ms_number.xml Finding Aid to the Lillian Bolton collection on Georgia's Bicentennial Celebration, 1933 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, February 2009 Description is in English Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard MS 1819 Lillian Bolton collection on Georgia's Bicentennial Celebration 1933 1 folder (.10 cubic feet) Bolton, Lillian. 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.

Bolton, Lillian. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Georgia--Centennial celebrations, etc. Pageants. Newspapers. Souvenir programs. Biographical information

Lillian Bolton resides in Richmond, Virginia.

 Scope and content note

This collection contains one program book from 18 November 1933 and the 19 November 1933 issue of Savannah Morning News, commemorating Franklin D. Roosevelt's visit to Savannah for the bicentennial celebration of the founding of Georgia. President Roosevelt was the keynote speaker for the closing ceremonies of the 1933 bicentennial celebration held at the Savannah Municipal Stadium and addressed a crowd of nearly 40,000 Georgians and South Carolinians. Also included in this collection is one pageant book celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of Georgia. This book includes a brief history of Georgia as well as the details for the pageant held on 27-29 April 1933 in Savannah. This collection was delivered to the Georgia Historical Society by Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hurst of Savannah, Georgia.