Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, booklets, and newspapers, the majority of which were collected by, or pertain to, the life and work of Madison Bell. The correspondence spans Bell's adult life; most are addressed from family and friends. Documents relate to his family and his career. The booklets pertain to Georgia law, Bell himself, and Georgia's secession from the Union. Items of particular note are a muster roll from the 30th Georgia Cavalry Battalion, posters advertising...

Scope and Content Accumulated by collector William B. Reeves, this collection contains a reward poster and two letters to Charles Dickson, the sheriff of Jonesboro, Georgia. The reward poster is dated December 20, 1910 and offers a fifty dollar reward for James P. Lovelace who deserted from the U.S. Army on December 13, 1910 from Fort Riley, Kansas. One of the letters is from C.W. Mangum, the Fulton County sheriff, and gives the name of a black prisoner in the Fulton County jail that Charles Dickson was...