Finding Aids to Archival Collections

Below is an alphabetical listing of links to finding aids of collections at the Georgia Historical Society. This list of links is a work in progress. Please consult the online catalog or the library and archives staff for additional resources. (Links are not viewable in Internet Explorer)

 

A

 

John D. Adams letter of administration, 1885 MS 2275

Ervin E. Addy letter, 1862 MS 1510

Charles Afflebaum collection of letters from Georgia Episcopal bishops, 1847-1955 MS 1915 

Albertson family letters, muster roll, and photograph, 1863-1865 MS 2  

Alexander Drug Company ledger, 1910-1912 MS 1526

Robert Allen land grant and plat maps, 1753, 1787 MS 1953

Anderson and Pape family photograph album, circa 1870s-1890s MS 1946

George T. Anderson cartes-de-visite, circa 1861-1865 MS 2356

Georgia Anderson commonplace book, 1860-1863 MS 1900

Jefferson Randolph Anderson letter, 1910 MS 2056

Paul Anderson papers, 1955-1992 MS 2143

Andersonville prison photographs, circa 1900 MS 1774

John H. Angell collection of research materials on the LeConte family, 1932-1935 MS 1929

Ardsley Park/Chatham Crescent Neighborhood Association records, 1992-2000 MS 1939

Armstrong Atlantic State University commencement program, 1937 MS 2306

Robert Armstrong diary, 1865 MS 1803 

Elizabeth Arndt collection of Chatham County archaeological reports, 1990-1991 MS 1814

Elizabeth Arndt collection of Works Projects Administration recreation programs and reports, 1938-1941 MS 2339

Askin's Clothing Store advertisements, circa 1920s MS 1988

Atlanta Gas Light Company records on Athens, Augusta, Griffin, Macon, Rome, Savannah, Valdosta, and Waycross, 1857-2002 MS 1881

Atlantic Primitive Baptist Churcy records, 1923-1982 MS 1834

 

B

 

A.B. letter, 1864 MS 20

Lawrence E. Babits papers, 1980-1990 MS 1511

Col. Edwin H. Bacon biography, circa 1930s MS 2253

Bacot family genealogies, 1839-1946 MS 2358

Anne J. Bailey and Walter J. Fraser, Jr. collection of United States Civil War photographs and related materials, 1855-1996 MS 2362

Ivan Bailey Olympic Games sailing venue torch sculpture sketches, 1995 MS 1756

Margaret L. Bailey papers, 1950-1952 MS 2343

Joseph S. Baker letter and broadside, 1863 MS 1033

William H. Baker, Jr. papers, 1936-1937, 1999 MS 2254

Mrs. William P. Baldwin research materials on Fort Frederica and Savannah, Georgia, 1743 MS 2293

Lucian N. Barlow letters and land grant, 1863-1864 MS 1352

Nathan Crawford Barnett letter, 1873 MS 1844

Elizabeth D. Barr collection of Georgia postcards, 1908 MS 1966

Marion H. Barnett papers, 1915-1918 MS 2222

Bayles family scrapbook, 1875-1910 MS 1831

H. L. Beck letter, 1935 MS 1977

Mrs. Philip W. Beckwith collection of photographs, 1899-1910 MS 2264

Griffin B. Bell papers, circa 1952-2009 MS 2305

Lallie Dozier Benkoski papers, 1905-2003 MS 1691

Robert Bernett letter, 1880 MS 2170

Ruth Louise Beville collection of Beville and McIntosh family papers, circa 1840-1970 MS 2245 

Burroughs, Berrien, and Falligant family photographs, 1880s, 1969 MS 1439 

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard carte-de-visite, circa 1860 MS 1761

John W. Bentley letters, 1861-1862 MS 66  

Emma Rebecca Berry scrapbook, circa 1870s-1880s MS 1528 

Fred A. Birchmore papers, 1935-1939 MS 1616

J.C.C. Blackburn letter, 1862 MS 56

George Adams Blount papers, 1846-1917 MS 2105

Bogardus family letters, 1865 MS 1122

Lillian Bolton collection on Georgia's Bicentennial Celebration, 1933 MS 1810

Photograph of Bonaventure Cemetery, 1900 MS 2384

Boring family papers, 1832-1932 MS 1793

John W. Boston letter, 1864 MS 1779   

Stephen Will Bourquin family genealogy materials and cased photograph, 1860s-2008 MS 1812

Allie Goodwin Myrick Bowden papers, 1923-1992 MS 1897

Joe Bowers letter, 1864 MS 1034

Patricia Bravo research materials on the John Reedy and related families, 1975-1977 MS 1869 

Broadside advertising Richard Nixon's visit to Savannah, 1970 MS 1979

Ernest L. Brown letter, 1915 MS 2276

John Aubrey Brown collection of calling cards and invitations, 188401887 MS 1556 

Joseph Emerson Brown letters and engraving, circa 1860-1870 MS 94

Miriam J. Brown papers, 1957-1974 MS 2144

Bryan County wild land digests and tax digests, circa 1871-1901 MS 2274 

Mary Ricketson Bullard papers on Cumberland Island, Ga., 1972-1993 MS 2028

Bureau of Refugees, Freemen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1869 MS 5915 

