Savannah River plantations / from the Savannah Writers' Project, Mary Granger editor, the Georgia Historical Society 1947 consolidated by Stephen P. Bond 1958. 1958.
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Georgia Historical Society
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In the spring of 1839, three Savannahians—Episcopal divine William Bacon Stevens, renowned autograph collector Israel K. Tefft, and educator, scientist, and American Medical Association founder Dr. Richard D. Arnold—hatched the idea of an organization whose mission would be to “collect, preserve, and diffuse the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of America generally.” In May of that year they held the first meeting of what was christened the Georgia Historical Society, the te...
Georgia Writers' Project. Savannah Unit
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One of many relief efforts to combat the effects of the "Great Depression" of the 1930s was the establishment of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in 1935. The WPA created a variety of jobs in the construction field. The authorizing legislation also permitted the establishment of the Federal Writers' Project along with other cultural projects in theater, music and art. The Savannah Unit of the Georgia Writers' Project was begun as a unit of the Federal Writers Project in 1936 and operated c...
Bond, Stephen Pennington.
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William Bowers (1779-1844) was the only son of Job Bowers of Wilkes County (now Elbert County), Georgia. His father, Job, was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and was killed by Tories while on furlough to visit his family the day before William's birth. William Bowers married Polly Cox (1786-1873) on June 22, 1802; they had 13 children. From the description of Bowers and Cox family genealogical table, 1968. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 173482525 ...
Granger, Mary Lois, ca. 1897-1970.
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Mary Lois Granger (ca. 1897-1970), a native of Savannah, daughter of Harvey Granger, was a novelist, poet and essayist. She published three novels: Widow of Ephesus (New York, Putnam, 1926), Wife to Pilate (New York, Payson & Clark Ltd., 1929) and Lucy and Three (New York, Brewer & Warren, 1930). She contributed to literary magazines and newspapers - poetry, descriptive articles, etc. She edited Savannah River Plantations, by the Savannah Writers' Project (Savannah, Georgia Historical So...
