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E. A. Smith Grain Company Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists chiefly of the records of the E.A. Smith Grain Company from 1919-1960. Records include bound account books, receipts documenting business transactions, and financial activities of the company and others.

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Altamaha Raft Festivals Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection was assembled by Delma Eugene Presley and Norris Kemp Mabry and includes materials related to the Altahama Raft Festival. The festival was part of the National Endowment for the Humanities funded Project RAFT: Restoring Altamaha Folklife Traditions which resulted from interviews with people who lived in the Altamaha River Valley. Materials include first-day cover letters, poster, newspaper clippings, promotional and interpretive brochures.

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Bunce Family Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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Collection spans 1843 to 1995 and contains documents related to James Arthur Bunch’s education at First District Agricultural and Mechanical School and his subsequent career in agriculture as well that of his son Isaac Bunce. Newspaper clippings on the restoration of the Bunce farmhouse and other materials documenting the activities of the Bunce family in Bulloch County are included.

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Lamar Dodd Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection contains biographical information on artist Lamar Dodd spanning 1965-1990. Materials include correspondence between Dodd and John Powell and others, exhibition programs, newspaper clippings, and color photographs of artistic works. Materials were originally collected by the late John Wesley Powell, close friend of Lamar Dodd.

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Yonan H. Shahbaz Persian Fables Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of fables, proverbs, and folklore as well as information on Persian religion, written from memory by Yonan H. Shabaz in the 1920s. It also includes handwritten notes and several lengthy manuscripts.

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Reminiscences Of My Life, William Lawton Brannen

Bulloch County Historical Society Publications

A short autobiography by William Lawton Brannen.

Sherman, Shakers, And Shenanigans, John Ransom Lewis, Dan Blond, Dale Covington, Willie Lee Bland Moseley, Leodel Coleman, Charles Bonds, Reavis E. Dixon, Charles Bernard Beale, Daniel B. Good, Ryan Johnson, Hunt Sanders, Rita T. Wall, R. Frank Sanders Jr., Fred W. Brogdon, Nita Morgan Williams, Dorothy Brannen, Thomas M. Stewart, Robert J. Sets, Lawrence Huff, Pat Peele Darley, Robert M. Rennick, Guy W. Murphy

Bulloch County Historical Society Publications

The first 122 pages of this book relate to Bulloch County and form the tenth book of Readings in Bulloch County History. The remainder comprise the Southern Folkways Journal Review No. 3, and relate to Southeast Georgia and to the Southeastern region of the United States. The first collection begins with a poem by Dr. John Ransom Lewis, followed by three articles on Dan Bland and the biographies of prominent African American citizens. Also included are two articles on the Hardy Moore family, student papers on vanishing Bulloch County communities, information on Joseph Jackson, articles on three local churches, …

Lewis M. Gould Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the writings and personal papers of Lewis M. Gould. Materials span 1918-1991 and include his writings for Stars and Stripes, poems, and various clippings.

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Joseph Everett Kennedy Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the papers of Joseph Everett Kennedy, spanning 1965-1990. Materials Include correspondence, clippings, printed material, press releases, and memoranda pertaining to Kennedy's activities as Georgia Senator, 4th District (1967-1984), President Pro Tempore (1983-1984), and his unsuccessful campaign for Lt. Governor in 1990. The materials document legislation before the General Assembly and matters of interest to Kennedy's constituents including flag burning and natural resources.

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