Dudley M. Hughes collection, 1806-1972.

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Dudley M. Hughes collection, 1806-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477533

The collection consists of personal, political, and business papers of the Hughes family from 1806-1971. The collection provides insight into agricultural practices, Georgia society and politics, national politics, white and black relations in the South, women in the South, and economic and educational concerns of Americans during that time. The personal files contain correspondence of Dudley Mays Hughes; his wife, Mary D. Hughes; and their children, Daniel G. Hughes, Jr., Hugh Lawson Dennard Hughes, and Henrietta Louise Hughes. The correspondence contains information on Southern Baptist Church activities, vocational education, agriculture, the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, politics, 19th and 20th century social life, and the Women's Missionary Union. The political files consist of correspondence and legislative files relating to Dudley Hughes' involvement with the State Agricultural College, service as Georgia Commissioner General to the St. Louis World's Fair, and political campaigns. Business and finance files contain correspondence, legal records, land deeds, and documents pertaining to agribusiness activities of Dudley Hughes and Daniel G. Hughes, Jr. and Dudley Hughes' term as president of the State Agricultural Society (1901-1906). The collection also includes farm journals (ca. 1840's-1900's), printed materials, scrapbooks, speeches, and a book of freedman's accounts.

33 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404242

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Hughes, Hugh Lawson Dennard.

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Hughes, Daniel G. (Daniel Greenwood)

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Hughes, Henrietta Louise.

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Hughes, Mary D. (Mary Frances Dennard)

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Georgia State Agricultural Society

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Women's Missionary Union.

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Hughes, Dudley Mays, 1848-1927

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Dudley Mays Hughes (1848-1927), agriculturalist and politican, born in Twiggs County, Georgia. From the description of Dudley M. Hughes collection, 1806-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477533 ...

Hughes family.

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