Carlisle Cobb family papers, 1815-1971 (bulk 1922-1947).

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Carlisle Cobb family papers, 1815-1971 (bulk 1922-1947).

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The collection consists of papers of Carlisle Cobb and the Cobb family from 1815-1971. The papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs, receipts, family legal papers, radio scripts (ca. 1930s) of Carlisle Cobb pertaining to Georgia and United States politics, and manuscripts of Carlisle Cobb and Mary McKinley Cobb. The correspondence contains sporadic letters (1815-1922) between Howell Cobb, Mary McKinley Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, and members of the McKinley family discussing family matters with some references to Georgia politics. The bulk of the correspondence (1922-1947) contains letters from Carlisle Cobb to his wife Kate Cobb; from Carlisle, Jr. to his wife Juliette Cobb from England, France, and Ireland while serving with the 6th and 28th Cavalry during World War II; and from Mary McKinley Cobb, while a student at Kansas State University, to Lee Trimble. The letters document family matters, activities of the correspondents, and some discussion of politics. Other correspondents include Sara Cobb Baxter, Howell E. Cobb, Zachariah Lamar Cobb, and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb.

29 linear ft.

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Trimble, Mary McKinley Cobb, 1923-

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Cobb, Zachariah, b. 1880.

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Cobb family.

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McKinley family.

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Baxter, Sarah Cobb, b. 1822.

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Cobb, Howell Edward, 1918-

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Kansas state university

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The Kansas Agriculture and Applied Science College had its start in the Bluemont Central College, chartered in 1858 and opened in 1860. In 1863, after the Morill Act was signed by President Lincoln establishing land-grant colleges in each state for the study of agriculture and industry, Bluemont Central College was transferred to the state of Kansas and reopened as the Kansas State Agricultural College. Located in Manhattan in Riley County, the college again changed its name to the Kansas State ...

Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes, 1868-1898.

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Cobb, Howell, 1842-1909.

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Howell Cobb Jr. (1842-1909), lawyer, of Athens, Georgia. From the description of Howell Cobb Jr. family papers, 1859-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477922 ...

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 ...

United States. Army. Cavalry, 28th.

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Cobb, Carlisle, 1916-

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United States. Army. Cavalry, 6th

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The 6th Cavalry was constituted in the regular army as the 3rd Cavalry in May 1861. In Aug. 1861 it was redesignated as the 6th Cavalry and called the "Fighting Sixth." It was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division until Dec. 1939. In July 1942 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 6th U.S. Cavalry, Mechanized. During the late 1800s the 6th Cavalry was stationed in various forts in Dakota Territory. From the description of United States Army 6th Cavalry Quartermaster's collection,...

Cobb, Carlisle, 1886-1970.

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Carlisle Cobb (1886-1970), lawyer and judge, son of Howell Cobb (1842-1909) and Mary McKinley Cobb (1844-1927), married Kate McKinley Treanor in 1913. Children include Carlisle Cobb, Jr. (1916) married Juliette Dale, Howell Edward (1918), and Mary McKinley (1923) married Lee Trimble. Other family members include Carlisle's brothers Zachariah Lamar Cobb (b. 1880) and Thomas Reade Roots (1868-1898) married Maud Barker (d. 1891), sisters Sara Spalding (b. 1882) married Richard Baxter (d. 1906) and ...

Cobb, Mary McKinley, 1844-1927.

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Mary McKinley Cobb (1844-1927), poet, wife of Howell Cobb, Jr., born in Lexington, Georgia. From the description of Mary McKinley Cobb papers, 1886-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478314 ...