Madeira Club papers, 1950-2006.

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Madeira Club papers, 1950-2006.

The collection is composed of miscellaneous club information, souvenir items from the Bicentennial dinner, personal club files of Mills B. Lane, Jr. (1912-1989), and the existing copies of member's papers. The papers are arranged in chronological order. The description includes title, author, subject if not apparent from the title, and date of presentation if known.

7 boxes (3.50 cubic feet)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6902813

Georgia Historical Society

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Madeira Club (Savannah, Ga.)

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The Madeira Club is a men's social and intellectual club formed in 1950 by Thomas Gignilliat, Dr. Thomas A. McGoldrick, Dr. Peter L. Scardino, Major General Haywood S. Hansell, Jr. and Dr. Antonio J. Waring. The club has no written rules, minutes, officers, or dues. Meetings rotate among the members' homes and consist of a formal dinner and a paper presentation by a member. The host and paper presenter are allowed to each invite a non-member guest. The paper presented normally does not relate to...

Bell, Malcolm, 1913-2001

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Malcolm Bell Jr. (1913-2001), photographer, historian, and bank president, was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1913. In 1939, at the age of twenty-six, Bell and his wife, Muriel Barrow Bell, became involved with the Savannah Unit of the Georgia Writers' Project, a Works Progress Administration program, to interview and photograph coastal Georgia blacks who were of African descent. Under the leadership of Mary Granger, the Savannah Unit interviewed ca. one hundred thirty-four people in twenty locat...

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Lane, Mills B. (Mills Bee), 1912-1989

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Mills B. Lane, Jr. was born in Savannah, Georgia on 12 January 1912 to Mary Comer and Mills B. Lane, Sr. He was married to Anne Waring and the couple had two children, Mills B. Lane, IV and Anita. He graduated from Yale University in 1934 and then took a job in Valdosta, Georgia as a clerk at Citizens and Southern National Bank, an institution that his father founded. Following the death of his father in 1946, Lane assumed the position of president of the bank and led the bank for nearly thirty ...

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953

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Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet who first achieved recognition with "Eighteen Poems" (1934). He wrote both prose and radio plays, including "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" (1940), "Deaths and Entrances" (1946), "Under Milkwood" (1954), and "Adventures in the Skin Trade" (1955). From the description of Dylan Thomas collection. [1935-1953]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 660196437 Welsh author Dylan Thomas occupies a controversial place among 20t...

Gibbons, Thomas, 1757-1826

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Lawyer, politician, and steamboat operator; plaintiff in Gibbons vs. Ogden. From the description of Papers, 1821-1829. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 84898930 Lawyer and steamboat pilot. From the description of Papers of Thomas Gibbons, 1797-1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450452 Lawyer, politician and steamboat operator; plaintiff in Gibbons vs. Ogden. From the description of Papers, 1820-1829. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519

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