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Max Goodley and Wilford C. Foote Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 132
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one small box of materials containing the original manuscripts of Goodley's poems and novels and receipts and papers of Foote, including some personal letters.
Dates:
1920s-1940s
Mayor’s Commission on Diversity Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 168
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises documents collected by Dr. Craig Lloyd while he served on the Mayor’s Commission on Diversity between 1996 and 2000. These papers include documents on the Black Heritage Trail, from subcommittees including the Eugene J. Bullard Memorial and Entertainment Subcommittees, notes and minutes from general membership meetings and papers dealing with the annual International Festival sponsored by the commission.
Dates:
1996 - 2000
1410 Stark Avenue Collection
File
Identifier: MC 448
Content Description
This small collection of one Hollinger box contains the photos of the house at 1410 Stark Ave in Columbus, Georgia, deeds, remodeling contracts, and landscaping plans. The house was occupied the longest by the Browne family, Rhodes and Nina and their children, from 1917 to 1987. Rhodes Browne was once a Mayor of Columbus. Some of these materials had been housed in MC 201. When new materials were added in 2022 in a sealed collection, it was decided to make a new separate collection to be more...
Dates:
1920s-1980s
McPherson Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 422
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 3 boxes, 1 c.f., 1 oversize, and 1 artifact. The materials cover the years from the late 1800s to the 1980s. The collection includes photographs of family members of Blackmar, Bullard and McPherson families, documents, postcards, telegrams from well-known friends, business information and wills. There are a number of signatures of famous people on letters and notes. Blueprints of real estate holding are in the oversize Box 2. Box 3 contains the Shriner’s fez and...
Dates:
1863 - 1983
Merryll Penson School Board Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 78
Scope and Contents
This collection is arranged into two series. The first covers her activities as a member of the board of the Muscogee County School District (MCSD). Among the issues that the school board had to contend with during her tenure were: the change from appointed to elected school boards, the murder of Superintendent John Burns and choosing his successor, on-going desegregation lawsuits and the re-segregation of the public schools in the county. Series 2 covers her activities as the head of the...
Dates:
1974-2004
Metro Columbus Urban League Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 87
Scope and Contents
The Metro Columbus Urban League Collection consists of forty linear feet of material which documents the activities of the MCUL in the Columbus, bi-city area. The collection contains a wide range of materials of evidential and informational value from the MCUL's including letters, publications, and financial data, which date from 1971 to 1996.The first and most voluminous series, Administration, comprises twenty-three (23) linear feet of material. Included are materials that...
Dates:
1971-1996
Mill Worker Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 109
Scope and Contents
The Mill Worker Oral History Collection consists of 41 audio tapes, 29 of which are transcribed, of interviews with employees of textile mills in the Columbus area. Most interviews have typed transcripts, though some are handwritten. The interviews were conducted as part of a class at Columbus State University in 1988. The subjects were employees of the Bibb Manufacturing Company, Swift Textiles, Inc. (Swift Manufacturing Company), Muscogee Manufacturing, Eagle and Phenix Mill, Meritas Mill,...
Dates:
1988
Mitchell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 97
Scope and Contents
The Mitchell Family Papers Collection consists of one box of materials relating primarily to the members of the Mitchell family, Alex, Evans, and Mary Mitchell Lindsay. The collection consists of information about Alex Mitchell's, the candy store in downtown Columbus, and the family members related to the stores' founder. Included are newspaper clippings and personal papers. One of the folders contains original candy recipes from the store, including Dixie Chips and Flapper Food, fondly...
Dates:
1900s-1999; Date materials were donated
Mollie Mealing Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 72
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of sketches, both original and copies of originals, drawn by Mrs. Esther M. "Mollie" Mealing for her volumes of Century Old Houses of Columbus and Vicinity. There is also included a copy of the research done for Georgia old homes, and her book Century Old Houses of Mid Georgia Vol. I. Mollie Mealing was born 8 August, 1916 and died on 11 December, 2009. She lived on Cooper Avenue in the Overlook section of Columbus, Georgia. She was a member of the...
Dates:
1828-2004