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Cookbooks and Publications by Area Businesses in Columbus
Collection
Identifier: MC 437
Content Description
This collection consists of the cookbooks and other publications from many Columbus area businesses including The United Cities Gas Company, the 1st National Bank, the 4th National Bank, Char-Broil, Bradley Company, Kwik Check Stores, Wells Dairy, Colonial Stores, and Kinnett’s Dairy.
Dates:
c.1962-1990s
E.D. Murphy Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 3
Scope and Contents
Murphy's collection includes copies of his writings about John S. Pemberton and the origins of Coca-Cola, a Civil War Fort in Phenix City, and a brief history of Columbus; his daughter's Civil War map of Columbus and Phenix City; and information about the death of his grandfather, Matt Murphy, a Columbus Marshall in 1874.
Dates:
1874 - 1984
Henry L. Benning-Seaborn Jones Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 6
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection deals with the financial transactions of (and especially debts owed to) Seaborn Jones, the records of his (and to a lesser degree Benning's) law practice, and the Civil War correspondence and records of Henry L. Benning. T he legal papers contain copies of suits and various estate proceedings for a wide variety of individuals; these items reflect other aspects of antebellum life in Georgia, particularly the institution of slavery. Jones's papers included a leather...
Dates:
1795 - 1845
Lamar-Chappell Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC 1
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of the library (621 volumes) of Absalom Harris Chappell. This library reflects the varied legal and literary (classical and contemporary) interests of a scholarly antebellum attorney. Almost all of them were published before 1860, including a biography of Louis IX from 1668 and an edition of Diogenes from 1562. The collection also contains pamphlets (38, 7 written by A.H. Chappell) dealing with state and national politics, and family correspondence (14...
Dates:
1562-1861
Louise Jones DuBose Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 2
Scope and Contents
Her correspondence in this collection reflects her career as a reporter and includes letters from Julian and Julia Harris, as well as their photographs. It also documents her literary activites during that period. This collection includes some historical information about public education in Columbus (1927); material pertaining to her lecture in a program on Columbus Women (1975)--including her speech and some publicity; and a brief biography (typescript, 1p.) by Loretto Lamar Chappel,...
Dates:
1860 - 1990
Richard H. Hyatt Papers
File
Identifier: MC 224
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970s-2000s