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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 153 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Vance Fulkerson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-144
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of 12 folders of the papers of Samuel Vance Fulkerson. The collection includes correspondence, notes, and military related documents.

Dates: Created: 1853-1864; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/2019

Savannah River postcard

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-143
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single postcard depicting the Savannah River and the North Augusta bridge. The note on the postcard is addressed to a George Davis, of Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates: Created: 1912; Other: Date acquired: 11/22/2006

Skinner family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-002
Scope and Contents

Papers from the Skinner family, dating from the pre-revolutionary period. Comprised of books, legal documents, family letters, and business papers. The collection comprises of mostly receipts and land deeds/indentures. Includes papers from William Skinner, Charles Skinner, and James Skinner.

Dates: Created: 1773-1880; Other: Date acquired: 06/21/1977

“Some incidents of the civil war as related by an eye witness”

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-183
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single copy of a typed memoir  of the American Civil War written by Mary F. House Lane in 1925.

Dates: Created: 1925; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/2019

Southern Bell plaque

 Collection — 313
Identifier: ARCHS-123
Scope and Contents

Southern Bell plaque presented to the Richmond County Historical Society (April 1988)

Dates: Created: 1988/1989; Other: Date acquired: 00/06/1988

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-078
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of ten booklets divided among three functions: Women of the Church Yearbooks, the Annual Parish Meeting, and the Episcopal Churchwomen of the Diocese of Georgia Annual meeting.

Dates: Created: 1961-1976; Other: Date acquired: 08/20/1981

Stark family genealogy

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-175
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of genealogy research on the Stark family, as well as some correspondence.

Dates: Created: 1918, 1929, undated; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/2019

Strowger Automatic Telephone Company records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-116
Overview

A collection of correspondence, company histories, photographs, publications, and other materials documenting the Strowger Automatic Telephone Company and its relationship to Augusta, Georgia as as the first city to install a Strowger automatic dial telephone system in 1896.

Dates: Created: 1895-1993; Created: Majority of material found in 1895-1993 (1895-1899, 1925-1954, 1991-1993); Acquired: 05/08/1993

Summerville Neighborhood Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-129
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of materials documenting the history of the Summerville Neighborhood Association and their historic preservation work. Collection materials include: correspondence, membership records, newspaper clippings, and promotional materials for the Designer Showcase and Tour of Homes events put on by the Association.

Dates: Created: 1970-1995

Superior Court of Middle District of Georgia docket book

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-024
Dates: Created: 1835-1837; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1978

Telfairville First Baptist Church records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-065
Overview

A collection of records documenting the operations of Telfair Baptist Church between 1883-1934. Consists of meeting minutes and administrative papers.

Dates: Created: 1883-1934; Other: Date acquired: 09/17/1980

The Citizens Committee for Good Government records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-109
Abstract

Collection of publications, a group member photograph, and an original charter for Augusta's Citizens Committee for Good Government, active between 1954-1958.

Dates: Created: 1954-1958; Acquired: 10/26/1989

“The Magazine of American History”

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-164
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single copy of the November 1881 issue of "The Magazine of American History," published by A.S. Barnes & Company.

Dates: Created: 1881; Other: Date acquired: 03/13/2019

Tobin family coat of arms

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-171
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single printed version of the Tobin family crest.

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

Tom Linder letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-157
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single letter from Tom Linder, written to R. Allen Elliot of Augusta, GA. The letter appears to be a campaign letter for Linder, during his campaign for Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of Georgia.

Dates: Created: 1934; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Trustees of Richmond Academy records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-114
Abstract

Elevlen folders containing the letters and documents of the Trustees of Richmond Academy from 1958-1976. The folders numbered 1-11 contain the ten subjects listed above whitch signify the Trustees' major activites and responsiblities. Folder 10 contains miscellaneous papers.

Dates: Created: April 29, 1958- Oct. 1, 1976; Other: Date acquired: 07/31/1991

Tubman high school clippings

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-176
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single folder of clippings related to Tubman High School's graduation ceremony.

Dates: Created: 1922; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/2019

Tubman High School records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-196
Abstract

Tubman High School 1948 yearbook and graduation program. Donated by Huelyn Betts of Laguna Hills, California.

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1948; Other: Date acquired: 12/11/2019

Tubman High School records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-060
Overview

This collection consists of both general materials related to Tubman High School as well as materials related to the centennial celebration that was held in 1974.

Dates: Created: 1887-1977; Acquired: 05/17/1979

Turpin Hill Historic District and Avery House records

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-193
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single folder of materials related to the GDOT project PI#220680 to have Turpin Hill neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia, added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Dates: Created: 2019; Other: Date acquired: 04/15/2019