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Bethel Baptist Church of Columbus, Georgia

Collection

Identifier: MC 275

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two boxes of minutes and reports, photographs, programs, correspondence and membership information.

1829-2009 2 boxes (2 l.f.)

Dates: Majority of material found within 1829 - 1909

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Bethel Primitive Baptist Church of Phenix City Records

Collection

Identifier: MC 206

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of minute books, financial records, meeting minutes and membership records of the church and associations to which it belonged.

Dates: 1880s-1996

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Bettie Lane Whitaker Nisbet Diary

File

Identifier: MC 220

Scope and Contents

She kept this diary from December of 1869 to January of 1875. Besides recording news of the day, such as the death of Charles Dickens, and numerous aphorisms, she noted the weather, visits made and received, and her views on life. December, 1869-January, 1875 1 reel of microfilm (.3 l.f.)

Dates: 1869-1875

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Betts/Taliaferro Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC 149

Scope and Contents This material details the personal and professional activities of Oscar L. Betts, Jr. and, to a lesser extent, Oscar L. Betts, III (known as Buster), as well as R. H. Taliaferro, the father of Buster's wife, Sue Malone Taliaferro. These papers are arranged in three two series: Series 1 – The Betts Family; Series 2 – The Taliaferro Family and Series 3 – The Crawford Family. Within each series items are generally arranged chronologically, with Betts, Jr. and Betts III materials filed...

Dates: 1860 - 2010

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Betty Britto Papers

File

Identifier: MC 431

Scope and Contents These materials include Britto’s teaching materials, her plays and drafts, records of her work with the Columbus Arts Council, speeches and presentations and other documents relating to her work with the arts in Columbus. They are arranged in the following series:Series 1 – Organizations These include the Columbus Council of Arts; Springer Academy Series 2 – PerformancesSeries 3 –...

Dates: 1970s-2010s

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Betty D. Berne/McCullers Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC 408

Scope and Contents

This material includes typescript drafts of the musical version of McCullers’ Broadway play, The Member of the Wedding, as well as two one act plays, The Exquisite Psycho and the Sunless Sea. In addition there is a draft, with heavy editing in Berne’s handwriting, so of which is in shorthand. Also included is a small amount of correspondence (mostly fan mail). Finally there is a folder relating to Virginia Spenser Carr and her biography of McCullers.

Dates: 1965-1976

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Betty Kinnett Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC 246

Scope and Contents

These materials mostly relate to 19th century land transactions in and around Muscogee County, Georgia.

1827-1914, 1944 1 box (.3 l.f.)

Dates: 1827-1914, 1944

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

Bibb City Historical Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC 166

Scope and Contents John S. Lupold accumulated this collection in 2002 while teaching in the CSU History Department. It focuses on the founding of Bibb City in 1903 and the subsequent history of the mill town. Included are minutes of the town council, maps, photographs, history student papers on various subjects pertaining to Bibb City and oral history transcriptions of interviews with residents. This is an invaluable collection for anyone doing research on the town of Bibb City in Muscogee County,...

Dates: 1903-002

Found in: Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections