Decorative arts -- Georgia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Harvey Smith Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS576
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal, business, and research papers collected by Harvey M. Smith Jr. Research papers include the history of textiles, potpourri, family history, the trade of enslaved persons, and Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806). Documents include notes, correspondence, periodical clippings, design plates, and appraisements. Civil War papers primarily focus on Confederate Naval financial records. Of particular note are account books and correspondence from Richard Taylor (1826-1879),...
Dates:
1692-1993, undated; Majority of material found in 1800-1980
Mansion Fine Arts Committee records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS459f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of committee minutes, correspondence, notes, and clippings. It also includes a copy of the executive order creating the Mansion Fine Arts Committee, a letter from Governor Sanders inviting Isabel Johnston to join, and a letter of appreciation from Governor Lester Maddox thanking her for her participation.
Dates:
1966-1968
Series III: Personal and business papers, 1889-1993, undated
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials compiled by Harvey Smith Jr. about his personal and professional life. Included are certificates, correspondence, personal and professional financial records, invitations, papers from his service in the united States Marine Corps before and after World War II, and educational records. Additionally there are plays, poems, article clippings, event programs, donation records, real estate deeds, unfinished memoirs, and personal inventories. The series also contains...
Dates:
1889-1993, undated