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                <titleproper encodinganalog="245$a">Finding Aid to the English-Speaking Union records, <date>1928-1989</date></titleproper>
                <author encodinganalog="245$c">Written by Elizabeth Delmage</author>
                <sponsor>Encoding funded by a 2008 Archives-Basic Projects grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.</sponsor>
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                <publisher encodinganalog="260$b">Georgia Historical Society.</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>Georgia Historical Society</addressline>
                    <addressline>501 Whitaker Street</addressline>
                    <addressline>Savannah, GA 31401</addressline>
                    <addressline>Phone: (912) 651-2125</addressline>
                    <addressline>Fax: (912) 651-2831</addressline>
                    <addressline>Email: ghslib@georgiahistory.com</addressline>
                    <addressline>URL: http://www.georgiahistory.com</addressline>
                </address>
                <date encodinganalog="260$c" normal="2009">&#x00A9; 2009</date>
                <p>The Georgia Historical Society. All rights reserved.</p>
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            <creation encodinganalog="500">Encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, <date normal="2009-04">April 2009</date>
            </creation>
            <langusage>Description is in <language encodinganalog="546" langcode="eng" scriptcode="latn">English</language></langusage>
            <descrules>Finding aid prepared using <title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content Standard</title></descrules>
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            <unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="us" repositorycode="ghi" label="Collection number">MS 1865</unitid>
            <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a" label="Collection title">English-Speaking Union records</unittitle>
            <unitdate encodinganalog="245$f" normal="1928/1989" type="inclusive" label="Dates">1928-1989</unitdate>
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                <extent>2 boxes (1.5 cubic feet)</extent>
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            <origination label="Creator/collector">
                <corpname encodinganalog="110" role="creator">English-Speaking Union of the United States. Savannah Branch.</corpname>
            </origination>
            <langmaterial encodinganalog="546" label="Language(s)">
                Collection materials are in <language langcode="eng">English.</language>
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                <corpname source="lcnaf">Georgia Historical Society</corpname>
                <address>
                    <addressline>, Savannah, Georgia.</addressline>
                </address>
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                <head>Access restrictions</head>
                <p>The collection is open for research.</p>
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            <head>Processing information</head>
            <p>This collection is processed at the Basic Level (or collection level). There is no detailed inventory for this collection as it is not fully processed. To request that this collection be added to our priority list of collections to be fully processed as staffing and funding allow, please contact the Library and Archives staff.</p>
        </processinfo>           
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                    <head>Subject headings</head>
                    <p>The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.</p>
            <corpname encodinganalog="610" role="subject" rules="dacs">English-Speaking Union of the United States. Savannah Branch.<lb/>
            </corpname>
            <geogname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="651">Savannah (Ga.)--Societies, etc.</geogname>
            <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655">Bylaws (administrative records)<lb/>
            </genreform>
            <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655">Clippings (information artifacts)<lb/>
            </genreform>
            <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655">Letters (correspondence)<lb/>
            </genreform>
            <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655">Memorandums.<lb/>
            </genreform>
            <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655">Minutes.<lb/>
            </genreform>
            <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655">Newsletters.<lb/>
            </genreform>
            <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655">Newsletters.<lb/>
            </genreform>
            <genreform source="aat" encodinganalog="655">Reports.<lb/>
            </genreform>
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            <head>Organizational history</head>
            <p>The English-Speaking Union of the United States is a non-profit, non-political, educational organization whose mission is to promote scholarship and the advancement of knowledge through the effective use of English in an expanding global community. There are seventy two branches of the English-Speaking Union in the United States, one of them being in Savannah, Georgia. The Savannah branch includes a group of members who have an interest in learning more about their heritage and support the mission of the English-Speaking Union of the United States by initiating innovative programs to expand and improve the comprehension and use of the English language worldwide.</p>  
       </bioghist>
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            <head>Scope and content note</head>
            <p>This collection contains correspondence, minutes, membership records, bylaws, newsletters and other miscellaneous materials relating to the English-Speaking Union of the United States in Savannah, Georgia from 1928 to 1989.</p>
        </scopecontent>
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            <head>Arrangement of collection</head>
            <p>This collection is arranged into 2 boxes:</p>
            <list type="ordered" numeration="arabic">
                <item>Box 1: Correspondence, clippings, newsletters, meeting notices, minutes, memorandums, membership records, bylaws, reports, poster, 1969-1989</item>
                <item>Box 2: Minutes, correspondence, clippings, membership lists, bylaws, program records, financial reports, 1928-1989</item>
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