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"A New and Accurate Map of the Province of Georgia"

 Collection — Container: 1 item
Identifier: MPS-040
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of the single copy of a map of the Province of Georgia, 1780. The map depicts trails used for trading as well as general locations of Native American tribes, and was most likely published in London.

Dates: Created: 1780

African American teachers oral histories

 Collection — Container: 2 boxes
Identifier: MSS-231
Scope and Contents This collection records the experiences of African-American teachers who taught in one room schools in Burke County, Georgia between 1930 and 1955.  Six of the fourteen interviews discuss the role of Jeans supervisors in the schools. Jeans supervisors were funded by the philanthropist Anna Jeans to raise the level of educational opportunities in the South. Interviews conducted with: Mrs. Willie Henry Benefield, Allene Bessent, Alma Griffin, Azalene Young,, Rev. Paul Howard,, Dr. Justine...
Dates: Created: 1930-1955; Other: Date acquired: 10/08/2000

Lane Harris Allen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-021
Overview

Lane Harris Allen, PhD, MD, was a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia as well as a professor and department chair of MCG's Gross Anatomy. This collection consists of Dr. Allen’s research notes regarding the history of the Medical College of Georgia and includes photographs and drawings, and a brief written history of the MCG Department of Anatomy.

Dates: circa 1960s-1970

Augusta Cotton Exchange ledgers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-026
Abstract

Augusta Cotton Exchange; Cotton Ledgers

Dates: Created: 1916-1954; Other: Date acquired: 08/15/1983

Augusta Free School Society record book

 Collection — Container: 1 box
Identifier: ARCHS-068
Abstract

Augusta Free School charter, constitution, minutes of board of directors, and list of subscribers.

Dates: Created: 1821-1829; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1980

Augusta law enforcement photographs

 Collection — Container: photographs
Identifier: MSS-390
Abstract

Series of photographs depicting the Old Augusta Jail and documentation, the "new" prison on Walton Way, a police heliocopter ca. 1970, a police formation ca. 1950, and a police motercycle squad ca. 1950.

Dates: Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2016

Augusta-Richmond County consolidation records

 Collection — Container: 2 boxes
Identifier: MSS-013
Scope and Contents

This collection includes news clippings, professional correspondence, subcommittee reports, publications and studies, memos and minutes of meetings, as well as drafts and summaries of charters and amendments. It also includes pamphlets and a button pin. The collection documents the movement from 1968 to 1976 to consolidate Augusta and Richmond County into a single entity, as well as the community reactions to this attempt.

Dates: Created: 1968-1976; Other: Date acquired: 03/06/1981

Augusta schools ephemera

 Collection — Container: ephemera
Identifier: MSS-384
Scope and Contents

Rules of Order of the Central Grammar School, graduation announcement Sacred Heart Academy, advance sheets for “Men of Mark

Dates: Created: 1888-1891; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2017

Burke County legal records & correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-395
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of miscellaneous legal records and correspondence relating to individuals and families in Burke County, Georgia. The majority of documents relate to the buying and selling of real estate, and includes deeds, trust deeds,  and plot maps describing property lines. Also included are indentures, and letters related to these legal arrangements.

Dates: Created: 1782-1856; Other: Majority of material found in 1800-1856

City of Augusta Police yearbook

 Collection — Container: ephemera
Identifier: MSS-385
Abstract

Booklet contains photographs of the divisions of the city of Augusta Police Department.  Other photgraphs include the mayor and the ward commissioners.  Also a great source for local advertisements

Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1909

Colonial Georgia map

 Collection — Container: 1 item
Identifier: MPS-033
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single map of colonial Georgia (1773-1777) by Marion R. Hemperly.

Dates: Created: 1979

Confederate Survivors' Association records

 Collection — Container: 2 boxes
Identifier: MSS-003
Abstract

Correspondence, membership applications, printed items, financial records, roster book and committee records

Dates: Created: 1861-1926; Other: Date acquired: 01/04/1983

Cumming family correspondence

 Collection — Box: 1-4
Identifier: MSS-025
Abstract Original letters, beginning with business letters to Thomas Cumming, first intendant (mayor) of Augusta, letters from his children through several generations. There is a large group of letters from Julien Cumming from a prison camp during the Civil War. Julien later died there. Thomas Cumming (1765-1834), businessman, married Anne Clay (1767-1849), resided in Augusta, Georgia and had eight children. Their children included Joseph (1790-1846) and Henry Harford (1799-1866) who married Julia...
Dates: Created: 1794-1954; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1983

"Daughters of the American Revolution Historic Map of Georgia"

 Collection — Container: 1 item
Identifier: MPS-057
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single copy of the "Daughters of the American Revolution Historic map of Georgia."

Dates: Created: undated

Dr. Bill E. Bompart Map Collection

 Collection — Container: 2 boxes
Identifier: MSS-304
Scope and Contents

Material consists of local maps covering locations in Georgia and South Carolina and Georgia County maps

Dates: Created: ca. 1940-1990; Other: Date acquired: 03/18/2012

Dr. William N. Nelson professional papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-294
Scope and Contents

Contains meeting and committee minutes, correspondence and publications documenting the professional life of Dr. William N. Nelson while he was director of Reese Library, Augusta State University

Dates: Created: 1993-2010; Other: Majority of material found in 1993-2010; Other: Date acquired: 06/23/2011

First Bank calendar presentation

 Collection — Container: 1 folder
Identifier: MSS-275
Scope and Contents Documentary of the creation of twelve painting by English artist Bernard Willington depicting pivotal scenes of Augusta History. These paintings were commissioned by Georgia Carolina Bancshares and hang in the main office of First Bank of Georgia at 3527 Wheeler Rd., Augusta Georgia. Disk includes interviews with Patrick G. Blanchard, Vice Chairman, First Bank of Georgia, Frank Christian, local historian, art dealer and photographer, Bernard Willington, English artist and Augusta resident...
Dates: Created: -2007; Other: Majority of material found in 2007; Other: Date acquired: 07/07/2008

Gee family newspaper clipping

 Collection — Container: 1 folder
Identifier: ARCHS-148
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of a single newspaper clipping discussing the history of the Gee family, a prominent family in the state of Georgia.

Dates: Created: 1930; Other: Date acquired: 03/12/2019

Geological maps of Georgia counties

 Collection — Container: 15 items
Identifier: MPS-029
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of geologic maps from 12 Georgia counties, including: McDuffie, Lincoln, Columbia, Glasscock, Emanuel, Jefferson, Jenkins, Richmond, Screven, Burke, Wilkes, and Taliaferro.

Dates: Created: 1947

"Georgia Early Roads and Trails" map

 Collection — Container: 2 items
Identifier: MPS-034
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of 2 copies of a reproduction of Georgia's early roads and trails circa 1730-1895.

Dates: Created: undated

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Names
Campbell, Henry Fraser, 1824-1891 2
Dugas, L. A. (Louis Alexander), 1806-1884 2
Eve, Joseph A. (Joseph Adams), 1805-1886 2
Medical College of Georgia (1950-2011) 2
Tubman H.S. (Augusta, Ga.) 2