Jewel family collection

Descriptive Summary
Repository:	Hargrett Manuscripts
Creator:	Jewell family
Title:	Jewel family collection
Dates:	1804-1901
Quantity:	0.5 Linear feet 1 box
Coll. Number:	ms1438

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Biographical/Historical Note

The Jewel family were farmers in Oglethorpe County, Georgia in the mid-1800s.

Thomas Sansom lived in Athens, Georgia in the 19th century.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of various newspaper clippings, embroidery patterns, woven coverlet patterns, recipes, The Jewell Register (a book tracing Jewell lineage to 1522), two photographs, and two account books, from 1804-1901.

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Index Terms

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation note

Jewel family collection, ms 1438, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

Box

Folder

Request Box

1

1

Bobbin, undated

 

2

Clippings, undated, 1875-1890

 

3

Correspondence, 1882 September

Dated Union Point, September 1882, to Mrs. Emma Edwards, signed "Your cousin, Annie," regarding Emma's condition and family.

 

4

The Jewell Register, 1859

 

5

James Jewel ledger, 1804-1812

 

6

Miscellaneous, undated

 

7

Needlework patterns, undated

 

8

Photographs, undated

Undated, students posing in front of a schoolhouse, "Herman School" penciled on back of photograph.

Undated, children and adults in dress wear, posing in front of trees.

 

9

Recipes, undated

Handwritten recipes for Texas Cake, Quaking Pudding, Molasses Custard, and Poor Moms Pudding.

 

10

Song lyrics, undated

 

11

Thomas Sansom ledger, 1830-1850, 1901

 

12

William Jewel, undated

 

13

Woven coverlet patterns, named, undated, 1847

 

14

Woven coverlet patterns, unnamed, undated