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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 192 Collections and/or Records:

Georgia ephemera

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-174
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single folder of miscellaneous ephemera related to the state of Georgia. Materials include: "Vote for G.W. Moulder" card (1929), sheet music for "Dear old Georgia!" (1921), and an issue of the Atlanta newspaper, The Sunday Gazette, dated September 7, 1879.

Dates: Created: 1879, 1921, 1929; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/2019

Georgia Superior Court Middle District Docket of Appeals

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-033
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single court docket that documents Court appeals in the Georgia Superior Middle District from 1828-1866. The book documents parties involved, description of the appeal to the court, and the verdict of the cases.

Dates: Created: 1828-1866; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1978

Guillebeau family newspaper clipping

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-149
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single newspaper clipping from the Augusta Chronicle, on the Guillabeau family.

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

Hammond family letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-150
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single letter, addressed to "Tom," from Edgefield, S.C. and dated 1918.

Dates: Created: 1918; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Hargrove family coat of arms

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-146
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single item pamphlet on the genealogy of the Hargrove family.

Dates: Created: undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/2019

Harper family newspaper clipping

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-151
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single newspaper clipping on the family history of the Harper family, and their roots to Ireland.

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

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

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

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-013
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single handwritten year book of Houghton Elementary School, illustrated with drawings and photographs and list of pupils and teachers.

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

Irish American Bank records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-015
Scope and Contents

This collection includes 4 volumes of savings ledgers for the Irish American Bank.

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