Phinizy Spalding papers, 1910-1994 (bulk 1931-1982).

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Phinizy Spalding papers, 1910-1994 (bulk 1931-1982).

The collection consists of papers of Phinizy Spalding from 1910-1994. The papers include personal and professional correspondence, lecture materials, student papers, seminar materials, manuscripts, photographs, posters, and ephemera. The materials document Spalding's interests in historic preservation, particularly in Clarke County (Ga.); his tenure as professor of history at the University of Georgia (1966-1991) including information on the Phinizy Lectures; his editorship (1974-1982) of the Georgia Historical Quarterly; as well as information pertaining to publication of his books and articles. The collection also contains information on the Cobbham Historic District, Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation, Lucy Cobb Institute, and the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Correspondents include Joyce Blackburn, Tom Watson Brown, Kenneth Coleman, E. Merton Coulter, Walter Stanton Forbes, Mills B. Lane IV, Valeria and Piero Leida, David T. Morgan, Walker Percy, James K. Reap, and Betty Wood.

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Blackburn, Joyce, 1920-2009

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Joyce Knight Blackburn, author and broadcaster, was born November 1, 1920, in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, and lived on St. Simon's Island, Georgia. She is known for her children's fiction and biographies and is the author of SUKI AND THE INVISIBLE PEACOCK (1965) and other Suki books; and biographies of Theodore Roosevelt, Martha Berry, George Wythe, and others. She died October 23, 2009. From the description of Joyce Blackburn papers, 1965-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123439095 ...

Cobbham Historic District (Athens, Ga.)

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Reap, James K.

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James K. Reap his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and his J.D. from the University of Georgia. His interests are heritage law and historic preservation. From the description of James Reap collection, 18--?-198-? (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 434829200 ...

Brown, Thomas Watson.

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Morgan, David T., 1937-

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Leida, Valerie.

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Leida, Piero.

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Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.)

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The Lucy Cobb Institute, a secondary school for young women in Athens, was founded in 1859 by Thomas R.R. Cobb, a prominent lawyer and proslavery writer. Between 1880 and 1928 Cobb's niece Mildred Lewis Rutherford, a Lucy Cobb graduate, taught at the school. She served as principal for twenty-two of those years... Despite its success, the institute struggled to maintain high enrollment and keep its bills paid. The school faced acute financial difficulties in the 1920s, mostly because of the agri...

Lane, Mills, 1937-

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Forbes, W. Stanton

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A native of Athens, Mr. Forbes was an artist, married to the late Ellen Endicott and to the late Jean Reti. He studied English literature at the University of Georgia and Vanderbilt University. Mr. Forbes served in World War II in the European Theatre of Operations in the Army Engineers Camouflage Battalion and earned five campaign stars. He studied and worked in Mexico City, earning a Master's Degree in History of Art and Applied Art magna cum laude at Mexico City College in 1953. He held one-m...

Spalding, Phinizy

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Dr. Billups Phinizy Spalding (1930-1994), history professor at the College of Charleston and University of Georgia (1966-1994), author, editor of the Georgia Historical Quarterly, and active in historic preservation, resided in Athens, Georgia. From the description of Phinizy Spalding papers, 1910-1994 (bulk 1931-1982). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477278 As a professor of history at the University of Georgia, Phinizy Spalding emerged as the nation's leading scholar on J...

Percy, Walker, 1916-1990

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William Walsh, an Irish-Catholic New Orleanian born in 1925, joined the Society of Jesus in 1942. He left the order in 1973, but remained ambilavent about his decision to enter secular life. Walsh was at a personal crossroads when he read Lancelot, trying to determine his future. Having also been impressed by Percy's earlier writings, particularly The Message in the Bottle, he believed that Percy could be a source of guidance. As it turned out, Walsh and Percy never met in person and they spoke ...

Wood, Betty, 1929-

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Coleman, Kenneth, 1930-

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Kenneth Coleman, professor of history at the University of Georgia in Athens was the preeminent authority of his generation on colonial and revolutionary Georgia. He wrote what is probably the most widely read history of the state, Georgia History in Outline (1955), which has been revised many times and remains in print. As the recommended text for students preparing for the University System's Georgia history and government exam, it has proven to be the all-time best-seller of the University of...

Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

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Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation

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The Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation house survey was conducted in 1967 in order to provide a convenient source of written and photographic information on structures built in Athens, Georgia before 1900. From the description of Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation house survey, 1967. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 262297806 ...

Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981

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Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981), author, educator at the University of Georgia (1919-1958), and head of the History Dept. (1941-1958), resided in Athens, Georgia. From the description of E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection II, [ca. 1754-1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477251 Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981), author, educator at the University of Georgia (1919-1958) and head of the History Dept. (1941-1958), resided in Athens, Georgia. From the descri...