 Manuscript MS-005LOUISE BARFIELD "BIDDY" HAMMETT PAPERS1959 - 2009Manuscript Collection No. 5 SOURCE: Louise B. Hammett, January 1983, August 1989, June 2009 SIZE: 3 linear ft SHELVING UNITS: 4 manuscript boxes, 1 photo (MS-5, Ph/1) PROCESSING: RAA 1986, 1989, 1991, 2004, CJ 2009 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTELottie Louise "Biddy" Barfield was born 18 September 1929 in Columbus, Georgia, the daughter of Louise Calhoun and Grover Barfield. (The elder Louise Barfield is author of History of Harris County, Georgia, 1827-1961.) She was educated in the Columbus public schools. She attended Wesleyan College and graduated from Auburn University in 1950, with a B.S. in Education, majoring in American History. In 1951, she married Paul Lane Hammett, Jr. They have two daughters. After teaching in the LaGrange public schools, Mrs. Hammett pursued a career as a freelance artist and writer. She has written three books, I Must Sing-The Era With Carrie Fall Benson, The Pen of Carrie Fall Benson, and A Hammett Family in Georgia. Her interest in the civic affairs of LaGrange and Troup County is reflected in this collection.SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTEMrs. Hammett's interest in art and history led her to help found the Chattahoochee Valley Art Association in 1963 and the Ocfuskee Historical Society in 1972. The collection contains information on the organization and early activities of both groups. Records of two other organizations which Mrs. Hammett helped found, the Tabard Literary Club and the Pine Trace Pony Club, are included. Mrs. Hammett's correspondence is arranged chronologically and deals with her civic interests. Some of Mrs. Hammett's art work is represented in sketches which accompany her newspaper articles on historic Troup County buildings.A 1925 newspaper article features Newnan and Coweta County. Franklin, Georgia is the subject of an undated booklet, and several pamphlets feature LaGrange. Mrs. Hammett's research notes cover a wide range of topics relating to Troup County history. Most of the material is photocopied from her notebooks. Biographical sketches of leading citizens and genealogies of prominent Troup County families are included. National Register nomination information on the Ferrell - Holder House is part of a survey of historic sites conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Hammett in 1972. Other topics include, Asbury and Providence Churches, early LaGrange merchants, Troup Factory, and the original subdivision of LaGrange. An index follows the container list. There are also two boxes of family information, largely on the Hammett and allied families. CONTAINER LIST:Box 1Folder1 Tabard Club Constitution and by-laws, 1956 Agendas, 1970-1971, 1973-1974, 1976-1978 2 Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, 1963 Talks presented at organizational meetings Membership lists Publicity, clippings, flyers 3 Chattahoochee Valley Art Association (CVAA)-Callaway Gardens Art Show, 1962-1963 4 CVAA Sidewalk Art Show, 1963 5 CVAA, 1963, Clippings 6 CVAA, 1964 List of gifts to CVAA Invitation and rules for 1964 show Correspondence, Clippings, Newsletter 7 CVAA, 1965 Program for 1965 show Invitation and rules for 1965 show National Art Week promotion Georgia Arts Newsletter Vol. 1, #3, 12 Nov 1965 Clippings 8 CVAA, 1967 Newsletter, clipping Invitation to show 9-9a Ocfuskee Historical Society Proposal to CVAA to form a Historical Council, 1972 Membership cards Talk by Biddy Hammett re. Inventory of historic sites, 1972 Correspondence 10 Pine Trace Pony Club Report on organizational meeting, 11 Spt 1979 Membership list Show announcements Carol L. Meschter, DVM, Articles on horse care Correspondence Bridles and Tracks newsletter, 1979 11 Correspondence, 1959-1991 12 Printed Material Eufaula, AL, Restoration - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, 4-5 Oct 1972 Powers Crossroads Country Store - Newnan Times Herald, 29 July 1971 13 Printed Material LaGrange in Troup County, no date, no publisher Our Town, Franklin, GA, Stannye Williamson, n.d. Program LaGrange Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, 