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Collection of dry plates

 Collection — Box: 1, Carton: 1-16
Collection number: MSS-027
Overview

Sixteen exposed dry plates featuring pictures of African American families and individuals, the tombstone of Crawford W. Long, and three persons in front of a dam and mill pond.

Dates: ca. 1920
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library

Moore's Ford Memorial Committee collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-12
Collection number: MSS-061
Overview

The collection pertains to the Moore’s Ford Memorial Committee, which operated in Clarke, Oconee, and Walton counties from 1997 to 2004 in response to renewed interest in the 1946 Moore’s Ford lynching. The collection contains meeting minutes and agendas that detail Committee efforts such as annual scholarships and a memorial service for the victims of the lynching; and documents pertaining to the Georgia Historical Society marker at the location of the lynching.

Dates: 1992-2004; Majority of material found within 1997-2003
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library

Records of the Athens branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1-4
Collection number: MSS-068
Overview

The records of the Athens branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History includes minutes, flyers, the charter, and photographs. This is an ongoing collection.

Dates: 2017-2020
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library

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
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library

Jennie L. Mattox collection

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Collection number: MSS-070
Overview

Items donated by the family of Jennie L. Mattox commemorating her work for the community.

Dates: 2019
Found in: Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library

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