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Etta Blanchard Worsley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SMC 198

Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of one notebook-style book entitled Lawyer’s Desk book 1936 that Etta B. Worsley used as a notebook to record her entries and notes from other sources about southern history. She copied copiously from six history books. Included at the back of the notebook are items shown in an exhibit called the Episcopal Church Exhibits Columbus Heirlooms. Worsley was the author of Columbus on the Chattahoochee in 1951.

The books that she cites include: 1) Forsaking All Others by Sylla Hamilton 2) A History of Georgia, from its First Discovery by Europeans to the Adoption of the Present Constitution by Rev. Wm. B Stevens 3) Jefferson Davis’ The Unreal and the Real by Robert McElroy, Vol 1 and II, 1937 4) General Gordon’s Reminiscences of the Civil War by Gen. John B. Gordon, 1904 5) Steamboats on the Chattahoochee by A. M. Bryant 1936

Dates

  • Creation: 1936

Full Extent

1 Folder (1 book)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

This material was found among the Woodall Family materials and was donated to the CSU Archives.

Processing Information

This collection was formally processed and cataloged as MC 53 but in October 2026, it was decided the single volume book should be moved to SMC 198 due to storage concerns. MC 53 now no longer exists.

Cultural context

Topical

Status
Completed
Date
October 2026
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States