Burroughs and Berrien family photographs, circa 1900s MS 2062

C. Ann Butler letter, 1865 MS 114

Butts family land grants, 1820-1884 MS 1842 

S. H. M. Byers sheet music, 1865 MS 1948

Byrom family papers, 1815-1944 MS 2132

 

C

 

Jesse A. Cail resolution, 1930 MS 1888

James R. Cain diary, 1898 MS 2318

Ezekiel Noble Calhoun letters, 1830-1832 MS 1762 

Camp Gordon panoramic print, 1918 MS 2303

Camp Hancock photograph, 1917 MS 2324 

Jehu Neal Carter papers, 1857 MS 1802

William C. Caruthers Confederate States passport, 1863 MS 1932 

Cassels Company records, 1905-1941 MS 2070

Center for Low Country Studies archaeological records, 1982-1990 MS 1816 

Central of Georgia tracks diagrams, 19th century MS 2368

Lucy Chambers papers, 1944-1963 MS 1470 

Inez Tiedeman Chapin photographs, circa 1900, 1962 MS 1937

John H. Chapman accounts, 1826 MS 2072 

Mary Lucile Chapman research materials on Joseph Habersham, circa 1960 MS 1424

Charlton family genealogies and coat of arms, 1900s MS 2091 

Chatham Artillery photograph, 1917 MS 2315

Chatham County Environmental Forum resolution, 1992 MS 1759 

Chatham County Jail prisoner volumes, 1884-1891 MS 1851

Chatham County Jail records, 1895 MS 2380 

Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission architectural drawings and scrapbooks, 1961-1994 MS 1591

Chatham Crusade for Progress records and political cartoons, 1952-1962 MS 2349 

Elizabeth Chilcote photographs, 1920-1947 MS 1858

Children's Botanical Garden of Tiles records, 1994-1997 MS 1967 

Marina P. and Nick Chiotellis genealogical research materials on Greeks in Savannah, Ga. and the surrounding area, 2007 MS 1910

Frank Chisholm notebooks, 1835-1902 MS 1843

Christ Church photographs, 1920-1983 MS 1960

City Hotel architectural drawings, 1984 MS 2350

City Lights Theater Company records, 1983-1999 MS 1943

City market architectural drawings, 1870 MS 2338

City of Birmingham (Ship) scrapbook, 1923 MS 2304

Civil War Centennial Commission of Savannah and Chatham County records, 1960-1961 MS 2041

Civil War soldier report, 1863 MS 18

Clarke and Clarke architectural drawings of the Pink House, 1938 MS 2345

Clarke and Clarke Home builders scrapbook, 1926 MS 2266

Clarke County (Ga.) records, 1851-1886 MS 1887

Cleburne genealogical volume, 1907 MS 2390

Butler King Couper, Jr. papers and military uniforms, 1924-1972 MS 2336

F. Wylly Clarke memoirs, 2002 MS 2317

Edward de Clifford Chisholm papers, circa 1870s-1930s MS 1527

Howell Cobb letters, 1855 MS 1785

James H. Cobb, Jr. photographs, circa 1930s MS 1437

Cockspur Island Lighthouse photograph, undated MS 2301

Collection of Georgia travel brochures, maps, and pamphlets, 1920s-1960s MS 2039

Collection of records on the Landings on Skidaway Island, 1987-2002 MS 1998

Collection of slides of colonial and Confederate Georgia currency, circa 1970s MS 2052

Collier and Comer families papers, 1828-1975 MS 2372

Charles A. Collins papers, 1917-1919 MS 1848

Colonial Park Cemetery archaeological dig photographs and artifact list, 1957 MS 2309

Adrian B. Colquitt collection of photographs, circa 1870s-1930s MS 2061

Alfred H. Colquitt papers, 1844 MS 1777

Confederate States Army and Navy Surgeons Association records, 1874-1889 MS 167

Confederate States of America Army, 1st Battalion, Georgia Sharpshooters muster roll and orders, 1863-1864 MS 213

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 1st Infantry Regiment, Company A receipts, 1864 MS 291

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 1st Infantry Regiment, Company D returns and payroll, 1864 MS 292  

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 3rd Brigade, 9th Regiment, Company B muster roll, 1861-1862 MS 1270

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 3rd Infantry Regiment, Company C history and company roll, after 1865 MS 293

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 13th Brigade, Company A muster roll, 1862 MS 1271

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 26th Infantry Regiment, Company K muster roll, 1864 MS 295

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 47th Infantry Regiment records, 1862-1864 MS 296

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia 63rd Infantry muster roll, 1863 MS 1175

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia Infantry Battalion 20th, Company B roster and Oglethorpe University student register, circa 1900 MS 2067  

Confederate States of America Army, Georgia State Troops, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade morning reports, 1861-1862 MS 290

Confederate States of America Army, Pulaski Guards roster, 1861 MS 294

Confederate States of America Army Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence return of provisions, 1861-1863 MS 168

Confederate States of America Army records, 1862-1864 MS 169

Confederate States of America Army v. Morris demurrer, circa 1863 MS 1771

Confederate States of America Congress legislative act and resolution, 1862-1864 MS 1040

Confederate States of America General Hospital No. 4 ledger and essay, 1863-1864 MS 171

Confederate States of America Navy records, 1863-1865 MS 170

Conn family papers, 1866-1913 MS 1514

James M. Cook obituary and photograph, 1894 MS 1807

Elizabeth B. Cooksey collection of Coastal Management Board records, 1976-1982 MS 2348

