Postcard collection
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains various postcards that depict buildings around Carrollton and the University of West Georgia campus, such as the City Hall, Mandeville Mills, Adamson Hall, Melson Hall, and others. There are also postcards included which show important streets, homes, and seasons within the county. Furthermore, the images in these postcards range in regards to year, so that the postcards display the changing landscape of Carrollton over various decades. A couple postcards relate to Tallapoosa in Haralson County.
Dates
- 1905-2010
Restrictions on Access
Open to all users; no restrictions.
Extent
0.21 Linear feet (1 box)
Language
English
Overview
Various postcards of Carrollton and West Georgia region buildings, houses, and churches and scenes of the University of West Georgia campus.
Arrangement
Arranged by location or topic.
Ownership and Custodial History
A selection transferred from the Georgia Department of Archives and History in 1994 and 2003 and a single postcard [unknown] donated by J. Marshall and Melanie White in February, 1995.
General Note
Related collections in this repository: Carroll County Photographs, LH-0028; Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School Records, UA-0007; Mandeville Mills Collection, LH-0033.
- Carrollton City Hall (Carrollton, Ga.) -- Photographs
- Carrollton Fire Department (Carrollton, Ga.) -- Photographs
- Carrollton High School (Carrollton, Ga.) -- Photographs
- Carrollton Presbyterian Church (Carrollton, Ga.) -- Photographs
- First Baptist Church Carrollton (Carrollton, Ga.) -- Photographs
- Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School (Carrollton, Ga.) -- Photographs
- Georgia -- Carroll County -- History
- Georgia -- Carroll County -- Photographs
- Georgia -- Carrollton -- History
- Georgia -- Carrollton -- Photographs
- Georgia -- Tallapoosa (Ga.) -- Photographs
- Halcyon Club (Carrollton, Ga.) -- Photographs
- Hotel Clifton (Carrollton, Ga.) -- Photographs
- Mandeville Mills, Inc. -- Photographs
- State University of West Georgia -- Photographs
- West Georgia College -- Photographs
- Title
- Guide to the Postcard Collection LH-0067
- Subtitle
- LH-0067
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Prepared by Danilo M. Baylen
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of West Georgia Special Collections Repository
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States
special@westga.edu