MS. Manuscript Collections
Classification
Collection number: MS
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Emory Bass Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-2
Scope and Contents
Emory Pate Bass, born on 27 December, 1891, in Sumner, Georgia, became known as “the man who kept the fire alive in Washington” until Moody Air Force Base (closed from 1946-51) was reopened as a permanent base. He served in WWI as an officer and with Patton’s Third Army in Europe in WWII. Taking an active part in the American Legion, he served as State Commander in addition to serving as president of the local Rotary Club and as a two-term president of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of...
Dates:
1940 - 1966; Acquired: 1972
Shell E. Hartley Collection
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-10
Scope and Contents
These seven folders contain tributes to the educational work of Carl Vinson, Richard Russell, Walter George, Shell Hartley, Ambrose Cleaveland, Edward Cox, M.D.Collins Several of them concern the Georgia Vocational Education. There are also photocopied photographs of African American schools such as the Magnolia Colored school in Lowndes County and the work of the Vocational Education program with these schools. The tributes were written by Shell E. Hartley.Harmful Content...
Dates:
Acquired: 1999-07-25