Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society collection on the Irene Mound, 1936-1940.

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Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society collection on the Irene Mound, 1936-1940.

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This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of Dolores and Marmaduke Floyd pertaining to the publication of Mrs. Floyd's pamphlet, "New Yamacraw and the Indian Mound Irene," published in compliment to the archaeological excavation at the Irene Mound site, a Works Progress Administration Project (WPA) undertaken between September 1937 and January 1940. This site location was approximately 4.3 miles west of the intersection of Bull and Broughton Streets in Savannah, Georgia, at the confluence of Pipemaker's Canal and the Savannah River. Primary correspondence content pertains to arrangements of the pamphlet's debut at the 1938 Society of Georgia Archaeologists meeting, as well as letters of submission and acceptance for the pamphlet's dissemination to a variety of library facilities. Additional correspondence content includes matters of translations performed by Lucy Wenhold of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on original Spanish documents pertinent to Irene Mound's original use. Letters are also present addressing specific comments on the Irene Mound dig management and staffing. Other documents include a published copy of the pamphlet, personal reminiscence of Dolores Floyd relating to the pamphlet's publication, personal reminiscence of Joseph Waring concerning youthful escapades on the Irene Mound site, excavation reports submitted by Preston Holder (the 1937 Archaeologist in Charge), assistant J.R. Caldwell, and Vladimir J. Fewkes (1938 Archaeologist in Charge). Not all of these reports are complete. Also present are translations and undated correspondence. The dated correspondence is arranged chronologically . Undated correspondence is foldered separately, as are the translations, excavation reports, pamphlet, and reminiscence. Also included in the collection are photographs of the mound at various stages of excavation, from a distance and in detail. Additionally, there are many pictures of W.P.A. employed African-American women working at the site. Also included are photographs of the Archaeologist in Charge, Vladimir J. Fewkes, and company touring the site. Items of special interest include images illustrating the excavation of skeletal remains and Miss Bessie Lewis' Darien High School senior class visiting the site. There are also some Floyd family pictures. Both Marmaduke Floyd and Lowry Axley are credited with photographs in this collection. Many of the images are duplicated. Items 1-174 are black and white 3"x5" images that recount activity at the archaeological excavation at the Irene Mound Site Items 175-248 are black and white contact sheet strips. Items 175-211 are attached to pieces of paper that are annotated with the date and information about what is taking place in the photographs. Some annotations include the photographs' names. The author of the annotations was most likely Dolores B. Floyd. Some of the photographs on the contact sheets are representative of the prints in items 1-174; however, many are not duplicated elsewhere in the collection. Items 212-248 are loose contact sheet strips. Some of these are annotated on the back, though most are not. Items 249-259 are loose black and white photographs of various sizes that are annotated on the back. Photographs are arranged in the following subject categories: general views of the site; detail images of excavated earth; skeletal remains in ground; skeletal remains unearthed; Fewkes and company touring site; W.P.A. workers at site; students visit to site; Floyd family images; annotated contact sheets; loose contact sheets; and miscellaneous annotated photographs. The Floyd family images include a few generally scenic shots as well as an image of Lowry Axley with camera in hand. The box containing visual materials is noted as "VM" in the collection inventory.

2 boxes, 2 folders (.75 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7761599

Georgia Historical Society

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Irene (Mound)

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Axley, Lowry, ca. 1890-1960.

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Lowry Axley (ca. 1890-1960) was an educator, historian, and author. He was a native of Murphy, North Carolina. After his service as a Captain in World War I, he taught in the public schools of Savannah, Georgia for 27 years, during many of which he was head of the English Department at Savannah High School. Axley retired in 1950. He was the author of numerous articles and wrote a history of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah. Axley was also a member of several Savannah civic, milita...

Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society.

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The Coastal Georgia Archaeology Society was form in 1981 with the purpose of promoting local archaeological investigation. The Society remains active in historical, education, and archaeological endeavors. Irene was the name of a "little hill" located near the area of New Yamacraw, a Native American settlement, in the proximity of Savannah, Georgia. In 1736, Yamacraw Indian leader Tomochichi, Rev. Benjamin Ingham, Rev. Charles Wesley, and Rev. John Wesley began the project of building a Christia...

Floyd, Marmaduke Hamilton, 1888-1949

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Marmaduke Hamilton Floyd was born June 14, 1888. He attended North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega, Ga., 1906-1908. He was associated with Floyd and Co., cotton merchants and cotton pickery, owned by his father, T.B. Floyd, Sr., 1908-1931. After the death of his father, he operated a cotton pickery of his own until 1939. He was Superintendent of the Burnside Development Co. (real estate development), 1940-1942, and was a contractor and land surveyor on his own, 1940 until his death on ...

Floyd, Dolores Boisfeuillet, 1887-1966

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Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd (March 26, 1887-May 18, 1966) married Neyle Colquitt and, after his death, Marmaduke Hamilton Floyd in 1930. She studied library science at Georgetown University and became a library assistant at the Savannah Public Library, retiring in 1943. She was interested in Georgia history and wrote several published and unpublished works on the subject. From the description of Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd manuscript, 1962. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: ...

Coastal Georgia Archaeology Society (Savannah, Ga.)

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