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.

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A small publication with information about the founding of the Ross Chapel Baptist Church. Includes transcriptions of original deed filings, conference minutes, lists of church officers and members, as well as a narrative history.

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A small ledger book with the minutes of the American Legion Auxiliary of Oconee County, Georgia. There are some inserts within the pages, mostly newspaper clippings about events and meetings of the Auxiliary. Some damage from scotch tape on the cover of the ledger. The pages are discolored, but in good structure.

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A small publication with information about the Bethel Baptist Church in Watkinsville, Georgia. It also includes an overview of church activities during 1984. There are submissions of content from church members and several photos of church activities.

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A self published, hard cover, bound book about the history of the Fall Festival in Oconee County, Georgia. The Fall Festival was started as a fundraiser for the Oconee County Library.

Content Description This series of prints were given to the Oconee County Library by Dr. Roy Ward; we are unsure of the date of the gift. However, the prints were used as at a photography exhibit titled "Turn of the Century Photographs of Watkinsville and Athens by Dr. William M. White, Printed by Dr. Roy Ward April 5-May 4, 1997" displayed at the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia. Each photo print is on photographic paper and mounted on white matting. Some of the prints are framed and displayed within the...