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E. Merton Coulter collection, 1916-1955

 Series — Box: 4, Folder: 19
Collection number: MSS 016.014

Scope and Contents

The monograph was published by the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission. The reprinted articles are as follows: "Effects of Secession Upon the Commerce of the Mississippi Valley"; "The Efforts of the Democratic Societies of the West to Open the Navigation of the Mississippi"; "Planters' Wants in the Days of the Confederacy"; "The Attempt of William Howard Taft to Break the Solid South"; "What the South Has Done About Its History"; "Edward Telfair"; "The Great Savannah Fire of 1820"; "Boating as a Sport in the Old South"; "Wanderings of a Painting: The Alonzo Church Portrait"; "A List of the First Shipload of Georgia Settlers"; "William Bacon Stevens: Physician, Historian, Teacher, Preacher"; "Nancy Hart, Georgia Heroine of the Revolution: The Story of the Growth of a Tradition." All except the Nancy Hart article are autographed by Coulter.

Dates

  • 1916-1955

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Conditions Governing Access

This collection has no restrictions. This collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required. Apply in the Heritage Room for access. The exception is the Order of the Eastern Star collection, the directories included in which list the personal addresses and phone numbers of members. These directories are not available to the public.

Biographical / Historical

Ellis Merton Coulter was an historian of the Southeast and Georgia. He taught at the University of Georgia from 1919 to 1958 (serving as chair of the history department from 1940 until retirement), writing numerous books, journal articles, and newspaper columns. A defender of the Confederacy, Coulter persistently supported the controversial racist interpretation of Reconstruction that was popular in the United States through the first half of the Twentieth Century. However, he also wrote numerous books and articles of more lasting value, for example studies of obscure figures in Georgia history and a book on local legends, The Toombs Oak, the Tree That Owned Itself, and Other Chapters of Georgia. He served as the editor of the Georgia Historical Quarterly for decades and was a founding member and first president of the Southern Historical Association.

Extent

.0525 Linear Feet (One of eight folders in a full legal document box)

Additional Description

Overview

Twelve pamphlets of articles reprinted from the Georgia Historical Quarterly, the Journal of Southern History, and the Mississippi Valley Historical Review; and a monograph, Georgia and the Constitution: Georgia in the Making and Ratification of the Constitution of the United States.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Unknown

Related Materials

E. Merton Coulter collection of songs, MSS 016.023

E. Merton Coulter personal papers, MSS 1710, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries

E. Merton Coulter manuscripts, MSS 1750, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries

E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection, MSS 2018, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries

E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection II, MSS 2345, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries

E. Merton Coulter pamphlet collection, MSS 2334, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries

Bibliography

Bailey, Fred Arthur. “E. Merton Coulter (1890-1981).” New Georgia Encyclopedia, http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/e-merton-coulter-1890-1981.

Physical Description

Good

Subjects

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library Repository

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