John Eustace Denmark Papers

Collection

Identifier: MU-PP-0031

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John Eustace Denmark Collection Finding Aid

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Scope and Contents

The John Eustace Denmark papers include three file folders kept in original order. They contain correspondence with people related to Mercer and invitations to Mercer University events.

Dates

Creation: 1957-1990

Creator

Denmark, John Eustace, 1899-1990 (Person)
Denmark, Leila Alice Daughtry, 1898-2012 (Person)

Rights Statement

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Biographical / Historical

John Eustace Denmark, the son of Malachi and Mary Ann Brannen Denmark, was a white man born in Bulloch County, Georgia, on April 20, 1899. He was sent to Java as a Vice Consul with the State Department. He completed law school and passed the bar but went into banking. He was eventually Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Mr. Denmark was a Mercer University trustee from 1957-1961 and sat on the President’s Council from 1964-1968.

He married Leila Alice Daughtry on June 11, 1928. She was a Tift and Mercer graduate and one of the first female doctors in Georgia.