Scope and Contents The collection contains 24 scattered issues of "The Countryman" (1862-1865), which was a pro-Confederate newspaper published weekly by J. A. Turner at Turnwold Plantation in Putnam County, Georgia. In addition to being a newspaper published by a plantation during the American Civil War, the newspaper is notable for its role in launching the journalistic career of Joel Chandler Harris. Within the Paul Mercer Cousins Collection, "The Countryman" serial is separated by year and issue. The...

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials from the life of Pearl Amelia Bigler. It includes diaries that span from her teens to her death in 1969, correspondence in both English and Portuguese, reports from Brazil regarding her missionary work, Bibles, Tift College yearbooks, passports, a short autobiography, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, and photo film. The scrapbooks range in topic and include photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, Christmas cards, wedding and birth...

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With this collection comes two boxes of Pinckney Pollock’s work. In box 1, one can find correspondence, and within box 2 one can find memorial addresses, newspaper clippings, and Trustees’ Minutes excerpts.

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Box 1 contains correspondence, land records, financial records, tax records, and other mixed documents. Box 2 contains oversized materials such as maps, a notebook, financial records, wills, and keys.

Scope and Contents While named the Riley B. Plymale Collection, the collection appears to be more focused on Foreman M. Hawes. Hawes and Plymale were long-time friends. Both were graduates of Mercer University and faculty colleagues at Locust Grove Institute. Included in the collection are files of correspondence and materials related to Locust Grove Institute, Mercer University, and Bessie Tift College, as well as Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Georgia Psi Chapter) and the Masonic Club. Hawes became...

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This collection contains two framed photo montages in fair condition and an unbound scrapbook in poor condition.

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The Robert E. Wilder Collection holds photos, newspapers articles, correspondence, correspondence between Dean Taylor, and "Mercerian" articles about or written by Robert Wilder. Most of items in the collection relate to his time as a basketball player and basketball coach at Mercer University.

Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of five series. Series 1 contains a small amount of papers related to the personal lives of the Armour Family. Series 2 contains course materials, research, notes, and correspondence from the academic and theological career of Rollin Armour. Series 3 contains articles, worksheets, and research from the counseling career of Mary Anne Armour. Series 4 contains correspondence, papers, and business materials from the Georgia Children’s Home. Series 5 contains planning...

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The collection primarily consists of music programs collected by Collins during his lifetime. These programs include Collins’ performances and those that he attended at Tift College and other institutions (mainly churches). The programs are in chronological order. The collection also contains Collins’ college degrees, plaques, a scrapbook, and a framed item from Tift College.

Scope and Contents The Rufus Washington Weaver Collection contains reports, correspondence, and other university-related documents from his time at Mercer University. The folders of the Weaver Papers are not in alphabetical order throughout the collection as a whole, but rather are generally alphabetized in groups of folders. Some groups stretch over several boxes, some groups span only one box or a portion of a box. Additionally, groups of records are not necessarily in chronological order. Items in box 6 are...