Polly Cooper collection of theater programs, 1916-1926 MS 1986

Robert Lee Cooper letters, 1894-1941 MS 1855

James E. Cope collection on Edward F. Lovell, circa 1864-1865 MS 2036

James E. and Mary L. Cope collection of photographs, circa 1880s-1898 MS 2053

Ted Costin collection of photographs, circa 1920s MS 2277

Butler King Couper collection of genealogical research materials on the Eve, Smith, and Pritchard families, 1948-1963 MS 1457

Couper and Wylly family papers, 1722-1955 MS 1872

Joseph Crandon, Jr. letter, 1865 MS 1782

Cunningham and Lawton family papers, 1860s-1970s MS 1444

 

D

 

David Yulee Dancy papers, 1891-1912 MS 2244

Eldon Earle Davidson records on Savannah International Airport, 1958-1995 MS 1552

Archibald Kimbrough Davis research files on Civil War blockade running, circa 1860-1990 MS 1776

Robert S. Davis, Jr. papers, 1980-1990 MS 2234

Varina Davis letter, 1865 MS 2113

Margaret Debolt collection of Emma Rylander Law photographs and biographical information, circa 2007, undated MS 1923

Democratic Primary of 1908 photographs, 1908 MS 2327

Richard Dennis invoice, 1799 MS 2068

DeSoto Diamond Jubilee Ball program, 1965 MS 2271

Diamond Manufacturing Company records, 1959-1987 MS 1549

Vince Dooley papers, 1950s-2004 MS 2363

John Michael Doyle diary, 1881-1883 MS 1861

Katherine Morrell Driscoll letters, 1942-1947 MS 1795

Madeline Dub certificates, 1898, 1901 MS 1632

D.G. Duncan and William Duncan letters to Godfrey Barnsley, 1850-1851 MS 1736

S.C. Dunning letter, 1821 MS 1904

DuPont family papers, 1890-1973 MS 1884

Agnes Durden papers, 1981-1994 MS 2141

 

E

 

Ebenezer (Ga.) list of lot owners, 19th century, MS 2366

Ebenezer (Ga.) photographs, circa 1882-1894 MS 2247

Effingham County Fair records, 1962, 1970 MS 2278

Ehrlich family papers, 1949-1956 MS 2027

John MacKay Elliot papers, 1900 MS 2212

Robert Emms Elliott letter, 1847 MS 1497

Stephen Elliott and John Barnwell Elliott papers, 1842-1867 MS 2360

Englerth family papers, 1868-2005 MS 1886

English-Speaking Union records, 1928-1989 MS 1865

Erwin & Hardee broadside, 1860 MS 2082

Count d'Estaing memoir, circa 1785 MS 2112  

Hamlin Walpole Etheredge scrapbook and biographical materials, 1902-2009 MS 2392

Evangelist broadsides, undated MS 1839

Everett family papers, 1869-2008 MS 2393

 

F

 

Faries and Earnst families papers, 1790-1985 MS 2377

Farr family papers, 1859-1972 MS 1443

Fashion Show on Wheels photographs and article, 1952 MS 2369

George Fawcett collection on the history of the Savannah Sugar Refinery, 1982-1991 MS 2346

Felton Coleman Farrar family gravesite photographs, circa 2006 MS 1921

Jane A. and Edwin J. Feiler, Jr. collection of Leadership Savannah records, 1964-1984 MS 1835

Jane A. Feiler collection of Arts Ashore Inc., records, 1993-1998 MS 1992

Thomas H. Fendley videotape and outline on the Savannah Police Department, 1997 MS 2279

E.D. Fennell correspondence, 1863-1864 MS 251

Reed T. Ferguson research materials on John Couper, 1987-1994 MS 1908

Laurice E. Fetzer photograph, 1988 MS 2280

First African Baptist Church (St. Catherine's Island, Ga.) records, 1843-1908 MS 1763

First Baptist Church of Savannah charter of incorporation, 1801 MS 1484

Michael Flake testimonial, 1787 MS 2241

Charles E. Flanders papers, 1850-1896 MS 1422

Floyd family land indenture, 1802 MS 2300

Picot B. Floyd collection of Floyd and Boisfeuillet family papers, 1758-1980 MS 2044

John F. Floyd letter, 1864 MS 1800

Maude Bryan Foote papers, 1886-1900s, MS 1862

George Bryan Forman letter, 1861 MS 259

Thomas Marsh Forman photograph, late 1800s MS 1811

Fort Screven Christmas card, circa 1898-1918 MS 2223

Ira R. Foster letter, 1864 MS 274

Frewin, Stevens, and Taylor family papers, 1802-1999, MS 1909

Thomas Fussell indenture, 1772 MS 2202

 

G

 

William M. Gabard photograph, 2007 MS 1965

William Gainer deed, 1810 MS 1954

Courtney Gaines collection of photographs, circa 1920 MS 2267

Stickney S. Gale letter, 1865 MS 1780

Murray Galin collection of legal documents for properties in Savannah, Ga., 1930-1974 MS 2176

