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Bulloch County Board Of Education Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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Property deeds, financial records, school petitions, photographs, maps and meeting minutes of the Bulloch County Board of Education, 1888-1988.

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Walter J. Fraser Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of materials relating to Dr. Walter J. Fraser’s research for his published books. Materials span from 1988 to 2005, and include research materials relating to the writing of four books; Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Georgia in the Civil War, Charleston! Charleston! The History of a Southern City, Savannah in the 2 Old South, and Lowcountry Hurricanes: Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore. Materials include typescript book manuscripts, handwritten and typescript notes, interview transcripts, newspaper articles, maps, photographs, and photocopied research materials including city and county court records.

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Bowles C. Ford Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection spans 1970 to 1980 and includes photocopied documents and newspaper clippings pertaining to Bowles C. Ford’s years as the first African-American alderman of Savannah.

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Dudley M. Hughes Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of an 1894 farm account book belonging to Dudley Mays Hughes and three family photographs.

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Susannah And Samuel L. Walker Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of materials related to the Susannah and Samuel L. Walker family spanning from 1810 to 1948. Materials include nineteenth and early twentieth correspondence, land plats and deeds, financial records, receipts, and photographic materials from the 1920s.

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Georgia Southern College University Designation Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library, Special Collections

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This collection consists of materials pertaining to the attainment of university status by Georgia Southern College spanning 1989 to 1990. Materials include official statements, newspaper clippings, programs, and memorabilia.

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Georgia Hagin Family Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of letters exchanged by husband and wife during the Civil War; family papers of Hagin and Beasley families; land records and legal documents; postcards; a Populist newspaper, The Silver Dollar, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Jan. 23, 1896, Statesboro, Ga.); and books, including textbooks, from the early twentieth century.

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S. E. “Zeke” Perkins Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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The collection consists of printed and manuscript materials collected by S. E. “Zeke” Perkins, a lifelong resident of Evans County, Georgia. Materials include printed and manuscript materials related to several churches and the Hepzibah Baptist Association; a copy of the diary of John Rogers Smith's visit to the last Blue/Gray reunion at Gettysburg (1938); an unpublished manuscript history of the Perkins mill and lumber company, Hagan, Georgia; an unpublished manuscript history of Ezell Masonic lodge; information about Perkins family history; pamphlets and news articles about the Claxton Annual Rattlesnake Roundup (1970-1973); a Georgia almanac (1911); Evans County Jubilee volume (1964) …