General Correspondence, 1984-1989

File — Box: 1, Folder: 11

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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: 1984-1989

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Letter to Georgia Society of Professional Engineers from Carolyn B. Spilman, Secretary/Treasurer, regarding the up-coming of the presentation to Mr. Oscar l. Betts, Jr., P.E.; with a Life membership card, September 17, 1984 Letter to Betts from Jackson B. Harris, President of the Alumni Association of Darlington School informing Betts that he has been selected to receive Darlington's Distinguished Alumnus Award for 1984-1985, September 20, 1984 Photos (3) of Betts at Maynard Ashworth's 91st birthday party, including Betts, July21, 1985 Program of the Heritage Ball, held by the Historic Columbus Foundation, June 14, 1986 Appointment of Betts to the Civilian Military Council Columbus-Fort Benning, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama, October, 1986 G. Gunby Jordan II Remembers . . . : A History of the Jordan Company, 1986 Milestones: A Georgia Tech Campaign Update for Volunteers with announcement of Betts gift of $50,000 to Centennial Campaign, February, 1987 Newspaper clipping from the Columbus Ledger with photograph of Delta's first flight to Columbus in 1947 as former airport commissioner Oscar Betts and former Columbus Mayor Walter Richards standing by, July 1, 1987 Invitation to the high school graduation of the Betts' grandson, Richard Taliaferro Betts on June 3, 1988 Letter to Betts from W. Whitley Hawkins, Senior V.P. Marketing, Delta Air Lines concerning his new membership card for Crown Room privileges through December 31, 1989, 1988 (?) Letter to Betts from W. Whitley Hawkins, concerning his Flying Colonel status with Delta Air Lines, December, 1989