Helen Dortch Longstreet collection, 1904-1941.

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Helen Dortch Longstreet collection, 1904-1941.

This collection consists primarily of correspondence. The majority of the correspondence consists of carbon copies of letters written by Mrs. Longstreet. The correspondence covers her numerous interests both political and personal. Personal topics include family information, her health, her financial situation, and her passion to clear the name of her husband, General James Longstreet. Contained in her political correspondence are letters to many politicians covering topics such as elections, the New Deal, and political corruption in the Virgin Islands. A large portion of the collection describes her efforts to clear General Longstreet's name. She attempted this through speeches, publications, the Longstreet Memorial Association, and the Longstreet Memorial Exhibit both at the New York World's Fair of 1938 and the Golden Gate Exposition of 1940. There are also photographs of the exhibit, the Longstreet Memorial, and the 75th Gettysburg Reunion.

18 boxes.6 cu. ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404395

Georgia Historical Society

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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of blacks to American culture held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program. From the description of New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580393 From the guide to the New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940, (The...

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

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U.S. railroad commissioner, army officer, and diplomat. From the description of James Longstreet papers, 1858-circa 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980713 James Longstreet, military man, businessman, diplomat, and railway commissioner, was born 8 January 1821, in Edgefield District, South Carolina, and died 2 January 1904, in Gainesville, Georgia. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy (1842) and served in the Mexican War before he resigned from the U.S. Army ...

Pulliam family.

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Longstreet Memorial Association

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Tallulah Falls Conservation Association (Ga.)

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Longstreet, Helen Dortch, -1962

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Helen Dortch Longstreet, journalist, activist and public speaker, was the widow of General James Longstreet. A native of Georgia, she resided there most of her life, holding positions as newspaper editor, state librarian, and postmaster of Gainesville. She dedicated her later life to raising funds for the Longstreet Memorial Association. From the description of Longstreet, Helen Dortch Papers, 1904-1963, 1938-1948. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 43887935 Helen...

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...

Dortch family.

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