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Singer Store Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 259
Scope and Contents

Holdings include loose and bound materials documenting the business activities of a family owned general store from the 1890s through the 1950s. There is a gap in the 1930s when almost nothing is present.

Dates: 1890s-1950s

Sisters of Mercy Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 75
Scope and Contents In 1862 four members of the Sisters of Mercy order left St. Augustine for Columbus, in the midst of the Civil War. They established the St. Joseph's Convent in 1867 and immediately opened a school, which became St. Joseph's Academy. It closed in 1952. They later were associated with Pacelli High School in 1958 and St. Anne's Elementary School, founded in 1961.The collection contains photocopies of secondary material about the Sisters of Mercy in general, a history of the order in...
Dates: 1862-1962

Slade, Swift, Pease, and Davidson Law Firm Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 162
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a yearbook dated 1931, but apparently containing property tax information covering from 1928 to 1932, as well as a typed statement titled Taxes due the City of Columbus [Ga.], as of June 1, 1933

Dates: 1928 - 1933

Sons of the American Revolution Records, Coweta Falls Chapter

 Collection
Identifier: MC 312
Scope and Contents Among the missions of the Sons of the American Revolution were to keep alive the history and memory of Revolutionary War participants, to support American ideals, to educate the young with such things as annual essay and poster contests, to mark and restore the graves of Revolutionary soldiers, to observe such events as Veterans Day, Flay Day, Constitution Week, the anniversaries of Revolutionary battles (such as Kettle Creek) and local naturalization ceremonies to welcome new citizens. The...
Dates: 1972-2018

Southern Black Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: MC 265
Scope and Contents

The Southern Black Oral History Project consists of two boxes of 24 folders of interviews and tapes collected by students in an African American Literature class under the direction of Dr. Noreen Lape.

2007 2 boxes (.6 l.f.)

Dates: 2007

Southern Phenix City Mills Collection

 File
Identifier: MC 488
Content Description

The 4 Hollinger boxes in this collection mostly contain materials related to a supervisor in management of a textile mill. There is a box of machine parts and tools used in the textile weaving trades.

Dates: 1937-1995

Spanish-American War Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MC 342
Scope and Contents This flyleaf of this scrapbook says, "Leo P. Swift. Books of pictures that were in the different papers after the blowing up of the battleship Maine, February 15-1898"The contents of the book consist of numerous newspaper and magazine clippings recounting the sinking of the battle ship Maine in the harbor of Havana, Cuba and the ensuing war between the United States and Spain. The clippings are mounted in an unused check ledger from the account of J. C. McClay on the Exchange of Apalachicola...
Dates: 1898

Spencer Southeastern Map Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC 136
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 17 rare maps of Georgia dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1747 - 1898

Spencer/Torbert Family Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: SMC 141
Scope and Contents

This album consists of 12 leafs with snapshots of an African-American family glued to both sides. The scenes include visits to a beach, a cabin in the woods, numerous family and friends in informal settings and holiday gatherings. None of the photographs is identified, but a few have date stamps from 1956 and 1957. They could document the detailed itinerary of the Torberts’ vacation trip described in the newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1950

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Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 1
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Columbus Public Library 12
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Kyle, F. Clason 5
Waddell , Katherine 4
Jordan, Thornton F. 3
Petri, Marjorie Cargill 3
Thomas, Kenneth H., Jr. 3
Adalbelio, Garcia 2
Banks, Erma D., 1945- 2
Benning, Henry L. (Henry Lewis ), 1814-1875 2
Bullock, Bill (William J. ), 1943- 2
Causey , Virginia E. (Virginia Estes), 1853- 2
Chappell, Loretto Lamar, 1895-1987 2
Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library System 2
Columbus Botanical Gardens (3603 Weems Road, Columbus, GA 31909) 2
DeMarco, Elaine 2
Dews, Carlos L.B. (Carlos Lee Barney), 1963- 2
Galer, Mary Jane, 1924-2023 2
Gates, Sally (Sally Ansley Quillian), 1944- 2
Hudson , Sandra S. 2
Lloyd, Craig, 1940-1922 2
Mahan, Joseph , Dr., Jr., 1921-1995 2
McCullers, Carson Smith, 1917-1967 2
Mealing, Ms. Mollie 2
Nilan , Lenora Woodall 2
Pound, Mr. Murphey 2
Schnell, Frank T. 2
Strub, Anne Cox 2
Tucker, Frances 2
W.C. Bradley Company 2
Alvarado, Alyssa 1
American Association of University Women, Columbus Chapter 1
Anderson, Bruce M. 1
Anderson, Paul A.C. 1
Atkins, Lois 1
Avary, James Floyd 1
Baldwin, Bobby 1
Baldwin, Claude 1
Begner, Jack 1
Belcher, William R. 1
Bergquist, Beryl V. , 1949- 1
Bethel Baptist Church (Columbus, Georgia) 1
Bibb Manufacturing Company, Swift Textiles, Inc. 1
Biggers, Jr., Mrs. James J. W. 1
Black, Clara O'Keeffe 1
Blackmar, A.O. 1
Blackmon, Mary V. 1
Blackmon, Mary V. (Mary Virginia ) 1
Blasingame, Nell Moore 1
Block, Regina Satlof 1
Bradley, W.C. (William Clark), 1863-1947 1
Brinson, Cary O. , 1919-2003 1
Britto, Darby 1
Brooks, Francis Reich, 1914-2014 1
Brown , Mike 1
Brown, Gary L. 1
Browne, J. Rhodes (John Rhodes), 1819-1900 1
Buck , Tom B. , Representative , III (Thomas Bryant ), 1938-2020 1
Buck, Susan 1
Burgin, Helen , 1946- 1
Burnham, Otis B. 1
Burns, James , Dr., 1949-1992 1
Bush , Rebecca 1
Byars, James A. 1
Cannamela, Romolo A. 1
Cargill, Louisa Clinkscales 1
Carr, Virginia Spencer, 1929-2012 1
Carrow-Woolfolk, Dr. Elizabeth 1
Chappell, Absolom H. (Absolom Harris ), 1801-1878 1
Chappell, Delane Dees 1
Chattahoochee Indian Heritage Association 1
Chitwood, Tim 1
Clarke, John Henrik, 1915-1998 1
Coffin, Stephanie 1
Colbert, Rick 1
Colquitt, Kate 1
Columbus Broadcasting Company, Inc. (WRBL) 1
Comer, Laura Beecher, 1817-1900 1
Contrell, Kevin Thomas 1
Craig, Jon (Jon Robert), 1916-2010 1
Crooks, Ken 1
Daniell, Frank, Mrs. 1
Darby, Cecil A. , Jr. , 1924-2017 1
Donahoe, Pat (Patrick J. ) 1
Douglas, Deborah 1
Douglas, Robert 1
DuBose, Louise Jones, 1901-1985 1
Dudley , Augustus B. , Dr. 1
Ellis, Francis (Francis Huguenin), 1926-2003 1
Emington, Louise Stillwell 1
Estate of Murphey Pound 1
Estes, Rusty 1
Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909 1
Fontaine, Francis, 1845-1901 1
Forbes, Lavonda 1
Fuller, Albert F., Jr. (Albert Frederick), 1919-1969 1
Fussell , Fred C. 1
George, Walter F. (Walter Franklin ), 1878-1957 1
Gibson, James 1
Gray, Kenny (Kennith ) 1