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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.

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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 Most files contain pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and/or photocopies of historical documents.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.

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Documents related to the establishment of the Augusta Savings Bank

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Rules of Order of the Central Grammar School, graduation announcement Sacred Heart Academy, advance sheets for “Men of Mark

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Material covers the planning and execution for the 250 anniversary celebration for the founding of the city Augusta.  Material includes commission charter commission minutes correspondence, newspaper articles, programs and invitations

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Various photographs of Augusta State University Buildings and portions of the history walk.

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This collection is comprised of educational texts used by various students from Augusta, Georgia.

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Descriptive travel guide to the sights of Augusta Georgia.  The publication contains information and advertisements on clubs and organizations, businesses and industries existing in Augusta in 1901. A listing of notable photographs is attached to this description.

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Materials consist of minutes of Authors Club meetings from 1933 - 2008 a copy of the current constitution, a copy of the incorporation of the Jean Dewitt Fitz Memorial Fund, newsletters, and flyers from the Sandhills Writers' Conference, short autobiographies from Louise Shivers and Elizabeth Dettuff.and a photocopy of the handwriteen manuscript fo "A Saga of the Authors' Cllub of Augusta Georgia from 1928-1975" .  The minutes have gaps in the run.

Scope and Contents Bulk of material refers to the Georgia & Florida Railroad, the Louis Battey American Legion Post no. 4, the Juvenile Court of Richmond County, Georgia, the Kiwanis Club and various youth baseball organizations; most notably the Victory Baseball League and the Jr. Baseball League. Bulk of material in Series II is related to the life of Mr. Glover Bailie Sr. and focuses on his service with the Troop K Richmond Hussars, his World War I Service and the Last Man’s Club.  Other material...

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This collection is comprised of two boards of mounted photographs taken in and around Bath, Georgia, around 1900. The pages appear to have possibly been part of a scrapbook at some point.

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Traces the history of the church and people of Bath from its origins in 1784 to the presant

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1)      Book: Large bound volume of Battey family papers 1736-1871 2)      File Folder: Letter from Mary Ann Mell Baggs addressed Dear Cousins, along with typed transcriptions of some of the documents. Article on Sumter County, by Mike Livingston 1992

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Manuscript consists of four pages possibly produced by mimeograph.  The title indicates that this was written in honor of Civil War General P.G.T. Beauregard in the quick-step genre, a type of march with a suggested tempo of 116 MM.  Material shows an ownership mark of THE FLOWERS COLLECTION in the upper right corner of the title page.  There is doubt that this is an original copy.  It may be a reproduction.

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Photograph, 14"x 11" of Bellevue Cottage, on the Augusta University campus.

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The collection is a combination of photocopied documents and original photographs  Material is in English and Dutch