Taliaferro Family Genealogical Materials, 1940s – 1980s

File — Box: 3, Folder: 1

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: 1940s – 1980s

Extent

From the Collection: 2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

This folder contains various accounts of the Taliaferro family tracing it back to Norman roots, including chapters from the family history written by the Robert E. Lee Institute of Thomaston, Georgia, newspaper clippings, family letters, photocopies, a photograph labelled "C. F. Taliaferro's House, Columbus, Ga – Batastini's" and other material. There is a cover note dated March 20, 1978 from Sue Taliaferro Betts saying in part ". . . This is virtually all the Taliaferro data I have. Some is messy, some confusing, but after you study it a while, I hope it will come clear!" There are also work sheets for applications to the DAR and other organizations.