Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb family papers, 1872-1961.

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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb family papers, 1872-1961.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476169

The collection consists of papers of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb and the Cobb family from 1872-1961. Includes correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed material, legal materials relating to Cobb's law practice, financial records, and manuscript poems written by Cobb under the pseudonym of Archibald Zamphtoff. The correspondence contains letters from Maud Barker (Cobb) to her parents Charlotte C. and C.P.N. Barker written while a student at the Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.) and letters between Cobb and Maud including correspondence during Cobb's World War I service as a clerk with the American Legation in Stockholm, Sweden (1918) and Winchester, England (1919). Other correspondence, including originals to Cobb as well as typed carbons of his replies, relates to Cobb's law practice and pertains to legal cases, politics, and the Democratic party. Additional correspondents include Howell N. Cobb, Clark Howell, and C.P.N. Barker. The collection also includes several volumes of class notes taken by Howell N. Cobb while at Emory University (Atlanta, Ga.) and Harvard (Cambridge, Mass.) and scrapbooks containing clippings and photographs of Carolyn Dana Cobb.

35 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Cobb, Maud Barker.

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Cobb, Howell, 1922-2005

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Barker, Charlotte C.

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Democratic Party (Ga.)

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Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes, b. 1896.

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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb III (1896- ), lawyer and poet of Atlanta, Georgia. Son of Maud M. Barker (d. 1925). From the description of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb family papers, 1872-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476169 ...

Howell, Clark, 1863-1936

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Zamphtoff, Archibald.

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