Benjamin Gammon letter, 1876 MS 2224

C.E. Gay, Jr. diary, 1904 MS 1805

John W. Geary letters, 1858-1865 MS 2030

Georgia and Florida Railway Company bond, 1914 MS 1534

Georgia Bicentennial scrapbook, 1933 MS 2092

Georgia Chemical Works agreement with Mrs. H.C. Griffin, 1863 MS 1821

Georgia Consumer Finance Association photograph, 1951 MS 2326

Georgia Department of Natural Resources records on Ossabaw Island, 1997, 2002 MS2147

Georgia Field Artillery, Battery A poster, 1916 MS 2311

Georgia Historical Society collection of Arthur Joseph Funk papers, 1962-1968 MS 2031

Georgia Historical Society collection of broadsides, 1746-1976 MS 1361-BS

Georgia Historical Society collection of maps, 1500s-1987 MS 1361-MP

Georgia Medicine Company invoice book, 1894-1901 MS 2283

Georgia Military Officers Association of America records, 1964-2006 MS 2005

Georgia Ports Authority records, 1950-2000 MS 1949

Georgia Salzburger Society invitation, 1934 MS 2251

Georgia Salzburger Society records, 1992-1997 MS 1930

Georgia State College of Agriculture photographs, 1929 MS 1947

Georgia Volunteers 28th and 55th regiments muster rolls and other documents, 1862-1863 MS 1806

German Friendly Society records, 1931-1937 MS 1931

Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Gibson photograph, circa 1920 MS 2286

Gignilliat family daguerreotypes, circa 1850s MS 1945

Marvin B. Gillis research materials on Georgia families, 1989-2000 MS 1860

Gilmer family papers, 1878-1881 MS 2225

Irma Ginsberg property documents, 1938-1949 MS 1845

Glynn County Citizens' Council letter and membership application, 1964 MS 2252

Dora Golinski indenture, 1891 MS 1429

Hugh Stiles Golson research materials on Laurel Grove Cemetery, circa 1900s, 1991-2004 MS 1974

Thomas Goulding letter, 1804 MS 1885

James H. Grady papers, 1936-1945 MS 1905

John Graham claim, 1776-1789 MS 1830

Rosa Lee Grant photographs, 1918-1922 MS 1770

Griswold, Grant collection of photographs in downtown Savannah, Ga. circa 1970s MS 2310

L.J. Guilmartin and Company receipts, 1865 MS 1765

Gunn and Meyerhoff West Congress Street revitalization architectural drawings, 1965 MS 1757

 

H

 

Robert Habersham letters, 1839, 1867 MS 1661

Edward Hahn research materials on the Georgia Calvary 5th Regiment, 1950-1996 MS 1850

Lyman Hall court summons, 1786 MS 1486

Hampton Lillibridge House architectural drawings, 1962 MS 2319

Hamilton, Hardeman & Co. broadside, 1843 MS 1829

James Hamilton deed, 1814 MS 2352

Cornelius R. Hanleiter commonplace book, 1836-1861 MS 2115

Harley family scrapbook and postcard, 1861-1878 MS 1773

Jean B. Harper collection of Georgia postcards, 1906-1940 MS 1826

Harris and Hall family papers, circa 1823-1900 MS 1798

Harris family papers, 1836-1950s MS 2295

Robert Hamilton Harris letters, 1862-1864 MS 2135

Harrison family commonplace book, 1868-1911 MS 1874

Harriss family letters, 1864-1865 MS 2260

Harold J. Hart papers, 1943-1945 MS 1840

H. B. Hathaway letter, 1824 MS 2181

Foreman W. Hawes papers, 1942-1982 MS 2159

Benjamin Hawkins Viatory, 1954 MS 2365

Henderson family scrapbook, 1889-1972 MS 2354

Hendon family bible, 1847 MS 1878

Hermitage Plantation photograph, undated MS 2302

Fanny Hickman emancipation act, 1834, 1840 MS 1760

E. L. Hicks postcards, 1918 MS 2331

Historic Savannah Foundation collection of architectural drawings, 1994-1997 MS 2291

Historic Savannah Foundation collection of lantern slides, circa 1900s MS 2090

Historic Savannah Foundation proposal for the Scarbrough House, 1972 MS 2078

Hitch family papers, 1900-1930 MS 2364

Thomas Holcombe letters, 1863 MS 47

Hodgson Hall (Savannah, Ga.) stereoview, 1901 MS 1833

Honduras National Lottery Company lottery ticket, 1896 MS 1983

John Bell Hood cartes-de-visite, circa 1861-1865 MS 2357

George B. Hooks papers, 1958-2008 MS 1783

John Hopkins loyalist claim, 1784 MS 1477

Hotel DeSoto photographs and menus, 1941 MS 2272

Hotel De Leitch account book, 1909 MS 1895

Sarah Houstoun letter, 1832 MS 2193

R. S. Howard records of the Georgia Water Quality Control Board, 1966-1977 MS 4900

Mildred Nix Huie Girl Scout photograph, circa 1912 MS 1922

Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church records, 1908-1988 MS 1473

Robert M. Hull scrapbook, circa 1925-1927 MS 2169

John J. Hunt papers, 1929-1931 MS 1997

 

I

 

Independent Order of Odd Fellows photograph, 1905 MS 2329  

Independent Presbyterian Church photographs, 1868 MS 2297

International Association of Machinists records, 1947 MS 1820

Mary S. Irwin Wood papers, 1886-1924 MS 1366

 

J

 

