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Typecopied letter written by Confederate General Ambrose Ransom Wright to his wife contanining an eyewitness account of the battle of Gettysburg. Contains his testimony, battle maneuvers, casualities, and battle plans.

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Correspondence concerning reassignment of Sargent Andrew Cheek

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

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An anonymous diary of a male Augusta native documenting his time as a college student at Spring Hill College in Alabama and his experiences in Augusta and 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.

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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This collection comprises the single-volume record book and loose papers of the Augusta Free School Society, founded in 1821 to support the education of impoverished children in the Augusta area. The records document the organization's administrative history through its charter, constitution, board of directors' minutes, and subscriber lists.

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

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Collection of business records from several Augusta based businesses between 1800 to 1880.

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This collection consists of marterials 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.

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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.

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A collection of records from the Augusta Volunteer Fire Department between 1879-1884. Collection contains fire records, a copy of Ordinance 1700, and a newsclippings scrapbook compiled by the department.

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A collection of postcards featuring pre-1923 YMCA facilities in Augusta's downtown district, as well as a postcard featuring the original University Hospital.