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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 178 Collections and/or Records:

Harris family papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-152
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single folder of materials related to the Harris family, especially Sophia Harris. Materials include correspondence, certificates, and legal documents.

Dates: Created: 1842-1867; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Harris House sketch

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-094
Scope and Contents

Sketch on glass.

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

Heard family genealogy research

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-153
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the typewritten genealogy of the Heardmont family, and a newspaper clipping on the Heard family, published in 1982.

Dates: Created: 1982; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Henry Bry and John Kellam land grant

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-177
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single item: a land grant from the United States of America to Henry M. Bry and John H. Kellam in Ouachita, Louisiana.

Dates: Created: 1820; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/2019

Henry C. Hammond papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-101
Abstract

4 scrapbooks.

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

Henry Clay letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-160
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single copy of a letter written by Henry Clay, regarding a visit he planned to make to Augusta, GA in 1844.

Dates: Created: 1844; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Henry Clay Roney & Peace Family papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-001
Overview

A brief collection of financial, legal, and personal documents from the life and career of Henry C. Roney and Philip Pearce.

Dates: Created: 1780-1930; Other: Date acquired: 02/07/1978

Heroes of Richmond County pamphlet

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-181
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single event program for the memorial service in honor of veterans who served as part of the Mexican Border Service during WWI.

Dates: Created: 1919; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/2019

Hildebrandt family newspaper clipping

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-154
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single newspaper clipping from the Augusta Chronicle, 1982, focused on the history of the Hidlebrandt family in Augusta, GA.

Dates: Created: 1982; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Histories of Augusta’s Churches

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-108
Scope and Contents

This collection contains histories, event progams, general ephemera, and other materials written or submitted by 32 individual churches in the Augusta area.  A variety of Protestant churches, Catholic churches, and Jewish synagogues are represented.

Dates: Created: -1989; Other: Date acquired: 10/20/1989

Houghton School Scrapbook

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-013
Overview

A scrapbook created by a former student of Houghton Elementary School located in Augusta. It is comprised of hand drawn art, information about the school, as well as the teachers and students for the 1937 – 1938 school year.

Dates: Created: 1937-1938; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/1979

Irish American Bank records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-015
Overview

A collection of client records from the Irish American Bank in Augusta between 1912-1913.

Dates: Created: 1912-1913; Other: Date acquired: 02/15/1979

J. Louis Sayre papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-128
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of clippings, photographs, brochures, advertisements, flyers, letters, post cards, and sheet music about or by J. Louis Sayre, his family, and companies.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 04/16/1992

James Conquest Cross Black Jr. correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-125
Scope and Contents

2 letters

Dates: Created: November 9, 1892, November 5,1926; Other: Date acquired: 05/16/1974

James Fox land receipt

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-088
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single document acknowledging James Fox's receipt of land in Cherokee County, circa 1832. Signed by William Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia.

Dates: Created: 1832; Other: Date acquired: 00/12/1983

John H. Jones scrapbook

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-012
Abstract

A scrapbook compiled by John H. Jones documenting Augusta events between 1854-1860.

Dates: Created: 1854-1860; Other: Date acquired: 02/14/1979

John Hales Bufford military discharge certificate

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-161
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the military discharge certificate of John Hales Bufford, as well as a printed sheet of biographical information on Bufford (dated 1977), and a single photograph of Bufford during his WWI military service.

Dates: Created: 1919; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

John Milledge deed

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-159
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single land deed conveying lots of land from John Milledge to Thomas Flournoy.

Dates: Created: 1812; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

John Warne Herbert III scrapbook

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-137
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single leatherbound photo album (9"x23") containing black and white photographs of Salubrity Hall. Cover of scrapbook is engraved in gold with the name of the original owner of the house, John Warne Herbert III.

Dates: Created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 04/19/2018

Joseph A. Eve business ledger

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-053
Scope and Contents

Business ledger for medical services rendered.

Dates: Created: 1859-1864; Other: Date acquired: 03/05/1979