Eliza and Waldo Jones family and genealogical papers
Scope and Content
Eliza Jones accumulated this collection to document the genealogy of her extended families as well that of her husband, Waldo Jones. Materials include correspondence that documents her daily life and views, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and diaries. The collection also contains papers from her and Waldo Jones's extended family. Families represented include the Woolford, Grant, Slaton, Harris, Fitz-Randolph, Martin, Waldo, Winslow, Felder, and Jackson families.
Dates
- 1789-1992, undated
- Majority of material found within 1860 - 1970
Creator
- Jones, Eliza Woolford, 1916-1992 (Person)
- Jones, A. Waldo (Albigence Waldo), 1912-1983 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
Eliza (Elissa) Leiper Woolford Jones (1916-1992) was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Dr. John S. B. Woolford (1871-1932) and Eliza Leiper Winslow Woolford (1891-1983). She had one sister, Helen Randolph Woolford Haskell. Eliza graduated from the Westtown School, a boarding high school in Pennsylvania, completed three years at Vassar College in New York, and graduated from the University of Georgia. She married Albigence Waldo Jones (1912-1983), known as Waldo, in 1939 and they had three children: Elissa Woolford Jones Brigden, Albigence Waldo Jones, Jr., and R. Winslow Jones. Both Eliza and Waldo were active members in historical and civic societies, such as the Society of the Cincinnati, Huguenot Society, Atlanta Historical Society, Georgia Genealogical Society, Civil War Round Table, Vinings Civic Club, Kiwanis Club, and St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
Administrative/Biographical History
Waldo Jones was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Robert Harrison Jones, Jr. (1884-1963) and Katherine Waldo Jones (1887-1938). He had three siblings: Robert Harrison Jones (1913-1978), Nancy Waldo Jones Bryan (1915-1988), and Slaton Martin Jones (1916-2002). Waldo graduated from Marist College in New York, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Parsons School of Interior Design in New York. He was an interior designer in Atlanta for over fifty years with Lang and Fritz and Beverly Hall, Inc. During World War II, Waldo served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy Armed Guard in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
Extent
90.38 linear ft. (129 document cases, 29 oversize boxes, five flat file folders)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged into five series: I) Jones family papers, II) Woolford family papers, III) Grant family papers, IV) Slaton family papers, and V) Genealogy papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2016
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2018.
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century
- Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Fitz-Randolph family
- Georgia -- Genealogy
- Georgia -- History -- 1815-1861
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Georgia -- Race relations
- Grant family
- Grant, John Thomas, 1813-1887
- Grant, Sallie Fannie (Sarah Frances Reid), 1839-1920
- Grant, William Daniel, 1837-1901
- Harris family
- Jones family
- Jones, A. Waldo (Albigence Waldo), 1912-1983 -- Correspondence
- Jones, Eliza Woolford, 1916-1992 -- Correspondence
- Martin family
- Slaton family
- Slaton, John M.
- Slaton, Martha Lee
- Slaton, Sarah Frances Grant, 1870-1945
- Slaton, William Franklin
- Socialites -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
- United States -- Race relations
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
- Waldo family
- West Point (Ga.) -- History
- Winslow family
- Woolford family
- Woolford, Eliza, 1891-1983
- Title
- Eliza and Waldo Jones family and genealogical papers
- Author
- Shay Meredith
- Date
- August 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository