family of Newton Co, Georgia, and the Parks family of Franklin and Newton Counties, Georgia. The collection also includes diaries of Dolly Burge; her daughter, Sadai Burge Grey; and her stepdaughter, Louisiana Burge. The papers describe plantation life and social customs, slavery, a lynching, the cotton trade, religion, and education. The Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge 1848-1879 (ed. Christine Carter) was published in 1997.
BURKE, JOSEPH FRANCIS (MSS 251)
Papers, 1832-1929; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Burke (1845-1927) was an Atlanta businessman and commander of the Gate City Guard (1978-1914), a state militia formed shortly before the Civil War. He was also active in civic organizations including the Atlanta Benevolent Society (later Grady Hospital), the Humane Society, and the Young Men’s Library Association. The collection consists primarily of business and legal papers relating to 233 Peachtree Street, (Atlanta), a property that was purchased by American Trust and Banking Company in 1902 through mortgage foreclosure on Marie E. Bullock, wife of Governor Rufus Bullock of Georgia. Burke purchased the property in 1903 and sold it in 1909 to Dr. William S. Elkin, who owned the adjoining property. Papers relate to Mrs. Bullock’s association with the property, her financial difficulties and legal documents, including a list of her personal effects, furniture, and household goods to be sold by the bank at public auction. There is some correspondence, including letters of the Bullocks.
BURNS, OLIVE ANN (MSS 790)
Collection, 1981-1998; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Olive Ann Burns was a journalist and author of the southern coming-of-age story, Cold Sassy Tree (1984). She studied at Mercer University and the University of North Carolina and later worked as a staff writer at the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine until 1957. The collection consists of correspondence from 1981-1988 primarily from Olive Ann Burns to Anne Edwards and Steve Citron. The collection also includes some correspondence from Andrew Sparks, Burns’ husband, to Anne Edwards and Steve Citron. The correspondence discusses the writing of Cold Sassy Tree, Burns’ travels, her fight with cancer, coping with death, and the filming of TNT’s version of her novel. Also included is a brief review of Cold Sassy Tree, an insightful interview with Burns released by Tickner and Fields, and an October 1984 Atlanta Weekly article on Burns.
BURNS, SUSAN (MSS 367)
Diary, 1848; (1 reel microfilm)
Burns and her brother, James W. Burns, ran a school in Philadelphia. The diary, written for her brother, describes her trip with a cousin and niece from Philadelphia to Salisbury, North Carolina via Charleston, South Carolina in 1848. The diary discusses conditions of travel, accommodations, the appearance of houses and locations visited during the trip, and a difficult boat ride into Charleston harbor.
BUTT, ARCHIBALD WILLINGHAM (MSS 84)
Letters, 1908-1912; (1 reel microfilm)
Archibald Willingham Butt (1866-1912) served as a U.S. Army officer in the Philippines (1900-1903) and Cuba (1906-1908) and was appointed personal aide to U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1908-1909) and William H. Taft (1909-). Letters are primarily written by Butt to his mother, Pamela R.B. Butt; to his sister, Julia Butt (Mrs. John M. Slaton); and to Clara Butt. A few letters are to Butt from others, including Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” that describes the lyrics and her inspiration for the hymn. Letters date from 8 April 1908 to 27 February 1912.
Related materials: microfilm of Archibald Butt family scrapbooks and a large collection of Butt family photographs located at Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, GA.
CABANISS FAMILY (MSS 676)
Papers, 1864-1959; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
The Cabaniss and related families were Georgians who were prominent in both business and law in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. The collection includes correspondence among family members, with a great number of the letters written by the women of the family. In particular, letters of Florence Cabaniss, addressing primarily personal matters, reveal much about the social climate of the Cabaniss family. The collection also contains newspaper clippings and obituaries, as well as genealogical and other miscellaneous papers.
CALLAWAY, MORGAN (MSS 122)
Papers, 1851-1862; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Morgan Callaway (1831-1899) lived in Randolph County, Georgia, and was a Methodist clergyman, educator, and author of Art and Women (18--?) and Our Mother Tongue (1877). Callaway was president of Andrew Female College in Cuthbert, Georgia, from 1858 to 1862. This collection consists mainly of correspondence between Callaway and his wife, Eliza Mary “Leila” Hinton. While Callaway served as chaplain in the Confederate Army, his wife remained at the college and her letters to him relate news of the family, farm, and college.
CANDLER FAMILY (MSS 4)
Collection 1875-1974; 1.75 linear ft. (5 boxes, 3 bound volumes, 1 oversized bound volume)
Samuel Charles Candler (1809-1873) married Martha Bernetta Beall (1819-1897) in 1833. Their eleven children included Atlanta mayor and Coca-Cola Company founder, Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929), Methodist Bishop Warren Akin Candler (1857-1941), and Florence Julia Candler Harris (1842-1926). Photograph albums were compiled by Mrs. Samuel Charles Candler, Jr.; family scrapbooks of clippings and other printed materials were compiled by Florence Candler Harris; and genealogical files were compiled by Frances G. Candler.
CANDLER, WARREN A. (WARREN AKIN) (MSS 2)
Papers, 1846-1977; 33.25 linear ft. (129 boxes, 2 bound volumes, 2 oversized papers, 1 oversized bound volume)
Candler (1857-1941) was a prominent Methodist clergyman and bishop, editor, and educator from Villa Rica (Carroll Co.) and Atlanta, Georgia. In 1888 he became president of Emory College. Portions of the correspondence in this collection pertain to women’s suffrage and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, including letters from prominent leaders in these movements. The collection also contains materials concerning Candler’s mission work, anti-lynching campaigns, and the letters of Candler’s wife, Nettie Curtwright Candler, in which she comments on courtship, marriage, household duties, social activities, and the education of women.
CARR, SHARON (MSS 692)
Papers, 1981-1991; 3.50 linear ft. (9 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
Carr (1967-1990) was a poet and an Emory University graduate who died of brain cancer at the age of 23. A book of her poetry, Yet Life Was a Triumph! Poems and Meditations, was published in 1991. The collection consists of Carr’s poetry, correspondence (including letters between Carr and Emory faculty), journals, awards, newspaper clippings, a manuscript for her book, programs from her memorial service and writings about her.
CARR, VIRGINIA SPENCER (MSS 1067)
Collection; 1 linear ft. (1 box)
Virginia Spencer Carr (1929- ), English professor and author of biographies of Carson McCullers (1975) and Dos Passos (1984). Her other books include Understanding Carson McCullers and Katherine Anne Porter’s ‘Flowering Judas’; Women Writers Texts and Contexts, and Paul Bowles: A Life. The collection consists of papers of Virginia Spencer Carr, including correspondence from James Dickey and Cleanth Brooks to Carr and Mary Robbins, photographs, printed material, audio recordings, and subject files concerning the Emory University Creative Writing Institute.
CHAMPION, SIDNEY S. (MSS 512)
Papers, ca. 1854-1865; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Champion (1823-1868) was a confederate captain with Company I of the 28th Mississippi Calvary during the Civil War. Before the war, he was a teacher and planter in Midway (later Champion Hill), Mississippi. The papers consist of Civil War correspondence of Champion and his wife, Matilda Montgomery Champion. The collection also included Photostats of a register which lists slaves and other belongings (1859) and a eulogy written for Sidney Champion.
CHILDS, PEGGY (MSS 588)
Papers, 1969-1979; 6.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)
The papers of Peggy Childs (1937-1987), a DeKalb County, Georgia, educator and state legislator (D-51st House District), include correspondence, minutes, reports, appointments and subject files relating to Child’s involvement in Georgia politics, government and women’s rights. Subject files concern MARTA, pari-mutuel betting, and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
CHISHOLM, FRANK P. AND HELEN (MSS 808)
Papers, 1846-1994; 15 linear ft. (30 boxes and 13 oversized papers)
Frank Chisholm graduated from and later worked for the Tuskegee Institute. From 1901-1912, he was a private attendant to Booker T. Washington. The Chisholm papers consist of personal, professional, and biographical documents, including collected correspondence of their daughter, Helen Emily, as well as photographs, writings, legal documents, printed material, and general ephemera. The correspondence illustrates the intimate interactions of an African-American family at the dawn and through the development of the twentieth century. Helen Chisholm’s niece and famous novelist, Ann Petry, was one of the prominent literary, artistic, and political figures, including correspondents Rosamond Johnson, J. Saunders Redding, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Marian Anderson, Langston Hughes, Mary McLeod Bethune, and many others. The collection also includes the family’s diaries and journal, as well as clippings, publications, and artwork.
CHUNN, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS (MSS 18)
Papers, 1837-1879; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The papers include correspondence, primarily written during the Civil War, between Chunn (1840-1921), a Georgia planter and Confederate soldier, and his wife, Lila Land Chunn. Chunn’s letters describe his experiences as a soldier, particularly as a participant in the siege of Vicksburg. Mrs. Chunn’s letters describe life on the home front.
CHURCH WOMEN UNITED IN DEKALB COUNTY (GA) (MSS 1059)
Records, 1977-2004; 1.75 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Church Women United in DeKalb County, Georgia, is a local chapter of Church Women United, an ecumenical movement of Christian women. The DeKalb County chapter was founded in 1941 and is involved in a number of community service and action projects.
The collection contains the records of the DeKalb County, Georgia, chapter of Church Women United from 1977-2004. The records include minutes, reports, programs, newsletters, correspondence, and other collected printed material. The collection also includes issues of the annual yearbook, which contains a schedule of events, a proposed budget, the names of committee members, and descriptions of special projects.
CLARK, JAMES OSGOOD ANDREW (MSS 19)
Papers, 1807-1945; 3.75 linear ft. (9 boxes)
The papers of this Methodist clergyman and educator from Macon (Bibb Co., Georgia) include letters from Clark (1827-1894) to his second wife, Ella Anderson Clark. Ella Clark was educated at the Brothersville Academy, the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, and Wesleyan College in Macon. The collection also includes James Clark’s manuscript history of the Woman’s Missionary Societies of the Vineville and Mulberry Street Methodist Churches in Macon. Also included are letters and reminiscences of Clark’s daughter, Lella A. Clark, as well as the reminiscences of Ella Anderson Clark about her life and her days at Wesleyan.
CLAYTON COUNTY (GA.) ORAL HISTORY (MSS 828)
Collection, 1989-1998; 1.0 linear ft. (3 boxes)
The Atlanta-area oral history project was initiated by Lucy C. Huie, a long-time resident of Jonesboro, Georgia. After interviewing her mother in the 1980s, she turned to her own community with the intention of developing an oral history collection. The collection consists of the eighty-eight audiocassette tapes of the Atlanta-area oral history interviews recorded from 1989-1998. The interviews include a cross-section of interviewees from Clayton County, the majority of them from the county seat of Jonesboro. The collection consists of interviews with males, females, whites, African-Americans, Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. In terms of employment, the interviewees range from housewives and African-American maids to city, county, and state employees, to small business people, doctors, lawyers, judges, police officers, prison guards, educators, members of the Georgia Ku Klux Klan, and the clergy. The interviewers always asked questions about the relationship between races, memories of the Ku Klux Klan, the changing roles of women, and how personal attitudes have changed since World War II.
CLINE FAMILY (MSS 816)
Papers, 1867-1951; 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)
John Earl Cline, Methodist minister, of Waleska, Georgia attended Emory College in Oxford, Georgia and was a graduate (1917) of the Theology School when Emory established an Atlanta campus. He married Eunice Lovett in 1918 and had three children: Edgar Earl Cline (1918-1945), John T. Cline, and Lucy Cline Huie. The collection consists of correspondence and transcripts of correspondence of the Cline family from 1867-1915. The correspondence includes letters between John Earl Cline and Eunice Lovett before their marriage (1912-1917) while he was attending Emory College in Oxford, Georgia. Papers also include World War II letters, correspondence between a number of women in the family and friends, as well as stories told by John Earl Cline regarding life as a Methodist circuit rider.
COOPER, AUGUSTA SKEEN (MSS 535)
Papers, 1925-1970; 2 linear ft. (4 boxes, 1 oversized bound volume)
Cooper was an instructor of Chemistry at Emory University from 1943 to 1945. She also participated in various Atlanta civic associations such as the Fernbank Science Center, the Atlanta World Service Committee, and the YWCA. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia.
CORN, PAULINE PIERCE (MSS 751)
Papers, 1879-1970; 2 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
Pauline Corn was a Macon, Georgia, writer, genealogist, and member of numerous civic and benevolent organizations including the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Macon Writers, the Wesleyan College Alumnae Trustees, and the Altar Guild of the Methodist Church. This collection includes correspondence, writings, genealogical research materials, and a diary from 1919. Her genealogical research relates to the Pierce, Lovick, Culpepper, and collateral families, and dates back to the 17th century.
CREAGH-KETCHUM FAMILY (MSS 434)
Papers, 1801-1904; (1 reel microfilm)
The collection consists of correspondence and other family papers of Mrs. Williams H. Ketchum and her family from Mobile, New Orleans, New York, and Paris. Letters concern family news, travel, and business conditions.
Note: originals located at Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
CULPEPPER FAMILY (MSS 638)
Papers, ca. 1822-1918; 2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
James Culpepper served in the 6th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and later became a 23rd Georgia District Senator. The family papers contain personal letters, legal and financial records of Mrs. James Monroe Culpepper, Marina Culpepper, Jane Culpepper, Nancy Culpepper, and others. Many letters are from women in the family and detail person, legal, and financial matters.
CURRY, CONSTANCE (MSS 818)
Papers, 1951-1997; 7 linear ft. (14 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
Constance Curry (b. 1933) was, among other things, the first white woman to serve on the executive committee of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This collection consists of the personal papers of Constance W. Curry, including materials relating to her civil rights activities, personal papers, and printed material. The first series includes minutes, correspondence, publicity and other records from various organizations, particularly the SNCC, Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), and National Student Association (NSA). The second series includes papers from her high school years, papers from her college courses at Agnes Scott College, Agnes Scott publications (including college newspapers), and a small amount of material concerning her work with the Atlanta city government and the Chamber of Commerce. Also included is a typed manuscript draft of her book Silver Rights. The third series consists of a large collection of newspaper clippings covering various aspects of the civil rights movement as well as publications from a variety of organizations concerned with social change.
DAVIDSON, JOHN MITCHELL (MSS 357)
Papers, 1851-1960; .25 linear ft. (1 folder, 1 reel microfilm)
Davidson was a storekeeper and railway station agent who lived in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. During the Civil War, he was a member of Company C, 39th Regiment of the North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, CSA. The collection consists primarily of Civil War correspondence between John Davidson and his wife, Julia Dunn Davidson. Julia Davidson lived in Atlanta from 1862 until Sherman’s army arrived in 1864, at which point she fled to South Carolina. Her letters describe the hardships of civilians in wartime and activities of family and friends.
DAVIS, MARY R. (MARY ROBERTS) (MSS 742)
Papers, 1950-1986; 6 linear ft. (6 boxes)
Davis (1903-1992) was a native of Mississippi who spent her adult life in Memphis, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia. She was a prominent civic and political leader in both cities. The papers document her involvement with the League of Women Voters, Democratic Party politics, and Methodist Church organizations. She was also interested in civil rights, tax reform, and world hunger. Davis was a graduate of Agnes Scott College, Emory University School of Library Science and served as Reference Archivist of Emory University’s Woodruff Library Department of Special Collections. Her papers include awards; materials relating to the Georgia League for Land Value Taxation in the form of minutes, correspondence, and pamphlets; correspondence with the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation; letters to the editor written by Davis; materials relating to the Memphis League of Women Voters; materials related to Common Ground; and materials relating to DeKalb Co., Georgia, government.
DAVIS, ROSE (MSS 125)
Papers, 1921-1973; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The papers of Atlanta nurse Rose Davis (1905-1973) contain correspondence, including letters of Robert W. Woodruff to Davis, ca. 1962-1973. The collection also includes materials pertaining to her attendance at Emory University school of Nursing, other correspondence, photographs, and collected material.
DELORME, GRACE MCKINLEY HOLMES (MSS 910)
Papers; 3 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Grace McKinley Holmes DeLorme, (1906-199?), a prominent African American from Atlanta, Georgia, who taught biology at Spelman College. She married Gilbert Earle DeLorme in 1929 and had a son, Gilbert DeLorme, Jr., in 1945. The collection consists of the papers of Grace McKinley Holmes DeLorme and the DeLorme family. The papers include correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and printed material.
