ms_1424.xml Finding Aid to the Mary Lucile Chapman research materials on Joseph Habersham, circa 1960s-1970s Written by Elizabeth Delmage Encoding funded by a 2008 Archives-Basic Projects grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Georgia Historical Society.
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 Encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, June 2009 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard MS 1424 Mary Lucile Chapman research materials on Joseph Habersham circa 1960s-1970s 2 boxes (1.0 cubic feet) Chapman, Mary Lucile, 1901-1985. Collection materials are in English. Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
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 Subject headings

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Chapman, Mary Lucile, 1901-1985. Habersham, Joseph, 1751-1815. Georgia--History. Articles. Drafts (documents) AResearch notes. Biographical information

Mary Lucile Chapman was born in Louisa, Kentucky in 1901. She received her education at the University of Kentucky where she earned her A.B, M.A., and PhD degrees. During her long career in education she served as a curriculum consult for the Ashland, Kentucky public schools and worked as a history professor at the following schools: Marshall College, East Tennessee State College, Piedmont College, and Jacksonville State University. She died in Alabama in 1985.

 Scope and content note

This collection contains research compiled by Mary Lucile Chapman on Joseph Habersham (1751-1815) sometime in the 1960s to 1970s. Also included is a draft of the unpublished manuscript that Chapman wrote on the life of Habersham. Joseph Habersham was a Revolutionary War soldier, member of the Continental Congress, mayor of Savannah, Georgia, and served as Postmaster General of the United States.

 Arrangement of collection

This collection is arranged into 2 boxes:

Box 1: Research notes, manuscript, circa 1960s-1970s Box 2: Research notes, circa 1960s-1970s