J. T. Walker and Company sales receipts, 1879-1889 MS 2231

James Jackson letter, 1792 MS 2229

Emory L. Jarrott collection of architectural drawings, 1950-1966 MS 2359

Herschel V. Jenkins photographs, 1944-1956 MS 2334

Lucy Jenkins and Will Showers photographs, circa 1950s MS 1769

Victoria Jenkins scrapbook, 1952 MS 2333

James Longstreet Sibley Jennings, Jr. collection of Georgia letters and accounts, 1758-1846 MS 1942

James Longstreet Sibley Jennings, Jr. papers, 1777-1996 MS 2335

Charles J. Johnson, Jr. manuscript, 1996 MS 2289

Malcolm A. Johnson land grant, 1832 MS 1824

Jones family genealogies, 1942 MS 2353

George Fenwick Jones maps and photographs on Georgia Salzburgers, circa 1700s-1900s MS 1924

George Fenwick Jones memoirs and research materials, 1733-2001 MS 2175

R.G. Jones letter, 1861 MS 1030

Seaborn Jones broadside, 1846 MS 2256

William Jones pardon, 1865 MS 449

Juchter family photographs, 1900 MS 1481

Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace program, 1956 MS 2322

 

K

 

Julia Blanch Munroe Kell papers, 1838-1908 MS 1794

Charles Barrington King receipts, 1858-1867 MS 2093

John Pendleton King letter, 1853 MS 2191

Aileen Knaebel genealogical papers on Bryan County (Ga.) families, 1800-1993 MS 2385

Gladys M. Knapp papers, 1916 MS 1449

Kaye Kole collection of Savannah, Ga. deeds, 1885-1919 MS 2166

Ronald Kolman architectural drawings, 1992 MS 2083

Ku Klux Klan of Georgia membership applications and reports, 1947-1948 MS 1819

Diane Kuhr papers, 1978-1985 MS 2108

 

L

 

Ladies' Literary and Art Society invitation, circa 1880s-1900s MS 2236

Ladies Memorial Association broadside, 1879 MS 2258

Mabel Freeman LaFar genealogical research materials, 1908-1940 MS 2124

G. B. Lamar papers, 1862-1872 MS 2190

Landmark Motor Lodge and Restaurant postcard, 1961 MS 1964

Mills B. Lane I letters, 1935 MS 2269

Mills B. Lane, Jr. papers, 1912-1989 MS 1914

W. W. (Westley Wallace) Law letter, 2001 MS 2316

Fannie Lawson letter, 1863 MS 1083

Alexander R. Lawton account book, 1883-1896 MS 2296

Lawton Protectors resolution, muster roll, and song, circa 1864 MS 1093

Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation records, 1922-1998 MS 1599

Leadership Savannah records, 1964-1981 MS 1835

Lebanon Plantation framed photograph, circa 1930s MS 2282

George R. Lee letter, 1862 MS 1637

William G. Lee inspector's license, 1902 MS 2292

Robert LeHow collection of antebellum and Civil War era currency, 1854-1864 MS 1841

Letter regarding January 1865 fire in Savannnah, Ga., 1865 MS 1896

Letter to Morris Island, 1863 MS 19

Jacqueline and Stanley H. Levine collection on the history of the Savannah Sugar Refinery, 1991 MS 2347

B. H. Levy papers, 1982-1998 MS 1911

John Oliver Judson Lewis letter, 1864 MS 493

Abraham Lincoln autograph, 1863 MS 1468

John Lindsey deed, 1796 MS 1899

Aden Lippincott letters, 1862-1863 MS 2259

Hazel M. Livingston research materials on Screven County, Ga., 1956 MS 2313

Lockwood family photograph album, 1890s MS 1975

Helen Dortch Longstreet broadside, circa 1911-1913 MS 2257

Lizzie Loomis letter, 1862 MS 499

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, Inc. records, 1987-1998 MS 1951

Mrs. David Lyle collection of photographs and invitations, 1888-1894 MS 2069

Lynes Realty Company records, 1953-1964 MS 1995

John Lytjen papers, 1915-1993 MS 2337

 

M

 

Leonard L. Mackall letter, 1928 MS 1978

Malcolm Maclean speeches, circa 1966 MS 1847 

Georgia H. McAlpin account book, 1885-1909 MS 2167

John McCorkle correspondence, 1863-1864 MS 961

Bartley McCrary letter, 1862 MS 519 

McCrimmon and McRae family papers, 1824-1928 MS 1875  

Henry C. McKeithen genealogical research materials, 1969-1995 MS 1901

James Henry McKenna, Jr. papers and McKenna Supply Company account book, 1940-1998 MS 1750

Andrew Jackson McKibbins letters and paper money, 1861-1863 MS 1431

Archibald C. McKinley diary transcription, 1986 MS 1471

John N. McLaughlin memoirs and photograph, 1965-1991 MS 2330

J.M. McNeel letter, 1864 MS 536

Georgia Adams Rathbone McPherson scrapbook, 1893 MS 1554

Don Juan McQueen papers, 1779-1803 MS 1786

Kern and Emily Maass collection of photographs and programs, 1971-1999 MS 2026

L.P. Maggioni and Company records, 1883-1982 MS 1893

John Mallory bill of sale, 1845 MS 1868

R. B. Mallory business papers, 1923-1945 MS 1952

Marshbank family collection of Georgia postcards, 1906-1912 MS 1827

Van Jones Martin photographs, circa 1974-1983 MS 1376

James H. Mason letters, 1861-1862 MS 547

St. Elmo and Alice May Massengale scrapbooks, 1901-1919 MS 2367

Matted plate of Savannah, Ga., circa 1870s-1890s MS 2328

David L. Meddin records on 18 East Oglethorpe Avenue (Savannah, Ga.), 1967-1981 MS 1892