DEWEY, MAYBELLE JONES (MSS 193)
Papers, 1908-1951; .75 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Dewey (1888-1963) was a newspaperwoman from Cartersville, Georgia. She was the wife of Dr. Malcolm H. Dewey, an Emory professor of Romance Languages and director of the Emory Glee Club. The collection consists of a typescript of Dewey’s autobiographical account of life at Emory in the 1920s and 1930s entitled Push the Button and a scrapbook from 1908.
DIXON, THOMAS (MSS 23)
Papers, 1901-1905; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Thomas Dixon (1864-1946) was an attorney, legislator, clergyman, author, and motion picture producer. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, a brochure, typescript, and a list. Thirteen letters are from Dixon to publishers Wallace Cathcart and Walter H. Page and pertain to Dixon’s books The Leopard’s Spots and The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia. Four letters (1903-1905) are from Dixon’s first wife, Harriet, to Cathcart regarding personal and publishing matters. Photos are of Thomas and Harriet Dixon; the list is of characters for The One Woman, which Dixon later made into a movie. The brochure is for Dixon’s lecture tour, and the typescript is of The One Woman.
DOBBINS, JOHN S. (MSS 322)
Papers, 1834-1916; (2 reels microfilm)
The papers of John S. Dobbins (1800-1886), a merchant and farmer from Calhoun (Gordon Co.) and Clarksville (Habersham Co.), Georgia, consist of letters, legal and business papers, and other records and memorabilia of the Dobbins family. The collection includes letters of Sarah and Mary Emma Dobbins and their relatives Mamie Starr and Mrs. E. F. Herrington. Papers are concerned with business, economic, political, and social affairs, as well as with farm and family life. Topics include agriculture, slavery, education, transportation and communication in antebellum, Confederate, and Reconstruction Georgia. Also includes genealogical information.
DOCUMENTS, GEORGIA (MSS 281)
Collection, 1770-1904; .25 linear ft. (1 box, 5 oversized papers)
This is an artificial collection of various documents relating to Georgia from 1770-1904. Includes acts, writs, indentures, oaths of offices, inventory of appraisements of estates, and petitions. Of particular interest is a decision by L.A. McLendon giving Freedman Harry Peterson (alias Harry Nelson) custody of his four children in the divorce case of Eliza Peterson, freedwoman, which includes a description of the relationship with Eliza and generalizes about marital customs “among persons of color” during this period.
DOVE, PEARLIE CRAFT (MSS 864)
Papers, 1958-1996; 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes, 1OP)
Mrs. Pearlie Craft Dove was an educator and civic leader in Atlanta. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, her vita, speeches, writings, oral history interviews, black history calendars and records relating to The Atlanta Project.
DUFFY, CAROL ANN (MSS 834)
Papers, 1985-1999; 4.75 linear ft. (7 boxes)
The papers consist of poet Carol Ann Duffy’s manuscript notebooks and miscellaneous papers from 1985-1999. The papers include primarily twenty-one notebooks with many laid-in sheets (1985-1999), containing drafts of poems and other writings from each of her published collections, among them Standing Female Nude, Selling Manhattan, The Other Country, Mean Time, and The World’s Wife. In addition, the papers contain a small amount of correspondence (1986-1998), two photographs, and a small amount of printed material, including promotional flyers and leaflets.
DUNAWAY, KATHRYN FINK (MSS 618)
Papers, 1951-1981; 15linear ft. (15 boxes)
Dunaway (ca. 1906-1980) was a political activist from Atlanta who served as chairman of the STOP ERA Committee of Georgia. Her papers contain correspondence, subject files, and printed material focusing on women's issues. The collection also includes material on the STOP ERA Committee of Georgia, the Eagle Forum and Phyllis Schlafly, Georgia Federation of Republican Women and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
DUNNIGAN, ALICE ALLISON (MSS 929)
Papers, 1958-1981; 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Alice Allison Dunnigan (1906-1983) served as chief of the Washington bureau of the Associated Negro Press from 1947-1961. Dunnigan was named education consultant to the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity in 1961 and was an associate editor with the President's Commission on Youth Opportunity from 1967 to 1970. She was the first black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries (1947), and the first black female White House correspondent in 1948. She was also the first black elected to the Women's National Press Club. In 1974 she published her autobiography A Black Woman’s Experience: From Schoolhouse to White House and in 1982 The Fascinating Story of Black Kentuckian: Their Heritage and Tradition was published. The papers include correspondence, financial records, photographs, printed material, subject files, and writings by Dunnigan.
EARLY, CLIFFORD CABEL (MSS 264)
Papers, 1938-1967; 9 linear ft. (12 boxes, 3 oversized papers, 12 reels microfilm)
Early (ca. 1883-1967) was a West Point graduate, the commander of Ft. McPherson (1941-1943), and an active participant in Atlanta civic organizations including the Georgia Rose Society and the Men’s Garden Club of Atlanta. The collection includes correspondence, estate papers, scrapbooks and memorabilia relating to his military career and his memberships in various Atlanta civic and social clubs. Some papers of his wife, Harriet, (1897?-1965) are also included.
ERA GEORGIA (MSS 622)
Records, ca. 1970s-1982; 6 linear ft. (6 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
ERA Georgia was formed in 1973 for the purpose of securing ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment by the Georgia General Assembly. It began under the name Georgia Coalition for the ERA and became the Georgia Council for the ERA before incorporating in 1978 as ERA Georgia. The records of ERA Georgia contain correspondence, clippings, notecards, printed material, minutes, reports and campaign finance disclosures of the organization through 1982.
EDGE, ANDREW J. (MSS 346)
Correspondence, 1862-1864; .13 linear ft. (2 folders, 1 reel microfilm)
Edge (1836-1926) was a Baptist minister and farmer, from Lumpkin Co., Georgia, who served as a member of Company C, 52nd Georgia Infantry, CSA. The collection consists of Civil War correspondence between Edge and his wife, Alpha Davis Edge. A substantial portion is written from Alpha to Andrew, including three letters written before the date of their marriage. Letters include discussions about the war and Andrew’s morale.
EDMISTON, ALTHEA BROWN (MSS 883)
Papers, 1918-1981; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Althea Brown Edmiston (1874-1937), African American missionary to Africa, was the daughter of Robert and Molly Suggs Brown of Russelville, Alabama. After graduating from Fisk University, she applied to be a missionary in the American Presbyterian Congo Mission and left for Africa in August 1902. In the Congo, she was made mistress of the Maria Carey Home for Girls, a day school in Ibanche, and wrote the first dictionary of the Bakuba language. Her papers include Presbyterian conference materials, missionary newspapers, Sunday School materials printed in Africa, hymnals, and other printed material.
ELLIS, JAMES NIMMO (MSS 896)
Papers, 1896-1897; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
James Nimmo Ellis (1863-1931) was a physician and surgeon born in Buckingham Co., Virginia. After traveling throughout Europe and Russia, Ellis and his wife, Anne Fearn Perkins, moved to Atlanta in 1898, where he served on the staffs of the Presbyterian and Grady Hospitals as a gynecologist and obstetrician. He published numerous journal articles and invented the “Ellis bag” which was used in gallbladder operations. The bulk of the collection concerns Ellis and his wife’s travels to Europe in 1896-1898 and includes the visas he and Anne used as well as a photo album. The collection also includes photos of medical classes which notably include women.
ELLISON, ALICE ROBERTA PARKS (MSS 906)
Papers, 1934-1960; .5 linear feet (1 box, 2 oversized bound volumes)
Alice Roberta Parks Ellison was a resident of Atlanta, Georgia during the first half of the twentieth century. Ellison belonged to a number of religious and social organizations, mostly prior to her marriage, including the Shiloh Baptist Church, the American Woodman, the Atlanta Negro Music Club, and the Hi-Hi Club, of which she served as president. The papers document her participation in African American social and religious organizations in Atlanta, Georgia. They include scrapbooks, photographs, a small amount of correspondence, church bulletins, photographs, and programs from events in Atlanta, Georgia.
EMANUEL, CHRISTOPHER H. (MSS 959)
Papers, 1915-1948; .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Christopher H. Emanuel (b. ca. 1859) was an African American Baptist minister from White Plains, New York. His daughter Bessie Emanuel Smith attended the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and was the first African American teacher in the White Plains, New York, public school system. These family papers include family photographs, pamphlets and photographs from the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, several diaries, and correspondence. The collection also includes a diary kept by Christopher Emanuel's employer, who worked on the Panama Canal.
EMORY UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES. EMORY UNIVERSITY WOMAN'S CLUB
(Series No. 34)
Records, 1919-
The Emory University Woman's Club was founded in 1919 by a group of faculty and administrators' wives from the schools of Theology, Law, and Medicine. Club activities range from hostessing faculty parties and University receptions to fundraising for the University and engaging in volunteer civic work. The records include administrative records, financial records, membership information, scrapbooks, newsletters, minutes, and reports.
Note: see also Emory University Woman's Club Scrapbooks (Archives BV Collection. BV Shelf 18) and Emory University Woman's Club Newsletter (Emory vertical file)
EMORY UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES. PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ON LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER CONCERNS AT EMORY UNIVERSITY (Series No. 28)
Records, 1992-1999
The President’s Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Concerns at Emory University is an advisory body to the President of the University. The records of the Commission consist of general committee records, subcommittee records, and clippings, the bulk of which were created from 1992-1994 prior to the beginning of the Commission.
EMORY UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES. PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AT EMORY (Series No. 30)
Collection, 1976-1998
The collection consists of the records of the Commission, which include minutes and agendas, committee reports, project and program materials, issue files, reports of meetings and symposia, publicity material, reports from other related commissions and committees, and printed material. The collection also includes the records of the Staff Concerns Committee.
EMORY UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES. STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS. PANHELLENIC AND SORORITIES
Record Group 3xx, Series 1000: Box 29
Records, 1954-
These records include material regarding the installation of national sororities at Emory in 1959, the building and dedicating of sorority lodges, the granting of charters including photographs, programs and other printed material. Also includes information on 10 original sororities including programs, photographs, pennants, and text.
EMORY UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES. UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES MISCELLANEOUS. EMORY WOMEN'S CAUCUS
Record Group 9xx, Series 1000, Box 36b
Records, 1974-1991;
The Emory Women’s Caucus was founded in 1974 with the goal of fostering two-way communication between women students, faculty, and staff and the Administration. These folders include selected minutes, recommendations and resolutions, correspondence and financial and legal documents of the organization.
EMORY UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA. DIVISION OF LIBRARIANSHIP
Record Group 8xx, Series 1000: Box 17c
Records, 1928-1964;
Contains administrative records of the Carnegie Library School of Atlanta after its affiliation with Emory University in 1925. The collection documents the development of the school from Carnegie Library School days to the Library School of Emory University in 1930 and to the Division of Librarianship of the Graduate School in 1948 when it began offering the master's degree.
Note: some earlier records regarding the transfer of the school can be found in the Tommie Dora Barker Papers (Series 12).
EVANS, LETITIA PATE (MSS 78)
Papers, 1947-1956; 61 linear ft. (37 boxes, 7 oversized papers)
This Atlanta philanthropist was the first woman to serve on the Board of Trustees of Emory University and was one of the first women directors of a large American corporation (Coca-Cola). Evans married Joseph Brown Whitehead, one of the founder of the Coca-Cola bottling company, in 1894; she later married Arthur Kelly Evans (in 1913), a retired Canadian Army Officer. Evans' (1872-1953) papers include correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, brochures, and genealogical information.
EVERY SATURDAY CLUB (ATLANTA, GA) (MSS 198)
Programs, 1895-1981; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection includes the programs of an Atlanta women's discussion group, started in 1894, that was affiliated with the Atlanta Federation of Women's Clubs. The collection lists officers, members, meeting events, as well as the organization’s constitution and by-laws.
FABRE, MICHEL (MSS 932)
Collection; 15 linear ft. (26 boxes, 3 oversized papers)
Michel and Genevieve Fabre founded the Center for Afro-American Studies at the University of Paris, and have been leading scholars of African American culture in France. Michel Fabre is the foremost biographer of Richard Wright, and intimately familiar with the Wright family and with African American artists, writers, and musicians throughout Europe. Genevieve Fabre is a scholar of African-American theater and literature, and co-chaired the first Harvard University Du Bois Institute Working Group, "History and Memory in Afro-American Culture," and edited an important book by the title that has been seminal in "memory studies" in the field. The Michel Fabre archives of African American arts and letters consists of correspondence, writings, and printed material relating to expatriate writers, artists, musicians, and cultural figures.
FALLON, PETER (MSS817)
Gallery Press collection, ca. 1967-1998; 97 linear ft. (195 boxes, 127 oversized papers)
Peter Fallon, poet, editor and publisher, founded The Gallery Press in 1970 at the age of eighteen. The Gallery Press has published poems and plays by the Ireland's finest established and emerging authors and is recognized as the pre-eminent literary publishing house in Ireland. Among the writers it publishes are Medbh McGuckian and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. The collection contains the records of The Gallery Press and the personal and literary papers of Peter Fallon from ca. 1967-1998. The Gallery Press records include literary manuscripts by authors who have published works through the Gallery Press, the Gallery Press in conjunction with Deerfield Press, O'Brien Press, and Oldcastle Enterprises/After Hours Books; correspondence with literary and artistic figures; subject files; printed material; and photographs.
Note: searchable finding aid available at the Irish Literary Collections Portal Website, http://irishliterature.library.emory.edu.
FARINHOLT, KATHERINE WOLTZ (MSS 597)
Papers, 1930-1984; 5 linear feet (18 boxes, 3 oversized papers, 11 oversized bound volumes)
The papers of Katherine Farinholt (1912-1990), an Atlanta educator and community leader, include personal and professional correspondence, scrapbooks, printed matter and memorabilia documenting her activities with Agnes Scott College, Westminster Academy, All Saints Episcopal Church, the Colonial Dames, and the Girl Scouts as well as her support of the Equal Rights Amendment. The collection also contains travel journals, a diary, and a typescript copy of a novel, Alexander’s Daughter, based on family history.
FEMINIST ACTION ALLIANCE, (ATLANTA, GA) (MSS 568)
Records, 1974-1984; 8 linear ft (8 boxes)
The bulk of the Atlanta organization's records for 1974-1984 are contained in the collection and include correspondence, minutes, membership records, publications, committee working files, funding proposals, public relations materials, newsletters, and program materials. During these years the alliance addressed issues pertaining to women's role in political and economic processes; the crime of rape and the treatment of rape victims in the criminal justice system; and family issues such as child care, alternative work patterns, family planning services, and the reform of marital laws.
FORT, ADA (MSS 701)
Papers, 1950-1975; 1 linear ft. (1 box)
Fort was dean of Emory University's School of Nursing from 1950 to 1975. Under her stewardship the school increased its enrollment, expanded its programs, and integrated its student body. Fort won many awards in the field of nursing and the collection concentrates on the history of the nursing school and Fort 's part in it. It includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, printed material and certificates.
Note: Restrictions on access and reproduction may apply.
FORTUNOFF VIDEO ARCHIVE FOR HOLOCAUST TESTIMONIES (MSS 971)
Collection; 3 linear ft. (6 boxes)
The recordings in this collection are on loan to Emory University from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, part of Manuscripts and Archives, at Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University. They represent only a selection from the much larger collection held at Yale. The testimonies contain first-hand experience of the Nazi persecutions, including those in hiding, survivors, bystanders, resistants, and liberators. Each of the tapes is cataloged separately in EUCLID. The copy of the Guide to Yale University Library Holocaust Video Testimonies (second edition, 1994) in MARBL indicates which tapes are on loan at Emory (D804.3 F67 1994 SPECIALCOLL)
Note: Restrictions on screening and reproduction may apply.
FOWLER, MANET HARRISON (MSS 978)
Papers, 1923-1949; .75 linear ft. (2 boxes, 3 oversized papers)
Manet Harrison Fowler (1895-1976) was an African American musician and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. In June 1928 Fowler founded the Mwalimu School in Texas, which she later relocated to Harlem in New York City. The school was an active participant in the Harlem Renaissance, emphasizing African culture and language. The collection contains Fowler’s personal papers including photographs, printed material, and correspondence mostly related to Fowler’s participation in African American musical organizations. Other items in the Fowler papers include scrapbook pages, a class photograph from the Tuskegee Institute in 1913, photographs of Fort Worth Colored High School, photographs of YMCA programs in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1930s, published writings by Manet Harrison Fowler, including a musical she wrote for the National Baptist Convention in 1930, and correspondence and a photograph of her father, S. H. Fowler.
FRANCES E. W. HARPER LITERARY AND SOCIAL CIRCLE (SAVANNAH, GA.) (MSS 986)
Records 1915-1929; 1 linear ft. (1 box)
The Frances E.W. Harper Literary and Social Circle was founded around 1900 by a group of African American women living in Savannah, Georgia. The organization was named for Frances E.W. Harper, a poet that frequently lectured for the abolitionist cause prior to the Civil War and an author of the first published story by an African American. The women of the Frances E.W. Harper Literary and Social Circle, who met bimonthly, listened to lectures and music; read and discussed works of literature, especially those by African Americans; and occasionally went on outings outside Savannah. The collection consists of the record book from 1915-1929 which contains the minutes for each meeting, recorded by the secretary of the organization; financial records concerning payment of dues and costs for outings; and occasional committee reports.
FULTON BAG AND COTTON MILLS (ATLANTA, GA) (MSS 614)
Records, 1881-1958; 2.75 linear ft. (4 boxes, 3 oversized papers,8 oversized bound volumes, 1 reel microfilm)
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills was established in 1881 by a German immigrant, Jacob Elsas. A factory-supported and -built mill village, eventually known as Cabbagetown, grew up around the mill after 1881. Elsas started a clinic and nursery for mill employees and their children. At its height of prosperity, during and just after World War II, the mill employed 2700 workers. By the 1980s the company had been subsumed by FabricsAmerica. The collection includes business records, correspondence, scrapbooks, historical information and photographs. Related materials are held at the Georgia Institute of Technology Library.
GAINES, MARTHA WREN (MSS 669)
Papers, 1962-1987; 15.75 linear ft. (35 boxes, 18 oversized papers 1 oversized bound volumes)
Gaines (1939-1987) was a human rights and civil liberties activist who worked as a writer, lecturer, and equal opportunity consultant for women and minorities. She worked with local, regional, and national organizations including the National Organization for Women (NOW), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Ratification Council. Gaines was also active in Democratic Party politics and unsuccessfully ran for the State Senate in 1974. The collection includes correspondence, reports, printed material, clippings, audiovisual materials, speeches, and memorabilia documenting Gaines' activities, including extensive materials concerning NOW and the ERA.
Note: Some materials are restricted due to their status as personal records or files.
GARDINER, CHARLES WREY (MSS 641)
Collection, 1942-1967; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Gardiner (1901-1981) was an author and the founder and proprietor of the Grey Walls Press. The collection includes correspondence between Charles Wrey Gardiner and Cynthia Kortright, who became his third wife. The letters chronicle the couple's on-going relationship, including Kortright's pregnancy prior to their marriage. Letters after the marriage in 1947 focus upon family arrangements and financial matters, Gardiner's work with the Grey Walls Press and later problems after the closing of the Press.
GARDNER, EMMA BRESCIA (MSS 852)
Papers, 1898-1996; 5 linear ft. (9 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
Emma Brescia Gardner (1898-1996), daughter of composer Domenico Brescia (1866-1939), was married to Robert Penn Warren from 1929-1951. While the marriage lasted for over twenty years, the couple had no children. Gardner went on to earn a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1957 and began teaching foreign languages at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, in 1963. Her first husband, Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989) is the only person to win the Pulitzer Prize for both Fiction and Poetry. Letters between her and Warren shed light on their marriage and relationship. The collection includes over 700 letters from her father, Domenico Brescia (in Italian) and correspondence with Robert Penn Warren, friends, and other family members. There are also some typescripts of Gardner’s poetry.
GEFFEN FAMILY (MSS 651)
Papers, 1923-1996; 73 linear ft. (105 boxes)
The Geffen family is prominent in the Jewish community in Atlanta, Georgia. Tobias Geffen (1870-1970) was rabbi of the Congregation Shaerith in Atlanta (1911- ). Louis Geffen (1904- ), son of Tobias Geffen, attended Emory University and Columbia University, then practiced law in Atlanta (1927- ). He also served as chief prosecutor at the Yokohama war crimes trials during his duty with the 310th Military Government Group, 3rd Army. David Geffen (1938- ), son of Louis Geffen studied at Emory University, then served as rabbi at Congregation Beth Shalon (Wilmington, Delaware) from 1970-1977, and in 1993 became rabbi at Temple Israel (Scranton, Pennsylvania). He was involved with the Masorti Movement in Israel. The Geffen family papers consist of personal, professional, and religious material, including papers of Anna Geffen, wife of Tobias, and Lottie Geffen Smith, daughter of Tobias. The collection includes letters to Anna from her mother (in Hebrew) and materials on prenatal and child care from the U.S. Government (ca. 1930s), sex education, and marital relations.
Note: restrictions on reproduction may apply.
GEORGIA MISCELLANY COLLECTION (MSS 44)
Collection; .5 linear ft. (2 boxes, 3 oversized papers, 3 bound volumes, 6 oversized bound volumes, 1 reel microfilm)
This artificial collection is comprised of a small manuscript collection written in, by, or about Georgia or Georgians. It includes three love letters written in 1924-6 to Lucille Burke of Savannah from Eddie Manucy, Jr. of Athens; copies of two letters from H. Crowell to Mrs. Sarah Crowell in 1812; a letter to Rev. Dr. W. Heidt from Laura Haygood, sister of Atticus Haygood, written in 1884; a letter written in 1850 from William H. F. Hall to Henrietta McGuffey discussing their friendship; the 1827 travel journal of Mary L. Robinson documenting a trip from Savannah to England; and a 1943 manuscript “War at Best Is Barbarism” by Mary Connally Spalding documenting the Connally family’s role in the Civil War.
GEORGIA PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES (MSS 733)
Oral History Collection, 1986-1991; 3.5 linear ft. (8 boxes)
The collection consists of 33 transcribed interviews with retired public health and private duty nurses who practiced for most of their lives in Georgia. This collection highlights nursing as one of the few vocational options available to women during the first half of the 20th century. The interviews also indicate how these women balanced the various roles in their lives, often making independent choices that conflicted with the dominant stereotype of Southern women.
Note: Audiotapes of the interviews may not be used until preservation copies can be made. Computer disks may be used by researchers.
GEORGIA WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION (MSS 647)
Records, 1888-1982; 26 linear ft. (58 boxes, 67 oversized papers)
The Georgia WCTU was primarily a temperance organization, but many of its members also participated in a variety of social reform movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries such as municipal and sanitary improvements, the rehabilitation of prostitutes, the abolition of the convict lease system, educational improvements, and child labor laws. Some union leaders also participated in the women's suffrage movement. The records include correspondence, transcripts of radio broadcasts, reports, minutes, financial and membership records, printed material and memorabilia, including temperance educational materials for children and photographs.
GLATTERER, MILTON (MSS 849)
Papers, 1936-1953; .5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
The collection consists of letters written by Milton S. Glatterer (1909-2000) and his girlfriend/wife Louise Livingston Glatterer, ranging in date from 1936-1953, with the bulk of them written during the years of 1937-1946. The letters are handscribed on various forms of paper and also include some v-mail. Glatterer’s World War II letters describe his daily life, weather conditions, and other information regarding a soldier’s life while stationed in Germany. The letters from Louise to Milton contain information regarding daily life in Columbus and Forsyth, Georgia.
GONNE, MAUD (MSS 771)
Collection, 1870-1978; 2.75 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Edith Maud Gonne (1866-1953) was daughter of Captain Thomas Gonne of the 17th Lancers and Edith Frith Gonne. Her childhood was spent in Ireland, London, and Paris. In 1891 she gave birth to a daughter, Georgette, fathered by Lucien Millevoie; a second daughter, Iseult, followed in 1895. Devoted to the cause of Irish nationalism, Maud Gonne was active in many political causes including housing for evicted farmers, food for school children, and improved conditions for Irish political prisoners. The collection includes letters, photographs, and genealogical material collected by Professor Conrad Balliet in the course of his research, as well as audiotape interviews he conducted with a number of Maud Gonne's family members and acquaintances. Present are 10 original letters written between 1902 and 1950 in which Maud Gonne discusses her marriage to Major John MacBride and her feelings for W.B. Yeats, among other subjects. The collection also includes 12 photographs of Maude Gonne dating from childhood through old age.
Note: searchable finding aid available at the Irish Literary Collections Portal Website, http://irishliterature.library.emory.edu.
GONNE, MAUD AND W.B. YEATS (MSS 930)
Papers, ca. 1890-1938; 2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
This collection is made up primarily of correspondence, including 375 letters from Maud Gonne (1866-1953) to W.B. Yeats (1865-1939), written between 1890 and 1930. The collection also contains 27 letters from Yeats to Gonne from roughly the same period. Most of these letters were published in the volume The Gonne-Yeats Letters 1893-1938 (W.W. Norton, 1992) edited by Maud Gonne's granddaughter, Anna MacBride White, and A. Norman Jeffars. In addition to the Gonne-Yeats correspondence, this collection also contains other correspondence, including two letters from Yeats to his longtime friend Olivia Shakespear, and one letter to him from his friend and patron, Lady Augusta Gregory. Most of the other correspondence in this collection relates to Maud Gonne's 1905 attempt to divorce her husband, John MacBride. Notable correspondents include Gonne's cousin, May "Bertie" Clay, John Quinn, John O'Leary, and Maud Gonne's lawyer, Mr. Williams. The majority of correspondence in the collection is holograph letters unless otherwise noted.
Note: searchable finding aid available at the Irish Literary Collections Portal Website, http://irishliterature.library.emory.edu.
Note: Reproduction of materials from the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library is prohibited without permission of the NYPL.
GOULDING, F.R. (FRANCIS ROBERT (MSS 197)
Papers, 1846-1934; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Francis Robert Goulding (1810-1881) was born in Midway (Liberty Co.), Georgia. He entered the ministry in 1833, served as an agent for the American Bible Society (1839-1842), invented a sewing machine (1842), operated a school for boys (1853, Kingston, Georgia), and a school for girls (1862, Macon, Georgia). Goulding also served as a Confederate chaplain during the American Civil War. The collection consists of personal letters written to Goulding concerning the welfare of his students, publishing matters, military and civilian activities in Darien, Georgia, the lack of Presbyterian ministers in Confederate army camps, and Goulding's ideas for inventions. Five of the letters from Dr. Stanford Emerson Chaille mention the fact that his daughter, Laura, boarded in Goulding’s school with two of the family slaves.
GREEN FAMILY (MSS 636)
Civil War papers, 1861-1863; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection includes the correspondence of William Green, Union soldier in the 37th New York Regiment, as well as letters and a journal kept by his sister Fanny Green, who spent several months in Washington during the spring of 1862. Her letters describe the political and social climate of the U.S. capitol during the Civil War. William Green was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks and Seven Pines and his sister spent the next three months with him at a Newport News, Virginia, hospital while he recuperated. In her journal Fanny Green describes their stay in the military hospital, discusses her perceptions of the local customs, and portrays the daily social life of her hometown of Pontiac, Michigan.
GREGORY FAMILY (MSS 624)
Papers, 1775-1956; 25 linear ft. (46 boxes, 10 oversized papers, 7 bound volumes, 2 oversized bound volumes)
This collection includes the papers of many members of the Gregory family of Galway Co., Ireland. It includes the papers of Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932) playwright, co-founder and director of the Abbey Theatre, and friend and collaborator of William Butler Yeats. Lady Gregory's papers include correspondence with family members, general correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of her writings, financial papers, and printed matter from the 1880s to the 1930s. The collection also includes the personal and political correspondence of Lady Gregory's husband, William Henry Gregory (1817-1892), member of Parliament and Governor of Ceylon, which includes correspondence with his mother, 1855-1863; the papers of Robert Gregory (1790-1847) and Elizabeth O'Hara Gregory (1799-1875); and the papers of William Robert Gregory (1881-1918) and Margaret Gregory.
Note: searchable finding aid available at the Irish Literary Collections Portal Website, http://irishliterature.library.emory.edu. Restrictions on reproduction may apply.
GRIFFITH, BEVERLY (MSS 42)
Papers, ca. 1832-1973; .5 linear ft. (1 box, 4 oversized papers)
Griffith was the Public Relations Director of Eastern Airlines (which was headquartered in Atlanta). The collection includes correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, most of which relates to Griffith’s career with Eastern Airlines. Included are some materials of musical events in Atlanta and articles relating to the history of Atlanta.
GRISHAM FAMILY (MSS 404)
Papers, 1825-1887; .125 linear ft. (1 box, 1 reel microfilm)
The Grisham family collection consists of letters written by Elizabeth McRae Smith to William Bradford. Also included are letters written by Elizabeth Collins, daughter of William Grisham, to her friend Arminda Wood, a former family slave. The family lived in Cherokee County, Georgia.
GRISSON, GUS J. (MSS 988)
Papers, 1938-1945; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Gus J. Grisson was an African American soldier who served during World War II at Fort Warren, Wyoming. He was born in 1924 to Essie Grisson, and was raised in Hampton, Georgia. He had at least one sister Rosa Lee, who lived in Atlanta, Georgia. This collection consists of papers of Gus Grisson including correspondence written to Grisson from his mother Essie Grisson and his sister Rosa Lee discussing the health and well-being of the family and other personal news. A post card addressed to Essie Grisson from her pastor concerning her Sunday School class is also included.
HAAS, BE (BEATRICE HIRSCH) (MSS 781)
Papers, 1927-1993; 1 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
Be Haas (1905- ) was a fundraising consultant in Atlanta who was engaged in many public relations endeavors, including work with the League of Women Voters, Atlanta Local Government Commission, and Commission to Redraft the Constitution of Georgia. Materials in the collection relate to Be Haas's career and include correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed materials.
HAMES, MARGIE PITTS (MSS 825)
Papers, 1969-1993; 98 linear ft. (98 boxes)
Margie Pitts Hames practiced law in Atlanta from 1962 until her death in 1993. Hames actively engaged in cases involving abortion rights, women’s rights, school desegregation, employment discrimination, workers compensation, personal injury, social security claims, domestic relations, criminal defense, medical malpractice, defense, educational rights for gifted and disabled children, and general civil litigation. The collection consists of the personal and professional papers of Margie Pitts Hames from 1969-1993. The papers consist of subject files and legal case files. The subject files contain extensive research on legal issues, information on her professional life, personal information, and miscellaneous correspondence. The case files include primarily legal documents, depositions, transcripts, correspondence, notes, and evidence.
Note: Restrictions on access and reproduction may apply.
HANSON, GLADYS (MSS 540)
Papers, 1908-1965; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Gladys Hanson was a Georgia-born actress who performed onstage in numerous productions from 1907-1937, as well as in five films (1914-1916). She was married to playwright Charles Emerson Cook. Her papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs and promotional material relating to Hanson's (1887-1973) acting career in the early 20th century. The collection also includes letters from opera star Geraldine Farrar, 1946-1965.
HARRIS, CORRA (MSS 199)
Papers, 1899-1968; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Harris (1869-1935) was a journalist and novelist from Elbert Co., Georgia. The papers include correspondence between Harris and her friend, Mrs. Donald McClain, 1926-1934. The letters concern family and health problems, Harris' writings, social activities, friends, visitors, and travel. The collection also includes several manuscripts of short articles and short stories, photographs, and clippings.
HARRIS, HELEN CURL (MSS 977)
Papers; 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Helen Curl Harris was a black businesswoman, professional hairdresser, business owner, and personal hairdresser to Ella Fitzgerald and Josephine Baker in the 1960s. This collection includes signed and personalized photos, business correspondence, items relating to her professional career such as trade catalogues and magazines, photographs showing various black women in hair styles created by Ms. Harris in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as year books and women’s club programs.
HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (MSS 5)
Papers, 1858-1978; 15 linear ft. (41 boxes, 17 oversized paper, 1 bound volume, 25 reels microfilm)
Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908), journalist and author of the Uncle Remus tales, was born in Eatonton, (Putnam Co.), Georgia, to Mary Harris, a seamstress. In 1862, he answered an ad for a printer's devil at The Countryman, a weekly newspaper published by Joseph Addison Turner. In 1870, Harris joined the staff of the Savannah Morning News as associate editor. While in Savannah, Harris met and married Esther LaRose Harris of Upton, Canada. The Harrises had nine children, six of whom lived to adulthood. The Joel Chandler Harris collection contains correspondence to and from Harris, writings by and about the author, family photographs, illustrations of his stories and books, papers of and relating to his family and associates, as well as materials about the Wren's Nest and Eatonton. The majority of correspondence is between Harris and his wife and children; and topics include family life, discussions of the publishing business, and national affairs at the turn of the century.
