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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:

Skinner family papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-168
Scope and Contents

This accession is comprised of correspondence and sketches of the Skinner family, mostly from the late 19th century, with a few items dating to the late 18th century and early 19th century. The collection also includes legal documents from the late 18th-early 19th century.

Dates: Created: 1790-1845, 1903; Other: Date acquired: 03/13/2019

Soldiers' Loan and Building Association indenture book

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: ARCHS-027
Dates: Created: 1866-1876; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1979

“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 Women of the Church Yearbooks

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

Ten booklets divided among three functions: Women of the Church Yearbook, the Annual Parish Meeting and Episcopal Churchwomen, and 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 — Folder 1
Identifier: ARCHS-116
Scope and Contents

Original correspondence dated 1895-1899 with photocopies of additional correspondence, an issue of ACGS November/December 1992 and a centennial calendar dated 1991

Dates: Created: -1993; Other: Majority of material found in 1895-1993 (1895-1899, 1925-1954, 1991-1993); Other: Date acquired: 05/07/1993

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 docket

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-048
Dates: Created: 1792; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1978

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

Superior Court Subpoena docket

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-034
Dates: Created: 1852-1857; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1979

T. G. Garrett account book

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: ARCHS-032
Dates: Created: 1800-1801; Other: Date acquired: 02/22/1979

Telfairville First Baptist Church records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-065
Scope and Contents

Material includes a book of minutes and documents relating to church governance. Of particular interest, within the minutes book is the church statement of faith and the covenants.

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

“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 — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ARCHS-060
Scope and Contents

This collection documents the history of Tubman High School. Collection materials include: course of study 1907-1908, lists faculty; graduation program, 1908; graduation program 1909; Centennial program-November 10,1974; inventionto cenennial; paper napkin from Centennial. Graduates are listed in the programs for 1908,1909,1919.

Dates: Created: 1907-1974; Other: Date acquired: 05/17/1979

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