Arthur Adonel Mendonsa, Jr. papers, 1915-2000 MS 1772

Johnny Mercer sheet music, 1931-1941 MS 1813

Bill Merrick papers and videocassette, 1996-1997 MS 2215

Midnight in the garden of good and evil arachitectural drawings, 1997 MS 2074

John Milledge letter, 1793 MS 1796

F. H. Miller receipt, 1864 MS 2220

Charles Mills papers, 1906-1969 MS 2378

Frederick William Mingledorff, Jr. family papers, 1849-circa 2000s MS 1991

Walter Lee Mingledorff, Jr. papers, 1958-1959 MS 2155

Anne Mintz collection of Girl Scouts Troop 1 records, 1919-1962 MS 2351

Francis L. Mobley letters, 1861-1864 MS 1822

Catherine R. Moirai papers, circa 1940-2008, MS 1775

Mohr and Tussey family deeds, 1850-1859 MS 1854

Monroe family photographs and clippings, circa 1920s-1939 MS 2150

Theodorick Wingfield Montfort letters, 1862 MS 571

Joseph Thomas Mooney photographs, circa 1908-1918 MS 2160

Elfrida Barrow Moore collection on the renovation of the Forsyth Park fountain, 1977-1988 MS 1976

Moore family papers, 1802-1830 MS 2214

Moran family papers, 1952-1997 MS 2040

Morehouse and and Scott family papers, 1936-1973 MS 1913

Morgan family papers, 1911-2008 MS 2294

A. Lee Morse collection of photographs of Georgia politicians, circa 1960s-1968 MS 2268  

Christmas Moultrie photograph and article, 1979 MS 2270

Shelby Myrick collection of American Revolutionary War payrolls, 1775-1783 MS 2020

Mysterious Savannah Doorway scrapbook, 1962-1963 MS 2388

 

N

 

National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage broadsides, 1917-1919 MS 1804

National Museum of Roller Skating collection of Georgia roller-skating rink stickers, circa 1940s-1950s MS 1838

National Society Colonial Dames of America in the State of Georgia genealogy files, 1775-1980 MS 1755

Anna Juchter Nease collection of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #330 and Ladies Auxiliary records, 1930-1999 MS 2255

Francis Nelson estate records, 1839 MS 2177

Neufville family daguerreotypes and genealogies, circa 1860s-1870s, circa 1970s MS 2323

John Jacob Nevitt scrapbook, 1861-1864 MS 586

Nightingale family photographs and postcards, circa 1880s-1921 MS 1227

Charles R. Noegel papers, 1914-1999 MS 2389

Northen family photograph albums, circa 1908-1914 MS 2320

Sherman Norwood Children's Home, Savannah photograph album, 1942 MS 2376

 

O

 

Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah advertisement, circa 1890s MS 1917

Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah architectural drawings and photographs, 1914-1951, MS 1832

William Oglebay indenture, 1817 MS 2009

James Edward Oglethorpe autograph and print, 1727, udated MS 2265

Daniel J. O'Leary collection of photographs and pamphlets regarding telephone service in Savannah, Ga., 1909-1926 MS 2037

George E. Oliver papers, 1954-1989 MS 1859

Louisa Heeth Olson research materials on migration from Dorchester, England, 1951-1982 MS 2180

Steve Oney papers, 1896-2009 MS 2361

Opera Study Club records, 1912-1979 MS 1867

Will Orange payroll stub, 1913 MS 1963

Hortense M. Orcutt papers, 1904-1922 MS 1503

122nd Ordnance Company, Camp Wheeler (Ga.) photograph, 1918 MS 2375

George S. Owens memorandum of agreement, 1869 MS 1918


P

 

Pape School records, 1910-1955 MS 2004

Papot family papers, 1836-1930 MS 1792

Parent and Child Development Services, Inc. records, 1840-1988 MS 1920

Albert Parker certificates, 1928-1951 MS 1916

Samuel B. Parkman indenture, 1835 MS 2015

Dr. Elisha Parsons letters, 1876-1884 MS 1836

Patrick O. Shay & Associates, Inc. records regarding 423 Bull Street, Savannah, Ga., 1994 MS 1985

Patterson family papers, 1752-1762, 1855-1973 MS 2248

Perkins family papers, 1899-1960 MS 1459

Joseph B. M. Perkins business papers, 1910-1911 MS 1883

Lovick Pierce letter, 1826 MS 1788

Photocraft records, 1937-1973 MS 2102

Sarah N. Pinckney genealogy files and research materials on Georgia cemeteries, 1930s-2009 MS 1969

C.S. Plank military records, 1864 MS 621

Marie Monroe Barney Postell papers, 1865 MS 629

William Gibbons Preston architectural drawings of the Union Society building, circa 1888 MS 2284

