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Athens (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:

May Erwin Talmadge collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-029
Overview

Photographs, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, and other materials from the personal holdings of May Erwin Talmadge.

Dates: 1908-1963

Women's Auxiliary to the Medical Association of Clarke County collection

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-031
Overview

Meeting minutes, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to the Women's Auxiliary to the Medical Association of Clarke County. Several references to Crawford W. Long are included.

Dates: 1926-1941

Dr. J. B. Carlton freedmen medical ledger

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31001005173316]
Collection number: MSS-032
Overview

Ledger containing information pertaining to more than 370 African-American patient medical accounts.

Dates: 1867-1872

Altrusa Club of Athens records

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-033
Overview

Records of the Altrusa Club of Athens, primarily covering the activities of the club during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Dates: 1957-1973

Athens-Clarke County Veterans Memorial Plaza Committee collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31001005173639], Folder: 1-29
Collection number: MSS-034
Overview

Materials detailing the planning and fund-raising work of the Athens-Clarke County Veterans Memorial Plaza Committee.

Dates: 1985-1990

Perdue Manufacturing Company records

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-035
Overview This collection collects the records and other files of the Perdue Manufacturing Company, also known as the Perry Brothers Manufacturing company, over the course of their time in business which spans roughly 1940 to 1992. The collection contains business receipts and other pieces of correspondence detailing the sale of items to purchasing companies like Sears and Roebuck, JC Penney, and McRaes. The collection contains two series; the first is filed alphabetically, retaining the order of the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1980; 1940-1992

Fowler Family collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-036
Overview

Correspondence, photographs, and personal ephemera of the Fowler Family of Athens, Georgia, for the most part pertaining to Joel Jackson Fowler and his daughter, Rebecca.

Dates: ca. 1860-1952

Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company collection

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-037
Overview

Meeting minutes of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company from 1857 to 1879, including the signatures of members. Also included is a notice of a meeting held on May 26, 1904, with accompanying signatures.

Dates: 1857-1904

Athens Area Retired Educators Association collection

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-039
Overview

Records, publications, directories, scrapbooks, and other materials pertaining to the Athens Area Retired Educators Association.

Dates: 1960-2015

Millie Dearing collection

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-040
Overview

This collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Mildred “Millie” Lyle Dearing describing her work with the Athens Art Association and the Georgia Museum of Art. Included in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings and other paper materials related to her own artistic endeavors, and her work with Athens Art and Georgia Museum of Art. This collection also includes photographs of Dearing from 1963 and an example of a wedding invitation she designed.

Dates: 1950-1965

Beusse Family collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-041
Overview

Photographs, notebooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous other items from the Beusse Family, most of all Lena Beusse, wife of Henry W. Beusse, an Athens Chief of Police who was the son of Henry Beusse, a German immigrant who became a major political and commercial leader in Athens during the late nineteenth century.

Dates: 1881-1959

C. A. Trussell Motor Company records

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-042
Overview

Records of the C. A. Trussell Motor Company, a Ford dealership in Athens, Georgia, in later years known as Trussell Ford.

Dates: 1935-1964

Gilleland Family collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31001005172375], 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

Gary Doster papers

 Collection
Collection number: MSS-044
Scope and Contents

The collection includes drafts, review copies, and mock-ups of Gary L. Doster's book, A Postcard History of Athens, Georgia, published 2002 by the Athens Historical Society. Some of the documents feature handwritten notes, providing insight into the process of editing and publishing a work of local history.

Dates: 2001-2002

Bernstein Funeral Home records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31001005175535], Folder: 1-4
Collection number: MSS-045
Overview

Photocopies of Bernstein Funeral Home records, 1911-1940.

Dates: 1911-1940

Jack Martin collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-048
Overview

Materials pertaining to Jack Martin’s work as a columnist for the Athens Banner-Herald and portraying Stana Claus in person and on the radio.

Dates: 1946-1972

Athens Community Council on Aging's History of the Station collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-051
Overview

Documents pertaining to the Athens Community Council on Aging’s participation in the Grassroots Arts Program, which led to the creation of The History of the Station, an oral history of the railroad station formerly located on Hoy Street. The Council attained ownership of the building in 1987 and restored it to use as their headquarters.

Dates: 1996-1999

Gayther Plummer collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-052
Overview

This collection mostly pertains to Gayther Plummer's work as a climatologist, including soil surveys, as well as two folders of materials relating to his work with the Georgia Heritage Trust.

Dates: 1901-1988; Majority of material found within 1959-1988

The Foundation for Excellence in Public Education collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-053
Overview

This collection contains materials pertaining to meetings held by members of the Foundation for Excellence in Education in addition to photographs and ephemera from award ceremonies held by the Foundation.

Dates: 1983-2015