Edith Duncan Johnston papers, 1881-1962.

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Edith Duncan Johnston papers, 1881-1962.

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This collection consists primarily of Edith Duncan Johnston's research and writing. There are a few personal papers, mostly greeting cards sent to her in her later years. The research, notes, and drafts of The Houstouns of Georgia comprise a large portion of this collection. Johnston compiled clippings and information about the events following the publication of the book into several scrapbooks which she titled "The Legend of the Houstouns." The writings also include her memoirs of the early days in the Girl Scout movement in the United States and various historical sketches of early Georgians. Johnston also compiled several scrapbooks relating the history of Savannah, its people, events, and architecture. Also included in the collection are personal and family photographs, as well as images collected by Johnston for her scrapbooks and her research. The majority of images are identified. Subject matter includes photographs from trips up the east Coast and into Florida; photographs of the Savannah Historical Pageant; military encampments; and Sunday school picnics. Photographs in her scrapbooks include images of buildings in the Savannah Historic District that are now demolished; photos of Houstoun descendants and the ancestral home; and photos of Georgia plantations, including Wild Heron and Mulberry Grove. The photo album of September 1898 includes photos of New Castle and other miscellaneous New Hampshire locations; Jamaica Island; miscellaneous non-Georgia islands; Johnston family members; Halifax; Washington, D.C. and Mt. Vernon; Greenwich, Connecticut; photos on board the ship Kansas City on the return trip; Johnston children playing; 1st Texas and 2nd Louisiana Regiments and their transport leaving for Havana, December 24, 1898; interior of Christ Church; views of Savannah; interior views of 217 East Charlton St.; Rome, Ga.; North Carolina; Strathy Hall, Bryan County, Ga.; Sunday school picnics on Warsaw Island; Charleston, S.C.; Professor Morton's School for Boys; Chautauqua, N.Y.; circus parade (probably in Chautauqua, N.Y.); Elizabeth, N.J.; cavalry encampment held at Fair Grounds, July 1903. Identified people include William and Susie Johnston; Marion Johnston; Sophy Johnston; Delia Bryan Page Johnston; James and Eugenia Johnston; Emma Walthour; Edith D. Johnston; G.H. King; Saidee H. King; Mr. Mansfield; Charles B. Capterton; Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Ridgely; Leona Grady and Celia (nanny); Frances Nightingale; Alice West; Annie Maclean; Gertrude Billington; Sadie Poe; Josephine Weed; Garrard Haines; Moultrie Lee; Sarah Richards; Mrs. Guy Howard; Dr. Lawrence Lee; Clifford West. Some photographs are included throughout the collection (box 2, folders 5, 7, 9; box 3, folders 5, 6, 10, box 4, folders 1-2; box 5, folders 2, 3, 10; box 6, folders 1, 3-6); box 7, folders 1, 2, 4, 5). Two boxes containing photographs only are noted as "VM" (visual materials) in the collection inventory.

10 boxes, 1 oversize folder (4.05 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Houstoun, John, 1744-1796

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John Houstoun (August 31, 1744 – July 20, 1796) was an American lawyer and statesman from Savannah, Georgia. He was one of the original Sons of Liberty and also a delegate for Georgia in the Second Continental Congress in 1775. He was the Governor of Georgia, from 1778 to 1779 and again from 1784 to 1785. Born in St. George's Parish, near modern Waynesboro, in the Colony of Georgia, Houstoun was educated in Savannah and read law there. He was admitted to the bar and started a law practice in ...

Johnston family.

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Houstoun, Robert James Mossman, 1785-1818.

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Christ Church (Savannah, Ga.)

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Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia, was founded in 1733 by Henry Herbert. Christ Church was the first Anglican parish in Georgia. John Wesley served as the third rector of the parish, from 1736-1737. George Whitefield succeeded Wesley. The church received its charter on December 23, 1789, which was finalized by Edward Telfair on March 3, 1790. From the description of Christ Church (Savannah, Ga.) charter, 1790. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 174142561 ...

Johnston, Andrew, 1735-1801.

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Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927

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Juliette Gordon Low, also known as Daisy, (b. Oct. 31, 1860, Savannah, Ga.-d Jan. 17, 1927, Savannah, Ga.) was the founder of the Girl Scouts of America. She was the daughter of William and Eleanor Gordon of Savannah. She married William Mackay Low in 1886. She founded the Girl Scouts in 1912. She died in Savannah in 1927 and is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery....

Kollock family.

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Johnston, Eugene Marion, ca. 1865-1938.

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Pearson family.

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Houston family.

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Houstoun, Priscilla, 1784-1837.

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Johnston, Edith Duncan

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Edith Duncan Johnston (1878-1963) was born in Savannah, Georgia, the daughter of James Houstoun Johnston and Eugenia Cunningham Duncan Johnston. She was active in cultural, patriotic, social, and religious circles in Savannah. She was Secretary of the Savannah Girl Scouts, 1912-1913, 1915-1917, and was the first National Secretary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, 1913-1914. From 1919-1929, she was the Publicity Director for the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia and from 1920-1926, ...