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Georgia -- Carrollton -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Maple Street School PTA (Carrollton, Ga.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0099
Overview

This collection contains materials related to the history of the Maple Street School (Carrollton, Georgia) Parent Teacher Association from 1941 through 1955.

Dates: 1923-1955

Joe McGinnis Family Estate collection

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0096
Overview

Newspapers, Photographs, and Documents of the Joe McGinnis family estate, Mr. McGinnis served as Carrollton mayor from 1993 to 1999 and member of the Carrollton City School Board from 1977-1993 and 2001-2013.

Dates: 1936-1980, undated

Joe McGinnis papers

 Collection
Identifier: POL-0028
Overview

Papers of Joe McGinnis, Carrollton mayor from 1993 to 1999 and member of the Carrollton City School Board from 1977-1993 and 2001-2013.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1993-1999; 1971 - early 2000s

Pilot Club of Carrollton records

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0105
Overview

This collection consists of annual scrapbooks (1948-2013) that contain photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, and other materials that detail the activities of the Pilot Club of Carrollton over that time span. Three additional scrapbooks feature Jo Farish, who served as Governor for the State (Georgia) Pilot Club from 2008-2009.

Dates: 1948-2016

Postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0067
Overview

Various postcards of Carrollton and West Georgia region buildings, houses, and churches and scenes of the University of West Georgia campus.

Dates: 1905-2010

Sheet Music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0005
Overview

This collection is made up of published sheet music and hand-written sheet music spanning 1863-1918, both classical and popular.

Dates: 1863-1918

Sidney Holderness Sr. family papers

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0077
Overview

These materials mainly consist of documents pertaining to the personal and professional lives of prominent Carrollton attorneys, Col. Sidney Holderness Sr. (1864-1939) and his son, Sidney Holderness Jr. (1899-1974). The materials were found during the 2014 renovation of the Stallings Building (previously the Holderness Building) at 201 Newnan Street in downtown Carrollton. Additional documents were donated by Dorothy Pittman in 2020 and 2023.

Dates: 1892-1968

Southwire Company records

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0049
Overview

Materials pertaining to Southwire Company, a Carrollton company and North America’s leading manufacturer of wire and cable for electrical purposes.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1978-1990; 1978-2001

St. Margaret's Episcopal Church records

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0060
Overview

The St. Margaret's Episcopal Church records contain information on church business and other functions, calls for prayer, and listings of various milestones for parishioners such as birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and retirements.

Dates: 1989 - 2023

Ruth Rooks Sutton notecards

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0026
Scope and Contents note

This collection contains thirty-five note cards with information about the Bonner family of Carrollton, Georgia. They were created by Ruth Rooks Sutton for a paper in high school in 1956-1957. She sent them in a letter to her aunt, Ila Rooks, who then sent them to Charles Beard at the University of West Georgia. Ila Rooks was related to James C. Bonner through her mother's side of the family. Both of these letters are in the collection as well.

Dates: 1956-1994