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

 

Ervin E. Addy letter, 1862 MS 1510

 

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

 

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

 

Georgia Anderson commonplace book, 1860-1863 MS 1900

 

Jefferson Randolph Anderson letter, 1910 MS 2056

 

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

 

Robert Armstrong diary, 1865 MS 1803 

 

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

MS 1814

 

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

 

Lawrence E. Babits papers, 1980-1990 MS 1511

 

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

 

Nathan Crawford Barnett letter, 1873 MS 1844

 

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

 

Bayles family scrapbook, 1875-1910 MS 1831

 

Lallie Dozier Benkoski papers, 1905-2003 MS 1691

 

Boring family papers, 1832-1932 MS 1793

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Fred A. Birchmore papers, 1935-1939 MS 1616

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

Butts family land grants, 1820-1884 MS 1842

 

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

 

C

 

 Jesse A. Cail resolution, 1930 MS 1888

 

Ezekiel Noble Calhoun letters, 1830-1832 MS 1762

 

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

 

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

 

Chatham County Environmental Forum resolution, 1992 MS 1759

 

Chatham County Jail records, 1884-1891 MS 1851

 

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 Lights Theater Company records, 1983-1999 MS 1943

 

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

 

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

 

Charles A. Collins papers, 1917-1919 MS 1848

 

Alfred H. Colquitt papers, 1844 MS 1777

 

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

 

Conn family papers, 1866-1913 MS 1514

 

James M. Cook obituary and photograph, 1894 MS 1807

 

Robert Lee Cooper letters, 1894-1941 MS 1855

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Richard Dennis invoice, 1799 MS 2068

 

Diamond Manufacturing Company records, 1959-1987 MS 1549

 

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

 

E

 

Englerth family papers, 1868-2005 MS 1886

 

English-Speaking Union records, 1928-1989 MS 1865

 

Count d'Estaing memoir, circa 1785 MS 2112  

 

F

 

Farr family papers, 1859-1972 MS 1443

 

Felton Coleman Farrar family gravesite photographs, circa 2006 MS 1921

 

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

 

Fire Engine Company No. 3 (Savannah, Ga.) records, 1936-1937, 1939-1940 MS 1957

 

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

 

Charles E. Flanders papers, 1850-1896 MS 1422

 

John F. Floyd letter, 1864 MS 1800

 

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

 

Thomas Marsh Forman photograph, late 1800s MS 1811

 

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

 

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William M. Gabard photograph, 2007 MS 1965

 

William Gainer deed, 1810 MS 1954

 

Stickney S. Gale letter, 1865 MS 1780

 

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

 

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

 

Georgia Ports Authority records, 1950-2000 MS 1949

 

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

 

Gignilliat family daguerreotypes, circa 1850s MS 1945

 

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

 

Irma Ginsberg property documents, 1938-1949 MS 1845

 

Dora Golinski indenture, 1891 MS 1429

 

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

 

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

 

Hamilton, Hardeman & Co. broadside, 1843 MS 1829

 

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

 

Harrison family commonplace book, 1868-1911 MS 1874

 

Harold J. Hart papers, 1943-1945 MS 1840

 

Hendon family bible, 1847 MS 1878

 

Fanny Hickman emancipation act, 1834, 1840 MS 1760

 

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

 

George B. Hooks papers, 1958-2008 MS 1783

 

John Hopkins loyalist claim, 1784 MS 1477

 

Hotel De Leitch account book, 1909 MS 1895

 

Mildred Nix Huie Girl Scout photograph, circa 1912 MS 1922

 

Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church records, 1908-1988 MS 1473

 

I

 

International Association of Machinists records, 1947 MS 1820

 

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

 

J

 

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

 

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

 

Malcolm A. Johnson land grant, 1832 MS 1824

 

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

 

Juchter family photographs, 1900 MS 1481

 

K

 

Julia Blanch Munroe Kell papers, 1838-1908 MS 1794

 

Gladys M. Knapp papers, 1916 MS 1449

 

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

 

L

 

Landmark Motor Lodge and Restaurant postcard, 1961 MS 1964

 

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

 

Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation records, 1922-1998 MS 1599

 

