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Erna Lee Mason papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1234
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an unbound scrapbook and records collected by Erna Lee Mason about her farm and the Mason family. The scrapbook includes photographs, deeds, correspondence, brochures, and ephemera. Farm records document maintenance and finances, such as acreage reports to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and tree upkeep. The collection also includes newspaper clippings about the Spanish-American War, Glover Cleveland’s presidency, and President Roosevelt’s economic policies.

Dates: 1878-1985, undated

Meriwether County cotton ginner's record book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS921f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a record book from an unidentified cotton ginnery in Meriwether County, Georgia. The records include details such as date of ginning, customer name, pounds of cotton ginned, prices paid, and assigned bale numbers. Fertilizers such as guano (made from the excrement of birds and bats), corn mix, and soda are noted in the records.

Dates: approximately 1912

Thompson and Glover Families Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS204
Scope and Content This collection documents the activities of various members of the Thompson and Glover families who lived in Madison, Monticello, and Atlanta, Ga., primarily Catherine Thompson, Will Glover Thompson, Emily Fish Glover, Sallie [Sarah] Glover, and Eli Glover. Materials include correspondence of Sallie Glover with friends and family regarding school, sicknesses, clothes, and family visits. A few letters reference the commotion and disturbance of the Civil War. Correspondence of Catherine...
Dates: 1839-1961