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MS. Manuscript Collections

 Classification
Collection number: MS

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Leona Strickland Hudson Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-50
Scope and Contents The Leona Hudson Collection held at the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections contains information relevant to topics as diverse as South Georgia History, the Valdosta Social Scene, Missionaries in China, a history of devotional literature, Nazi trials, the military in Korea, and images from years of travel around the world. The collection spans a long time period, from 1884-2008, and is equally rich across those time periods. Since both Rosa Strickland and her daughter...
Dates: 1870-2007; Acquired: 2008
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / Leona Strickland Hudson Collection

M.E. Thompson Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-27
Scope and Contents Melvin Thompson, the first person elected to the office of lieutenant governor of Georgia, served as the state's governor in 1947-48. He is best remembered for his fight with Herman Talmadge over the governorship after the death of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in 1946. The papers of M.E. Thompson consist primarily of correspondence relating to the Three Governors Controversy and Thompson’s subsequent campaign years.  The major correspondents include Jimmy Carter, Phil Landrum, Herman...
Dates: 1947-1980; Other: Majority of material found in 1947, 1954, 1956
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / M.E. Thompson Papers

Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-61
Scope and Contents

This collection contain publications distributed by the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce including: Valdosta Magazine, METRO, Valdosta Scene, and Progress (1986-)

Dates: 1986-
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce

Westminster Presbyterian Church of Valdosta

 Collection — Folder 1
Collection number: MS-125
Scope and Contents

Church History & Family Roster. Pages detached from what appears to have been a 1989 church directory. The fourteen pages provide a brief Church history, color photographs of church personel and membership, and addresses of membership.

Dates: Other: 1989
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / Westminster Presbyterian Church of Valdosta