Andrew H. Sparks papers

Descriptive Summary
Repository:	Hargrett Library
Creator:	Sparks, Andrew Horace, 1919-1989
Title:	Andrew H. Sparks papers
Dates:	1930-1989
Quantity:	11.8 Linear feet 24 document boxes, 1 card file box, 1 oversized box, 2 oversized folders
Coll. Number:	ms2777

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Biographical/Historical Note

Andrew H. Sparks, Jr. (1919-1989) was a journalist and editor for the Atlanta Magazine. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1940, and served in the 8th U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. Mr. Sparks met and married Olive Ann Burns, author of Cold Sassy Tree, and had a son John A. Sparks, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and a daughter Becky Sparks of Atlanta.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains notes and finished stories researched by Sparks while writer for and editor of Atlanta Weekly magazine; together with correspondence, unpublished short stories, and a novel entitled Wild Islands.

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Index Terms

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Administrative Information

Custodial History note

Gift of the estate of Mr. Sparks's wife, Olive Ann Burns Sparks, 1991.

Preferred Citation note

Andrew H. Sparks papers, ms2777, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Abbot, John

 

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Abbot, John

 

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Abbot, John; correspondence

 

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Abbot, John; McElveen family

 

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Abbot, John; Madison-Morgan Cultural Center

 

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Abbot, John; notes

 

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Abbot, John; notes, Lucien Harris

 

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Abbot, John; research material

 

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Abbot, John; research material

 

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Abbot, John; story

 

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Aiken, Conrad

 

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All Fools' Art Show-2nd annual

 

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Antique Monthly

 

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Archives and History, Ga. Dept. of

 

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Asbury, Francis

 

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Atlanta Historical Society

 

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Atlanta Preservation Center

 

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Avary, Myrta L.

 

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Award; Ga. Business & Industry Assn.

 

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Azaleas

 

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Bath Gardens

 

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Baugh, Margaret

 

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Biography

 

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Bird islands

 

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Bird painter

 

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Birdsville (Jenskins Co.)

 

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Birth certificate

 

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Boy Scouts-Dahlonega

 

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Bradley, Burt

 

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Broad River

 

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Broad River house

 

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Brookgreen Gardens

 

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Camellias

 

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Campbell Co. Historical Society

 

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Caricatures

 

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Cemeteries-Washington Co.

 

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Certificates

 

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Chambers House (Madison)

 

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Chattahoochee River, mss.

 

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Cherokee Garden Club

 

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Chieftains house (Rome)

 

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Clippings

 

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College Park

 

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Collins, Major C.

 

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Correspondence, 1939-1940

 

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Correspondence, 1941-1943

 

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Correspondence, 1945

 

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Correspondence, 1946 January-September

 

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Correspondence, 1946 October-1947

 

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Correspondence, 1948

 

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Correspondence, 1949

 

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Correspondence, 1950

 

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Correspondence, 1953-1954

 

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Correspondence, 1955-1956

 

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Correspondence, 1957-1960

 

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Correspondence, 1962-1964

 

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Correspondence, 1965-1966

 

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Correspondence, 1967

 

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Correspondence, 1968

 

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Correspondence, 1969

 

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Correspondence, 1971

 

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Correspondence, 1972-1975

 

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Correspondence, 1976-1977

 

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Correspondence, 1978

 

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Correspondence, 1979-1981

 

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Correspondence, 1982

 

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Correspondence, 1983 January-May

 

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Correspondence, 1983 June-December

 

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Correspondence, 1984

 

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Correspondence, 1985

 

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Correspondence - undated

 

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Cumberland Island

 

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Cumberland Island

 

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Cumberland Island

 

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Cumberland Island

 

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Cumberland Island

 

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Cumberland Island Conservancy Inc.