T.L. Prevette Civil War song lyrics, circa 1862 MS 637

J.T. Price letter, 1831 MS 1766

Printing plate of the Old Harbor Light (Savannah, Ga.), circa 1900s MS 2059

Prison Times, 1865 MS 638

Charles H. Prout research materials on Georgia governors, 1990-1991 MS 1797

E. H. Pughe business card, circa 1860s-1880s MS 1936

Pye family papers, 1900-1938 MS 1863

 

Q

 

Winifred Quarterman income bond, 1928 MS 1419

 

R

 

Ruby A. Rahn research materials on Savannah Area steamboats, 1957-1967 MS 2002

Emily G. Ravenel visitors' book, 1943-1944 MS 1925

Ravenel family papers, 1830-1988 MS 1828

Mary Helen Ray papers, 1963-2000 MS 2261

Beth Lattimore Reiter collection of Ardmore, Ardsley Park, and Chatham Crescent neighborhood records, 1909-1985 MS 1940

Daniel Remshart deed, 1819 MS 1871

Research materials on various Georgia locations, 1997-2001 MS 1959

Julie Houstoun Resor collection of Houstoun family and Charles Mallory papers, 1787-1961 MS 1524

Rev. John S. Reynolds research materials on John Reynolds, 1981-1994 MS 1987

Joab Roach letters, 1863-1864 MS 1019

Robert and Company architectural drawings, 1946 MS 1472

Gordon A. Roberts genealogical research materials on the McLendon family, 1958-1994 MS 1919

George Robertson, Jr. letters, 1861-1864 MS 664

John H. Robertson collection of photographs, 1928-1944 MS 2340

Michael S. Robertson, Sr. papers on Windsor Forest, 1955-1976 MS 1790

Kenneth and Christine Rounsley collection of papers regarding the Antwerp Naval Stores Company, 1913-1938 MS 1980

Victor A. Royal report on Elba Island, 1971 MS 2076

Henry Russell sheet music, 1840 MS 2017

 

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Emanuel Saloshin indenture and receipt, 1887 MS 1474

Phil Sanford daybook, 1876-1878 MS 2095

Philip J. Saraf collection of Carmichael House papers, 1939, n.d. MS 2213

Savannah and Atlanta Railway Company ledger, 1939-1945 MS 2262

Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce scrapbooks, 1971-1976 MS 2237

Savannah Area Convention and Visitors Bureau records, 1970s-2006 MS 2273

Savannah Art Association records, 1976-1997 MS 1849

Savannah Bank and Trust Company records, 1869-1982 MS 1882

Savannah Board of Trade records, 1918-1921 MS 1938

Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education grade books, 1900-1915 MS 2341

Savannah Cottage and Improvement Company stock certificates, 1891-1902      MS 1417

Savannah Cotton Exchange photograph, 1909 MS 2199

Savannah, Florida, and Western Railway letter, 1881 MS 2084

Savannah (Ga.) and Bluffton (S.C.) black and white photographic negatives and proofs, 1947-1963 MS 2381

Collection of Savannah (Ga.) and Washington, D.C. photographs and photograph reproductions, 1930-1959 MS 2382

Savannah (Ga.) area and national stock certificates, 1907-1921 MS 2379

Savannah Historic District Board of Review records, 2000 MS 1877

Savannah Historic District Board of Review records on the Kramer Building, 2004-2005 MS 2023

Savannah Linen Supply Company photographs, circa 1900s-1920s MS 1955

Savannah - Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center architectural drawings, undated MS 2287

Savannah Olympic Support Council records, 1989-1997 MS 1856

Savannah Opportunity School photograph, 1934 MS 2025

Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864 MS 701

Savannah Sand Gnats baseball cards, 2006 MS 1973

Savannah Shipyards, Inc. records, 1943-1949 MS 2016

Savannah Symphony Orchestra records, 1950s-2003 MS 1990

Savannah Symphony Women's Guild records, 1975-2003 MS 1889

Savannah Typographical Society resolution, 1862 MS 33

Savannah Union Society Company architectural drawings, 1941 MS 2288

H.M.S. Scarborough ships' log, 1775-1776 MS 1846

William Scarbrough articles of association and copartnership, 1818 MS 1490

William E. Scarborough collection on the Baston Aero Yacht project, 1984-1985 MS 1799

Victor G. Schreck collection of Chatham County property records, circa 1730s-1920s, MS 1906

Fred Schulze scientific diary, 1967-1979 MS 1467

Nancy Scott-Chaffin collection of Georgia postcards, 1911-1915 MS 1837

John Screven military orders, 1864 MS 497

Edwin R. Sharpe papers, 1861-1869 MS 1485

Don F. Sharpley photograph album, circa 1910s-1920s MS 1982

Patrick O. Shay & Associates, Inc. records regarding 423 Bull Street, Savannah, Ga., 1994 MS 1985

Mordecai Sheftall letter and payroll, 1780, 1782-1793 MS 2047

Sheftall Sheftall letter, 1781 MS 2046

Sam Shenkman collection of L. P. Maggioni and Company order postcards, 1946-1950 MS 2243

Shriner's oyster roast photograph, 1906 MS 2198

Sibley and Jennings family papers, 1845-1980 MS 2099

Sibley, Jennings, and Erwin family papers, 1839-1986 MS 1933

Dr. Lauren B. Sickels-Taves research materials on tabby, 1994-1995 MS 1994

S. Simpson collection of photographs, 1889-1930s MS 1972

Carrie Bell Sinclair letters and poem, 1864 MS 731

Alva Sinks letter, 1864 MS 732

Jefferson W. Sirmans tax returns, 1942-1945 MS 1970

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography collection of architectural drawings, 1977-1982 MS 2298

