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Barnsley, George Scarborough, 1837-1918. George Scarborough Barnsley papers, 1837-1918 (bulk 1846-1873) [manuscript].

Title: George Scarborough Barnsley papers, 1837-1918 (bulk 1846-1873) [manuscript].

The collection includes correspondence, reminiscences, scrapbooks, printed pamphlets, and other materials, chiefly 1846-1873, relating to George Barnsley's years at school and at Oglethorpe University, his service during the Civil War, and his emigration to Brazil. Included are letters from Godfrey and Lucien Barnsley and reflections on life in Brazil in the late nineteenth century.

ArchivalResource: About 350 items (1.0 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22377285 View

Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881. Papers, 1857-1942; (bulk 1857-1881).

Title: Papers, 1857-1942; (bulk 1857-1881).

Copies of letters, an autographed poem, Rose-morals, and notes for music, including Blackbirds and Song of Elaine. The letters pertain to the writing of a cantata for the centennial celebration at Philadelphia (1876), to Lanier's lectures at Baltimore, and to the Civil War, and include letters from Oglethorpe University. Correspondents include Dudley Buck, Isabelle Dobbin, Daniel Coit Gilman, Edwin Mims, and members of Lanier's family.

ArchivalResource: 73 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19931577 View

Stoddard, John, 1808-1879. John Stoddard receipt, 1850.

Title: John Stoddard receipt, 1850.

This collection consists of an 1850 receipt certifying that John Stoddard paid $500.00 to the Board of Trustees of Oglethorpe University and is therefore entitled to a perpetual scholarship in the university.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/163567241 View

Atlanta Hillel. Atlanta Hillel records, 1963-2006.

Title: Atlanta Hillel records, 1963-2006.

The collection consists chiefly of records of Atlanta Hillel, 1963-1988, and its successor at Emory University, Emory Hillel, 2004-2006. Atlanta Hillel files include membership applications, correspondence, subject files, public relations materials, budget reports, and information on the programs at Georgia Institute of Technology, Oglethorpe University, and Emory University. Files also include papers of the Reformed Jewish Students Committee (ca. 1982-1984) and pledge cards from the Jewish dental fraternity, Alpha Omega (ca. 1963-1977). Emory Hillel materials are chiefly printed items related to events sponsored by the organization.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863301 View

Johnson, Collus Oliver. [Collus O. Johnson (1905-1990)].

Title: [Collus O. Johnson (1905-1990)]. 1940-1990.

Collus O. Johnson was an education professor and Associate Director of Adult Education at West Georgia College from 1951 to 1964. In 1967, he became Director of Continuing Education. He was a leader of the "College in the Country," a program to bring education to the region's remote communities through collaboration with the college's faculty and education students. He was instrumental in arranging international "studycades" that allowed local educators and students to participate in foreign exchange travel. The collection contains manuscript materials documenting the programming of College in the Country, a good photograph collection of the various program sites, and awards and honors Johnson received. The collection is divided into five series as follows: awards and honors; manuscript material; photographs; "College in the Country"; guest books.

ArchivalResource: 14 boxes; 8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429075327 View

Leslie, Kent Anderson. Kent Anderson Leslie papers.

Title: Kent Anderson Leslie papers.

The collection contains research materials collected by Kent Anderson Leslie relating to her book, WOMEN OF COLOR, DAUGHTER OF PRIVILEDGE: AMANDA AMERICA DICKSON, 1849-1893, who was the daughter of a wealthy, white planter living in Hancock County, Georgia, and a young slave girl.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. : (8 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79463220 View

Talmage, Samuel K. (Samuel Kennedy), 1798-1865. Samuel K. Talmage letter, 1846 Mar. 5.

Title: Samuel K. Talmage letter, 1846 Mar. 5.

Samuel K. Talmage in New Orleans, La., writes his nephew, Rev. John F.N. Talmage in New York, N.Y., describing his work for the Presbyterian Church and Oglethorpe University, the various people of New Orleans, and his nephew's aspiration to be a missionary to Borneo.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/769230918 View

Harris, Corra, 1869-1935. "In search of a husband" manuscript, circa 1913.

Title: "In search of a husband" manuscript, circa 1913.

The collection consists of a handwritten and bound manuscript of "In search of a husband," by Corra Harris. The book was published in 1913. Also included are two letters from Harris to Katherine Connerat in Atlanta, Georgia, concerning the gift of this manuscript to Oglethorpe University (Atlanta) in 1922.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/464224652 View

England, Robert Durant. Papers, 1931-1937.

Title: Papers, 1931-1937.

Collection consists of letters England received from Joseph Q. Adams, Van Wyck Brooks, Erskine Caldwel, Donald Davidson, John Gould Fletcher, and Allen Tate. Most of the letters were written to England as editor of THE WESTMINSTER MAGAZINE, a quarterly review published at Oglethorpe University, and are negative responses to England's requests for articles. All of the letters contain comments that are somewhat revealing about their authors. Notable topics include the Southern Agrarians and the piracy of an early text of HAMLET.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43738551 View

Ettinger, Amos Aschbach, 1901-. Ettinger papers, 1926-1935.

Title: Ettinger papers, 1926-1935.

The collection consists of miscellaneous papers of Amos Ettinger, a biographer of General Oglethorpe. Included are a Xerox cop of Ettinger's Oxford Journal, three books relating to Oglethorpe, illustrations for the Oglethorpe biography, and a copy of the Oglethorpe University bi-centennial issue. The title of the book referenced is James Edward Oglethorpe: imperial idealist (1936).

