General Correspondence and other materials, 1980-1983

File — Box: 1, Folder: 10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This material details the personal and professional activities of Oscar L. Betts, Jr. and, to a lesser extent, Oscar L. Betts, III (known as Buster), as well as R. H. Taliaferro, the father of Buster's wife, Sue Malone Taliaferro. These papers are arranged in three two series: Series 1 – The Betts Family; Series 2 – The Taliaferro Family and Series 3 – The Crawford Family. Within each series items are generally arranged chronologically, with Betts, Jr. and Betts III materials filed together. Within the Betts series there are three sub-divisions: Association of the United States Army (AUSA); Rotary Club; Spirit of Fort Benning Award.

Among the Betts' areas of interest are such subjects as the Ralston Hotel, the Columbus Airport (also known as the Muscogee County Airport and the Municipal Airport), the Highway 27 Association, Fort Benning, World War II, the Rotary Club, the AUSA (Association of the U.S. Army), the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, The Jordan Company, Tom's Foods, etc.

Among the Taliaferros' areas of interest are Jordan Vocational High School, Taliaferro's retirement in 1967, his fundraising for Brookstone (Trinity) School, other Columbus civic organizations and the genealogies of the Crawford family of R. H Taliaferro's wife, Harriet Crawford.

The scrapbooks kept by both Oscar Betts, Jr. and R. H. Taliaferro are in very poor physical condition.

Dates

Other: 1980-1983

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Letter from the Columbus College Alumni Association inviting Buster and Sue to the 10 annual Recognition Banquet where Alma Taliaferro McGee would be named an Honorary Alumnus, April 30, 1981 Letter to Sue Betts from Penny (?) with a copy of a Malone family history attached, May 7, 1981 Letter from Congressman Jack Brinkley to Betts, thanking him for his earlier letter, July 22, 1981 Letter to Betts from David C. Garrett, Jr. enclosing Betts' complimentary Delta Crown Room Club membership for 1982-1985, 1981 Letter to Betts from J. Daniel Hanks mentioning the death of Thomas M. Flournoy, and events at Darlington School, October 13, 1983 Letter to Betts from Suzy and Pete Gilbert inviting him to become a member of the J. J. Darlington Society, which requires a commitment to donate $1,000 per year to the school, October 14, 1983 Letter from Betts to Dr. and Mrs. Peter G. Gilbert telling them that he is leaving a trust worth nearly $100,000 to Darlington and as an octogenarian and semi-retired, his donor-days have reached an end, October 17, 1983 Anniversary card from President Ronald and Mrs. Nancy Reagan, November 30, 1983 History of the Country Club of Columbus 1909-1983, 1983 Britt Family Record by Kittie LeBlanc of Los Angeles, California in 1983 along with various birth certificates and other documents attached, 1983