Alice Smith scrapbook, 1854-1902 MS 2387

Diana L. Smith photographs of Hermitage Plantation, 1935 MS 1673

Elizabeth B. Smith letter, 1861 MS 910

Jay W. Smith certificate, 1968 MS 2171

Julia Floyd Smith and Strachan family papers, 1941-1993 MS 2383

Julia Floyd Smith papers, 1957-1986 MS 1501

M. F. Smith collection of architectural drawings and maps, 1920s-1960s MS 1469

Nancy K. Smith collection of Georgia hospital postcards, 1906-1960 MS 1808

Stephen J. Smith collection of research materials on the Savannah Police Department, circa 1860s-1997 MS 1944

Solomons Company records, 1900-1965 MS 1989

M. J. Solomons bank notes, letters, and bills of sale, 1782-1864 MS 2221

Gilbert Moxley Sorrel cased photograph, circa 1863-1864 MS 1717

Southland Oil Company records, 1951-1962 MS 1512

Denis Spelman military order, 1865 MS 1857

Frank W. Spencer papers, 1935-1979 MS 1928

S.P.B.J.M.B. letter, 1863 MS 17

Bryan Springthorpe research materials on Reverend Paul Hoornstra, 1930s-1990s MS 2263

James Stallings letter, 1782 MS 2065

Bess D. Stanley genealogical research materials, 1952-1981 MS 1455

Frank C. Stanton collection of Savannah Olympic Support Council records, 1991-1996 MS 1935

W. F. Stark papers, 1862 MS 1791

Wellington W. Starr insurance renewal receipt, 1909 MS 2207

Steamship Savannah Replica Commission records, 1963-1974 MS 2174

Alexander Hamilton Stephens photograph, circa 1874 MS 2060

James Stephenson receipts for bounties on wolves, 1737 MS 2209

Joseph Stiles estate inventory, 1838 MS 2145

Stirk family papers, 1726-1857, 1992 MS 2312

Albert H. Stoddard audiocassettes and transcripts, 1951 MS 1488

Richard M. Stone research materials on the naval stores industry, 1945-1950 MS 1466

Stonewall Register, 1865 MS 766

Samuel Hollingsworth Stout papers, 1863-1865 MS 767

Marcellus Augustus Stovall scrapbooks, 1861-1863 MS 1047

Eleanor Knorr Strain genealogical research materials, 1962-1985 MS 1519

Strobhar family papers, 1897-1939 MS 2158

W. G. Strobhar indenture, 1924 MS 1898

Byron Daniel Stuart diary, 1861-1862 MS 1553

Sumter (Confederate Cruiser) payroll, 1861 MS 779

Anne Gordon Sweat collection of photographs, 1886-1910 MS 1926

Sweat family papers, 1868-1884 MS 2391

 

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Wendy Tajc collection of photographic slides, 1957-1956 MS 1971

Talmadge Memorial Bridge aerial photograph, circa 1960s MS 2307

Talmadge Memorial Bridge architectural drawings, 1986-1987 MS 2299

Artie Taylor commonplace book, 1858-1882 MS 1902

Dimey Taylor bond, 1817 MS 1508

Jones F. Taylor papers, 1941 MS 1993

W. S. Taylor letter, 1860 MS 1852

Teague family bible, 1806-1850 MS 2123

Telfair Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association records, 1933-1994 MS 1912

Arnold Tenenbaum papers, 1982-2000 MS 1894

Francis Tennille land grants and letters, 1790-1793 MS 2164

H. F. Thaxton letters, 1922 MS 2151

Tiller family papers, 1868-1968 MS 1903

Ivan Rexford Tomkins photographs, circa 1950s MS 2194

Traub family papers, 1950s-2005 MS 1873

Tremont Park Corporation ledgers, 1953-1978 MS 1950

Trezise family papers, 1864-1948 MS 1823

Rita Trotz collection of photgraphs, circa 1930s-1950s MS 2308

Trustees' Garden Club scrapbook, 1965-1977 MS 1941

Robert E. Tucker photographic slides and photographs, 1964-1977 MS 1809

W. Champneys Tunno, Jr. photograph album, 1969-1999 MS 1968

W. Turner letters, 1883 MS 1870

 

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Unidentified cartographer's diary, 1936 MS 1890

Unidentified Civil War Union soldier letter, 1864 MS 2355

Unidentified diaries, 1931-1932 MS 1981

Unidentified family photograph, circa 1870-1896 MS 2373

Unidentified scrapbook, 1912-1920 MS 1958

Print of an unidentified woman, 1900-1910 MS 2344

Union Civil War soldier's letter, 1865 MS 893

R. F. Urquhart letter, 1865 MS 820

U.S.S. Constitution photograph, 1931 MS 2134

 

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Francois Didier Petit de Villers letter, 1818 MS 2097

 

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Irene Bird Wade commonplace book, 1876 MS 1482

Jacob Waldburg pardon, 1865 MS 1961

Jacob Waldburger deeds, 1795-1796 MS 1962

J. T. Walker and Company sales receipts, 1879-1889 MS 2231

John Elihu Waller correspon

 
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