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HARRIS, JULIAN LAROSE (MSS 6)
Papers, 1890-1968; 22.25 linear ft. (42 boxes, 4 oversized papers, 26 bound volumes, 71 microfilm reels)
Harris (1874-1963) and his wife, Julia Collier Harris (1875-1967) were journalists and writers who worked in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and New York, N. Y. Their papers include correspondence, diaries, literary manuscripts, interoffice memoranda, notebooks, and scrapbooks. The collection includes both personal and professional correspondence, 1890s-1940s. Julia Harris' correspondents include H. L. Mencken, Geraldine Farrar, Jessie Daniel Ames, Myrta Lockett Avary, Lucy R. Mason, and Helen Woodward, among others. The papers also include information on the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching.
HARRISON, EMILY STEWART (MSS 556)
Papers, 1829-1979; 17.25 linear ft. (35 boxes, 20 oversized papers, 1 oral history)
Harrison (1874-1973) was a teacher, journalist and environmentalist from Atlanta, Georgia. The collection contains personal and business correspondence, writings, printed material, legal and financial records, and photographs documenting Harrison's work in rural and progressive education, in outdoor and industrial schools, in environmental protection, with Fernbank Forest in Atlanta and with the American Red Cross in Czechoslovakia. The papers also contain materials concerning her various travels in the U. S. and Europe, an article by Mary Barker on Atlanta schools written for American Teacher, photos of schoolchildren visiting with Thomas Edison, and numerous pamphlets and guides regarding child development and moral training. The collection also includes records of her father, Z. D. Harrison, relating to the Episcopal Church Atlanta and Georgia Dioceses and, specifically, to the 1939 annual report of the Women's Auxiliary.
HARROLD BROTHERS (MSS 007)
Records, 1826-1964; 418.25 linear ft. (425 boxes, 7 oversized papers, 2148 bound volumes)
The Americus, Georgia, firm of Harrold Brothers, cotton warehousemen, commission merchants, and bankers, was established in 1859 as Harrold, Johnson and Company, and was dissolved in 1953 upon the death of the last partner. Correspondence includes personal letters of the Harrold family and relatives concerning daily life and civic affairs, and business letters of the Harrold Brothers firm, their other businesses, and the firms with which they dealt. Genealogical materials document Harrold and related families and diaries are by an ancestor (an Isle of Man seaman) and by women in the Harrold family.
HAYGOOD, ATTICUS G. (ATTICUS GREENE) (MSS 138)
Papers, 1861-1952; 1 linear ft. (3 boxes, 2 oversized papers, 12 bound volumes)
Haygood (1839-1896) served as a Methodist minister, president of Emory College, 1875-1884, and agent for the John F. Slater fund, 1882-1890. The collection includes the diary and letterbook of Laura Askew Haygood (1845-1900), sister of Bishop Haygood who was an educator and Methodist missionary to China. The collection also includes materials relating to Mamie Haygood Ardis, first female student at Emory College.
HICKS, MILDRED (MSS 496)
Papers, 1917-1945; 2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Hicks (1880-1961) was a socialist from Bainbridge, Georgia, who was involved in the movement to redistribute wealth in the 1930s. The papers consist primarily of routine correspondence, 1931-1945, concerned with the "Five-Day Plan," "Work-for-all Plan," and other plans Mildred and her sister Mary supported. The Hicks sisters later became involved in Huey Long's "Share our Wealth" campaign. Correspondence includes letters from John Dewey, Upton Sinclair, and other notable figures. Pamphlets, ribbons, flyers, and petitions regarding the “Five-Day Plan” are included.
HIGHTOWER, GRACE (MSS 561)
Papers, ca. 1936-1976; 2 linear ft. (4 boxes, 1 oversized paper, 1 bound volume)
The papers of this Atlanta librarian include correspondence, speeches, articles, and materials relating to work with public school library programs. Materials concern her work with the Georgia Department of Education, the Georgia Library Association, and the Southeastern Library Association. Holdings include notes and drafts of published works, miscellaneous articles, pamphlets, pictures, and awards.
HILSMAN, ODESSA MOORE (MSS 783)
Papers, 1912-1958; .5 linear ft. (1 box, 1 oversized paper)
Odessa Moore graduated from the Atlanta Law School in 1923 and the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1931. Her second husband was Steve (S.T.) Hilsman. The collection consists of papers relating to Odessa Moore Wilson Hilsman and the Moore family from 1912-1958. The papers contain some family correspondence, certificates and diplomas of Odessa Moore, and Moore family photographs.
HOLDEN, MIRIAM (MSS 862)
Papers; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Personal papers of Miriam Holden, Vice Chairman of the Local Graduate Nurses Association of New York from ca. 1936-1946. Contains correspondence including letters from Mabel Keaton Staupers, minutes, reports, clippings, and printed material.
HOLIDAY, BILLIE (MISS 1035)
Collection, 1953-1981; .75 linear ft. (2 boxes and 2 oversized papers)
Billie Holiday (1915-1959) was an African American blues and jazz singer. The collection contains materials relating to the personal life and career of Billie Holiday, her husband Louis McKay, and her estate from 1953-1981. The collection includes correspondence, legal documents, financial statements, and photographs.
HOOD, MARY (MSS 736)
Papers, 1947-1992; 12 linear ft. (8 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
The Mary Hood papers consist primarily of manuscripts and typescripts of Mary Hood's writings, which include short stories and essays. Other materials include family and professional correspondence, photographs, and printed materials, as well as 65 composition-style notebooks documenting the life and work of the Georgia short story writer and novelist.
Note: Restrictions on access and reproduction may apply.
HOOD, REBECCA RAINEY (MSS 325)
Papers, 1862-1865; (1 reel microfilm)
Rebecca Rainey Hood and her family lived in Cartersville, (Cass Co.), Georgia, during the Civil War. She was mother to two Confederate soldiers and second wife to William Henry Hood. The collection consists of a typescript pamphlet memoir of Rebecca Hood's experiences on the home front and materials that describe the enlistment of Hoods’ sons in the army, Sherman’s Advance toward Atlanta, and her contact with Union soldiers.
HUGHES, FRIEDA (MSS 1014)
Letters, 1971-1997; 1.25 linear ft. (2 boxes, 3 bound volumes)
Frieda Rebecca Hughes (1960- ), British author and artist, daughter of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, was born in London on April 1, 1960. The collection consists primarily of letters to Frieda Hughes from her father, Ted Hughes and stepmother, Carol Hughes from 1971-1997. Of particular interest are a series of 1971 letters written while her father was in Paris and Teheran, Iran working with Peter Brooks on the production of Orghast; a humorous account of a meeting with the Royal family written on 14 February 1975; and a lengthy and humorous letter describing the day that Ted Hughes received the OBE from the Queen in 1977. In the later years, there are several letters which contain comments that Ted Hughes made regarding his daughter's writings. Also included in the collection; two sketchbooks containing several drawings by Ted Hughes and some loose sketches one by Sylvia Plath; Ted Hughes' death certificate; and a chronology of events from 1956-1971, written by Ted Hughes for Frieda Hughes.
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HUGHES, OLWYN (MSS 980)
Papers, 1951-1997; 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Olwyn Marguerite Hughes, sister of writer Ted Hughes, studied English literature at London University and worked as a translator of French literature and as a literary agent. She represented a number of authors including Ted Hughes, Jean Rhys, Janos Pilinszki, and Vasco Popa. She inaugurated the Rainbow Press with Ted Hughes in 1970 and was involved in the Sylvia Plath estate for many years. The collection consists of primarily letters from Ted Hughes to Olwyn Hughes from 1951 to 1997, and to his parents from 1954 to 1960. There are brief messages from Sylvia Plath appended to six of these letters. The collection also includes the unpublished poem "For Olwyn Each Evening," Hughes's translation of Phedre by Jean Racine, and photographs.
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HUGHES, TED (MSS 644)
Papers and library, 1940-1997; 92 linear ft. (185 boxes and 103 oversized papers)
Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was a British poet, author, and 1984 Poet Laureate to the Queen. His works include The Hawk in the Rain, Lupercal, Crow, Moortown Elegies, Rain-Charm for the Duchy, and Birthday Letters. The collection includes writings, correspondence, printed material, photographs, personal effects, and audio-visual materials. The collection also includes the papers of his first wife, author and poet Sylvia Plath, as well as materials concerning his second wife, Assia Wevill, and correspondence with his children, Frieda and Nicholas. MARBL also holds the Ted Hughes Library, which includes books owned by Hughes, Plath, and Wevill with notes and inscriptions.
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HUGHES, TED (MSS 1058)
Letters to Assia Wevill, 1955-1970; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection contains letters, manuscripts, poems, drawings, and miscellaneous documents relating to Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill. The Wevills met Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath in London in 1961, and Hughes and Wevill began an affair soon thereafter. Included are 61 letters from Hughes to Wevill; included with the letters are drafts for a series of poems on playing cards and a "Draft Constitution," which appears to be an agreement between Ted and Assia concerning her responsibilities towards his children, her household duties, and general behavior. The collection also includes six letters from Assia Wevill to Ted Hughes; one early (1955) letter from Wevill to her sister, Cecilia Chaikin; and three letters from Ted Hughes to Chaikin written after Assia's death. The first two deal with his response to Assia's suicide, while the third responds to Celia's offer to return a number of Plath's manuscripts, which had been sent to her by Assia. Finally, the correspondence contains two letters from David Wevill to Assia, and one letter from Assia to him.
The remainder of the collection consists of a number of manuscript and typescript drafts of Hughes's poems; eight miscellaneous pieces of notes and letters by Assia, addressed obliquely to Hughes; and a number of photographs of Assia Wevill, both alone and with Hughes, Shura, Frieda, and Nicholas. One of the typescripts, which bears the title "For Aya," represents a preliminary version, in four parts, of the longer sequence of poems published as "The New World", while another poem, "Little Blood," contains an extra stanza omitted in publication. Other typescripts include variant titles, and one bears additional manuscript material on its reverse side. Two of the poems, "Crow Outlawed" and "Carrion Tiresias Examines the Sacrifice," appear to be unpublished.
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HUNT, CAROLINE CANDLER (MSS 752)
Papers, 1937-1993; 9.25 linear ft. (11 boxes)
Hunt (1919- ) is an alumna of Oxford College and has served on the Oxford College Board. She donated the Caroline Candler Hunt Art Gallery housed in the Card Center at Oxford College. The collection includes personal papers, including correspondence, school papers, receipts and tax returns, and collected clippings.
INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (SAVANNAH, GA.) (MSS 490)
Records, 1800-1960; (15 reels of microfilm)
These church records include minutes of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, 1904-1922; pew holder lists (1822-1884); attendance rolls (includes weather conditions for 1861-1890); and lists of church officers and members (1816-1944), including African American members, World War II casualties, marriages, deaths, and baptisms.
Note: originals in the Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta
IVERSON FAMILY (MSS 427)
Papers, 1821-1920; 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes, 1 reel microfilm)
Alfred Iverson (1798-1873), judge and U.S. legislator from Georgia, was born in Liberty Co., Georgia. His first wife was Caroline Goode Holt (1803-1830), with whom he had a son, Alfred, and a daughter, Julia. Iverson's son, Alfred (1829-1911), became a brigadier general with the Army of the Confederate States. Iverson's second wife was Adela Branham, daughter of Dr. Joel Branham, and sister of Isham Richardson Brahnam. Alfred Iverson Branham (1855-1945), son of Julia Iverson and Isham Richardson Branham, was an educator and manager of the American Book Company's Atlanta Office, and married Lucy Turner, daughter of Joseph Addison Turner, of Turnwold Plantation, near Eatonton, Georgia. The collection includes correspondence, most of which is among family members, documenting family history. Included is a diary by Julia Iverson Branham (1891).
JACKSON, DELILAH (MSS 923)
Papers; 26.5 linear ft. (54 boxes, 62 oversized papers)
A life-long resident of Harlem, Delilah Jackson has collected photographs, correspondence, films, and scrapbooks of artists and performers of the Harlem Renaissance. The collection includes oral history interviews of many well-known entertainers, as well as souvenirs and other ephemera that she has collected over the years.
JETT, RICHARD BURCH (MSS 57)
Papers, 1863-1887; .2 linear ft. (1 box)
Jett was a farmer in North Fulton Co., Georgia, and served as a Confederate soldier stationed in Tennessee and Virginia with Company B, 9th Georgia Battery of Artillery during the latter part of the Civil War. His wife, Nancy Evans Jett, ran the farm during the war. The collection includes letters and a Civil War diary, as well as family genealogical and historical materials. Letters from Nancy Jett give details of home life and depict the effect of Union invasion on the community.
JONES, FRANCIS MARION (MSS 656)
Papers, 1885-1887; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Francis Marion Jones (b. 1858) was a physician who trained at Atlanta Medical College (later subsumed into the Emory University School of Medicine.) Jones and his wife, who remained at home in Wood Lawn, Georgia, mainly exchanged letters about domestic questions and occasionally Jones discusses his medical studies. Besides letters, the collection contains an essay by Jones about medicine.
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KEEF, HATTIE R. (MSS 941)
Diary, 1890; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Hattie R. Keef was a seamstress who lived in Augusta, Georgia, during the late 1800s. She was married to John Keef, a veterinary surgeon who owned a livery and feed stables business. The collection consists of a single daily diary kept by Hattie R. Keef in 1890. A New Year's gift from her husband John, the diary contains daily entries for the entire year, addresses, and a list of expenditures and visitors during the month of January. Most entries are brief and merely offer an accounting of the day's activities, including weather reports and visitors. She often comments on her health and general family news. Keef also frequently notes her current sewing projects.
KIRKLAND, MOSES J. (MSS 348)
Papers, 1862-1864; (1 reel microfilm)
Moses J. Kirkland and his brothers, Zean W., Timothy, Richard Gaines, and Harrison, all served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, in Virginia, Maryland, and Georgia. The collection includes correspondence, most of which is dated prior to June 1864, to Kirkland from his brothers, who entered the military before him. Nineteen letters dated afterward are written by Kirkland to his wife from near Atlanta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign, 1864. Also included is a poem written by a soldier and advertisements for farm implements.
KNIGHT, MARY LAMAR (MSS 515)
Papers, 1918-1970; 3.5 linear ft. (7 boxes)
Mary Lamar Knight was the first woman correspondent on the United Press International (UPI) staff in Paris. She also worked in the United States Office of War Censorship through the end of World War II. Knight was a graduate of Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, and received a graduate degree from San Jose, California, State College. She published a children’s fantasy, The Fox that Wanted Nine Golden Tails, in Tokyo in 1969 under the name Kishi Mariko. The papers of this Atlanta journalist and author include letters, photographs, clippings, her thesis, a sculpted bust, galley proofs, and other mementos from Knight's (1899- ) career.
KOLLOCK FAMILY (MSS 476)
Papers, 1799-1962; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
The papers consist primarily of correspondence between members of the Kollock and Johnston families. The various members of the families were lawyers, physicians and farmers and were closely connected by marriage and social interests with many other prominent families of Georgia, South Carolina and other states. Topics include social and political life of Savannah, agriculture and labor. Many of these letters have been published in the Georgia Historical Quarterly.
LANE, MARY (MSS 607)
Papers, 1954-1980; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Mary Lane, a Waycross, Georgia, English teacher, read Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl in 1954. Mary Lane was so moved by this book that she wrote to Otto Frank, Anne’s surviving father, who was living in Basel, Switzerland. This began a correspondence that continued until Frank's death in 1980. This collection consists of letters written to Mary Lane from Otto Frank and his second wife, Fritzi. Clippings and printed material about The Diary of a Young Girl and the play The Diary of Anne Frank are also included, as well as photographs of the Frank family.
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF DEKALB COUNTY, INC. (DEKALB COUNTY, GA.) (MSS 773)
Records ca. 1940s-1990s; 35 linear ft. (35 boxes)
The collection contains the official records of the League. Included are annual reports, membership lists, minutes, financial records, newsletters and other publications, clippings, and correspondence. Also included are recorded and transcribed interviews with Frances Pauley and Rosalie Fitzpatrick (president 1985-1987), as well as a photograph of Charlotte Moran (past president).
