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1. Collection Westside Documentation Project

Description:
Oral histories of three predominantly African American Savannah neighborhoods, Hudson Hill, West Savannah, and Woodville.
Date of Original:
2008
Holding Institution:
City of Savannah Municipal Archives

2. Collection Ellis Square Oral History Project

Description:
Oral histories conducted in 2007 and 2008 related to the development of Savannah's Ellis Square.
Date of Original:
2007/2008
Holding Institution:
City of Savannah Municipal Archives

3. Collection Arboretum News

Description:
The Arboretum News has been published periodically from 2003 onward by the Arboretum staff and highlights plants growing on the Armstrong Campus as well as the people that care for them.
Date of Original:
2003/2019
Holding Institution:
Georgia Southern University. Libraries

4. Collection Benjamin Van Clark Neighborhood Documentation Project

Description:
Oral histories dated from 2003 and 2004 related to the Benjamin Van Clark Neighborhood in Savannah, Georgia focusing on mass transportation and the development of streetcar suburbs; desegregation and the neighborhood's changing population; and the revitalization and rehabilitation of the community.
Date of Original:
2003/2004
Holding Institution:
City of Savannah Municipal Archives

5. Collection South Georgia Folklife Collection

Description:
Published and unpublished materials created between 1996 and 2006 which document the traditional culture of the southern third of Georgia.
Date of Original:
1996/2006
Holding Institution:
Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections

6. Collection Savannah Biographies

Description:
The Savannah Biographies is a collection of unedited biographies written between 1975 and 1994 by history students of Armstrong Atlantic State University. These papers contain biographies of 19th and 20th century Savannahians - ordinary people from all walks of life who in some small way contributed to the history of the city of Savannah.
Date of Original:
1975/1994
Holding Institution:
Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)

7. Collection Happiness & hard times

Description:
Transcripts of oral histories conducted in 1973 with Savannah residents.
Date of Original:
1973
Holding Institution:
Georgia Southern University. Libraries
Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)

8. Collection Albion's voice

Description:
1970 issues of Savannah's alternative newspaper.
Date of Original:
1970
Holding Institution:
Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)

9. Collection Johnny Mercer Oral History Project

Description:
Transcripts of oral history interviews with family members, friends, and colleagues of Savannah, Georgia-born lyricist and musician Johnny Mercer and his wife Ginger dating from 1970 to 2002.
Date of Original:
1970/2002
Holding Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

11. Collection Mighty Eighth Air Force collection

Description:
Digitization of materials that focus on the activity at Savannah Army Air Base (Hunter Field), Savannah, Georgia to prepare the Eighth Air Force for combat following its activation on January 28, 1942.
Date of Original:
1942/2002
Holding Institution:
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

12. Collection Clermont Lee collection

Description:
Architectural drawings dating from 1940-1989 from Savannah, Georgia landscape architect Clermont Lee, best known for her work designing gardens and parks for historical landmarks throughout Georgia.
Date of Original:
1940/1989
Holding Institution:
Georgia Historical Society

13. Collection Living in Savannah, volume 1

Description:
Photographs documenting urban poverty and housing conditions in Savannah in 1940.
Date of Original:
1940
Holding Institution:
Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)

14. Collection Archives of Savannah State University

Description:
Programs, yearbooks, newspapers, and reports documenting Savannah State University, Georgia's oldest public historically black college or university, from 1939 to 2011.
Date of Original:
1939/2011
Holding Institution:
Asa H. Gordon Library (Savannah, Ga.)

15. Collection Living in Savannah, Volume 2

Description:
Photographs taken during 1940 and 1941 documenting economic and living conditions of Savannah residents including the poor.
Date of Original:
1939/1941
Holding Institution:
Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)

16. Collection University yearbooks

Description:
Yearbooks of the Savannah-based historically black college, Savannah State University, from 1939 to 1998.
Date of Original:
1939/1998
Holding Institution:
Asa H. Gordon Library (Savannah, Ga.)

17. Collection Geechee Yearbook

Description:
College annual for Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia, with issues ranging from 1937-1995
Date of Original:
1937/1995
Holding Institution:
Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)

18. Collection The Inkwell (Armstrong's student newspaper)

Description:
The official student newspaper for Armstrong State University since 1935.
Date of Original:
1935/9999
Holding Institution:
Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)

19. Collection Eastern Air Lines Collection

Description:
Correspondence, memorabilia, and records highlighting labor, management, public relations, mediation, corporate culture, marketing, media coverage, and operations at Eastern Air Lines between 1905 and 2010.
Date of Original:
1930/1990
Holding Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

21. Collection Juliette Gordon Low correspondence, series India letters

Description:
Journal entries of Juliette Gordon Low during her travels in northern India and Pakistan in 1908 with her 18 year niece, Elizabeth Parker and another friend, Grace Carter.
Date of Original:
1908
Holding Institution:
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace

22. Collection Record Series 5600PC-10, Minutes of the Park and Tree Commission, 1896-1972, no date

Description:
Minutes of the Commission’s regular and special meetings from 1896-1972 that include: names of commissioners; copies of the act of creation; oaths; financial reports; resolutions; reports on parks and squares; cemetery reports; personnel and payroll; committee reports; authorizations; and annual reports.
Date of Original:
1896/1972
Holding Institution:
City of Savannah Municipal Archives

24. Collection Savannah city directories

Description:
City directories for Savannah, Georgia and Chatham County, Georgia dating from 1871-1959 containing information that identifies residents and local businesses.
Date of Original:
1871/1959
Holding Institution:
Live Oak Public Libraries

26. Collection Cyrus F. Jenkins Civil War diary, 1861-1862

Description:
A personal account of life as a Confederate soldier during the early years of the Civil War, from 1861-1862.
Date of Original:
1861-07/1862-04
Holding Institution:
Troup County Archives

27. Collection Coastal Heritage Society, Central of Georgia Rail Road collection, carpentry shop ledger

Description:
Nineteenth-century ledger and scrapbook dating from 1860 to 1864 (for the ledger) and 1870 to 1899 (for the scrapbook) documenting work conducted at the Carpentry Shop, within the Savannah Shops complex of the Central Rail Road and Banking Company of Georgia.
Date of Original:
1860/1864
Holding Institution:
Coastal Heritage Society (Ga.)

28. Collection Juliette Gordon Low papers

Description:
Papers dating from 1860 to 1927 of Girl Scouts founder, Juliette Gordon Low.
Date of Original:
1860/1927
Holding Institution:
Georgia Historical Society

29. Collection Annual reports of the mayor of Savannah, Georgia, 1855-1923

Description:
Annual reports dated from 1855 to 1923 covering Savannah's finances, statistics, trade, and ordinances.
Date of Original:
1855/1923
Holding Institution:
Georgia Historical Society
University of Georgia. Libraries
City of Savannah Municipal Archives

30. Collection City of Savannah document center

Description:
Historic records of the city of Savannah
Date of Original:
1854/9999
Holding Institution:
City of Savannah Municipal Archives

31. Collection Port of Savannah slave manifests

Description:
Manifests of enslaved people shipped from Savannah to various ports from 1852 to 1860.
Date of Original:
1852/1860
Holding Institution:
Georgia Historical Society

32. Collection Historical Treatises

Description:
Historical treatises focused on the practice of law in Georgia published between 1800-1920.
Date of Original:
1819/1917
Holding Institution:
Alexander Campbell King Law Library

33. Collection City of Savannah, Georgia records - mayor's office

Description:
Records of the mayor of Savannah from the period of 1817 through 1904 and speeches of the mayor dating from 1960 to 1966.
Date of Original:
1817/1904
1960/1966
Holding Institution:
City of Savannah Municipal Archives

34. Collection Slave manifests dating between 1801 and 1860.

Description:
Slave manifests dating between 1801 and 1860 submitted to the Collector of Customs at the Port of Savannah, Georgia by vessels engaged in coastwise travel.
Date of Original:
1801/1860
Holding Institution:
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch

35. Collection John Macpherson Berrien Papers

Description:
Personal papers dating from 1781 to 1942 related to Georgia statesman, John Macpherson Berrien
Date of Original:
1789/1942
Holding Institution:
Georgia Historical Society

36. Collection Benjamin Lincoln notebook and order book

Description:
Notebook and order book of General Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) containing essays he composed from 1780-1795.
Date of Original:
1780/1795
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

37. Collection Johnny Mercer collections

Description:
Images dating from 1780 to 1999 from the Johnny Mercer Papers, the Johnny and Ginger Mercer Papers, and his unpublished autobiography.
Date of Original:
1780/1999
Holding Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

38. Collection Edward Harden family papers

Description:
Materials relating to Edward Harden (1784-1849), a planter and politician from Savannah and Athens, Georgia including indentures, receipts, account books for his law practice, and commonplace books containing accounts for his plantations, legal notes, and journal entries.
Date of Original:
1779/1928
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

39. Collection Felix Hargrett collection

Description:
Collection of University of Georgia alumnus Felix Hargrett (graduated in 1924) that consists primarily of letters, but also includes materials dating from 1758 to 1844 that document the colony of Georgia and slavery.
Date of Original:
1758/1844
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

40. Collection Noble Jones family papers

Description:
Bound volume of papers of the Noble Jones family of Savannah, Georgia from 1754-1838 that contain legal instruments including wills and indentures, business records, and the sales and dispensations of enslaved people.
Date of Original:
1754/1838
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

42. Collection Transcripts of the Earl of Egmont papers

Description:
Transcripts created by E. Merton Coulter from contemporary, hand-written copies of letters and documents from 1732 to 1745 relating to the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America
Date of Original:
1732/1743
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

43. Collection Julia King collection

Description:
Family papers and records belonging to Julia King, a descendant of the Roswell King family of coastal Georgia plantation owners and managers, dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. The collection includes documents related to slavery, including estate appraisals and inventories.
Date of Original:
1700/1970
Holding Institution:
Midway Museum (Midway, Ga.)