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Gilleland Family collection
Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-7
Collection number: MSS-043
Overview
A wide selection of materials pertaining to the Gilleland family, largely known because John Gilleland invented a double-barreled cannon during the Civil War.
Dates:
1847-1970
Al Hester papers
Collection
Collection number: MSS-069
Overview
Research files of Al Hester, a professor of journalism at the University of Georgia who later in his life wrote extensively on Athens history. The files pertain to the planning and writing of three books: Enduring Legacy: Clarke County Georgia's Ex-Slave Legislators Madison Davis and Alfred Richardson; Putting On Blue: Confederates from the Athens, Georgia, Area Who Became Galvanized Yankees; and Athens Memories: The W.P.A. Federal Writers’ Project Interviews; and related historical topics....
Dates:
1980-2017; Majority of material found within 1998-2017