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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
Men's Progressive Club
File
Identifier: MC 391
Scope and Contents
This contains the programs for the annual recognition of the Club's Man of the Year for 1983 through 1996. Also included are: a blank application for membership; a list of Man of the Year recipients from 1950 through1995; an undated newspaper clipping regarding the annual award, and two sheets of paper containing parts of the constitution or perhaps the articles of incorporation of the Club.
Dates:
1983-1996
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
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
Miss Tan Columbus Pageant Collection
Collection
Identifier: SMC 161
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists a single brochure about the event.
Dates:
c.1965
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