Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Frank R. Reade Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-2-1-3
Scope and Contents
Reade's papers invite leisurely perusal to appreciate his humor and erudition. His papers are expansive, covering topics from his family and genealogy to administrative correspondence to correspondence with and photographs of the famous men and women of his day. The collection includes books, journals, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, drawings, photographs, and realia. The correspondence ranges from a manuscript of a Civil War era diary by Frank Smith Robertson (1841-1926), Reade's...
Dates:
1841 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1948
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
Item 1:Macon Telegraph and News, 1964-05-31
Item — Item 1
Collection number: 1
Scope and Contents
Article about Edwards' Kingfisher Cabin being moved to Macon Youth Museum
Dates:
Publication: 1964-05-31