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Alston and Glenn family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1262
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers from the Alston and Glenn families of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. These families were joined by marriage when Jack Glenn married Anne Amanda Alston in 1935. The Alston family papers include correspondence and legal documents pertaining to several generations of Alstons. Correspondence features discussions regarding finances, land plot purchases, education, historical society applications, and legal documents such as wills and estate planning. Also...
Dates:
1612-2017, undated; Majority of material found in 1900-1975
Andrew Kohr records of the South Carolina Historic Landscape Initiative
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1071
Scope and Content
This collection contains descriptive landscape surveys and accompanying research material such as correspondence, articles, maps, and garden sketches, which document the history and current condition of historic landscapes included in the project. Surveys included in the collection are from records maintained by landscape architect Andrew Kohr and are primarily from Charleston County, South Carolina. Many garden surveys are associated with a significant individual or house and provide...
Dates:
2014
Augustus A. Solomons photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS337
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs taken by Augustus A. Solomons of the interior and exterior of his home, as well as photographs of him and his daughters.
Dates:
1888
Georgia Power Company records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS363
Scope and Content
This collection contains annual reports, Board of Directors' minutes, a property inventory, and notes on the Hatton Shoals development on the Tugaloo River. Also included are loose-leaf pages to the Georgia Power Company's Atlanta Transportation System series of franchises and ordinances, as well as booklets and manuals associated with the Transportation System and its employees. Annual reports cover the company's interests in the Railway, Electric, Gas, Steam Heat, and Operating...
Dates:
1903-1975, undated
J. Newton Bell, Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1133
Scope and Content
This collection contains articles, certificates, and handwritten notes from the professional career of J. Newton Bell. Also included in the collection are landscape architecture contract templates and plant resources such as catalogs and tree lists. Of special interest is a proclamation by the mayor of the City of Griffin, designating February 17, 2005 as J. Newton Bell, Jr. Day.
Dates:
1950-2005, undated
James R. Cothran papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS989
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains research materials collected by James R. Cothran including seed and nursery catalogs; information regarding botanists, naturalists, landscape designers and architects, and landscape architectural firms; horticultural, gardening and landscape topics; historic gardens of the Southeast region; and professional materials including correspondence, papers authored, and awards received. The collection consists primarily of photocopies of research material including seed and...
Dates:
1744-2012, undated
John Howard Stine papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS852
Scope and Content
This collection contains a wide variety of technical manuals, operation logs, and repair guides. These were designed to assist engineers in diagnosing and correcting problems on the Southern Railway locomotives of the 1940s and 1950s. Other articles include newspaper clippings and magazines on the history of Southern Railway, personnel rosters, train schedules, and some of Stein's personal papers.
Dates:
1881-1989, undated
Mathews and Joor family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS219f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of personal letters from Ann (Mathews) Joor, the daughter of John Mathews, about the death of "Edward" and from William Joor about a troublesome slave. There are receipts from William Joor and Jonathan Cooper about the transfer of the slave from Savannah, Georgia, to Charleston, South Carolina. Also included are business letters between John Mathews and his cousin, Optimus Hughes, about the sale of James Island.
Dates:
1816-1848, undated
Mildred Calhoun Wick manuscript
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS835
Scope and Content
This collection contains a manuscript titled "Living with Love, 1896-1985: An Autobiography by Mildred Calhoun Wick (Great Granddaughter of John C. Calhoun)." The manuscript was published under the title Living with Love in 1986 by Serendipity Press.
Dates:
1986
South Carolina Railroad Company ticket
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS325f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a fare ticket for the South Carolina Railroad Company.
Dates:
1873
Southeastern garden clubs collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1117
Scope and Content
This collection contains programs, guidebooks, and yearbooks for garden clubs mostly from south Georgia, but also from Alabama, South Carolina, and other southern states. Material provides details of membership, meeting programs, flower shows, and constitution and by-laws. Some items document club histories, achievements, activities, and civic projects. Included in the collection are annual meeting and convention programs from The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Of special interest are...
Dates:
1929-current
Southern Railway records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1257
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created by Southern Railway, and records created by its predecessor railroads, railways, and companies. Records include annual financial and inspection reports, meeting minute proceedings, construction contracts, correspondence, publications, and company ephemera.The bulk of the materials are Southern Railway contracts and the predecessor records. More than 3,000 contracts illustrate the history of the company through the construction of train...
Dates:
1828-1996, undated
Thornton-McCandless family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS343
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, certificates, and other genealogical materials pertaining to the Thornton and McCandless families.
Dates:
1845-1977, undated
William H. Parkins manuscript
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS167
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a handwritten autobiographical narrative of William H. Parkins titled Hiding Out or the Adventures of a Confederate Conscript: A Thrilling Narrative of the War Between the States. A revision of his diary, commencing with the secession debates in South Carolina in 1860, continuing until Parkins crossed the picket lines in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1864. The narrative is 430 pages and ends with Parkins catching a train to New Albany,...
Dates:
1885
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