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MSS. Augusta University manuscript collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS
Manuscript collections owned by Reese Library Special Collections and Institutional Archives

Found in 405 Collections and/or Records:

Fort Gordon Reservation Cemetery map

 Collection — 1 map tube
Identifier: MSS-360

"Four Months of Sand"

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-321
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Frances Manning Achurch papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-263
Scope and Contents

First manuscript is The Korea I Liked written by Frances Manning Achurch.  Gives a first hand account of her life while stationed with her husband in Korea.  Second manuscript is entitled Escape From Korea written by William C. Achurch.  This is Achurch’s account of the withdrawl of the U.S. Coast Guard from Korea. The newspaper articles are from papers in Augusta and possibly  Barnwell, South Carolina.

Dates: Created: 1951-1951; Other: Date acquired: 12/22/2006

Frances Paulk papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-238
Abstract

Profesional materials of Miss Frances Paulk, who was a librarian at Augusta College.

Dates: Created: 1947-1980; Other: Date acquired: 06/11/2004

Francis Amory Saxon memoir

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: MSS-243
Abstract

Memoirs and hunting stories in an unpublished manuscript.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 20th Century; Other: Date acquired: 08/31/2005

Francis Rogier papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-337
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Franco-Prussian War scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-043
Abstract

2 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings on Franco-Prussian War

Dates: Created: 1870; Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

Frank H. Miller Speech Booklet

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-120
Dates: Created: 1902; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1985

Franklin Building and Loan Association Minutes Book

 Collection — Object 3
Identifier: MSS-093
Scope and Contents

A meeting minutes book from the Franklin Building and Loan Association that documents decsions, updates, attendance, and general meeting events from 1850 to 1860.

Dates: Created: 1851-1860; Other: Date acquired: 12/1983

Fred Parker Farrar glass plate negatives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-411
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of glass plate negatives of photographs of the Augusta area, taken by Fred Parker Farrar from 1902-1918. Fred Parker Farrar (1883-1981) was an amateur photographer and businessman in Augusta, Georgia during the early 20th century.The collection includes two series: Series I includes images of individuals, or portraits; Series II includes images of the Augusta area.

Dates: Created: 1902-1918, undated; Other: Date acquired: 01/17/2019

Frederick Doveton Nichols drawing

 Collection — 1 item
Identifier: MSS-421
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single pen and ink drawing of "undocumented houses, Broad Street, Augusta, GA, circa 1835" by Frederick Doveton Nichols.

Dates: Created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 05/08/2019

Frog Hollow maps

 Collection — maps
Identifier: MSS-359
Abstract

Material relates to the former Frog Hollow community which is now part of the Augusta University Health Sciences Campus

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

"Gas Light Company of Augusta, History of Augusta's Gas Industry, 1736-1990"

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-164
Abstract

Traces the history of the gas industry in Augusta from June 25, 1852 - Sept. 1990. The first four pages contain brief history of Augusta.

Dates: Created: 1736-1990; Other: Date acquired: 06/14/1991

General Marcellus A. Stovall papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-108
Abstract

Documents prior to, during, and after the Civil War. This collection is composed of items related to the Civil War and Stovall's participation in the war as a Confederate officer. Please use the microfilm of this collection.

Dates: Created: 1870's-1930's; Other: Date acquired: 01/26/1988

Georgia and Florida Magazine collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-023
Scope and Contents

27 issues including some duplicates of the quarterly magazine, covering updates on the railroad infrastructure between Georgia and Florida. Also includes a chain of command for the overall Georgia & Florida Railroad organization.

Dates: Created: 1955-1961

Georgia and South Carolina vertical files collection

 Collection — All folders
Identifier: MSS-415
Scope and Contents

The Georgia and South Carolina vertical files collection contains information on a range of local organizations, families, and individuals. Most files contain pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and/or photocopies of historical documents. The collection is no longer being actively added to, but can serve as a historical resource for topics related to the history of the Augusta area.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Georgia Catholic Deaths and Marriages

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-134
Abstract

This collection inclludes a list of births and deaths for Georgia Catholics which appeared in the Unitied States Catholic  Miscellany June 1822-January1852

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 06/20/1988

Georgia Cavalry panoramic photograph

 Collection — 314
Identifier: MSS-271
Scope and Contents

Black and white panoramic photograph for Georgia Cavalry at El Paso Texas commanded by Major J.O. Seaman

Dates: Created: 1916

Georgia Loyalists research collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-178
Abstract

Commentary on notes compiled by Robert Lambert on the Georgia Loyalists by David Kearns

Dates: Created: 1782-1788; Other: Date acquired: 10/20/1992

Georgia Railroad Bank and Company records

 Collection — ledgers and volumes
Identifier: MSS-412
Abstract

The Georgia Railroad Bank was responsible for the creation of the rail line from Athens, Georgia to Augusta Georgia and was one of the premiere local businesses of Augusta GA until it was acquired by Wachovia bank.  Wachovia Bank was in turn acquired by Wells Fargo

Dates: Created: 1834-1965; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/1978