Scope and Contents Letters of General Joseph R. Hawley held in the Valdosta State University ArchivesLetters of Joseph Hawley written to Charles Dudley Warren, lifelong friend and fellow newspaperman.Hawley's letters to Warren were published in the Hartford Daily Times from November of 1929 to February of 1930. The letters range from January of 1847 to May of 1896. The newspaper also has some biographical and narrative information. The time span covers Hawley’s...

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Family photos and genealogical assets for the family of Joyce and George Aigen. Includes interviews with George Aigen. George Aigen served in World War II between 1944-1946. (Company B, 1269th Combat Engineer Battalion, 6th Army Group; 44th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade) He participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, April 29, 1945. The personal narratives of George Aigen are part of the Veteran's History Project (AFCX/2001/001/95454) at the Library of Congress.

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Interview with Diana Bennett Jones, Randolph County, Georgia, April 7, 2003. Fieldworker: Kuanita E. Murphy. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

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Interview with Ethel Ruth Baldwin, April 15, 2003. 00:31:53. Randolf County, Georgia. Fieldworker: Kuanita Murphey. Topics: Shape-note singing, Sacred Harp.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with J.W. Miller [Joel Willie Miller], March 17, 1999. Jakin, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.TAPELOGid: CAS-1012.15item_title: "Miller, J.W."call_number: PRJ-1012project_title: Student Projectequipment_used: Wollensakinformant_name: J. W. Miller...

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Interview with Lucille Spooner Dutton, Seminole County, Donalsonville (Ga.), March 5, 1999. Blanch Williams present. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

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Interview with Mac Tedder, February 13, 1999. Jakin, Georgia [Early County]. Excerpts from On Solomon’s Porch, an oral history of cultural life in Jakin, Georgia by Gretchen Geisinger, Independent Study, 1999, Laurie Kay Sommers, Instructor.

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Interview with Mildred J. Harris, Cuthbert (Ga.), April 21, 2003. Fieldworker: Kuanita E. Murphy. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

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Interview with Rebecca Harvey and Shannon Michelle Sutton, April 1, 1999. Jakin, Georgia. Recorded in Valdosta, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Audio file. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

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Interview with Thelma Singletary, March 5, 1999. Donalsonville, Georgia. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

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Interview with Virginia Harvey, February 20, 1999. Jakin, Early County, Georgia. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. Topics: Personal narrative. Fieldworker: Gretchen Geisinger. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Johnnie B. Jones, aka Man Jones regarding Shape note singing and Sacred Harp music. Cuthbert, Georgia. Recorded February 2, 2003 and April 14, 2003. Fieldworker: Kuanita E. Murphy. From the South Georgia Folklife Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Interview with Johnnie B. Jones, February 2, 2003. At the home of Mr. Johnnie B. Jones...

Scope and Contents The diary was written in pocket-sized editions and each was sent home after it was completed.  The collection in the Valdosta State Archives has two folders, each containing an identical copy of the McConnell diary.  The diary is divided into five volumes, the last of which was written by John Albert Feaster Coleman after McConnell died.  Kathleen and Mary Bess Coleman and Julia and Mary Faucette owned four of the original volumes of the diary.  Donald Clayton owned one book, which he found...