ArchivalResource: 46 items (0.1 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297117259 View

Wyllie, John Cook, 1908-1968,. University of Virginia crypt [manuscript], 1939.

Title: University of Virginia crypt [manuscript], 1939.

Letter from John Cook Wyllie in which he claims that though his office has been referred to as crypt he has no knowledge of crypt planning at the University of Virginia or at Oglethorpe University.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648021082 View

Hatcher, Thurston. Thurston Hatcher Photographs circa 1916, 1948-1952

Title: Thurston Hatcher Photographs circa 1916, 1948-1952

This collection contains photographs of buildings and natural scenery in Atlanta and throughout the state of Georgia. Photographs of Atlanta include images of Atlanta City Hall, Municipal Airport, Atlantic Steel Company, Atlanta Cyclorama Building, Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill, Municipal Auditorium, North Fulton Golf Course, and the Capitol Building. Photographs taken throughout the state of Georgia include images of Midway Congregational Church, Fort Pulaski, Brasstown Bald, the Okefenokee Swamp, Tallulah Falls Gorge, and agricultural scenes.

ArchivalResource: 38 prints b&w (1 oversized box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84915925 View

Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.). Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1920.

Title: Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1920.

Correspondence to Theodore Dreiser from Elwyn de Graffenried, Librarian, Oglethorpe University.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155892959 View

Folger collection of scrapbooks, 1863-1960.

Title: Folger collection of scrapbooks, 1863-1960.

The collection consists of scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings from various areas of the United States. Areas covered are New York, Washington, DC, Richmond, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, Atlanta and Athens, Georgia. Also included are early clippings, sections, and some complete issues of smaller newspapers such as the Bogart (Ga.) News, The Oconee Enterprise (Watkinsville, Ga.), The Star (Sea Island, Ga.), The Red and White (Athens High School, Athens, Ga.), and the Stormy Petrel (Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga.).

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/440772358 View

Read, Keith Morton, 1880-1940. Keith M. Read collection, 1770-1917

Title: Keith M. Read collection, 1770-1917

This collection is divided into 9 series: Gourdin-Young papers, 1827-1915; Records of the U.S. Collector of Customs, Savannah, Ga., 1799-1917; British Consulate at Savannah papers, 1821-1895; Robert R. Henry papers, 1830-1846; Mackay papers, 1801-1876; Mann-Pray-Sleigh-Hines papers, 1803-1848; Pinckney papers, 1770-1881; Jacob Read papers, 1775-1811; General collections, 1775-1918, undated. It consists of manuscripts, correspondence, legal and research documents, land records, photographs, and other materials collected by Keith Read. Most materials relate to the social and political histories of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, focusing on land records and legal records. Both the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, received Keith Read collections. Most of the Gourdin-Young series consists of copies of the originals owned by Emory University. Almost the entire U.S. Collector of Customs series is available on microfilm, prepared by the Federal Records Center of East Point, Georgia (now NARA's Atlanta Records Center).

ArchivalResource: 31 boxes, 21 rolls microfilm (15.5 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76789866 View

Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993. Bill Wilson photographs : Geographic Locations, 1938-1978, undated

Title: Bill Wilson photographs : Geographic Locations, 1938-1978, undated

This series documents the landscape of the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia during the middle of the 20th century. Included are images of specific buildings, streets, and other urban landmarks, as well as photographs of rural areas in cities and towns across Georgia, as well as images from Florida, Illinois and Louisiana. The series is divided into seven sub-series : (A) Atlanta and Surrounding Areas, (B) Georgia Cities and Towns, (C) Florida, (D) Illinois, (E) Louisiana, (F)Unidentified and (G) Scenery. Some of the locations in Atlanta that are depicted in this series include; aerial views of downtown Atlanta, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center, the Atlanta Municipal Airport, the buildings and grounds of the Atlantic Steel Company, Fort Gordon Naval Air Station, Grant Park, Lakewood Fairgrounds, the Georgia state capitol, Grady Memorial Hospital, the General Motors plant, Kirkwood Baptist Church, Lockheed Bomber Plant, Ponce de Leon Ball Park, the construction of Interstate 85 in Atlanta, the Kimball House, Lenox Square, and Underground Atlanta. Dozens of photographs document substandard housing in the Capitol Avenue and West End neighborhoods. Images from around Georgia include the prisoner park in Andersonville, Dahlonega, Midway Church in Liberty County, Jekyll Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Hard Labor Creek state park, Warm Springs and the Suwannee River. This series also contains a number of photographs of buildings that are from unidentified locations.

ArchivalResource: 1,000 negatives and photographic prints, b&w (some color)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225150410 View

Confederate States of America Army, Jeff Davis Legion, Cavalry Battalion 20th, Company B roster and Oglethorpe University student register, 1861-1865.

Title: Confederate States of America Army, Jeff Davis Legion, Cavalry Battalion 20th, Company B roster and Oglethorpe University student register, 1861-1865.

This collection contains a handwritten list of forty-two members of the 1860-1861 junior class of Oglethorpe University with a brief biographical statement about each person stating their occupation or whether they were killed during the Civil War. The three other items in the collection are versions of a company history and roster of Company B, 20th Georgia Cavalry Battalion. There are two drafts with marginalia and one final copy. The final copy includes an attached backing paper belonging to "R. R. Marlin, Attorney", State of Georgia, dated 190_. Items in this collection were donated by the same anonymous donor. However, the relationship between the items (if any) is unclear.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.05 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38478007 View