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Perkerson, Angus, 1888-1967

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Harvey Dan Abrams photographs of Medora Field Perkerson

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS155
Scope and Contents of the Records The photographs in this collection relate to Atlanta author Medora Field Perkerson. The earliest images, a photograph from 1924, shows Ms. Perkerson seated in the center with other members of the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine, including Margaret Mitchell. Other photographs show Medora Field Perkerson seated with her mother reading Who Killed Aunt Maggie? in 1939; a photograph of her arrival at the 1940 premiere of the movie Who Killed Aunt Maggie? with her husband Angus Perkerson, and a...
Dates: circa 1924-1961

Perkerson family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS699f
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the Perkerson family, as well as awards given to Angus Millard Perkerson Jr. and Medora Field Perkerson for their work in journalism. Of particular note is a newspaper article published in Atlanta Journal Constitution Magazine about a letter written by Elizabeth Frances “Lizzie” Perkerson Butler about the impact of the Civil War on her family. She wrote the letter in 1864 but was not...
Dates: 1890-1958, undated

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Georgia -- Genealogy 1
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Journalists -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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