 

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Cumberland Island, hearing

 

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Currents in Affective Illness; January 1984

 

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Dahlonega

 

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Dahlonega Revitalization Study

 

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Dahlonega stories

 

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Drama Club (North Georgia College)

 

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Eagle Tavern (Watkinsville)

 

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Early Architecture in Georgia

 

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Edisto Island

 

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Editorial conference, 26th

 

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Editorial conference, 27th

 

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Editorial conference, 28th

 

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Editorial conference, 29th

 

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Editorial newsletter, March 1959

 

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Edwards, Anne

 

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Egg Island

 

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Elliotia (Metter Garden Club)

 

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Expressway model (Atlanta)

 

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Farming (in Georgia)

 

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Financial papers

 

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Flags of Five Nations (Golden Isles)

 

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Ford Times

 

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Fort Frederica

 

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Foxfire, Vol. 1 No. 1

 

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Frog town

 

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"Future of the Marshlands & Islands of Georgia"; conference, 1968

 

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"Future..." conference

 

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"Future..." conference

 

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"Future..." conference

 

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"Future..." conference

 

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Garden Gateways

 

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Gardening

 

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Garrett, Franklin

 

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Gatlinburg (Tennessee)

 

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Geese

 

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Genealogy

 

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Georgia furniture

 

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Georgia furniture

 

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Georgia Historical Commission

 

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Georgia Historical Quarterly

 

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Georgia Magazine, 1968

 

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Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation

 

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Ghosts (South Carolina coast)

 

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Goldberg, Peggy Fox

 

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The Golden Isles of Georgia, mss.

 

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The Golden Isles of Georgia, draft

 

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"Goodbye My Lady", movie (Albany)

 

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Goosepond (Oglethorpe County)

 

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Great Hall house (Warrenton)

 

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Green house (Madison)

 

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Gwinnett, Button

 

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Gwinnett, Button

 

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Hancock County history

 

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Hanks murder (Valdosta)

 

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Hatcher, George

 

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Hilton Head

 

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Historic preservation; notes

 

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Historical Societies & Agencies; conference, 1967

 

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Ice age

 

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Indian monument (Colquitt)

 

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Intracoastal Waterway: Atlantic Section

 

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Islands; notes

 

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Islands; notes

 

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Islands; printed material

 

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Jarrett Manor (Toccoa)

 

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Jekyll Island

 

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Jennings, Sibley

 

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Kettle Creek Manor (Rayle)

 

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Key-Sparks' office

 

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Kiokee Church

 

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Lang, Powell

 

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"Last house on Peachtree"

 

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Lee, J.C.

 

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Legal papers (WWII)

 

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Lewis, Meriwether

 

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Log house (Gainesville)

 

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Log house (Lawrenceville)

 

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Macfie house (Talliaferro County)

 

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Madison-Morgan Cultural Center

 

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Magazine, future of

 

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Magazine, history

 

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Magazine, history, 1944

 

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Magazine, history, clippings

 

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Magazine; history, notes

 

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Magazine; improvement

 

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Magazine; letters

 

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Magazine; outlines

 

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Magazine; printed material

 

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Magazine; special sections

 

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Magnolias

 

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Maps

 

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Maps

 

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Marshes (McIntosh County)

 

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McGehee house (Elbert County)

 

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Medicine show

 

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Medicine show

 

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Mercer founder

 

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Midway

 

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Midway Church

 

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Milledgeville

 

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Military papers/training

 

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Miscellaneous

 

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Mitchell, Margaret

 

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Mitchell, Margaret

 

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"Naked Hunt", movie (Hilton Head)

 

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Negatives

 

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North Ga. College; bulletin, directory

 

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Notes; misc.

 

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Notes; misc.

 

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Office, plans

 

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Ogburn, Charlton

 

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Ogeechee River

 

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"Old road" (Washington County)

 

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Old Rock House (McDuffie County)

 

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Oldest house in Ga. (Union Pt./Atlanta)

 

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Oldest house in Ga. (Union Pt./Atlanta)

 

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Oney, Steve

 

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Ossabaw

 

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Ossabaw, notes

 

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Ossabaw Island Project

 

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Pamplets (historical/preservationist)

 

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Pamphlets (historical/preservationist)

 

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Perennials

 

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Parks, Benjamin

 

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Perkerson, Medora Field

 

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Perrow, Eber C.

