1918 Murder and Lynching that Followed - Fact or Fiction, 1918, September 2021
Scope and Contents
1 digitized notebook binder containing Edmonson, Stephen W. "1918 Murder and Lynching that Followed - Fact or Fiction," September 2021 from the Brooks County Museum. Includes essay "The Murder of C. Hampton Smith, May 1918 And Lynchings Following It," A letter from Stephen W. Edmondson to Sheila Selph, dated August 24, 2021, and newspaper clippings.
Master copy of file contains critically annotated article by Christopher C. Myers, "Killing Them by the Wholesale: A Lynching Rampage in South Georgia," The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol.XC, No. 2, Summer 2006. We do not have permissions to publish the article, but is available for onsite researchers.
Dates
- Event: 1918
- September 2021
Extent
597.32 Megabytes (ca009-001-001_edmondson_1918-murder-lynching_202109_bag.zip 8/28/2024 10:43:52 AM .zip 597.32 MB 626,331,384 8/28/2024 10:45:35 AM ) : Payload-Oxum: 627585814.98 ; 1 bound notebook, 44 pages.
Language
From the Collection: English
Source
- Quitman Brooks County Museum (Quitman, Georgia) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Community Archives Digitization, Access, and Preservation Program Repository