LESLIE, KENT ANDERSON (MSS 974)
Papers; 8 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Kent Anderson Leslie is an author and Professor of Women’s Studies. The collection contains research materials collected by Leslie relating to her book, Women of Color, Daughter of Privilege: Amanda Dickson, 1849-1893, who was the daughter of a wealthy, white planter living in Hancock County, Georgia, and a young slave girl.
LEVERETTE, FANNIE LEE (MSS 135)
Scrapbooks, 1900-1948; (2 reels microfilm)
Leverette (1870-1956), a public school teacher and journalist, was born in Eatonton (Putnam Co.), Georgia. She taught in Eatonton, Social Circle, and Thomson, Georgia. The collection consists of four scrapbooks kept by Leverette containing letters, photographs, clippings, and memorabilia relating to her personal life and professional career. The scrapbooks contain materials relating to the history of Putnam Co., including articles written by Leverette for the local newspaper.
LEWIS, SARAH EVELYN, (MSS 819)
Papers, ca. 1920-1940; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Sarah Evelyn Lewis, African American physician, graduated from Howard University Medical School in 1927. The collection consists of the papers of Sarah Evelyn Lewis from ca. 1920-1940. The papers include a variety of material pertaining to Howard University, the Lewis family, and other civic activists in the Washington, D.C. area.
LOVETT, ROBERT WATKINS (MSS 486)
Papers, 1787-1916; 1 linear ft. (2 boxes, 2 oversized papers, 2 bound volumes)
Lovett (1818-1912) was a physician and Methodist minister from Screven Co., Georgia. His papers include correspondence between members of the Lovett family, legal papers, essays and speeches, mementos, and genealogical information. The collection also includes letters from Sarah Isabell Price to her fiancé Robert W. Lovett; letters of Henrietta Smith Meriwether to her sister, Marietta Smith Lovett, second wife of R. W. Lovett, (1858-1885); letters and papers of Elizabeth Lovett, grandmother of R. W. Lovett; scattered letters and papers relating to other women in the Lovett family. Subjects include family news and home life, social and religious activities, community life, and education.
MACKAY FAMILY (MSS 691)
Papers, 1875-1935; 10.5 linear ft. (21 boxes)
These papers of William Robert Mackay, gospel singer and minister, include correspondence of Orrell Keeler Mason, a relative by marriage to Mackay. Mason's letters, written during her years as a missionary, describe everyday life in Assam and contain numerous references to other missionaries in the area.
MALCOLM, JAMES V. (MSS 765)
Papers, 1929-1945; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
James Vining Malcolm (1910-1990) attended Emory University, graduating in 1932 from the College, and in 1935 with a law degree. He practiced law in Atlanta, joined the Army in 1942, and was later stationed in India. He married Drusilla Adams with whom he had three daughters. The collection consists of correspondence between James Malcolm, his family, and his wife. The letters discuss Emory, family, friends, James Malcolm's military experience, and fishing.
MARTIN, HAROLD H. (MSS 537)
Papers, 1837-1977; 20.75 linear ft. (54 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
The papers of this journalist and free-lance writer from Atlanta include three boxes of papers of Marian Hamilton and Nancy Hamilton Ogden, aunts of Boyce Lokey (Mrs. Harold) Martin. Both women served on the American Red Cross Mission to Palestine, 1918-1919. The collection also includes manuscripts of Nancy Ogden's poems, short stories, lectures, her diary, and 26 letters written in Hong Kong between 1925 and 1927.
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MCBLAIR, VIRGINIA MYERS (MSS 74)
Papers, 1818-1894; .5 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Virginia Myers was from a Jewish family, and she married William McBlair, a Confederate naval officer, with whom she had five children. She lived in Pensacola, Fla. and Richmond, Virginia. Her papers consist primarily of letters to Virginia McBlair from her husband, 1861-1862, and other family members. Her mother, Louisa Marx Myers, wrote her numerous letters between 1833 and 1848 concerning personal and domestic affairs, social activities, and religion. The papers also include letters between McBlair's parents from 1818-1824.
MCCANDLESS, FRANCES AUGUSTA COLEMAN (MSS 254)
Papers, 1845-1885; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
McCandless (1819-1889) was a teacher in the South for 41 years. She spent 21 years in Atlanta at a girls' school she organized and developed. The collection includes a biographical sketch of McCandless, a book regarding the history of the Pynchon family (1885), notebooks and a folder with notes, letters and essays.
MCCULLERS, CARSON (MSS 668)
Collection, 1941-1961; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection of this Southern author consists of correspondence, articles, reviews, critical works, a biography, and some of her literary works. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from McCullers (1917-1967) to her friend, composer David Diamond, from her homes in Columbus, Georgia, and Nyack, N.Y., and from the Yaddo Writers Colony. Letters discuss her family, her work (especially Member of the Wedding), and her relationship with her husband, Reeves McCullers.
MCGUCKIAN, MEDBH (MSS 770)
Papers, 1969-1994; 37 linear ft. (79 boxes, 24 oversized papers)
The Medbh McGuckian papers include manuscripts for each of McGuckian's published collections of poems (The Flower Master, On Ballycastle Beach, and Marconi's Cottage), personal and professional correspondence, and related printed material.
Note: searchable finding aid available at the Irish Literary Collections Portal Website, http://irishliterature.library.emory.edu. Some restrictions on access and reproduction may apply.
MCMILLAN, LOUISE (MSS 875)
Papers, 1906-1956; 6 linear ft. (12 boxes)
Emma Louise McMillan was raised in South Carolina, where she attended Limestone College. Although she battled illnesses, she worked as a teacher and a nurse. The vast majority of the collection is comprised of letters written to Louise McMillan from friends and relatives. The bulk of the letters are from Louise's sister, Montague, who writes of family issues and concerns, as well as her own experiences in higher education while teaching at Limestone College. The correspondence from Louise's college-age years deals with young women's relationships with each other and their college experiences in the early 20th century. The printed material contains information regarding Limestone College and various organizations and churches of interest to McMillan.
MEAD, CHAUNCEY W. (MSS 498)
Papers, 1862-1865; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Chauncey W. Mead, U.S. soldier, was a sergeant with the 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E. He served in Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina, and participated in the Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Resaca, in Georgia, as a part of the 23rd Corps. The collection includes letters from Mead to Kate Litzel, in Cleveland, Ohio. These letters discuss camp life, his patriotism, his morale, and Southern women. Kate Litzel became Mead's wife after the war.
MEANS, ALEXANDER (MSS 51)
Papers, 1824-1885; .50 linear ft. (3 boxes, 1 bound volume, 1 reel microfilm)
Alexander Means, clergyman, inventor, and poet, was born in Statesville, North Carolina in 1801; married S.A.E. Winston in 1827; and died in Oxford, Georgia in 1883. The collection includes a photocopy of the journal of Minnie E. Capers, Means’ granddaughter, which begins in 1887. The journal contains poems and descriptions of Capers’ daily activities and thoughts.
METTS FAMILY (MSS 984)
Papers, 1919-2002; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The Metts family descended from George Washington White and his wife, both slaves living in Rex, Georgia. They were members of the Rocky Mount Baptist Church of Rex, Georgia and helped to build the church. One of their children, Hanie White, born a slave in 1860, married Mose Metts. They remained in Rex, Georgia until his death. The collection consists of a family Bible and miscellaneous photographs and genealogical materials of the Metts family from 1919-2002. The family Bible, purchased by the Rev. J.A. Solomon on August 19, 1912, belonged to Hanie White Metts Solomon and records Metts family births, deaths, and marriages. Hanie Solomon recorded information in the Bible that occurred prior to its purchase as dates range from 1873 to 1956. Probably the most interesting item in the collection is a letter that details family accounts of life under slavery, written by W. Franklin Carmichael, Jr. in 1998.
MILLER, CAROLINE PAFFORD (MSS 728)
Collection, 1914-1992; 7 linear ft. (12 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
Miller (1903- ) was a Georgia author who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1934 for Lamb in His Bosom. The collection includes correspondence, reviews of her books, photographs, collected material regarding Caroline Pafford Miller Day, a dust jacket from Lamb in His Bosom and numerous literary manuscripts and multiple drafts of a long, unpublished novel Pray, Love, Remember.
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MILLER, FLOURNOY E. (MSS 1002)
Papers; 2 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 oversized bound volume)
The collection contains photographs of comedian, writer, and performer Flournoy Miller (1886-1971), his daughter, Olivette Miller, and other African American entertainers, typescripts of plays and productions, contracts, correspondence, sheet music, scrapbooks, and unpublished autobiographical and biographical manuscripts about Flournoy.
MITCHELL, MARGARET (MSS 265)
Collection, 1936-1990; 3.75 linear ft. (9 boxes, 6 oversized papers, 2 oral histories)
Mitchell (1900-1949) was an Atlanta journalist and the author of Gone With the Wind. The bulk of Mitchell’s papers are held at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia. This collection includes reviews, newspaper clippings, magazine articles and Gone With the Wind memorabilia. It also includes a small amount of Mitchell correspondence, photographs and an audio cassette interview by Paul Shields with Ralph McGill about Mitchell.
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MONKS, ZERAH COSTON (MSS 376)
Correspondence, 1859-1867; .25 linear ft. (1 box, 1 reel microfilm)
Monks (1841- ) was a Pennsylvania carpenter who served as a Union soldier during the Civil War. The collection includes correspondence, 1859-1867, between Monks and Hannah Rohrer, who were married in September 1865. Hannah Rohrer, a schoolteacher in Stewart's Run, Pa., prior to her marriage, wrote a substantial number of the letters.
MOODY, MINNIE HITE (MSS 481)
Papers, 1914-1970; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Minnie Hite Moody (1900-1993) was a columnist with the Atlanta Journal (1938-1943) and author of novels including Long Meadows (1941) and other short stories. Her papers include correspondence with O.B. and Eleanor Keeler, Ralph McGill, and John Paschal. The collection also includes manuscripts of Moody’s short stories, poems, articles, as well as reviews, clippings, and memorabilia.
MORAN, CHARLOTTE (MSS 617)
Papers, 1962-1976; 9 linear ft. (9 boxes, 1 oversized papers)
Moran (1923-1977) was very active in Atlanta civic and political organizations, including the League of Women Voters, Democratic Women of DeKalb, and the American Civil Liberties Union. She was heavily involved with the DeKalb County School Board for over 10 years. Papers include correspondence, reports, printed materials and subject files. Topics covered include education, Constitutional reform, and reapportionment.
MURFREE, MARY NOAILLES (MSS 90)
Papers, 1877-1928; 1.0 linear ft. (4 boxes)
Murfree (1850-1922) was a Southern regional writer from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, who published her work under the name of Charles Egbert Craddock. Her papers contain correspondence of Murfree with her publishers, 1877-1928, manuscripts of one book-length story, 10 short stories and several fragments, photographs and clippings.
MYRICK, SUSAN (MSS 542)
Papers, 1913-1978; 6.5 linear ft. (4 boxes, 10 oversized papers 4 oversized bound volumes)
Myrick (1893-1978) was a journalist with the Macon Telegraph, and technical advisor for the filming of Gone With the Wind. She was also involved in local theater and interested in agriculture. The papers include correspondence, writings, clippings, printed material, photographs and scrapbooks relating mainly to Myrick's work on the movie version of Gone With the Wind. Clippings of her articles and other memorabilia relate to her career in journalism.
NEWMAN, FRANCES (MSS 654)
Papers, 1924-1954; 3 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Frances Newman was a librarian at the Carnegie Library of Atlanta (1913-1923) and Georgia Institute of Technology (1924-1926). She was also author stories including “The Short Stories Mutations” (1924), “The Hard-Boiled Virgin” (1926), and “Dead Lovers are Faithful Lovers” (1928), as well as a translator of French literature. The collection includes correspondence, a photocopy of a diary (1896-1898), an unpublished manuscript of The Gold Fish Bowl, reviews, biographical and critical reviews by and about Frances Newman (d. 1928) and her work. Also included are travel accounts of Newman's trip to Europe, a typescript of a work attributed to Gertrude Stein, a photograph and collected items for translation or review.
NORTHEND, WILLIAM (MSS 338)
Papers, 1755-1905; 2 linear ft. (4 boxes, 9 oversized papers)
William Northend graduated from Bowdoin College, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar (1845), married Susan Stedman Harrod (1846), and practiced law in Salem, Massachusetts. Northend was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate (1861-1862) and politically was a "Copperhead" during the Civil War. The collection includes letters to William Northend from well-known political, literary, publishing, education, and military figures. Correspondence pertains to the Civil War and Reconstruction political views of both Northern and Southern leaders. Some items pertain to Anna Northend Benjamin, a granddaughter of William D. Northend, who was one of two female war correspondents who reached Santiago, Cuba, before its surrender during the Spanish-American war.
O’BRIEN, EDNA (MSS 855)
Papers, 1939-2000; 46.75 linear ft. (95 boxes, 22 oversized papers)
Edna O’Brien (1936- ), novelist, short story writer, playwright, and screenwriter, was born December 15, 1932, in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland. Educated first at the local national school and then in a convent, she escaped rural life by attending Pharmaceutical College in Dublin. In 1952, she eloped with Czech-Irish author Ernest Gébler. They moved first to County Wicklow, and then to London, where O'Brien has remained. They divorced after twelve years of marriage, and she raised their two sons alone. The Edna O’Brien papers include literary manuscripts of most of O’Brien’s short stories and novels, among them The Lonely Girl, Girls in Their Married Bliss, August is a Wicked Month, Casualties of Peace, Night, A Pagan Place, The High Road, Time and Tide, House of Splendid Isolation, Down by the River, and, most recently, Wild Decembers. Also present is literary correspondence, diaries (currently restricted), photographs, collected printed material and other related papers documenting her distinguished literary career.
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O'CONNOR, FLANNERY (MSS 59)
Collection, 1937-1964; 2.0 linear ft. (4 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
O'Connor (1925-1964) was a novelist and short story writer from Milledgeville (Baldwin Co.), Georgia. The bulk of O’Connor’s papers are held in the Special Collections department of the Russell Library at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. This collection consists primarily of clippings of articles by and about O'Connor, and clippings of reviews of her works. It also includes some correspondence and typescripts of three lectures given by O'Connor.
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O'CONNOR, FLANNERY (MSS 1064)
Letters to Betty Hester, 1955-1964; 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
The collection includes a significant cache of letters from Flannery O'Connor to Betty Hester which spans nine years, from 1955 to 1964, and offers insight into O'Connor's approach to her faith and to her writing. There are approximately 250 letters and the majority of them are written from Milledgeville at a rate of 2-3 times a month. Reflecting the intellectual nature of their exchanges, the letters contain references to writers, philosophers, and psychologists, including Thomas Aquinas, Sigmund Freud, Caroline Gordon, Graham Greene, Baron Friedrich von Hugel, Henry James, Robert Lowell, Francois Mauriac, Katherine Anne Porter, Bryon Reece, and Simone Weil.
OLD SOUTH MISCELLANY (MSS 45)
Collection, ca. 1600-1860; .25 linear ft. (1 box, 1 bound volume,1 reel microfilm)
Artificial subject collection made up of small groups of manuscripts or single items relating to the antebellum South. Includes "Teaching Days", an account by Cornelia E. Parker Read (b. 1837), a native of Connecticut, of her experiences as a teacher between 1853 and 1865. She taught on a Mississippi plantation, 1857-1858, and at various places in Kentucky, Connecticut, and New York.
OLIVER FAMILY (MSS 724)
Papers, 1791-1913; 5.25 linear ft. (11 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
The Olivers were a slaveholding and planter family from Elbert, Oglethorpe, and Wilkes counties, Georgia. The collection contains the correspondence of various family members including that of Lizzie Oliver. The collection also includes financial and legal records, personal records, collected printed material, and memorabilia of various members of the Oliver family, including bills of sale and appraisements of slaves, cotton transactions, and speeches pertaining to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of the 1850s. Legal records include correspondence regarding the status and care of Shelton Oliver's former slaves and a pardon from President Andrew Johnson for Shelton Oliver's participation in the Civil War. While a portion of the Civil War correspondence includes descriptions of battles, raids, and camp life, the majority of these letters detail the conditions of home and plantation life during wartime. The vast majority of the postbellum materials is comprised of personal correspondence largely centering around Lizzie Oliver, Shelton and Martha Oliver's daughter, and details her life in female academies, her friendships with other young girls and her relatives, her courting, and her marriage to Dr. W. Marcellus Willingham.
