Harry Stone Strozier Collection

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Identifier: MU-PP-0123

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Harry Stone Strozier Collection Finding Aid

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Scope and Contents

The Strozier Papers contain certificates of membership (Emory University fraternities, 1931); correspondence, mostly in the form of endorsements of Strozier for the position of Judge Advocate General (1918); a manuscript entitled “The War on the Home Front,” written by Strozier (1943); a news clipping of W. A. Strozier winning an Emory University alumni award; a photograph of Strozier (date unknown); and a scrapbook compiled by Strozier.

The first few pages of the scrapbook are an alphabetical directory of the contents of the scrapbook, but only a few items are listed there. After the directory, there are fifty pages numbered by Strozier himself. The first twenty-five pages include news clippings and law school tests for the years 1905 to 1910. There is nothing pertaining to the years between 1910 and 1918 in the scrapbook. In 1918, he placed numerous items in the scrapbook, mainly news clippings. The 1918 clippings cover seven pages 26-32. Pages 33-37 are blank. The remainder of the scrapbook contains mostly obituaries, some going back as far as 1891, and an essay that dates to 1876, written by Strozier’s mother.

Dates

Creation: 1917-1945

Creator

Strozier, Harry Stone, -1949 (Person)

Rights Statement

To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.

Biographical / Historical

Harry S. Strozier was born to Reuben J. Strozier and Mattie Harris. He graduated from Emory University with an A.B. degree in 1905 and from Mercer University with an LL.B. degree in 1910. From 1910 to 1915, he was associate editor of Park’s Annotated Code of Georgia. From 1919 to 1920 he was a representative in the General Assembly of Georgia. Working with Orville A. Park, Strozier compiled and published the Georgia Code of 1933. He began practicing law in Macon in 1915 and was a professor of law at Mercer University from 1917 to 1945. Known as a champion of the common man, he also served terms as president and vice president of the Macon Bar Association. Strozier died in September 1949 with services held on the ninth of September.