Huguenot families genealogy

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS-219

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of two narrative genealogies on the history of various Huguenot families, written by Arthur Ray Rowland. The first genealogy is entitled: Seeking Mary Ann, my Fair Grandmother. The Huguenots: Connecting DeVeaux, Fair, Bessant, and Rowland families, and was published in 1994. The second genealogy is entitled: Distant Cousins: The Huguenots, Connecting Rowland, Bulloch, de Bourdeaux, De Veaux, and Roosevelt families of South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina and New York, and was published in 1995.

Dates

Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1994

Conditions Governing Access

No current access restrictions on this collection. Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Augusta University Special Collections & Institutional Archives is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research purposes only. Materials within the collection are subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Augusta University Special Collections & Institutional Archives may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biographical or Historical Information

Arthur Ray Rowland (1930-) was born on January 6, 1930 in Hampton, Georgia, the son of Arthur Rowland and Jennie Goodman Rowland. He completed his undergraduate education at Mercer University in 1951, and his Masters degree at Emory in 1952. Rowland worked as a librarian at a number of institutions in Georgia, including: Georgia State College, Armstrong College, and Augusta College. He also served as a Trustee of the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library, as a Delegate White House Conference on Libraries and Information Science in 1979, and a consultant on library management to the Government of Indonesia in 1986.

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