- Title:
- E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection
- Creator:
- Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981
- Date of Original:
- 1745/1942
- Subject:
- Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Clarke County (Ga.)--History
Jackson County (Ga.)--History
Slavery--Georgia--History
Schools--Georgia
Poor--Georgia
Confederate States of America
Georgia. Superior Court (Jackson County)
Slavery--Georgia--History
Slavery--United States
Enslaved persons--Georgia
Slave bills of sale--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, 33.95117, -83.36733
United States, Georgia, Jackson County, 34.13388, -83.56635 - Medium:
- judicial records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The collection consists of original source material including biographies of prominent Georgians, correspondence of individuals and families, court records from the Superior Court of Jackson County (Georgia), records relating to the Confederate States of America and the Civil War in Georgia, reports and lists of children attending impoverished schools in Clarke County (Georgia), and records relating to slavery in Georgia. Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981) was an author, educator at the University of Georgia (1919-1958) and head of the History Department (1941-1958). For more information, see the article "E. Merton Coulter (1890-1981)" in the New Georgia Encyclopedia, available at https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/e-merton-coulter-1890-1981/. Other related collections include the E. Merton Coulter collection, ms2345 (available in the Hargrett Library reading room).
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_2018
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection, ms2018, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
