ms_1527.xml Finding Aid to the Edward de Clifford Chisholm papers, circa 1870s-1930s 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 1527 Edward de Clifford Chisholm papers circa 1870s-1930s 1 oversize folder (.20 cubic feet) Chisholm, Edward de Clifford, b. 1871. Collection materials are in English. Georgia Historical Society
, Savannah, Georgia.
Access restrictions

The collection is open for research.

 Processing information

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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.

Chisholm, Edward de Clifford, b. 1871. Chisholm, Walter Scott, 1835-1890. Photographs. Programs. Biographical information

Edward de Clifford Chisholm was born in 1871 in Savannah, Georgia and was the son of Walter Scott and Eliza Clifford Anderson Chisholm. He married Edith Seymour Johnson in 1898 and the couple lived in Manhattan, New York where Chisholm worked as a broker.

 Scope and content note

This collection contains a program in honor of Edward de Clifford Chisholm for becoming a permanent founder member of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Country Club after World War 1. Also included are photographs from the 1870s to the 1930s of Chisholm and one of his father, Judge Walter Schott Chisholm, who was a prominent lawyer and judge of the city court in Savannah, Georgia.