 

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Photographs: Augusta, GA. White House

 

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Photographs: Birdsville, GA. Houses

 

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Photographs: Birdsville, Jones Plantation

 

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Photographs: Columbia County, GA. Unidentified house

 

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Photographs: Cumberland Island, GA. (see also Wassaw Island)

 

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Photographs: Cumberland Island, GA.

 

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Photographs: Cumberland Island, GA.

 

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Photographs: Cumberland Island, GA.

 

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Photographs: Cumberland Island, GA.

 

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Photographs: Cumberland Island, GA.

 

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Photographs: Cumberland Island, GA.

 

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Photographs: Cumberland Island, GA.

 

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Photographs: Devereaux, GA. Pierson House

 

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Photographs: Egg Island

 

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Photographs: Elbert County, GA (?). Unidentified house

 

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Photographs: Elberton, GA. Unidentified house. (negatives only)

 

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Photographs: Goosepond, GA. Houses & views

 

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Photographs: Hancock County, GA. Unidentified house

 

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Photographs: McDuffie County, GA. The Rock House

 

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Photographs: Madison, GA (vicinity). Chambers House

 

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Photographs: Maxeys, GA & vicinity, Houses & views relating to Pres. Johnson's family in Georgia

 

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Photographs: Milledgeville, GA. Scott-Carter-Furman-Smith House

 

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Photographs: Sapelo Island

 

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Photographs: Morgan County, GA. Chambers House

 

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Photographs: Ogeechee River & vicinity

 

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Photographs: Ossabaw & St. Catherine's Islands

 

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Photographs: Ossabaw Island

 

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Photographs: Ossabaw Island

 

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Photographs: Raytown, GA (see also Sharon, GA). MacFie House

 

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Photographs: St. Catherine's Island

 

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Photographs: Sapelo Island

 

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Photographs: Savannah Beach & Wassaw Island

 

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Photographs: Savannah, GA. House where 1st Legislature met

 

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Photographs: Screven Co, GA. Skinner House

 

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Photographs: Sharon, GA. McKeen-McKeon House

 

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Photographs: Sharon & Raytown, GA. Churches & houses

 

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Photographs: Sparks & others

 

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Photographs: Sparta, GA. The Old Dominion

 

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Photographs: Stone Mountain, GA. Thornton House

 

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Photographs: Taliaferro County, GA. Bryson House

 

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Photographs: Taliaferro County, GA. McFie House

 

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Photographs: Thomson, GA (vicinity). Old Quaker House

 

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Photographs: Thomson, GA (vicinity). Old Rock House

 

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Photographs: unidentified houses & locations

 

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Photographs: Great Hall House, Warrenton, GA

 

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Photographs: unidentified island

 

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Photographs: Union Point, GA. Thornton House

 

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Photographs: Washington, GA. Houses

 

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Photographs: Washington, GA. Houses (vicinity). Simons House

 

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Photographs: Washington, GA. Tolbert (John) House

 

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Photographs: Washington, GA. unidentified house

 

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Photographs: Washington County, GA. Houses & views

 

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Photographs: Wassaw Island

 

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Photographs: Wassaw Island

 

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Photographs: Wassaw Island & Cumberland Islands

 

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Photographs: Watkinsville, GA. Eagle Tavern

 

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Photographs: White Plains, GA. Unidentified house

 

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Photographs: Wilkes County, GA. (negatives only)

 

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Playbills

 

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Plot Club

 

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Plymouth Drama Festival

 

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Poetry

 

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"Pompey's Head", movie (Brunswick, GA)

 

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"Pregnant possums"

 

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Pres. Lyndon Johnson's ancestors in Ga.

 

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Pres. Lyndon Johnson's ancestors in Ga.

 

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Prince Faisal's farm (Etowah)

 

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Restaurants (Middle Ga.)

 

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Retirement

 

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Riley, Harrison

 

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Rock Mill

 

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Roe-Harper House

 

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Sapelo Island

 

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Sapelo Island

 

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Savannah; Revolutionary battle site

 

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Savannah; tours, pamphlets

 

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Scott House (Wrightsboro, GA)

 

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Sea Horse Key

 

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Seeds

 

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Sharks & stingrays

 

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Sharon, GA

 

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Shortia

 

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Simons House (Washington, GA)

 

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Sketches

 

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Sketches

 

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Skidaway

 

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Skidaway

 

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Sparks, George M.

 

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Sparks, John

 

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Sparks Quarterly

 

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Spasmodical

 

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Speech: Millen, GA

 

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Speech: N. Georgia College

 

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Speech: Angus Perkerson's retirement

 

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Speeches

 

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St. Catherine's Island

 

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Stephens, Alexander

 

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Stone Mountain

 

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The Story of Sea Island

 

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Story ideas

 

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Story ideas

 

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Tank, Bony

 

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Tarheel Traveller, news releases

 

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Tar Pit Recreation Area

 

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Telephone directory (Atlanta Journal/ Constitution)

 

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Thornton House (Union Point, GA-Stone Mountain)

 

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Thornton House, garden

 

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Transcripts (college)

 

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Trimble House (East Point, GA)

 

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Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, GA)

 

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Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, GA)

 

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Turtles

 

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Twenty-five Year Club (AJ/C)

 

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Univ. of Georgia, bulletin, 1935-36

 

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Univ. of Georgia Junior College, bulletins, 1935/36

 

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Walker House (Harris County)

 

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Walton House (Augusta, GA)

 

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War diary/writings

 

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War woman Mill

 

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"Washington ate here..."

 

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Washington County Tax Digest, 1825

 

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Washington, GA

 

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Washington, GA, restorations

 

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Washington-Wilkes County

 

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Wassaw Island

 

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Wassaw Island

 

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Webb, Jackson

 

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Webb, Jackson; Overland mss.

 

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White House (Augusta, GA)

 

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Wild heron

 

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Wilkes County

 

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Williams House (Savannah, GA)

 

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Williams, Vinnie

 

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Writings: "Auction in the Country"

 

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Writings: "Bag and Baggage"

 

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Writings: "The Big Bluff"

 

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Writings: "Durward Sons"

 

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Writings: "English lodgings"

 

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Writings: "Ghosts and Us"

 

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Writings: "The Governor and the Mermaid"

 

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Writings: ideas (N. Ga. College)

 

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Writings: "In the Arms of Venus"

 

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Writings: "The Little Spinster"

 

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Writings: "Lonely Hearts"

 

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Writings: "Lord's Corner"

 

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Writings: "Melting Pot"

 

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Writings: "The Name of Richard Hunter"

 

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Writings: "Old Lady"

 

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Writings: "Old Lady"

 

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Writings: "Old Lady"

 

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Writings: "Old Lady"

 

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Writings: "Old Lady"

 

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Writings: "Old Lady"

 

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Writings: "Old Lady"

 

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Writings: "Out of Magnolias"

 

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Writings: "The Paper Hanger's Tale"

 

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Writings: "Provincial Portrait"

 

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Writings: "Secrets of the Sea"

 

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Writings: "Send Me Love By V-Mail"

 

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Writings: short stories, fragments

 

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Writings: "Swan Song for Love"

 

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Writings: "Swan Song for Love"

 

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Writings: "Swan Song for Love"

 

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Writings: "Swan Song for Love"

 

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Writings: "Wild Islands"

 

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Writings: "Wild Islands"

 

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Writings: "Wild Islands" correspondence

 

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Writings: "William Jay-Architect to Savannah"

 

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Wrightsboro, GA

 

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Yellow Jacket (Georgia Tech)

 

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Zaleski, Philip

 

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Card index; background for stories

 

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Newspapers, clippings, photos

 

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Plaque- commemorating retirement of Andy Sparks, circa 1985