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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
Microforms
Item
Identifier: Microforms
MidTown, Inc. Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 358
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
Minnie Jewett Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: SMC 193
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of one scrapbook assembled by Minnie Jewett in about 1886. The scrapbook was presented to her by her friend F. Haddock, March 19, 1886 of Hatchechubbee, Alabama. Her cuttings include newspaper clippings, poetry, and flowers. Her wedding announcements are in the scrapbook. Every other page has cutouts from magazines or cards. An interesting page shows the cornerstone of the confederate monument in Montgomery on April 28, 1886. This scrapbook is housed in the...
Dates:
1886
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
Mrs. Dexter Jordan 78-RPM Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 106
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately twenty 78-rpm albums of commercially produced classical music. Other materials in this donation were transferred to the music library, and a few albums of Harry Kruger conducting the Bowling Green State University Symphony Orchestra are placed with his collection.
Dates:
1940s-1950s
Mrs. Harman Wayne Patterson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 157
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a history of the U.S.S. Bridgeport, genealogical information, photographs, and a history of the marine barracks in Washington, DC
Dates:
1870 - 1975
Mrs. Pauline Johnson Feimster Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 158
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of financial records of the Johnson and Feimster families, mostly from the 1940s and 1950s.
Dates:
1910 - 1956