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ORR FAMILY (MSS 268)
Papers, 1825-1970;5 linear ft. (14 boxes, 3 oversized papers, 1 bound volume)
The family of Gustavus John Orr (1819-1887), Georgia educator and State School Commissioner (1872-1887) includes Martha Reynolds who was a prominent Atlanta educator and author of History of Education in Georgia and Gustavus John Orr, Georgia Educator. The collection includes her correspondence, writings, photographs, and mementos. The collection also includes correspondence, 1825-1870, between members of the Orr family, among them Eliza C. Orr, Mary E. Orr, and Martha Reynolds Orr.
PARIS, RACHEL THERESA (MSS 554)
Collection, 1911-1976; 2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes, 6 oversized papers, 1 bound volume)
Paris (1911-1976) was a writer from Sandersville (Washington Co.), Macon (Bibb Co.), and Atlanta, Georgia. The collection includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, biographical materials, and clippings relating mainly to Paris' book Silk Stocking Street (1970). It also includes anecdotes about the author's childhood in Sandersville and school records from the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, Georgia.
PARK FAMILY (MSS 397)
Papers, 1831-1889; (2 reels microfilm)
John Park, a planter, and his wife Sara O. Musgrove Park, lived in Greene Co. (1830-1834), Newton Co. (1837), and Jasper Co. (1839), Georgia, until about 1840, when most of the family moved from Georgia to Palmyra, Pike Co., Al. John and Sara's children were James, John T. (a Baptist minister who married Tabitha A. Skinner), Frank (a state legislator and a captain in the 15th Alabama's "Quitman Guards" during the Civil War, and a doctor in Orion, Al.), John H. (a planter and attorney, who married Apsey Kolb), Robert (who fought with the Confederate Army), and Jane (who married Solomon Siler). The collection contains correspondence between members of the Park family. Included are letters and poems of Joseph H. Park's son, Richard which document the courtship of Fannie Sanders, whom he later married. Legal and business papers included account books, orders, receipts, deeds and a bond for land. Other letters concern the cotton market, politics and current events, and health concerns.
PARKE FAMILY (MSS 583)
Papers, ca. 1705-1949; 4.5 linear ft. (9 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
The papers of this family of ministers, lawyers and businessmen from Pennsylvania and New York include two scrapbooks kept by Eunice Parke Detweiler and her daughter during a residence in St. Petersburg, Russia (ca. 1898-1902), as well as a scrapbook (1862-1885) containing letters, clippings, and programs pertaining to Detweiler's church work in Halifax, Pennsylvania. The collection also includes family correspondence, photographs and a baby book.
PARSONS, SARA MITCHELL (MSS 946)
Papers, 1933-2002; 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes, 1 oversized bound volume)
Sara Mitchell Parsons (1912- ) was a social activist in Atlanta and Humboldt, California. She served as president of the League of Women Voters of Atlanta from 1958-1963, and won numerous awards for her activist leadership. She published her memoir, From Southern Wrongs to Civil Rights in 2000. Her papers include correspondence, photographs, printed material, a scrapbook, and writings by Parsons. The bulk of the correspondence is from the late 1990s through 2002 and relates to her book and its publication. Notable in the correspondence are letters from the King family, including Martin Luther King Jr. The printed material includes mostly newspaper clippings and documents education, segregation and the Civil Rights movement. Also in the collection are a small number of photographs, Sara Mitchell Parson's diaries from 1964 and 1970 and a scrapbook from her 1961 campaign for election to Atlanta Board of Education.
PASCHALL, ELIZA K. (MSS 532)
Papers, 1932-1988; 51 linear ft. (76 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
Paschall (1917-1990) was an Atlanta civic worker, active in interracial organizations and women's groups. She served as associate director of the Office of Public Liaison in the White House (1984-1985), as liaison to the President's Task Force on Legal Equity for Women (1985), and as a participant in the U.S. Information Service Ampart Program. She also worked on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1966-1984), the Community Relations Commission (1967-1968), the Greater Atlanta Council on Human Relations (1961-1967), and the Atlanta office of the Equal Economic Opportunity Commission. The collection includes Paschall's files from the Greater Atlanta Council on Human Relations (Aug., 1961-Jan., 1967), the Community Relations Commission (1967-1968), the Atlanta EEOC, and the USIS Ampart Program. The files include correspondence, minutes, inter-office memoranda, reports, press releases, and clippings. The collection also contains a diary she kept while serving with the Red Cross in England during World War II, materials concerning Agnes Scott College, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The collection includes extensive holdings concerning the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) debates from organizations including the League of Women Voters, the Eagle Forum and Phyllis Schlafly, and the National Organization for Women.
PATTERSON, LOUISE THOMPSON (MSS 869)
Papers and Library, 1909-1996; 17.5 linear ft. (33 boxes, 3 oversized papers, 1 bound volume)
Louise Thompson Patterson was a typist and collaborator for many Harlem Renaissance writers and friends with Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. The Louise Thompson Patterson papers consist of subject files, correspondence, Langston Hughes materials, William L. Patterson papers, personal papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The bulk of the collection dates from the early 1930s to the early 1990s, and provides a relatively complete account of Louise’s life, interests, and pursuits. Of particular interest in the Louise Thompson Patterson papers are the materials relating to the 1932 trip to the Soviet Union, including the files on the “Black and White” film project and the Meschrabpom Film Company. Also significant are the materials pertaining to Patterson’s relationship with the Communist Party and files relating to her friendship with Langston Hughes from 1932 until his death. The books in the Patterson Library are catalogued in EUCLID. Search for “Patterson, Louise Thompson, former owner” to get a list of the books in the library.
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PAULEY, FRANCES FREEBORN (MSS 659)
Papers, 1919-1993; 52.5 linear ft. (99 boxes, 3 oversized papers, 8 oversized papers, 3 oversized bound volumes)
Pauley (1906- ) worked as a poverty, social justice and civil rights activist and founded the Georgia Poverty Rights Organization. Her papers consist of correspondence, diaries, organizational records, subject files, clippings, and memorabilia collected by Pauley relating to the organizations and government agencies with which she was affiliated. These organizations include the following: League of Women Voters, Fund for Adult Education, HOPE (Help Our Public Education), Georgia Council on Human Relations, Georgia State Advisory Committee on Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare's Office of Civil Rights, Georgia Poverty Rights, and other allied organizations. The collection also includes subject files on topics including welfare, energy assistance, Georgia politics, AIDS, the death penalty, maternal and infant healthcare, and poverty issues in general. Some personal papers are also included in the collection.
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PEACOCK, FRANCES (MSS 857)
Papers, 1927-1937; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection consists of the papers of educator Frances Peacock (1903-1998) from 1927-1937. The papers consist of a scrapbook containing photographs (1927-1937) of Boylen-Haven School in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Mather Academy in Camden, South Carolina. The photographs depict student activities and school personnel, as well as scenes in and around the two schools. Also included in the collection is biographical information regarding Miss Peacock, a small amount of correspondence, a transcript of an interview conducted in 1979 by the University of Delaware College of Education, and some family photographs.
PEED, MANSFIELD THEODORE (MSS 591)
Papers, 1874-1954; 2 linear ft. (4 boxes, 2 oversized papers)
Peed (1857-1925) was a professor of mathematics and astronomy at Emory (both the college and the university) from 1889 to [1925?]. He also served as registrar. His collection includes writings, notebooks, correspondence, photographs and other items. The papers also contain correspondence with Peed's wife Anne and his daughters, Virginia and Eugenia.
PENDERGRAST, NAN (MSS 730)
Papers, 1935-1990; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Pendergrast (1920- ) served the Atlanta community as a civic worker, political activist, columnist, and lecturer. She worked with Planned Parenthood, Atlanta, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Georgia Council on Human Relations, Help Our Public Education (HOPE), American Friends Service Committee, Atlantans for Peace, Urban League and the Fulton County Republican Executive Committee. The collection contains her correspondence and scrapbooks.
PERKERSON, MEDORA FIELD (MSS 458)
Papers, 1905-1966; 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes, 9 oversized papers 7 oversized bound volumes)
Perkerson was an assistant editor of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine, the author of Blood on Her Shoe, and Who Killed Aunt Maggie? Perkerson was also elected Atlanta's Woman of the Year in Arts in 1952. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, clippings of articles and stories, and six scrapbooks. Also included is the manuscript of her book White Columns in Georgia.
PERRIGO FAMILY (MSS 635)
Letters, 1862-1877; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection includes correspondence between members of this Burlington, Wisconsin, family and their friends. Most of the letters were written by Union soldiers to family and friends at home. Includes two letters to Mrs. George Perrigo from her daughter and several to Sarah Perrigo from various Union soldiers.
PHILLIPS, J. J. (MSS 970)
Papers, 1944-2001; 8 linear ft. (8 boxes)
J. J. (Jane) Phillips (1944-) was an African American author; her first novel was Mojo Hand. The collections includes correspondence with family, friends, and editors; photographs; drafts of Mojo Hand and other published poems and writings; various printed material from the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute; and a recording of J.J. Phillips as a child.
PINDAR FAMILY, (MSS 886)
Collection; 2.25 linear ft. (4 boxes, 1 oversized paper)
The Pindar family papers include correspondence, writings, legal records, other documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and artifacts. The family, including members of the Pindar, Tebeau, Montgomery, and O’Connor families, lived in Savannah, Brunswick, and Valdosta, Georgia. The majority of the papers document the lives of Helen Fairfax Montgomery and Norris Tebeau Pindar, III, and the lives of their siblings and children. The correspondence comprises the majority of the collection. Significant topics include family news and health, genealogy, changing race relations, the wars (World War II and the Korean Conflict), social life in Savannah, and family businesses, including Valdosta Greenhouses, started by Daisy Tebeau. Of particular interest is a photograph of two slave girls given to “Aunt Helen” at her wedding, a 1792 certificate for sale of a slave, and an 1890 diary written by an unidentified family member.
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PITTS, THOMAS HENRY (MSS 440)
Correspondence, 1856-1875; (11 reels microfilm)
Pitts (1834-1871) was a planter, Confederate soldier, farmer and commission merchant from Clinton, S. C. and Calhoun (Gordon Co.), Georgia. The collection consists mainly of correspondence between Pitts and his fiancée (later wife) Lizzie Craig. Letters of Lizzie Craig Pitts date primarily from the post-Civil War period and give insight into the social and economic conditions in the South among the former planter class.
POLLARD, MARIE ANTOINETTE NATHALIE GRANIER DOWELL (MSS 222)
Papers, 1865-1896;.13 linear ft. (1 box)
Pollard was an actress and lecturer from Norfolk and Richmond, Va. Known for her views on temperance, satires on social life in Washington, D.C., and a series on her travel in the West. She also wrote poems and traveled through California for the Democratic Party Ticket in 1876. The collection includes three letters written by Pollard, 15 broadsides advertising her performances and clippings of her reviews.
RAINER, VESSIE (MSS 592)
Papers, 1966-1980; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
The Vessie Ranier (1898-1987) Papers consist of Henry Co., Georgia, church history material, family Bible records and histories, and historical information about Henry Co. (Ranier was considered the unofficial Henry Co. historian.) The collection also includes typescript columns and pages, as well as newspaper clippings.
RAINEY, GLENN W. (GLENN WEDDINGTON) (MSS 471)
Papers, 1917-1974; 10 linear ft. (20 boxes, 1 oversized paper, 9 bound volumes, 2 oral histories)
The papers of this Atlanta college professor and civic worker include correspondence describing Rainey's (1907-1989) activities with the Georgia Commission for Interracial Cooperation, the Committee for Georgia of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, the Citizen's Fact-Finding Committee, and the Southern Regional Council. The collection also includes 54 letters written by Lillian Smith (1936-1948) and scattered letters by Jessie Daniel Ames, Mary C. Barker, Lucy Mason, Paula Snelling and others.
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RAOUL FAMILY (MSS 548)
Papers, 1865-1985; 23.25 linear ft. (48 boxes, 11 oversized papers, 11 bound volumes)
The women (and men) of this prominent Georgia family were active members of the political, civic, and social affairs of the Atlanta community. Mary Wadley Raoul (1848-1936), her daughters and her sister were involved in a variety of social and charitable organizations as well as in the cause of woman suffrage. Daughters Mary (1882-1907) and Eleonore (b. 1888) were especially active in Atlanta political and civic communities. Mary Wadley Raoul Millis was a member of the Socialist Party and the American Civil Liberties Union, and she chaired the Angelo Herndon Freedom Committee in 1933. Eleonore Raoul Greene, the first woman graduate of Emory Law School, was active in the organization of the Equal Suffrage Party of Georgia and supported equal rights for women throughout her life. The Raoul Family papers contain letters, journals, writings, photographs, financial and legal records, clippings, printed material and memorabilia documenting the activities of the Raoul family. Includes materials concerning the League of Women Shoppers, women’s suffrage, and correspondence concerning the inclusion of Blacks into the Socialist Party in the South.
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RAYMOND, MANLEY A. (MSS 552)
Papers, 1837-1959; 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
The collection consists of family papers of Manley A. Raymond who lived in France for many years. The papers include a diary (1883) of his wife Mary and a diary of his daughter, Alice G. Raymond, from her school days at Wesleyan Academy (Wilbraham, Massachusetts).
REDWOOD-CANNON FAMILY (MSS 295)
Papers, 1843-1865; (1 reel microfilm)
George E. Redwood moved from Alabama to Columbus, Mississippi, sometime prior to the Civil War where he entered the cotton business. He married Callie Cannon, whose brother Charlie Cannon was killed at Chickamauga during the Civil War. The collection includes correspondence from George Redwood to his wife, from Henry Horn to "Eliza," and from a Cannon woman telling of Charlie Cannon's death. The collection also contains official documents including a compiled service record, deeds, and military orders.
REEVE, THOMAS ELLIS (MSS 863)
Papers, 1887-1971; 11.5 linear ft. (23 boxes, 9 oversized papers)
Thomas Reeve was a Methodist minister who graduated from Emory College in 1909 and from Vanderbilt University in 1911. In 1916 he traveled to the Belgian Congo to do missionary work in Lubefu. While in the Congo he met and married fellow missionary Etha Virginia Mills (1883-1974) in December of 1918. Etha (or Ese, as he called her) was born and raised in Apple Grove, Virginia. She graduated from Blackstone Female Institute (Blackstone, Virginia) in 1905 and studied at Peabody College in Nashville and the University of Virginia. Before traveling to the Congo in January of 1918, she had taught school in Virginia for five years. The collection contains the personal papers of Thomas Ellis Reeve, Sr. and Etha Mills Reeve from ca. 1905-1929. The papers include family correspondence, diaries, legal and financial records, mission records, photographs, sermons, printed material, writings, and ephemera. The correspondence includes letters from Ellis Reeve to his parents while he was attending Emory College and Vanderbilt University, letters from his time in California, and letters while he was a missionary in the Belgian Congo.
REID-JORDAN FAMILY (MSS 749)
Papers 1767-1895, 1 linear ft.(2 boxes)
The Reid-Jordan Family papers document the lives of two planter families from North Carolina and Georgia during the late 18th and 19th centuries and describe their rapid acquisition of land and slaves. The Reid family emigrated from Ulster Co., Ireland, to Rowan Co., North Carolina, in the mid-18th century. The earliest record of the Reid family belonged to Samuel Reid, Sr., who was active in both military and civil affairs in Rowan Co., and also served on the Committee of Safety in 1775-1776. The Jordans were apparently a planter family from Jasper Co., Georgia. Charles S. Jordan married Rebecca Louisa Johnson who died shortly after the birth of their twin sons (who also died soon after their birth). Jordan married again seven years later, to Elizabeth Yancey Reid, with whom he had five children. Samuel Reid, Jr., a planter from Jasper Co., Georgia, had a daughter, Jeannette, who married Charles W. Jordan. The collection consists primarily of legal and financial papers of the two families, including slave bills of sale and slave appraisals (1767-1860) with a small amount of correspondence included.
RICHARDSON, ELEANOR L. (MSS 623)
Papers, 1967-1990; 29 linear ft. (29 boxes, 3 oversized papers)
Richardson (1913- ) served as a Democratic Georgia state legislator (52nd House District) representing DeKalb County from 1975-1990. Her papers include correspondence, reports, lists, notes, press releases, campaign materials, posters, maps, memorabilia and subject files relating to Richardson's involvement in Georgia politics and government and in the women's rights movement. Other topics covered in these papers include welfare, child abuse, teaching creationism, air quality control, the Moral Majority, Agent Orange, world hunger and the United Methodist Church.
