Atlanta Women's Pioneer Society Records, 1909-1984.

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Atlanta Women's Pioneer Society Records, 1909-1984.

This collection contains correspondence among the society's members, membership lists, biographies of some members, financial records, newspaper clippings, early recollections of Atlanta, and a scrapbook.

6, boxes, 4.25 cubic feet.

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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 ...

Atlanta Pioneer Women's Society

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Founded in 1909 by its frist president, Mrs. Joseph H. Morgan, the Atlanta Women's Pioneer Society was an organization whose members were the first women to settle in Atlanta before and during the Civil War. Charter members did not work outside the home, but were involved in charitable organizations and church groups. Its purpose was to continue old friendships and also preserve historical facts and memories of early Atlanta. Daughters and granddaughters of these women now keep the society activ...