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Columbus Volunteer Roster Letter

Collection

Identifier: SMC 146

Scope and Contents

A 1904 letter from J.E.F. Matthews to his cousin John. S. Matthews detailing how he came into possession of a roster of soldiers who served in Company C of the 17th Regiment “Columbus Volunteers” of the Georgia Infantry of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Enclosed in this letter is a letter J.E.F. Matthews received from J.F. Beckwith, containing the list of Columbus Volunteers.

Dates: 1904

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Columbus Water Works Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC 241

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of financial and administrative records of the company.

1905-1959 23 oversized items (6 l.f.)

Dates: 1905-1959

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Columbus Women's Study Clubs Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC 85

Scope and Contents

This collection contains printed annual programs and some club records for the following organizations: Delta Kappa Gamma; the Junto Club (1924-1956); Orpheus Club (1906-1906); the Philonian Club (1924-1977); the Student's Club (1895-1980); the Women's Reading Club (1888-1977); and Wynnton Study Club.

Dates: 1888-1980; Other: Date materials were donated

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Columbus/Ft. Benning Postcard Collection

Collection

Identifier: SMC 121

Scope and Contents

This small collection of 9 postcards features four scenes from Columbus and five of Fort Benning. These include Columbus High School; Greetings from Columbus, Georgia; Chattahoochee River by moonlight; Goat Rock Dam and Power House; Entrance to the Infantry School; Russ Pool; Officers’ Quarters on Lumpkin Road; U.S.O. Club and the Service Club # 1 on Fort Benning.

Dates: 1940s-1960s

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Confederate Monument Cornerstone Speech

Collection

Identifier: SMC 188

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one 6-page speech given at the laying of the cornerstone for the Confederate Monument by James M. Mosby, Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge of Georgia in 1879.

Dates: 1879

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Confederate Naval Museum Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC 403

Scope and Contents

This collection contains newspaper articles about the museum, official newsletters, and administrative documents including meeting minuets and feasibility studies.

Dates: 1983-2017; Majority of material found within 1995-1997

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Confederate Salvage Association

Collection

Identifier: MC 8

Scope and Contents The Collection consists of materials generated during the projects to raise the Ironclad Muscogee and the fantail of the gunboat Chattahoochee and to establish the James W. Woodruff, Jr. Confederate Naval Museum, as it was known at that time, where these artifacts are housed. The collection contains correspondence (5 file folders), a minute book (1976-1974), a ledger book listing volunteer workers, and an audio tape “The Last Hope, the Story of the Gunboat Muscogee”, used on a radio show....

Dates: 1933 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1974

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Confederate Veteran Publication

Collection

Identifier: SMC 180

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a single issue of the Confederate Veteran magazine from February 1901, Vol. IX, No. 2. The issue contains articles regarding Confederate monuments in Mississippi, Richard B. Alley and his flag, remanence of life and relationships during slavery, spotlights on individuals, and general information on Civil War Veterans reunions and organizations.

Dates: 1901

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Contract of Indenture

Collection

Identifier: SMC 144

Scope and Contents Robert Mills Gunby was born in Georgia in 1811 and married Jane Louise Beall. He served on the board of directors for the Bank of Columbus in 1856, owned a R.M. & Company, a grocer, with Edward Croft in 1859-1860. The grocer was located at 116 Broad Street. W.H. Young, Gunby’s brother-in-law owned and operated the Eagle Factory and made Robert the president. He remained in that position until 1865 when it was destroyed by Wilson. Robert Mills Gunby died in 1885 in Columbus, Georgia and...

Dates: 1851 January 25

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Cookbooks and Publications by Area Businesses in Columbus

Collection

Identifier: MC 437

Content Description

This collection consists of the cookbooks and other publications from many Columbus area businesses including The United Cities Gas Company, the 1st National Bank, the 4th National Bank, Char-Broil, Bradley Company, Kwik Check Stores, Wells Dairy, Colonial Stores, and Kinnett’s Dairy.

Dates: c.1962-1990s

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

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Columbus Volunteer Roster Letter

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Confederate Veteran Publication

Contract of Indenture

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