RICHARDSON, SUE (MSS 333)
Diary, 1863-1962; .25 linear ft. ( 1 box, 4 bound volumes)
Typescript of diary of a young woman living on a plantation named "Rose Hill" in Front Royal, Va., during the Civil War. Richardson discusses activities of the family, the occupation by Federal troops, and the war's effects on her family and friends. The collection also includes a photograph of and printed materials about Bel Air (Front Royal, Virginia).
RIDENOUR, MABEL LOEB (MSS 560)
Papers, 1920-1968; 2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes, 1 oversized papers)
Ridenour (1888-1979), one of the first women in the advertising field in Atlanta, owned Loeb's Advertising Company, founded the Atlanta Advertising Club, and worked as a recipe columnist for the Atlanta Constitution. The collection contains correspondence, family and estate papers, business and legal papers, photographs, writings, clippings, and other materials relating to her career and travels.
RIGBY, ALFRED A. (MSS 368)
Union diary, 1862-1865; (1 reel microfilm)
The Alfred A. Rigby collection consists of a Union diary of Rigby that describes his experiences during the Civil War. The diary includes commentary on students of a female seminary whom Rigby observed during his travels.
ROBINSON, ARWILDA G. (MSS 860)
Papers, 1933-1950; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Arwilda G. Robinson was a member of the First Colored Wesley Methodist A.M.E. Zion Church, Philadelphia. She went to Liberia on February 12, 1934, and served as a missionary at the Mt. Coffee Mission Station at least through 1937. The collection consists of personal papers of Miss Arwilda G. Robinson from 1933-1950. The collection includes: correspondence from her students and friends; some financial records; newspaper clippings; pages from her address book; more than a dozen photographs; her copy of A.M.E. Zion Bishop Cameron Chesterfield Alleyne’s book, Gold Coast at a Glance, and a half-dozen Church buttons, and ribbons.
This collection is not yet processed. Material from the collection may be available for use after consultation with staff and subsequent appointment.
ROGERS, LOULA KENDALL (MSS 696)
Collection, 1811-1954; 18.75 linear ft. (49 boxes, 17 oversized papers, 3 bound volumes)
Rogers (1838-1931) was raised in antebellum Georgia where she attended Montpelier Institute and Wesleyan Female College in Macon. She married a Confederate officer during the Civil War and subsequently bore and raised seven children. After the Civil War she taught music and primary education, wrote poetry and prose, and organized and directed local and state chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The collection consists of personal correspondence, journals, her poetry and prose, material from the UDC and other women's clubs, material relating to Wesleyan Female College, photographs and memorabilia. Also included are the papers of other members of her family and genealogical material.
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ROWLAND, KATE WHITEHEAD (MSS 238)
Journals, 1863-1878; (1 reel microfilm)
Rowland was a wife and mother from Augusta (Richmond Co.), Georgia. Her three journals cover the following periods: (1) 29 Oct 1863-26 Dec 1864; (2) 31 Oct 1877- 16 Jan 1878; (3) 17 Jan 1878-4 Jul 1878. The war journal recounts the period spent in camp with her husband, and activities and home life of an upper class Georgia family. The post-war journals tell of weddings and other social activities, religious meetings, entertainments, family life, and education.
SANTACROCE, MARY NELL (MSS 835)
Collection, 1935-1999; .5 linear ft. (1 box, 1 oversized bound volume)
The Mary Nell Santacroce collection consists of collected material relating primarily to Atlanta actress Mary Nell Santacroce’s career in the theatre from ca. 1935-1999. The collection contains printed material, one scrapbook, slides, and photographs. Also present are typescripts indicating her acting roles and a typescript of Fred Chappell’s eulogy honoring her. Of particular interest are the photographs dating from ca. 1935-1999 depicting Santacroce in her numerous dramatic roles, notably stage productions of Tennessee Williams’ Tiger Tales and Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy, and the film Wise Blood. There are also a large number of publicity photographs of Santacroce dating from the 1930s-1990s.
SERED, DANIELLE, INTERVIEWER (MSS 853)
Irish Women’s Poetry Oral History Collection, 1999; 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)
The collection consists of fourteen audio tape interviews conducted by Danielle Sered in June and July 1999 with the following Irish women poets: Eva Bourke, Vona Groarke, Kerry Hardie, Anne Hartigan, Rita Ann Higgins, Medbh McGuckian, Paula Meehan, Eileen Ni Chuilleanain, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Mary O’Donnell, Sheila O’Hagen, and Mary O’Malley.
Note: searchable finding aid available at the Irish Literary Collections Portal Website, http://irishliterature.library.emory.edu.
SETTLE, MARY LEE (MSS 80)
Papers; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Settle wrote historical novels that center around the Appalachian region. She also served in the Women's Auxiliary of the Royal Air Force (1942-1943) and as an associate professor at Bard College (1965-1976). Her papers include correspondence, mostly to Tom Jenks of Esquire magazine regarding her writing. Also included are some of her writings, including galley proofs and corrected typescripts, as well as photographs.
SEYDELL, MILDRED WOOLLEY (MSS 449)
Papers, 1842-1987; 65.25 linear ft. (150 boxes, 48 oversized papers, 2 medals)
Seydell (1889-1988) was a journalist, author, and lecturer from Atlanta, Georgia where she worked for the newspaper Atlanta Georgian from 1924-1939. She also lived and worked in New Jersey and West Virginia (1910-1923) and in Belgium (1947-1967). During her life she published several books and edited her own magazine. Seydell was also an active participant in many women's organizations in both the United States and Belgium. The collection contains correspondence, both personal and professional, writings, personal and family records, memorabilia, photographs, and source material used for her writings. Also included are correspondence and printed matter documenting Seydell's activities with the Atlanta branch of the National Woman's Party, the Federation of Women's Clubs, the Atlanta Women’s Press Club, and other women's organizations in Atlanta as well as those in New Jersey, West Virginia and Belgium. Also included are papers of various family members including her aunts, Lamar Rutherford Lipscomb and Mildred Rutherford.
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SIBLEY, CELESTINE (MSS 762)
Papers, 1900-1977; 23 linear ft. (34 boxes, 7 oversized papers, 2 bound volumes, 6 oversized bound volumes)
Sibley (1917-1999) was a columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and mystery writer. Materials in this collection relate to her career as a mystery writer and include galley and master proofs for Dire Happenings at Scratch Ankle; a corrected typescript for Straight as an Arrow; and proofs of Touch of the Shepherd: Reflections on the Life of Vernon S. Broyles, Jr. The collection also includes a scrapbook with clippings, printed materials by Sibley on her writing, and correspondence (ca. 1992-1994).
SKYPEK, DORA HELEN (MSS 710)
Papers, 1959-1983; 2 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Skypek (1915- ) was a professor of mathematics and mathematics education at Emory University from 1963 to 1983. Her particular interest was the scientific and mathematical education of women and minorities and she was active in several societies that advocated such goals. The collection includes correspondence, office files, and printed materials, especially related to education and women at Emory.
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SMITH, JENNIE SAFFORD (MSS 415)
Correspondence, 1862-1868; (1 reel microfilm)
The collection includes letters to Jennie Safford of Delavan, Wisconsin, from three Union soldiers, two of whom, John R. Siperly and William W. Barlow, fought in the Atlanta Campaign. Siperly worked in hospitals in Atlanta.
SMITH, LILLIAN EUGENIA (MSS 491)
Papers, 1940-1962; .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
Smith (1897-1966) was an author from Clayton, Georgia who wrote the controversial novel Strange Fruit in 1944. Smith was also a supporter of the civil rights movement and served on the Congress of Racial Equality. She also edited and published the literary magazine South Today. The bulk of Smith’s papers are held at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia. This collection includes miscellaneous correspondence, speeches, articles, books, and newspaper clippings by and about Lillian Smith.
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SNELLING, WILLIAM AMOS (MSS 55)
Family papers, 1873-1950;1 linear ft. ( 4 boxes)
Snelling (1856-1907) was a merchant from Washington Co., Dooley Co., and Chatham Co., Georgia. The collection includes correspondence between Snelling and his wife Nannie Palmer Snelling, ca. 1874-1884, as well as letters from numerous relatives. These letters describe neighborhood events, church activities, household chores, weddings and other social occasions, as well as agriculture and business conditions.
SOUTHALL, GENEVA H. (MSS 1004)
Papers; 20 linear ft. (20 boxes, 5 oversized papers)
Geneva Handy Southall (1925-2004) was an African American musician, educator, activist, and author. She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in piano performance and music literature at the University of Iowa and was a professor at South Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota. The collection includes materials relating to African American composers including biographical information and sheet music, research files on Blind Tom and the Fisk Jubilee Singers, files relating to the National Association of Negro Musicians, photographs, and audio-visual materials.
SPENCE, MARY E. (MSS 811)
Papers, 1853-1950; 1 linear ft. (2 boxes and 2 oversized papers)
The Mary E. Spence (1865-1962) papers are composed mainly of personal and family correspondence. The collection covers a time span of approximately eighty years from 1853-1950. As such it affords insight into the career of two generations of Fisk professors, Mary E. Spence and her father, A.K. Spence, who were both white. Mary was also educated at Fisk. The papers of Mary Spence consist mainly of family correspondence, as well as some letters from friends and colleagues. The Spence family papers consist of correspondence between A. K. Spence, family members, friends and colleagues. There is an extensive series of letters between Adam Spence and his sister Julia Spence (Chase) and her husband Frederick A. Chase and correspondence from his brothers Thomas Spence and Edwin A. Spence. Also included are letters to John Wesley Work, Jr., the composer and professor at Fisk, and a general collection of Fisk University correspondence. The collection contains a variety of printed materials relating to black educational institutions (particularly Fisk) and churches.
SPENCER, RITA EVELYN (MSS 1048)
Papers, [ca. 1907-1931]; .25 linear ft. (1 box and 3 bound volumes)
Rita Evelyn Stoney Spencer was an African American teacher who graduated from Talladega College in 1930. She taught for a year in Winston-Salem, North Carolina before marrying Dr. James Lorenzo Spencer, a graduate of Howard University, on June 21, 1931. The papers include photographs of friends and family, two photograph albums, and a scrapbook from Talladega College. The collection also includes a number of photographic portraits of unidentified African Americans, unidentified elementary school pictures of African American children from circa 1907, a Talladega College pennant, and a 1930 commencement program from James Spencer’s graduation from Howard University.
SPIVEY, VICTORIA (MSS 809)
Papers, ca. 1960-1976; 7.75 linear ft. (17 boxes and 1 oversized paper)
Victoria Spivey (1906-1976), African American blues artist, motion picture actress, and owner of Spivey Records, was born in Houston, TX to Grant Spivey, a musician, and Addie Smith, a nurse. Her sisters Leona, Elton “Za Zu” and Addie “Sweet Peas” were also blues artists. She married four times; her husbands included Ruben Floyd, Billy Adams, and Len Kunstadt. This collection consists of papers of Victoria Spivey and those gathered about Spivey by her last husband Len Kunstadt from ca. 1960-1976. The collection mainly documents the resurgence of her singing career and her involvement in Spivey Records. The personal papers contain her music, a small collection of her correspondence, writings by and about Spivey, and a few photographs. The lyrics include drafts, lead sheets, and copyrights of her published work after 1960, in addition to much that was never published. Her business records include her business correspondence, record sales, and royalty records.
STANTON, LUCY M. (MSS 601)
Collection, 1910-1981; 4.5 linear ft. (6 boxes, 3 oversized papers, 3 paintings, 2 medals)
Artist Lucy May Stanton (1875-1931) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but lived and worked in Athens, Georgia. This collection consists of 34 miniatures, three oil on canvas paintings, and a series of preliminary sketches for her "Southern Historical Series." Also included is a small collection of personal papers, photographs of the artist and her work, news articles, and materials concerning her writing and paintings. The collection also includes information regarding W. Stanton Forbes' book, Lucy Stanton, Artist (1975), including a sound recording of a radio interview with the author.
STEEDMAN, MARGUERITE COUTURIER (MSS 412)
Papers, 1884-1963; 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)
Steedman (1908- ) wrote for the Atlanta Journal Magazine, taught writing at Emory (1945-6), and was book editor with the Atlanta Times (1964-5). The collection contains clippings of her articles and poetry, a few letters and photographs, and typescript and galley proofs for her novel Refuge in Avalon.
STEELE, GUSSIE ALFREDA (MSS 985)
Papers, 1949-1992; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Gussie Alfreda Steele was an African American descendent of revolutionary leader Nat Turner. Born Gussie Alfreda Turner, she graduated from Summit High School in New Jersey in 1941, Spelman College in Atlanta in 1945, and the Atlanta School of Social Work, where she met her husband Percy Howard Steele, Jr. The papers include photographs, newspaper clippings that mostly concern her husband’s activities, correspondence, and printed material related to the Urban League. There is also a small amount of correspondence addressed to Gussie Alfreda Steele’s mother and programs from the Gullah festival in South Carolina, the Juneteenth festival in San Francisco, and the funerals of friends.
STEVENSON, ELIZABETH (MSS 839)
Papers, 1950-1999; 6 linear ft. (5 boxes, 8 bound volumes)
Elizabeth Stevenson (1919-1999), American writer and first women to win the Bancroft Prize (1956) for Henry James: A biography. She began her Emory career in 1960 as a secretary, a position she held for 14 years before taking a faculty appointment in the Institute of the Liberal Arts, where she taught for 12 years. She is now Candler Professor of American Studies Emeritus. The collection consists of the papers of Elizabeth Stevenson. The papers include research materials, manuscripts and typescripts of her writings on Henry Adams, Lafcadio Hern, and Frederick Law Olmstead, diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings.
STILES, WILLIAM HENRY (MSS 229)
Papers, 1749-1892; 3 linear ft. (6 boxes, 6 oversized papers, 3 reels microfilm)
Stiles (1809-1865) was an antebellum Georgia lawyer, planter, politician, and diplomat. The collection includes letters to and from his wife, Eliza Mackay Stiles, and other relatives concerning family affairs and other topics. Also included are Eliza Mackay Stiles's diaries for 1848-1849, accounting for the period she spent in Austria when her husband served as U. S. chargé d'affaires.
STONE MOUNTAIN (MSS 95)
Collection, 1915-1977; 19 linear ft. (27 boxes, 20 oversized papers, 5 bound volumes, 3 oversized bound volumes)
This collection documents the history of the various historical associations that worked to erect a Confederate memorial on Stone Mountain in DeKalb Co., Georgia. The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), under the leadership of Caroline Helen Jemison Plane, was a driving force for the original initiative to build the sculpture. The collection contains Plane's papers (1829-1925) which document the early years of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial project. Miscellaneous papers of other Georgia women and UDC members, including Mildred Rutherford and Elizabeth Venable Mason, are also included in this collection.
STRICKLAND, ELLYNE E. (MSS 739)
Collection, 1924-1932; .5 linear ft. (2 oversized papers)
Strickland (d. 1973) was the second woman to receive a law degree from Emory, the first woman mayor in the state of Georgia, and an active member of the legal profession in Georgia, Washington, DC, and New York. The collection consists of printed items, framed items, clippings, photographs and memorabilia.
SULLIVAN, PATRICIA (MSS 621)
Oral History Interviews, 1975-1982; 2.5 linear ft. (6 boxes)
Patricia Sullivan has served as a member of the history faculty at Emory University and as director of the Center for the Study of Civil Rights at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, Charlottesville, Virginia. The collection consists of oral history interviews with persons involved in the 1948 Progressive Party campaign in the South conducted by Patricia Sullivan from 1975-1982 for her book Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996). Interviewees include Lillian Baldwin, Daisy Bates, Anita Bierman, Rose Clinton, Virginia Durr, Elizabeth Eudey, and Marge Frantz. The collection also includes transcripts of portions of the interviews.
TAYLOR, THOMAS THOMSON (MSS 354)
Papers, 1861-1865; .25 linear ft. (1 box, 2 reels microfilm)
Taylor (b. 1837) was a Union soldier and officer from Ohio. After the war, he moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana, and worked as a lawyer, politician, and newspaper editor. The collection consists of Taylor's correspondence with his wife, Netta, which discuss scenery, people, food, troop movements, and prisoners. Also included are five small diaries, clippings, photographs, general orders and circulars. The letters and diaries include descriptions of Taylor's service in the Atlanta campaign of 1864.
