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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:

Augusta Exchange Club records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-130
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Created: 1970-1998

Augusta Fire Department records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-007
Abstract

Records of fires, date, time, location, description of property and damage

Dates: Created: 1879-1884; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1978

Augusta Free School Society record book

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-068
Abstract

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

Dates: Created: 1821-1829; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980

Augusta gardens slides

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-104
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

Augusta, Georgia poster

 Collection — 1 item
Identifier: ARCHS-134
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single poster entitled "Typical Scenes in Augusta, Georgia during the 1800," depicting a number of illustrated scenes of Augusta. Scenes depicted include: Greene St. in front of the Allegro Club, Soldiers' monument, Broad Street, a view of the industrial section of the city, the water tower, the Cotton Exchange, and Jackson Street from the old bell tower. The poster was produced by the Augusta Federal Savings and Loan Association.

Dates: Created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 12/11/2017

Augusta National Golf Club etching

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-093
Dates: Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

Augusta Record

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-041
Dates: Created: 1884; Other: Date acquired: 02/26/1979

Augusta-Richmond County Charter Commission records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-056
Scope and Contents

The comission was formed to draft a charter for a combined city-county government. This collection consists of minutes, correspondence, working papers, drafts, proposed charter, final reports of the Commission, and related documents. The charter was rejected by the electrate May, 1976

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 05/15/1979

Augusta Richmond County Historical Society photographs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-190
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Created: 1946, 1954, undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/12/2019

Augusta Richmond County Historical Society records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-138
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Created: Undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2016

Augusta Superior Court ledger

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-023
Abstract

Gives attorney, plaintiff, defendant, date, costs, and remarks

Dates: Created: 1850-1879; Other: Date acquired: 02/20/1979

Augusta Y.W.C.A postcards

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-136
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of 5 blank postcards featuring images of YWCA facilities in Augusta Ga, and 1 blank postcard picturing the "new city hospitals."

Dates: Created: Undated; Other: Date acquired: 08/24/2017

Bank of Augusta check book

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-019
Dates: Created: 1820; Other: Date acquired: 02/20/1979

Barrett letter book

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-014
Abstract

Business correspondence- some with news paper clippings pasted over

Dates: Created: 1807; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/1979

Berckmans/Fruitland Nursery records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-103
Scope and Contents

Material contains correspondence, invoices, receipts, shipping labels, cancelled checks, catalogs and brochures generated or sent to Berckmans/Fruitland Nursery

Dates: Created: 1835-1947; Other: Majority of material found in 1904-1913; Other: Date acquired: 12/00/1983

Berry and Charles Benson papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-100
Abstract

Letters, memoirs, sheet music.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 12/00/1983

Beverly Mitchell Allmond photograph

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-167
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single black and white photograph of Beverly Karen Mitchell Allmond.

Dates: Created: 1982; Other: Date acquired: 03/13/2019

Blount family papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-162
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of miscellaneous Blount family papers. Materials include correspondence, drawings, and publications.

Dates: Created: 1933, 1966, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Broad street photograph

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-188
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single photograph of Augusta Georgia's Broad Street, circa the early 1900s. It is mounted on paper board, and includes a pink printed label on the back of the item, which reads: "general views in and about Augusta, Georgia: Instantaneous view of Broad St and the Monument, photographed by the Augusta Art Gallery, H.C. Hall, manager. 712 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia."

Dates: Created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 02/11/2019

Camp Hancock panoramic photograph

 Collection — photograph
Identifier: ARCHS-124
Dates: Other: Dummy Date