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Myrta Lockett Avary photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS279
Scope and Content The collection contains images collected by Avary, including images of Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus Memorial Association members, and portraits of Myrta Avary. Also included are exterior views of Bulloch Hall and Barrington Hall in Roswell, Georgia, and the Wren's Nest in Atlanta, Georgia. Of note are images of a ceremony transferring possession of the Wren's Nest from Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris to the Uncle Remus Memorial Association. Other photographs include Joel Chandler Harris...
Dates: 1870-1917, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center

Perry family correspondence

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS174
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence between the Perry family and extended family members including the Carters and the Chisolms. Transcription is available for the letters dated between 1852 and 1869. The topics include the experiences of the Perry children in school in Monroe, Georgia, as well as plantation and farming life after the Civil War. Other topics include difficulties with freedmen after the Civil War, failing banks in Georgia, poor health, and development in Atlanta.

Dates: 1852-1901, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center

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Avary, Myrta Lockett 1
Barrington Hall (Roswell, Ga.) 1
Bulloch Hall (Roswell, Ga.) 1
Carnegie, Andrew 1
Carter, Laura E. 1
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Carter, Mary A. 1
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 1
Hill, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Harvey) 1
Perry family 1
Perry, Amanda (Minnie) 1
Perry, Clara P. 1
Perry, Cordelia 1
Perry, Grant D. 1
Perry, Jesse M. 1
Perry, Laura L. 1
Price, Francis E. 1
Spalding, Mary Connally, 1877-1953 1
Wren's Nest (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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