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A correspondence-based business ledger documenting the business affairs of the Savannah-based Allan Colquhoun & Brymer business, shipping goods such as cotton, tobacco, and produce.

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Eyewitness account of the battle of Gettysburg. This letter was writtenshortly after the battle by Gen. Wright and gives details of the famous encounter,"The High Tide of the Conferacy". He was a high ranking officer there

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A collection of administative records, photographs, ephemera and history materials related to the Augusta area and its several cultural heritage institutions during the 1970's collected by Ann Powell.

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3 ledgers from unknown Augusta businesses, documenting financial activitiy and several prominent Augusta families between 1831-1873.

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This collection is comprised of a single folder of signatures of notable political figures such as presidents, first ladies, and justices. Signatures include those of: Edith Wilson, Charles E. Hughes, Robert Taft, Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding, and Herman Talmadge.

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This collection is comprised of a single volume anonymous diary. The diary includes a first hand account of the Charleston earthquake of 1886.

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This collection is comprised of a single letter written by a Richmond County Academy Student, named Jan. She writes a love letter to a boy name Wayne in April of 1968.

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This collection is comprised of three photographs: 2 of an African American woman and 1 of an African American man.

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Account book- receipts and expenditures

Scope and Contents This collection includes brief business histories and timelines for 26 businesses from the Augusta, Ga. area. The histories were collected by the Augusta Richmond County Historical Society for an event in the fall of 1988, entitled "Golden Business of Richmond County," which highlighted the business history of the area. The majority of the histories are brief typed timelines or historical narratives written by a company employee, though some companies provided informational pamphlets or...

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This collection is comprised of the records of the Augusta Exchange Club. Collection material include club scrapbooks, photographs, and bulletins.

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Augusta Free School charter, constitution, minutes of board of directors, and list of subscribers.

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This collection includes 3 boxes of glass slides featuring images of the gardens of Augusta, Ga.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, drafts of legal papers, newspaper clippings, informational booklets, working papers, and other materials related to the Augusta-Richmond County Merger Charter Committee that attempted to merge the city of Augusta and Richmond County into a single governmental entity during the 1970s. The collection tracks the development of the strategic plan to merge the city with the county, along with vital documentation that tracks the major...

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Collection of dockets and ledgers documenting Augusta and Richmond County court operations bewtween 1792-1925.

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This collection is comprised of photographs of the Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society and their events.

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This collection is comprised of two boxes of records and ephemera of the Augusta Richmond County Historical Society.