Note: originals at the Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio, 1962
TENNANT, EMMA (MSS 913)
Collection, 1973-1998; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Emma Christina Tennant, a novelist, critic, and editor, was born in 1937 in London. She published her first novel, The Color of Rain in 1963 under the pseudonym Catherine Aydy. She also was the features editor for Vogue in 1966 and edited Bananas, an anthology of English poetry in 1977. The collection contains items related to Tennant’s relationship with Ted Hughes in the 1970s. The materials include a few pieces of correspondence from Hughes to Tennant during the 1970s and a brief note in 1998. The letters are short and mostly describe writing projects and travels. There are also three drafts of "The Notting Hill Diaries," published as Burnt Diaries in 1999, an autobiographical account of Tennant’s affair with Hughes. The drafts are mostly typescript copies with handwritten notes and insertions.
Related collection: Hughes, Ted (MSS 644)
Note: Restrictions on reproduction may apply.
THIOT FAMILY (MSS 297)
Papers, 1756-1865; .75 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 oversized paper, 2 reels microfilm)
The Thiots owned a plantation near Savannah, Georgia, and some property in DeKalb County. The collection includes letters and documents relating to Charles Henry Thiot's emigration from France in the late 18th century, first to Jamaica, then to Georgia in 1795; letters, business and legal papers, relating to the family's plantation; and a group of Civil War letters written by Charles Henry Thiot, III to his wife Anna. There are also several earlier letters (1849) from Charles to Anna written from DeKalb County. Includes daguerreotype portrait of Charles and wife Anna.
THOMPSON, MAURICE (MSS 339)
Papers, 1865-1940; 4.25 linear ft. (17 boxes, 1 oversized paper, 3 bound volumes)
Thompson (1844-1901) was a writer who spent most of his life in Georgia and Indiana. In addition to documenting Thompson's own life and career, the collection also includes the papers of his wife, Alice Lee Thompson, and his daughter, Jessie Lee Thompson. The papers include Alice Lee's correspondence, sketches, and essays pertaining to women and/or women's issues and Jessie Lee's journal (1889), correspondence, manuscripts of stories, business papers, articles, clippings, and a scrapbook.
TILLY, DOROTHY ROGERS (MSS 539)
Papers, 1868-1970; 2 linear ft/ (4 boxes, 1 oversized paper, 4 bound volumes, 10 framed items)
Dorothy Rogers Tilly (1883-1970) spent much of her life fighting for civil rights through Methodist church groups and civic organizations in Georgia and throughout the South. She also served on President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights, 1947-1948, as a member of the American Palestine Committee to Israel and as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Her papers include correspondence, 1936-1970, clippings, biographical information, and memorabilia. The collection also includes records of the Committee on Civil Rights, as well as a scrapbook and two record books for the Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist church.
UNION MICROFILM MISCELLANY (MSS 468)
Collection, 1860-1865; (3 reels of microfilm)
Ephraim Girdner, from Greenville, Indiana, was a Captain, Company H., 66th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Volunteers, U. S. A. The collection includes correspondence between Girdner and his fiancée, Mary A. Murphy (163 items), as well as family photographs, genealogy, and a narrative of the 66th regiment with general orders and reports.
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. GEORGIA DIVISION. ALFRED HOLT COLQUITT CHAPTER (MSS 394)
Collection, ca. 1833-1962; .13 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection of this Atlanta chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) includes materials relating to the Confederacy, including typescripts of letters and leaflets concerning Southern landmarks.
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, GEORGIA DIVISION, VIENNA CHAPTER (MSS 820)
Record book, 1916-1947; (1 bound volume)
The Vienna Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is a part of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The collection consists of a single record book of the Vienna Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy from 1916-1947. It contains minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, and typescripts.
UTOPIAN LITERARY CLUB (ATLANTA, GA.) (MSS 991)
Records, 1927-2004; .75 linear ft. (2 boxes)
The Utopian Literary Club was founded in 1916 by a group of African American women in Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting for the simple purpose of “the mental advancement of its members,” the Utopian Literary Club is primarily a social club that assembles regularly to discuss literature, listen to lectures and music, and debate current events. The collection includes minutes, programs, financial reports, photographs, the club constitution, and biographical files of members. The majority of the material is from 1984 to the present, although some historical sketches of early club history are included.
VAUGHN, ELIZABETH DEWBERRY (MSS 666)
Papers, 1988-1989; 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes)
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, this novelist and educator was an associate professor of English at Emory. This collection contains Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn's manuscript for her novel In the Dark. Typescript drafts with revisions of the novel to be published by Doubleday in February of 1990 are also included, as well as correspondence between Vaughn and her agent and editor, editing notes, and floppy disks of word processing files documenting development and revision of the work in progress. The novel was eventually published as Many things have happened since he died and here are the highlights by Doubleday in1990.
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VILLAGE WRITERS GROUP (MSS 657)
Records, 1978-1989; 2 linear ft. (4 boxes,1 oversized paper 3 oversized bound volumes)
The Village Writers Group, an informal extension of an Emory University adult education class, began in 1978 and was incorporated in 1980. Members have included such writers as Erskine Caldwell, Pat Conroy, William Diehl, Anne Rivers Siddons and Stuart Woods. The collection includes publications, scrapbooks, proclamations and photographs.
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WADLEY, SARAH LOIS (MSS 461)
Papers, 1859-1906; 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes, 1 reel microfilm)
Wadley (1844-1920) was the first born daughter of the president of Central of Georgia Railway. She spent her life in Georgia and Louisiana and never married. Her papers consist of her diaries, photographs and writings about her parents. In her diary, Wadley describes in detail her travels in the North before the war and gives her reactions to the events of the war itself.
Note: Originals are located in the Southern Historical Collection, Chapel Hill, N. C.;
A related collection in this repository is the Raoul Family Papers.
WALLACE, ALEXANDER MCGHEE (MSS 1007)
Collection, 1854-1861; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection consists of correspondence written between Alexander McGhee Wallace and his wife Frances Garland Singleton Wallace from 1854 to 1861. The letters discuss the courtship between Alexander and Frances and the difficulties of separation as Alexander travels for business through North Georgia and Tennessee. Alex describes communication and transportation difficulties and hints at his business interests in copper mining, occasionally asking for Frances' advice. Frances' correspondence is much more extensive, dating from 1854-1861. Her letters mostly describe family affairs and local news in Atlanta, Georgia. There is only limited mention of the Civil War and mostly consists of descriptions of sick or wounded family members serving as Confederate soldiers.
WATKINS, FLOYD C. (MSS 534)
Papers, 1953-1988; 44.75 linear ft. (90 boxes, 5 oversized papers)
Watkins, a professor emeritus of English at Emory University, is the author of more than 100 books and articles primarily about Southern authors, Southern literature, and life in the South. Of particular interest are the writings, correspondence, subject files, printed material, and audio-visual material relating to his work on Eudora Welty. The writings include typescripts of three articles that Floyd Watkins wrote on Eudora Welty. The correspondence includes letters between Floyd Watkins and Eudora Welty (between 1982 and 1985), and Floyd Watkins' correspondence with a number of other individuals regarding Eudora Welty. One folder contains the photocopied correspondence of Eudora Welty from the Boston University library.
Note: Forms part of the Floyd C. Watkins American Literary Manuscripts Collection;
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WATKINS, JAMES W. (MSS 413)
Papers, 1861-1864; .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Watkins (d. 1896) was a Confederate soldier from Franklin County, Georgia. The collection includes letters by or to James Watkins, his wife Frances, family and friends as well as biographical information about Watkins and his family. Correspondence includes five letters from Frances to James which discuss home, family, and neighbors. Some of the letters were written from the Atlanta area during the Atlanta Campaign of 1864.
WESLEY, JOHN (MSS 100)
Collection, 1734-1864; 2.5 linear ft. (10 boxes, 1 oversized paper, 2 bound volumes, 3 reels microfilm)
Wesley (1703-1791) was an Anglican clergyman and the founder of Methodism in England. The collection includes the correspondence of John Wesley's niece Sarah Wesley (1760-1828). She corresponded extensively with her mother and brother, wrote frequently to friends, and kept a journal of her own thoughts. The collection also contains some correspondence between John Wesley and women converts as well as documenting the courtship of Joseph and Sarah Thompson Benson.
WHEATLEY, PHILLIS (MSS 796)
Collection, ca. 1757-1773; (2 bound volumes)
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), poet, was born in Africa. Enslaved as a child, she was purchased by John Wheatley, merchant tailor, of Boston, Massachusetts. At age 17, her broadside, "On the Death of the Reverend George Whitefield," was published in Boston. In 1773, her only book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, containing thirty-eight poems, was published in London. The collection consists of two eighteenth-century copybooks from Boston, Massachusetts from ca. 1754-1773. The copybooks contain unattributed and attributed verse including poetry published in newspapers and magazines and poetry attributed to William Shakespeare, John Dryden, Peter Motteaux, William Pinkington, and Jonathan Swift. Of particular interest is the larger of the two copybooks which includes a previously unpublished variant of Phillis Wheatley's poem, "A Hymn to Humanity," which was first published in Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (London, September 1773). The poem, dated December 12, 1773, contains significant textual changes and identifies for the first time to whom the poem was dedicated.
WIESTLING, MARIA CATHERINE (MSS 679)
Diary, 1838-1848; .08 linear ft. (1 box)
The collection consists of the diary of Maria Catherine Wiestling (1821- ) of Liberty, Maryland, 1838-1848. The early portion of the diary was written in Hartford, Connecticut, where Wiestling was living and studying and it covers her personal religious feelings, clergymen she has heard speak, and her own activities. Later entries are notes written while at home in Maryland and summaries of her travels.
WILEY, BELL I. (MSS 521)
Papers, 1928-1981; 140 linear feet (216 boxes, 10 oversized papers)
The collection consists of papers of Bell Irvin Wiley from ca. 1937-1981. In 1949 Wiley was appointed professor of history at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he remained until retirement in 1974. He was particularly interested in the Civil War and Confederate women; slavery; and soldiers, battles, and other matters relating to the Civil War, and he published widely in that area. The papers include personal papers; general correspondence; writings, including books, articles, reviews and speeches; and research files primarily consisting of materials pertaining to the Civil War. The research materials include copies of letters, diaries, and other primary source material, including material on Confederate women, most of it printed and some on microfilm.
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WILKINS, JOSEPHINE MATHEWSON (MSS 580)
Papers, 1920-1977; 50.5 linear ft. (66 boxes, 4 oversized papers, 3 oversized bound volumes)
Wilkins (1893-1977) was a civic leader and philanthropist from Athens and Atlanta, Georgia. She studied at the Lucy Cobb Institute and the University of Georgia. She served as an officer and executive board member of the League of Women Voters of Georgia (1924-1950) and worked with the Georgia Children's Code Commission (1923-1937), the Citizens' Fact-finding Movement of Georgia (1937-1949), the commission on Interracial Cooperation, the Southern Regional Council, as well as other social reform and civil rights organizations. The papers contain correspondence, minutes, subject files, reports, financial records, press releases, clippings, photographs and other items documenting Wilkins's activities. The collection includes Wilkins' correspondence with prominent local citizens, Georgia business and political leaders, and some nationally prominent figures.
WILLIAMS, VINNIE (MSS 584)
Collection, 1957-1980; .5 linear ft. (1 box)
Vinnie Williams (1920- ), novelist and journalist, resides in Thomson, Georgia. The collection consists of papers relating to Vinnie Williams collected by Bill Baxter. It includes correspondence (1970-1980); galley proofs and a corrected typescript of Greenbones, a novel written by Williams and published in 1967. The collection also includes clippings, reviews, greeting cards, and photographs. The letters describe events and activities in the author's life and offer encouragement to Baxter as he pursues an interest in writing.
WILSON, ALPHEUS WATERS (MSS 417)
Papers, 1854-1916; .5 linear ft. (1 box, 1 oversized paper)
Wilson (1834-1916) served as a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Baltimore, Maryland. The collection includes correspondence of Bishop Wilson and his wife, Susan Lipscomb Wilson, concerning church affairs, slavery, and family matters. The papers also include a few Civil War letters and letters from China, India, Korea, Japan, and Brazil written while Bishop Wilson was on world tours between 1886 and 1907.
WOODRUFF, NELL HODGSON (MSS 47)
Collection, ca. 1918-1970; 4.5 linear ft. (10 boxes, 4 oversized papers)
Nell Woodruff (1892-1968), wife of Robert W. Woodruff and a trained nurse, was an Atlanta civic and humanitarian leader who was particularly interested in health fields. The collection includes some correspondence, clippings, awards, photographs, and other memorabilia documenting Woodruff's nursing career and her interest in nursing. It also contains materials regarding Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.
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WOODWARD, COMER MCDONALD (MSS 531)
Papers, 1892-1942; 3 linear ft. (6 boxes, 1 bound volume)
Woodward (1874-1960) was a sociologist and the Dean of Men at Emory University, 1924-1942. The collection includes materials relating to Woodward's activities with various organizations in Georgia including the Atlanta League of Women Voters, the Family Welfare Society, the Georgia Conference on Social Work, the Georgia Department of Public Welfare, and the Georgia Training School for Girls. Also includes some materials relating to Emory University.
WOODWARD, EMILY BARNELIA (MSS 424)
Papers, 1918-1966; 5.75 linear ft. (12 boxes)
Woodward (1885-1970) was a Georgia journalist and civic leader. She served as an editor of the Vienna (Georgia) News, 1918-1930, and as president of the Georgia Press Association, 1926-1928. The collection includes manuscript articles and addresses as well as materials relating to Woodward's work with the Georgia Public Forums and the Georgia Press Institute. The papers contain correspondence concerning all activities including organizational work, prison reform, the Georgia Forestry Association, Georgia politics and race relations.
WOOTTEN, KATHARINE HINTON (MSS 606)
Papers, 1914-1942; .50 linear ft. (1 box)
Wootten (d. 1946) was a librarian and bibliographer at the Carnegie Library in Atlanta. The collection includes correspondence and clippings which reflect Wooten's interest in Confederate refugees to South and Central America, Joel Chandler Harris, William Sydney Porter, and Elbert Hubbard's A Message to Garcia.
WSB (RADIO STATION: ATLANTA, GA) (MSS 663)
Tape recordings collection, 1955-1980; 225 linear ft. (236 boxes, 2 oversized papers, including 4000 sound recordings)
Licensed in 1922, WSB was the first radio station in the South. Originally owned by the Atlanta Journal, WSB was bought by Governor James M. Cox of Ohio in 1939, and today remains a part of Cox Broadcasting. WSB has documented many events important in Atlanta's history during the period from 1955 to 1980. Of particular interest is the series, "Women's World," that ran from the late 1970s until around 1985. This show, which aired weekly on Sunday mornings, covered topics including women and work, sex discrimination, the Southern woman, contraception, women on welfare, and women in show business.
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YEATS, W. B. (MSS 600)
Collection, 1875-1965; 1.75 linear ft. (4 boxes)
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, and Nobel laureate in literature (1923). He was strongly influenced by Maud Gonne [MacBride] (who appeared in Cathleen ni Houlihan, Yeats' most popular play) and Lady Augusta Gregory, who embraced Irish nationalism and the blossoming Irish Renaissance. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, holograph notes in and emendations to published texts, letters, and photographs relating to William Butler Yeats. Materials date from 1875 to 1965, but most come from the period ca. 1890-1939. Also included are twenty-nine letters (1887-1938), from Yeats to his acquaintances, including correspondence with his longtime friend and compatriot Lady Gregory. In addition, the collection includes a group of pictures portraying Yeats, his family, his friends and associates, including Maud Gonne MacBride.
Note: searchable finding aid available at the Irish Literary Collections Portal Website, http://irishliterature.library.emory.edu. Restrictions on reproduction may apply.
YWCA OF GREATER ATLANTA (MSS 720)
Records, 1901-1975 (bulk 1940-1975); 67 linear ft.(163 boxes, 10 oversized papers,16 oversized bound volumes)
The Atlanta YWCA was chartered in 1902 and aimed to provide young working women with a place to live, a chance to acquire new skills, and opportunities for recreation and a wholesome social life. The Phyllis Wheatley branch, established in 1919 to serve black women, is the source of much material in this collection. It includes minute books, administrative and subject files, correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, and other materials.
