Scope and Contents of the Records The photographs in this collection relate to Atlanta author Medora Field Perkerson. The earliest images, a photograph from 1924, shows Ms. Perkerson seated in the center with other members of the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine, including Margaret Mitchell. Other photographs show Medora Field Perkerson seated with her mother reading Who Killed Aunt Maggie? in 1939; a photograph of her arrival at the 1940 premiere of the movie Who Killed Aunt Maggie? with her husband Angus Perkerson, and a...

Scope and Content The collection is a mixture of newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining primarily to Georgia writers. The clippings and articles include book reviews, speaking engagements, and life events for each author. Some of the authors included in the collection are Wright Bryan, Caroline Miller, Joel Chandler Harris, Flannery O’Connor, Corbett H. Thigpen, Nunnally Johnson, Carson McCullers, Ralph McGill, and Medora Field Perkerson. There are also files pertaining to topics that influenced...

Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the Perkerson family, as well as awards given to Angus Millard Perkerson Jr. and Medora Field Perkerson for their work in journalism. Of particular note is a newspaper article published in Atlanta Journal Constitution Magazine about a letter written by Elizabeth Frances “Lizzie” Perkerson Butler about the impact of the Civil War on her family. She wrote the letter in 1864 but was not...