Emory College general records, 1834-1918

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Emory College general records, 1834-1918

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The general records of Emory College consist of an assortment of materials documenting various aspects of the history of the College from its founding in 1836 through the time of its move to the Emory University campus in 1919. The collection includes items relating to events and activities such as commencement; printed material and clippings on the history of the College; writings and other documents related to several of the early presidents of the College; student papers; faculty and student records; a family scrapbook kept by descendants of College namesake John Emory; and legal documents including a copy of the College charter.

3 linear ft. (5 boxes) and 7 bound volumes (BV)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8178369

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Smith, Osborn L.

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Emory College

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Emory College was founded in 1836 by the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Early faculty members included Alexander Means, Gustavus John Orr, Osborne L. Smith, and George W. W. Stone. From the description of Emory College faculty records, 1847-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761669346 Emory College was chartered in 1836 to the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first librarian noted in Emory College records, in 1840, was George...

Hopkins, I. S. 1841-1914.

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Haygood, Atticus G. (Atticus Greene), 1839-1896

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Atticus G. Haygood, an editor, author, and educator, was a distinguished president of Emory College and a progressive bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He gained national prominence as a spokesman for the New South, promoting business and commercial development, and he fearlessly preached reunion, reconciliation, and educational opportunity for African Americans. He also championed such causes as federal aid to education and prohibition. Atticus Greene Haygood was born on November...

Smith, Luther M., 1826-1879.

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Dowman, Charles E.

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Candler, Warren A. (Warren Akin), 1857-1941

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Warren Akin Candler, Methodist clergyman and educator of Atlanta, Georgia, was born 23 August 1857, near Villa Rica in Carroll County, Georgia and died at his home in Atlanta on 25 September 1941. Candler graduated from Emory College (A.B., 1875; A.M., 1878); served various circuits in the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1875-1886); married Sarah Antoinette (Nettie) Curtright (1877); was appointed editor of the CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE (1886); was elected President o...

Dickey, James Ronald, 1934-

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American poet; b. 1923. From the description of Papers, 1954-1970. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 26089516 Poet and author. Born 1923. From the description of May Day sermon to the women of Gilmer County, Georgia ... : corrected typescript, circa 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132470 James Dickey, (1923-1997), American poet and novelist. From the description of James Dickey papers, circa 1924-1997 (bulk 1961...

Emory, John, 1789-1835

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Thomas, James R., 1812-1897.

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Georgia Conference Manual Labor School

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Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884

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Pierce was a physician, educated at Harvard, and also an amateur botanist. From the description of Notebook of George Pierce, 1840? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499191 George Foster Pierce, Methodist bishop and president of Emory College, was born 3 February 1811, in Greene County, Georgia, and died 4 September 1884, in Sparta, Georgia. Pierce was a son of Lovick Pierce (1785-1879), a Methodist clergyman and physician. He was admitted into the Georgia Conference of the ...

Few, Ignatius Alphonso, 1789-1845

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