Finding Aids
A Finding Aid contains a listing of the collection's contents and their location within Special Collections. It will often describe and summarize the contents of a collection including aspects of its arrangement; the scope of its subject matter; organizations and persons of relevancy; and its chronology.
To conduct research or view materials, please Schedule a Research Appointment or contact Special Collections at specolle@georgiasouthern.edu.
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Central of Georgia Railway records
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of materials spanning 1941-1947 and includes business records and correspondence of the Central of Georgia Railway Company as well as detailed reports of employees’ United States military service during World War II. These reports include employee military records, interviews conducted by Central of Georgia Railway Company of veteran employees, and letters expressing their gratitude for their service in the war. Find this collection in the University libraries' catalog.
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Charles E. Cone Realty Company records
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection consists of the Charles E. Cone Realty Company records from 1926 to 1957 the bulk of which cover the post-war period under ownership of Robert Moore Benson. Materials include correspondence, real estate agreements, plats, and maps of Statesboro, Georgia. Additional documents pertaining to the Charles E. Cone Insurance Company and the Benson Insurance Company are also included which contain information about rates, community committees, and soil conservation regions.
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Charles Holmes Herty papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Collection contains notebooks, photographs, and published material concerning Charles Homes Herty's 1901 experiments that resulted in the turpentine (or Herty) cup. The experiments were partly conducted on what later became the Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro campus. Includes typescript of "Charles Holmes Herty in Statesboro," by Maxwell Taylor Courson.
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Charles M. Robbins collection of Statesboro Rotary Club
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of Rotary Club of Statesboro memorabilia spanning 1952-1992. Materials include yearbooks, member lists, photographs, brochures, and speeches which highlight Charles M. Robbins’ forty years as a Rotarian.
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Charles Parrish Blitch papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection features materials assembled by Charles Parrish Blitch, which document personal and professional aspects of his family and life in Bulloch County. Materials span 1870-2004 and include newspaper clippings, photographs, booklets, correspondence, diplomas, and school annuals that highlight Blitch's interests in local history and genealogy.
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Charlton W. Tebeau papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection consists of Charlton W. Tebeau’s handwritten autobiographical materials as well as those pertaining to his research on Effingham county history. Materials include photocopied Crum and Exley family correspondence (1835-1865); photocopied minutes of the Effingham County Agricultural Society (1869-1889); photocopied plats (1821-1839); photocopied records and deeds of Effingham County.
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Clermont H. Lee papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection consists of Clermont H. Lee’s research on the wild south Georgia shrub, Elliottia racemosa and the development of the Charles C. Harrold Nature Preserve in Candler County, Georgia. Materials span 1936 to 1994 and include correspondence, field notes, photographs, and published materials.
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Coates Family collection
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Spanning 1988-2020, the collection highlights the life, career and personal interests of Dr. Basil L. Coates, former faculty member of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern University. Materials also reference Dr. Coates’ wife and fellow faculty member, Kay G. Coates, as well as their shared travels and research.
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Corine Lanier Adams Music Education collection
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection contains materials created and collected by Corinne Lanier Adams in her role as a professional music educator in Evans County, Georgia. Materials are dated 1877 to 1951 and include elementary educational materials, school papers, sheet music on popular music, especially of the 1920s and 30s, music books, school plays, and an assortment of magazines.
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Corrie McDowell Martin papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection spans 1933 to 1979 and consists of administrative records, correspondence, promotional booklets, newspaper clippings, and related materials documenting the activities of Liberty County organizations in which Corrie McDowell Martin was actively involved. Materials include a two-volume record of Daughters of the American Colonists (1940-1957); founding documents of the Midway Museum, Inc.; United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1949-1973 and other materials that document the history of Midway and Liberty County, Georgia.
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C.T. Trowell collection of Roland M. Harper
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of photocopies of articles and book excerpts written by Roland M. Harper for publication in scholarly journals and various other botanical bulletins. Harper's works focus on botany, conservation, and social conditions, primarily in the southeastern United States. Spanning from 1900 - 2008, additional documents, photographs and audio visual materials pertaining to Roland M. Harper's family history is included.
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Culver Kidd papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of the legislative and family papers of Culver Kidd from 1939-1992. Materials include legislative committee files particularly those of the Senate Committee on Governmental Operations; files relating to State agencies, state employees-merit system, legislative issues, constituency affairs, general legislative work, Georgia affairs, people, and campaign files.
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Dan Earl Riggs papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of the legal papers of Dan Earl Riggs and his family members dated from 1913 to 2002. Materials include birth certificates, marriage licenses, legal appointments, military orders, retirement orders, death certificates, and estate appraisals.
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Daniel Edgar Bland papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of mostly photocopied materials documenting the life of Daniel “Dan” Edgar Bland and the history of Bulloch County, Georgia. Materials originally span 1946-1982 and include genealogical documents, published manuscripts, and handwritten autobiographical materials. An original, hand drawn map of the Bland property is also included.
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Daughters of the America Colonists, St. Philip's Parish Chapter records
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection includes annual scrapbooks documenting the history of the activities of the Daughters of the American Colonists, St. Philip’s Parish chapter from 1975-2017. Materials include chapter minutes, papers and photographs for chapter activities and events, fundraisers, memorial services, newspaper clippings, chapter yearbooks, and several copies of the organization’s yearly journal, The Colonial Courier.
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Daughters of the American Revolution, Archibald Bulloch Chapter records
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection includes the scrapbooks and meeting minutes that document the activities of the Archibald Bulloch Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1964 to 2021. The scrapbooks include newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, correspondence, event and activity information, genealogical information of Revolutionary War veterans, and local history. The minutes detail Chapter meetings from 1964-2016, though the minutes from September 1984-May 1996 are missing.
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David A. Ruffin papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of the personal and research papers of David Alexander Ruffin, Professor Emeritus of English, Georgia Southern College. Materials span 1939 to 1996 and include papers, literary works, diaries, letters, photographs, and negatives
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David J. Lewis papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection contains the papers of Maryland politician David J. Lewis. Materials span 1911-1943 and include photographs, letters and newspaper clippings.
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David Starnes papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of poetry, art, and written novels by David Starnes from the 1960s-1990s. There is also a large section of information regarding the passing and funeral of David Starnes in 2007.
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DeLoach Primitive Baptist Church records
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of photocopies of the DeLoach Primitive Baptist Church constitution and minutes from 1840 to 1961. Photographic slides of an Easter sunrise service are also included.
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Donald Austin Olewine papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of Donald Austin Olewine’s research on various subjects related to medical physiology and biology. Materials span 1965-1982 and include published and unpublished articles, pamphlets, brochures, magazines, and student work.
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Dorothy Brannen papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of materials related to Dorothy Brannen and her family from 1773 to 1993, including photocopies and original documents. Materials include personal and professional correspondence, administrative documents, genealogical materials, photographs, news clippings, and unpublished writings on Bulloch County.
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Dudley M. Hughes papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of an 1894 farm account book belonging to Dudley Mays Hughes and three family photographs.
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Earl Tyler DeLoach papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of the Earl Tyler DeLoach papers. Materials span 1918-1958 and include photographs, letters, clippings of DeLoach’s column in the Augusta Chronicle newspaper, and other writings, including short stories
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Early Modern Manuscript collection
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of Italian and French language administrative documents and letters spanning from 1633 to 1811 on a variety of subjects.
