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Cobb, Carlisle, 1886-1970. Carlisle Cobb family papers, 1815-1971 (bulk 1922-1947).

Title: Carlisle Cobb family papers, 1815-1971 (bulk 1922-1947).

The collection consists of papers of Carlisle Cobb and the Cobb family from 1815-1971. The papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs, receipts, family legal papers, radio scripts (ca. 1930s) of Carlisle Cobb pertaining to Georgia and United States politics, and manuscripts of Carlisle Cobb and Mary McKinley Cobb. The correspondence contains sporadic letters (1815-1922) between Howell Cobb, Mary McKinley Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, and members of the McKinley family discussing family matters with some references to Georgia politics. The bulk of the correspondence (1922-1947) contains letters from Carlisle Cobb to his wife Kate Cobb; from Carlisle, Jr. to his wife Juliette Cobb from England, France, and Ireland while serving with the 6th and 28th Cavalry during World War II; and from Mary McKinley Cobb, while a student at Kansas State University, to Lee Trimble. The letters document family matters, activities of the correspondents, and some discussion of politics. Other correspondents include Sara Cobb Baxter, Howell E. Cobb, Zachariah Lamar Cobb, and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb.

ArchivalResource: 29 linear ft.

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