Leadership Savannah records, 1964-1981 MS 1835


George R. Lee letter, 1862 MS 1637

 

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

 

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

 

Abraham Lincoln autograph, 1863 MS 1468

 

John Lindsey deed, 1796 MS 1899

 

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

 

M

 

Malcolm Maclean speeches, circa 1966 MS 1847 

 

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

 

Georgia Adams Rathbone McPherson scrapbook, 1893 MS 1554

 

Don Juan McQueen papers, 1779-1803 MS 1786

 

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

 

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

 

John Milledge letter, 1793 MS 1796

 

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

 

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

 

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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

 

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

 

O

 

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

 

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

 

George E. Oliver papers, 1954-1989 MS 1859

 

Opera Study Club records, 1912-1979 MS 1867

 

Will Orange payroll stub, 1913 MS 1963

 

Hortense M. Orcutt papers, 1904-1922 MS 1503

 

George S. Owens memorandum of agreement, 1869 MS 1918

 

P

 

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

 

Dr. Elisha Parsons letters, 1876-1884 MS 1836

 

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

 

J.T. Price letter, 1831 MS 1766

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

S

 

Emanuel Saloshin indenture and receipt, 1887 MS 1474

 

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

 

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

 

Savannah Historic District Board of Review records, 2000 MS 1877

 

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

 

Savannah Olympic Support Council records, 1989-1997 MS 1856

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Southland Oil Company records, 1951-1962 MS 1512

 

Denis Spelman military order, 1865 MS 1857

 

Frank W. Spencer papers, 1935-1979 MS 1928

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

W. G. Strobhar indenture, 1924 MS 1898

 

Byron Daniel Stuart diary, 1861-1862 MS 1553

 

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

 

T

 

Artie Taylor commonplace book, 1858-1882 MS 1902

 

Dimey Taylor bond, 1817 MS 1508

 

W. S. Taylor letter, 1860 MS 1852

 

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

 

Arnold Tenenbaum papers, 1982-2000 MS 1894

 

Tiller family papers, 1868-1968 MS 1903

 

Traub family papers, 1950s-2005 MS 1873

 

Tremont Park Corporation ledgers, 1953-1978 MS 1950

 

Trezise family papers, 1864-1948 MS 1823

 

Trustees' Garden Club scrapbook, 1965-1977 MS 1941

 

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

 

Robert E. Tucker, Jr. collection of Savannah, Ga. photographs, 1964-1965 MS 1839

 

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

 

W. Turner letters, 1883 MS 1870

 

U

 

Unidentified cartographer's diary, 1936 MS 1890

 

Unidentified scrapbook, 1912-1920 MS 1958

 

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W

 

Irene Bird Wade commonplace book, 1876 MS 1482

 

Jacob Waldburg pardon, 1865 MS 1961

 

Jacob Waldburger deeds, 1795-1796 MS 1962

 

Walton and Charlton family papers, 1840, 1928 MS 1758

 

John Elliott Ward letter, 1900 MS 1789

 

Wells and Dunn promissory notes, 1853 MS 1907

 

J.R. White letter, 1864 MS 1801

 

John White power of attorney, 1824 MS 1456

 

Wilkes County slave records, 1812-1861 MS 1781

 

Wilkinson family legal documents, 1826-1909 MS 1778

 

Williams and Hill family bible, 1867 MS 1879

 

Elizabeth deC. Wilson collection of Wilson family papers, 1943-1997 MS 1927

 

Mahla Kent Wilson collection of photographs and school yearbooks, 1885-1989 MS 1934

 

Wilson family papers, 1885-1990 MS 1891

 

Shadrach Nicholas Winkler, Jr. diary, 1857 MS 1784

 

Work Projects Administration statewide recreation program records, 1936-1963

MS 1815

 

Woman's Christian Temperance Union petition and invitation, 1888 MS 1825

 

Women of Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church financial records, 1930-1965 MS 1876

 

Woodbridge family papers, 1847-1907 MS 1866 

 

W. Woodbridge letter, 1850 MS 1864

 

WSVH records, 1980-1989 MS 1853

 

Batt Wyche family Bible and genealogy notes, 1806, 1913, 2007 MS 1767

 

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