Lemuel Madison Park papers, 1888-1922.

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Lemuel Madison Park papers, 1888-1922.

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The Lemuel Madison Park papers, 1888-1914, consist mainly of correspondence and business records of Lemuel and his brother, Robert Emory Park. This collection has been divided into three sections. Section 1 contains the records of Lemuel Park, which have been separated into three groups: general correspondence and personal papers, insurance papers, and materials relating to his campaign for State Treasurer of Georgia. Section 2 includes personal papers of Robert Park concerning his term as Georgia State Treasurer, his book about the 12th Alabama Regiment of the Confederate States of America, his service on the finance committee of the Emory College Board of Trustees, and diplomas and certificates awarded to him. Section 3 include diplomas and certificates related to other family members. Section 4 contains a genealogy chart of the Park family.

2 linear ft. (4 boxes, 1 OBV, and 5 OP)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927260

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Georgia. Treasury Dept.

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Commercial Union Insurance Companies

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Emory College

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Emory College was founded in 1836 by the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Early faculty members included Alexander Means, Gustavus John Orr, Osborne L. Smith, and George W. W. Stone. From the description of Emory College faculty records, 1847-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761669346 Emory College was chartered in 1836 to the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first librarian noted in Emory College records, in 1840, was George...

Fraternal Commercial Union.

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Park, Lemuel Madison, 1846-1916.

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Lemuel Madison Park (1846-1916), Civil War veteran and president of Park Cotton Mills and Park Hotel in LaGrange (Ga.), appears to have been president of the Commercial Union Insurance Company in Atlanta (Ga.) during the early part of the twentieth century. In 1914 he ran unsuccessfully for State Treasurer. His brother, Robert Emory Park (1943-1909), was a high school principal, Emory College trustee, and Georgia State Treasurer (1900-1909). From the description of Lemuel Madison Par...

Park family.

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Park, Robert Emory, -1909

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Robert Emory Park (d. 1909), Confederate officer in Company F of the 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment, resided in Greenville, Georgia. From the description of Robert Emory Park diary, 1863-1864. (Wesleyan College, Willet Memorial Library). WorldCat record id: 38727566 R. E. Park became treasurer for the State of Georgia in 1900. He was Captain of the Confederate 12th Alabama Infantry during the Civil War and author of the book "Sketch of the 12th Alabama Infantry." ...