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Georgia -- Bowdon -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

W. C. Adamson letter

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0071
Overview

Letter written by W. C. Adamson, U.S. Representative from Georgia and United States Customs Court judge, on May 26, 1927.

Dates: 1927
Found in: University of West Georgia Special Collections / W. C. Adamson letter

Bowdon College collection

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0052
Overview

Bowdon College was founded in 1857 and was Georgia’s first coeducational institution and fifth chartered institution of higher education. Despite continual economic hardships, the college survived until the Depression when it was forced to close in 1936.

Dates: 1858-2006
Found in: University of West Georgia Special Collections / Bowdon College collection

Confederate States of America Army, Infantry, Cobb's Legion, Company B muster roll

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0025
Overview

The Cobb's Legion Infantry, Company B, of the Confederate States of America, otherwise known as the "Bowdon Volunteers" was formed in 1861 by Charles A. McDaniel, the founder and first president of Bowdon College.

Dates: Approximately 1910
Found in: University of West Georgia Special Collections / Confederate States of America Army, Infantry, Cobb's Legion, Company B muster roll

Frances Barrow Jackson collection

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0084
Overview

Photographs and other materials pertaining to the Barr, Barrow, Jackson, Lovvorn, and Morris families from Bowdon.

Dates: Approx. 1870s-1936
Found in: University of West Georgia Special Collections / Frances Barrow Jackson collection

Lovvorn and Hay Family portraits

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0066
Overview

Portraits of William Daniel Lovvorn, David Green Hay, and Mary Brock Hay.

Dates: Approximately 1870s-1890s
Found in: University of West Georgia Special Collections / Lovvorn and Hay Family portraits