General Correspondence and other materials, 1990-2007

File — Box: 1, Folder: 12

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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: 1990-2007

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Photograph of a portrait of Betts by Bo Bartlett, 1990 (?) Letter to Betts from C.J. Cooper, Commission Chairman, Columbus Metropolitan Airport, concerning a plaque "acknowledging your contribution to making this community's airport what it has become", August 19, 1991 "50 Years Remembered", articles from Columbus Ledger Enquirer concerning the Ralston Hotel, December 8, 1991 Newspaper clippings, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer about the death and funeral of G. Gunby Jordan II, July, 1994 Betts Appreciation Certificate, Brookstone School, April 28, 1995 Photograph of Betts, August 15, 1997 Funeral program of Robert Barkely Betts, Jr. a cousin of Buster Betts, April 24, 2001 Obituaries of Calloway Hill "Cal" Peddy, Jr. and his wife Carol Green Peddy, who were both killed in a plane crash in Mt. Airy, North Carolina on September 20, 2002 Program of a Columbus Museum Gallery Walk with the Artist [Hugh Williams of Auburn, Alabama] and a thank-you card to Betts III attached for their support of the exhibit in honor of Richard H. Taliaferro, February 26, 2006 Letter to Buster from Judy Gaines (?) about family history, November 13, 2007