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Folder 17: Tallahassee Democrat, November 1985, Nov-85
File — Box: 5, Folder: 17
Collection number: Folder 17
Other Information
Articles written by Margaret Leonard in November of 1985. Subjects include a custody battle, robbery, medical care for prisoners, and Vietnam veterans.
Dates:
Created: Nov-85
Folder 29: Newspaper Clippings August 1973, Aug-73
File — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Collection number: Folder 29
Scope and Contents
August 1973 Newspaper clippings: Articles on robbings, trials and scared witnesses. Police are told to close records and move on. Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) - trial of the Gainesville 8.
Dates:
Created: Aug-73
Folder 30: Newspaper Articles September 1973, Sep-73
File — Box: 4, Folder: 30
Collection number: Folder 30
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Margaret (Sissy) Leonard and her family have a strong legacy in journalism and activism throughout the 20th century. The tradition started with her grandfather, George Long, who courageously criticized the Ku Klux Klan in his editorials for the Macon Telegraph in the early 1900s. Margaret's mother, Margaret Long, was a progressive journalist who worked at several newspapers in the southern United States. She managed to raise two children mostly on her own while also writing two published...
Dates:
Created: Sep-73
Interview with C.J. Taylor, July 14, 2002
File — Bag: \folklife\prj1014\, Folder: 059_taylor-cj
Collection number: PRJ1014-059
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with C.J. Taylor, July 14, 2002. Blackshear (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.The contents are an occupational folklife analysis on C.J. Taylor’s life living and working in numerous turpentine camps. The interview focuses on several aspects of life in the camp, predominately on the sometimes harsh...
Dates:
July 14, 2002
Item 1: Ruptured Duck Plaque, 1943
Item — Box: 4, Item: 1
Collection number: 1
Scope and Contents
Black plaster plaque featuring a sculpture of the "Ruptured Duck" medal that was issued to each honorably discharged World War II veteran. On the side of the plaque is a small button on a ribbon. The button also features the "Ruptured Duck" motif. The button was presented to Lieutenant Colonel Pleasant Eugene Irby, USMC, of Ponca City, Oklahoma. It was donated by his family.
Dates:
1943
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- Korean War, 1950-1953 1
- Naval Stores Industry 1
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- Sound recordings 1
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- Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 1
- Wiregrass Country (Ga.) 1
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- World War, 1939-1945 1
- drug rehabilitation 1
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- Fiore, Rosario Russell, 1908- 1994 1
- Prizer, Timothy C. 1
- Taylor, C.J., Rev. (Clifford James), 1930-2011 1
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