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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 410 Collections and/or Records:

Augusta Chronicle Pictorial Annual

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-254
Scope and Contents

One booklet, 46 pages. The cover is a color illustration.  Functions as a date calendar for the year 1886 and includes advertisements of local businesses, and illustrations with short texts on national and world landmarks

Dates: Created: 1886 - 1886; Other: Date acquired: 09/23/2003

Augusta Chronicle special editions

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: MSS-084
Dates: Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

Augusta Citizens Union scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-065
Abstract

2 scrapbooks of history in clippings, 1942-1946

Dates: Created: 1942-1946; Other: Date acquired: 12/00/1983

Augusta City Census

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-015
Abstract

Resolved, that the mayor be authorized to employ the persons appointed to take the census of Richmond County, to make a seprate census of the City of Augusta, where in the names of the heads of familes shallbe inserted, and the number of each household, eather as children, relatives or boarders - the names of all poor orphan children- also the number and names of all free persons of color- also the number of slaves... Resolution of Council

Dates: Created: 1852; Other: Date acquired: 06/03/1981

Augusta Civic Clubs histories

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-181
Scope and Contents

The material consists of organizational histories of various Augusta Civic Clubs.

Dates: Created: -1993; Other: Date acquired: 01/29/1993

Augusta Collegiate Institute brochure, 1870

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-022
Abstract

Brochure concerning a private shcool at 145 Greene St. in 1870. Includes names of faculty and students, parents or gardins of students and residences of students.

Dates: Created: 1870; Other: Date acquired: 10/24/1982

Augusta Cotton Exchange ledgers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-026
Abstract

Augusta Cotton Exchange; Cotton Ledgers

Dates: Created: 1916-1954; Other: Date acquired: 08/15/1983

Augusta Exposition records

 Collection — Folder
Identifier: MSS-210
Dates: Created: 1904; Other: Date acquired: 03/17/1994

Augusta, Georgia Maps of Wards 2-7

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-129
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a series of maps depicting wards 2-7 in Augusta, Georgia.

Dates: Created: Undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/03/1986

"Augusta Georgia Race Riots"

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-223
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of 44 typed pages about the Race Riots in Augusta Ga., written by William Winn in 1970.

Dates: Created: 1970; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1995

Augusta landmarks & buildings postcards

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-422
Abstract

A collection of postcards featuring various prominant Augusta buldings and landmarks. The postcards were originally a part of the State Library of Florida collection, donated to the Augusta Museum of History, and then donated to to Reese Library by the Augusta Museum of History in August of 2019. There is a total of 29 postcards in the collection.

Dates: Created: 1918-1982; Other: Date acquired: 08/28/2019

Augusta law enforcement photographs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-390
Abstract

Series of photographs depicting the Old Augusta Jail and documentation, the "new" prison on Walton Way, a police heliocopter ca. 1970, a police formation ca. 1950, and a police motercycle squad ca. 1950.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2016

Augusta Normal Music School sermon

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-144
Abstract

sermon by Rev. J.T. Plunket

Dates: Created: 1894; Other: Date acquired: 12/13/1989

Augusta Photographs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-199
Scope and Contents

small black and white snapshots of Richmond Academy, Medical College of Georgia, Bon Air Hotel, Augusta homes and gardens, a weather balloon or dirigible and harvesting with a tractor-towed thresher.

Dates: Created: 1920-1940; Other: Majority of material found in ca. 1920-1940; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/1993

Augusta Pictorial History photographs

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-136
Abstract

Photographs believed to have been used in Dr. Helen Callahan's book Pictorial History of Augusta.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 08/05/1988

Augusta Players programs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-417
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the programs of the Augusta Players, a local Augusta theatre group.

Dates: Created: 1968-1990; Other: Date acquired: 04/12/2019

Augusta Police Department reports

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS-046
Abstract

Reports

Dates: Created: 1863-1865; Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

Augusta-Richmond County consolidation records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-013
Scope and Contents

This collection includes news clippings, professional correspondence, subcommittee reports, publications and studies, memos and minutes of meetings, as well as drafts and summaries of charters and amendments. It also includes pamphlets and a button pin. The collection documents the movement from 1968 to 1976 to consolidate Augusta and Richmond County into a single entity, as well as the community reactions to this attempt.

Dates: Created: 1968-1976; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/1981

Augusta-Richmond County vertical files collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-414
Scope and Contents

The Augusta-Richmond County 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

Augusta Riots clippings

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS-329
Dates: Other: Dummy Date