ARCHS. Augusta Richmond County Historical Society manuscript collections
Record Group
Identifier: ARCHS
Manuscript collections owned by the Academy of Richmond County Historical Society, on Deposit at Reese Library Special Collections & Instituional Archives.
Found in 194 Collections and/or Records:
Allan Colquhoun & Brymer ledger
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-022
Dates:
Created: 1796-1800; Other: Date acquired: 02/20/1979
Ambrose Ransome Wright letter
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-079
Abstract
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
Dates:
Created: 1863; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1982
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Ambrose Ransome Wright letter
Anonymous Account Book
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-018
Dates:
Created: 1831-1836; Other: Date acquired: 02/20/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous Account Book
Anonymous account book
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-096
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous account book
Anonymous account book
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-005
Dates:
Created: 1831-1851; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1978
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous account book
Anonymous autograph collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-191
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
Created: 1924, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/15/2019
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous autograph collection
Anonymous business ledger
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-052
Abstract
1 ledger
Dates:
Created: 1830-1838; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous business ledger
Anonymous diary
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-055
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of a single volume anonymous diary. The diary includes a first hand account of the Charleston earthquake of 1886.
Dates:
Created: 1886; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous diary
Anonymous ledgers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-004
Dates:
Created: 1840-1849; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/1978
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous ledgers
Anonymous letter
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-187
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
Created: 1968; Other: Date acquired: 03/26/2019
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous letter
Anonymous merchant invoices
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-016
Abstract
Merchants account of goods bought and sold
Dates:
Created: 1842-1852,1873; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous merchant invoices
Anonymous photographs
Collection — 314
Identifier: ARCHS-084
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of three photographs: 2 of an African American woman and 1 of an African American man.
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Anonymous photographs
Appeal Court docket
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-046
Dates:
Created: 1811-1867; Other: Date acquired: 02/26/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Appeal Court docket
Augusta Abstracts and Plats
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-120
Dates:
Other: Date acquired: 02/24/1975
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Augusta Abstracts and Plats
Augusta account book
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-051
Abstract
Account book- receipts and expenditures
Dates:
Created: 1876-1880; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Augusta account book
Augusta Common Law Bar docket
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-036
Dates:
Created: 1868-1869; Other: Date acquired: 02/26/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Augusta Common Law Bar docket
Augusta Common Law bar dockets
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-030
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two volumes of the Augusta Common Law bar docket from 1866-1868.
Dates:
Created: 1866-1868; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Augusta Common Law bar dockets
Augusta company histories
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-107
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...
Dates:
Created: 1987-1988, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/04/1988
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Augusta company histories
Augusta Court of Common Pleas ledger
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-025
Abstract
Ledger- Court ofcommon pleas of Augusta
Dates:
Created: 1798; Other: Date acquired: 02/20/1979
Augusta Debtors docket
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-031
Dates:
Created: 1857-1871; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1979
Found in:
Reese Library Archives
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Augusta Debtors docket