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Historic Augusta Scrapbook

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS-139

Abstract

This Scrapbook was done for a fifth grade class assignment at Houghton Elementary School. It contains newspaper clippings, postcards and short handwritten descriptions

Dates

  • Created: 1931

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No Restrictions Use of digitized document prefered

Conditions Governing Use

Material may be used for purposes of personal scholarship and study.  For all other uses contact the repository for permission to publish

Biographical or Historical Information

Date of acquisition by repository is unknown, Walter Allen Reiser Jr was a member of the Junior College of Augusta, Class of 1941.  This may explain why the material may have been included in the repository.  This scrapbook was created by Walter Reiser around or after 1931 when Reiser was a fifth grade student at Houghton Elementary School.  It is unknown whether the scrapbook was created by Reiser in response to a school assignment or his personal interests. Walter Reiser was the son of the Reverend Walter Reiser, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and his wife Cora S. Reiser.  Evidence from the 1931 Augusta Chronicle lists young Walter Reiser as a party guest, participator in pageants and dramatics and a piano student. According to the 1941 Rainbow yearbook, he continued these pursuits at the Junior College of Augusta along with basketball and participation in the corps of cadets. In later life, Reiser was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he taught from 1973-1992

Note written by

Extent

1.00 items

Language

English

Method of Acquisition

This material was acquired by Reese Library Special Collections, Augusta University and accessioned in 1988. Acc# 1988.09

Title
Inventory of the Historic Augusta Scrapbook
Author
Carol Waggoner-Angleton
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
und

Repository Details

Part of the Reese Library Archives Repository

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