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Guy Frost Faerie Faith Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-150-3
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials related to Guy Frost's study of the Faerie Faith under Cliff Landis, including personal notes, biographies, correspondence, paraphernamia, and research materials on a variety of subjects such as: tarot, history of the Craft, and formative causation, and the history of Faerie Faith.There are also papers relating to the creation of NAMOSRL, beginning with the 2004 joint project between Cliff Landis and Guy Frost on an internet inventory New Religious...
Dates:
1933 - 2015
Harry Stillwell Edwards Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: MS-51
Scope and Contents
Author and journalist Harry Stillwell Edwards was born in Macon, Georgia.His formal education was cut short by the Civil War, but he read extensively in the Library of Congress while working as a clerk in the U. S. Treasury.He returned home to Macon in 1874, studied law at Mercer University, and was admitted to the bar, but never actively practiced due to his passion for writing. He published several short stories and novels. He eventually became editor and owner of...
Dates:
1897-1967; Other: Majority of material found in 1928, 1966, 1967; Acquired: 1999-12-26
History Department General Files
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-8-9-2
Scope and Contents
The Collection is not comprehensive but contains scattered holdings. The collection contains History Recruiting brochures from Valdosta State College; brochures and flyers from programs and conferences sponsored by the history department from the 1970’s through early 1990’s; scattered memos; annual departmental Newsletters from 1964-1988, and a bibliography of departmental publications. A paper describing the Georgia Consortium, made up of 12 four year institutions of the University...
Dates:
1964-present
History Department Student Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-8-9-1
Scope and Contents
Contains papers from Students of the History Department 1960-1970s on a variety of topics.
Dates:
1960's-1970's
J. Randall Walker Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: MS-16
Scope and Contents
John Randall Walker(February 23, 1874 – July 21, 1942) was a U.S. political figure from the state of Georgia. In 1912, Walker was elected to the 63rd United States Congress as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and served two additional terms in that seat until losing his bid for reelection in 1918. [He seems to have lived in Valdosta, Georgia, during some of the time he was in Congress]
The Collection consists of one archival box (5" deep) of correspondence...
Dates:
1913-1917; Other: Majority of material found within 1915 - 1916; Acquired: 1967-02-16
John Adam Treutlen
Collection
Collection number: MS-165
Scope and Contents
Land grant to John Adam Treutlen for 400 acres near Savannah from King George III. Includes direction of what the Governor was supposed to do to the land and what rights he and his heirs have to the land. Information on back of the deed dates it at June 1767.
Dates:
June 1767; Acquired: 2018-04-03
John Gordon Crowley Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-23-21
Abstract
The Primitive Baptist Church, also known as Hard Shell, Old School and Anti-Mission, emerged as a distinct denomination during the Second Great Awakening (app 1790-1830). Due to the success of the movement’s revivals, many churches (including Baptist Churches) formed missionary societies to spread the gospel of “free will”. Primitive Baptists maintained their belief in predestination and rejected missionary societies along with Sunday schools, bible tract societies, seminary education,...
Dates:
Acquired: 2011-06-29
Langdale Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-30
Scope and Contents
Harley Langdale(1914-2013) graduated from Valdosta High School.He then attended the Citadel before transferring to the University of Georgia to study Forestry. He was the first person from Lowndes County to receive a BSF Degree in Forestry from UGA. Mr. Langdale became the third Registered Forester in the state of Georgia. He was actively engaged in practicing forestry and developing markets for forest products since 1937 and was a consistent leader in the industry for over 70 years. Under...
Dates:
Acquired: 2003-05-16
Library: K-12 Education
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: UA-15-24
Scope and Contents
An old (date unknown) list of books approved by the State Board of Education for K-12 educational purposes
Dates:
Unknown
Linda Kerr Faerie Faith Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-150-2
Scope and Contents
Faerie Faith is a Wiccan tradition with a foundation from the McFarland Dianic Tradition developed by Morgan McFarland (1941-2015) and Mark Roberts (1934-2012) circa 1971, Dallas, Texas. Mark Roberts left Dallas and the McFarland Dianics to pursue a new tradition, Hyperborea. Before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, he spent two year in New York. It was in Atlanta in 1979, that Mark met Epona and introduced her to the teachings of Hyperborea. Epona's and Mark's vision of what Hyperborea should be...
Dates:
Acquired: Date acquired: 03/22/2016
Magnolia Stock Farm Ledgers
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: MS-32
Scope and Contents
An early attempt at summarizing the contents of the box is found with the books. The letter is not dated but provides the majority of the information in the biography. This letter contains the history of the farm along with a list of different names. The names are categorized as names, overseers, proprietor of general store, postmaster, and the names of the Negroes that worked the farm. The letter gives a brief history of the farm and the people involved with it, but it does...
Dates:
1883-1897
Maps and Geological Surveys
Collection
Collection number: MS-139
Scope and Contents
This collection contains maps of various types and places. Many concern Georgia and display such things as : Colleges and Universities, Highways, Companies, Railroads, Postal Routes. It also contains maps of specific places in Georgia: Valdosta, Lowdnes County, Originial Irwin County, Moody Air Force Base, Atlanta. Also included are Geological maps and surveys of various states, and two maps of the moon.
Dates:
1849 - 1982
Margaret Leonard / Long Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-126
Scope and Contents
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:
1900 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970
Maxwell Williams Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: MS-147
Scope and Contents
Includes one box with orginal documents from Maxwell William's time at GSWC.
Dates:
1938 - 1941
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
Miscellaneous Publications
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-136
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of miscellaneous newspapers, mostly from the 1950's and 1960's. They cover a variety of topics including civil rights, Alaska statehood, and various centennial and commemorative editions.Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these collections that contain offensive language, viewpoints, imagery...
Dates:
1787 - 1905
Miscellaneous Reproductions of Historical Documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-128
Scope and Contents
This collections contains a variety of reproductions and copies of historical documents. One portion concerns the history of South Georgia during the 1800s involving land grants and native american troubles. The rest are copies of papers dealing with presidental matters.Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these...
Dates:
1787 - 1980
Modern and Classical Languages Department General Files
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-8-11-1
Abstract
History of the Department: The Valdosta State Political Science Department is under the College of Arts and Sciences. The first department head noted for the Modern Foreign Language Department was Dr. James Thornton, 1970-1972; then Dr. Jose B. Fernandez served from 1972-198; Dr. Dennis Hale, 1981-1989 followed. Dr. Sandra Walker has been head of Modern Foreign Languages since 1989.
Dates:
1973-
Moody Air Force Base
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: MS-60
Scope and Contents
In the past Valdosta State College has collaborated with Moody Air Force Base to provide servicemen with educational programs. Programs such as Bootstrap that allowed active duty servicement to take courses at Valdosta State at night were in place in the late 60s to the 70s. This collection contains correspondence and applications concerning VSC/Moody Air Force Base projects including PREP (Predischarge Education Program), which was provided to servicement hoping to refresh their academic...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970's
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