Showing Collections: 81 - 90 of 111
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0060
Scope and Contents
The Kaderly collection was acquired through at least two deposits, one shortly after Kaderly’s death and the other in May 2000. Twelve manuscript letters are related to Robert Southey, John Foster, George Gilfillan, and Horatio Smith. In addition, there are copies of letters by Southey that were published or transcribed. Critical materials written on Southey, Smith, and Percy Bysshe Shelley are included, as well as two editions of Harry Stillwell Edwards’ Eneas Africanus, an 1825 issue of...
Dates:
1797-1955
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0029
Scope and Contents
The Nathaniel Macon Crawford Collection includes correspondence, legal documents, manuscripts, miscellaneous materials, photographs, and a scrapbook.
Dates:
1847-1961
File
Identifier: MU-PP-0125
Scope and Contents
The collection contains Taylor’s research about Southern Baptist Missionary Thomas J. Bowen and his family, as well as Taylor’s own personal papers and writings.
Dates:
1853-1990s
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0023
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 24 scattered issues of "The Countryman" (1862-1865), which was a pro-Confederate newspaper published weekly by J. A. Turner at Turnwold Plantation in Putnam County, Georgia. In addition to being a newspaper published by a plantation during the American Civil War, the newspaper is notable for its role in launching the journalistic career of Joel Chandler Harris. Within the Paul Mercer Cousins Collection, "The Countryman" serial is separated by year and issue. The...
Dates:
1850-1974
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0098
Scope and Contents
With this collection comes two boxes of Pinckney Pollock’s work. In box 1, one can find correspondence, and within box 2 one can find memorial addresses, newspaper clippings, and Trustees’ Minutes excerpts.
Dates:
1897-1903
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0094
Scope and Contents
Box 1 contains correspondence, land records, financial records, tax records, and other mixed documents. Box 2 contains oversized materials such as maps, a notebook, financial records, wills, and keys.
Dates:
1807-1989
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0149
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Bramlett’s notes on more than 2,500 hours of talks, tours, and retreats presented to groups in 25 states. Materials Bramlett used in his research and writing on C.S. Lewis and others, emphasizing the man, the writer, and his influence are featured in this collection. Also present are materials on the circle of friends who came to be known as the Inklings, notably J. R. R. Tolkien; Lewis’s brother, Warnie Lewis; his wife, Joy Gresham Davidman; and his illustrator,...
Dates:
1930 - 2010
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0096
Scope and Contents
While named the Riley B. Plymale Collection, the collection appears to be more focused on Foreman M. Hawes. Hawes and Plymale were long-time friends. Both were graduates of Mercer University and faculty colleagues at Locust Grove Institute. Included in the collection are files of correspondence and materials related to Locust Grove Institute, Mercer University, and Bessie Tift College, as well as Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Georgia Psi Chapter) and the Masonic Club. Hawes became...
Dates:
1925-1928, 1942-1966
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0026
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two framed photo montages in fair condition and an unbound scrapbook in poor condition.
Dates:
1933
Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0180
Scope and Contents
The Robert E. Wilder Collection holds photos, newspapers articles, correspondence, correspondence between Dean Taylor, and "Mercerian" articles about or written by Robert Wilder. Most of items in the collection relate to his time as a basketball player and basketball coach at Mercer University.
Dates:
1950-2002
