Emily Stewart Harrison papers, 1829-1979.

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Emily Stewart Harrison papers, 1829-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863331

The collection contains papers of Emily Stewart Harrison from 1874-1973. The papers include correspondence, legal and financial records, printed material, photos, and a tape recording, relating to family affairs and to Harrison's interest in progressive education in general and open air schools and environmentalism in particular, her activities as a journalist, travels in U.S. and Europe, and her efforts to preserve the forests and natural areas that now form part of Fernbank Science Center; papers of Harrison's father, Z.D. Harrison (1842-1935), lawyer and clerk of Georgia Supreme Court (1874-1934), relating to professional interests as well as work in Protestant Episcopal Church; and papers of banker and businessman, James M. Bell, lawyer and judge, Richard H. Clark (1824-1896), and Robert Emory Park, and his wife, Emily Hendree Stewart Park, all of Atlanta.

19.5 linear ft. (35 boxes, 20 OP, and 1 OH)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927327

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Harrison, Z. D. (Zadok Daniel), 1842-1935

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Harrison, Emily Stewart, 1874-1973

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Journalist and educator, of Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1829-1979 (bulk 1880-1943). (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419192 Emily Stewart Harrison (1874-1973), journalist and educator, of Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Emily Stewart Harrison papers, 1829-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863331 ...

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." ...

Ball, James Moores

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Park, Emily Hendree Stewart, -1910

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Fernbank Science Center (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Georgia. Supreme Court

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Clark, Richard H., 1824-1896

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Richard H. Clark was born in Springfield, Georgia, on March 24, 1824. He was educated at Springfield Academy and then was admitted to practice law in 1844. He married Harriet G. Charlton on August 7, 1855 and, after her death, Anna Maria Lott. In 1862 he became a judge of the Southwestern Circuit, resigning in 1866, and in 1876 he became a judge of the city court of Atlanta. He finally became judge of the superior courts of the Stone Mountain Circuit in 1885. Judge Clark died in 189...