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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 Commerce. He was mayor of Valdosta from 1956-1958. He was also a railroad executive, and a realtor.

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Dates

  • 1940 - 1966
  • Acquired: 1972

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Biographical or Historical Information

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 Patten’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 Commerce. He also headed the Emory Bass Company, a realty-mortgage loan business. He was mayor of Valdosta from 1956-1958.

Extent

3.00 Boxes

Language

English

Arrangement Note

The papers are arranged in four groups; correspondence, legal papers, bills and receipts, and memorabilia.  Within each group items are arranged chronologically by date (if material is dated) and numbered consecutively.  The papers contain more than one copy of some items.  Duplicate material is identified by the same number with a copy number as "CORRESPONDENCE 3, c.2".  All parts of multi-page items are identified by same number with a page number as "CORRESPONDENCE 4, p.2".  Material which has no date is filed at the end of each group by subject.  Not attempt was made by the librarian to establish a date if it did not appear on the material except for newspaper clippings.   Correspondence: Includes all form letters; telegrams, wires, and night letters; letters tot he editor.  Correspondence includes a survey on housing, transportation, etc. in Valdosta, Georgia, dated Jan. 26, 1951.   Bills and Receipts: Includes campaign statements, financial reports, bank statements and cancelled checks.   Memorabilia: Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, memoranda, speeches, campaign literature, newsletters, programs, and resolutions.  Included in memorabilia is a petition requesting Bass to announce himself as candidate for mayor.  In memorabilia is a biographical sketch of Major George P. Moody, for whom Moody Air Force Base was named; it appeared in the Meteor, November 18, 1953.  If material of this type was attached to a correspondence, and referred to in it, it remains with the correspondence and has the same number.   Legal Papers: Includes certificates of ownership, copies of contracts for land sales, agreements with real estate agents, credit reports, contracts, and records of money received.  The dates run from 1941-1967.  Also included are bills and Receipts which are mostly for personal expenses, such as campaigns, taxes, and other expenses, some business related.

Source of Acquisition

special collections acquisition sheet

Method of Acquisition

transferred to VSC library by Jim Hall, lawyer for Mrs. Emory Bass, wife of Emory P. Bass

Appraisal Information

2 folders in the Director's office: 1 marked Gifts-Bass Papers (Emory P) has correspondence from 1972 and 73 from Thera Hambrick, an acquisitions sheet, survey of collections, a newsrelease and newspaper clippings about the collection The second folder marked MS 2 Emory Bass Collection has a re-done finding aid, the old survey sheet, acquistions record, accessions record for 2002-1, and three article clippings about the gift.

Title
Archon Finding Aid Title
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Revision Statements

  • 2019-03-16: Revised for DACS compliance by Douglas Carlson.

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
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