25 Oct 1962 Confederate Veteran Magazine, 9:8, Aug 1901 Coweta County feature in The Sunday American, 23 Aug 1925 14 Miscellaneous Resume and memorabilia from LaGrange Academy, LaGrange Memorial Library (50th Anniversary, 1976, Cherith Creek Farm, and LaGrange song lyrics 15 Historical art work (clippings) Box 2 Folder 1 Original subdivision of LaGrange 2 LaGrange merchants, no dates 3 LaGrange distillers - Ragland and Evans, no dates 4 LaGrange zoo, c.1890 5 Troup County biography Mrs. Young Hall Cox family Walter Terry Colquitt Moses J. Lee Thomas Leslie Robertson family Sara Coleman Ferrell Rufus Broome 6 Index to Inventory of Historic Sites in Troup and Heard Counties, 1971-1972 7 Ferrell - Holder House 8 Providence Primitive Baptist Church 9 Asbury Methodist Church 10 Troup Factory 11 Antioch Community 12 List of county records removed from storage at county work camp, 1968 13 Miscellaneous Troup County records Reprint of Margaret Mitchell (1923) article in the Atlanta Journal/Constitution ret Mittie Bulloch, Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. marriage at Bulloch Hall, Roswell, GA, 1854 List of genealogical source material collected by LaGrange DAR for Georgia Archives Partridge Bible record Transcript of interview with Patricia B. Hogg about Pleasant Grove Church and Community Notes on Gabbettville Maps of 12th land district of Troup County showing original land owners Mary Crowder interview, 1971, Methodist Campground between Durand and Warm Springs Route of Lafayete in his 1825 visit to Georgia Lafayette's command at Yorktown Southern Famele College Burnt Village Hammett letters, 1860 Hammett - Nash Bible record Reynolds Bible record Johnson Cemetery, Troup County Tucker - Johnson graves, Harrisonville Old Providence Baptist Church Cemetery Flat Shoals Primitive Baptist Cemetery Notes on Nimmons House, 310 Broad Street Notes on Yancey - Smith House, 600 Broad Street Camp Viola committee roster, n.d. 14 Milner Martin and Antioch Baprist Church, Harris County, GA 15 A.P. Jones family by Miss Tinnie Jones, N.d. 16-20 Presidential Scenic Railroad, 1991 21 Texts of talks by Biddy Hammett, 1972-1976 22 LaGrange Downtown Historic District Box 3 Folder 1 Britton, Brockman, Cargill, Chewning, Clarke, Echols-Favor 2 Edwards, Goodrich, Hearn, Hammock, 3-12 Hammett Box 4 Folder 1-8 Hammett 9 Leverette, Morgan, Phillips, Strozier 10 Reynolds 11 Reynolds, Young 12 Miscellaneous, Multiple Family 13 Topical Research Notes, Maps Related Papers at Troup County Archives MS-1 Troup County Historical Society Records INDEX TO BIDDY HAMMETT PAPERSNote: The numbers following these entries refer to box and folder number.Antioch Community 2:11 Britton Family 3:1 Brockman Family 3:1 Bulloch Hall, Roswell, Georgia 2:13 Camp Viola 2:13 Cargill Family 3:1 Chattahoochee Valley Art Association 1:2-8 Chewning Family 3:1 Clark family 2:5; 3:1 Coffee County, Alabama 2:5 Colquitt, Walter Terry 2:5 Cox family 2:5 Dallis house, Broad Street 1:15 Echols-Favor Family 3:1 Edwards Family 3:2 Eufaula, Alabama 1:12 Evans and Ragland, Distillers 2:3 Ferrell, Sara Coleman 2:5 Ferrell - Holder house 2:7 Franklin, Georgia 1:13 Goodrich Family 3:2 Hall, Mrs. M.A. 2:5 Hammett family 2:13; 3:3-12; 4:1-8 Hammett, James D. house 1:15 Hammock Family 3:2 Heard - Beall - Dallis house 1:15 Hearn Family 3:2 Hill, John house 1:15 Kidd - Robertson - Holle house 1:15 Johnson Cemetery 2:13 Lafayette's Command at Yorktown 2:13 LaGrange, Georgia original town plan 2:1 Lee, Moses J. 2:5 Leslie, Thomas 2:5 Leverette Family 4:9 Long Cane Historic District 2:5 Methodist Campground, Durand, Georgia 2:13 Morgan Family 4:9 Nash family 2:13 Nimmons House, 310 Broad Street 2:13 Ocfuskee Historical Society 1:9 Partridge family 2:13 Phillips Family 4:9 Pine Trace Pony Club 1:10 Pleasant Grove Community 2:13 Pleasant Grove Methodist Church 2:13 Potts Brothers Store 1:15 Potts, Monroe farm 1:15 Providence Baptist Church 2:8 Reynolds family 2:13; 4:10-11 Strozier Family 4:9 Swanson, Nathan Graves house 1:15 Southern Female College 2:13 Tabard Literary Club 1:1 Thornton Cottage, Broad Street 1:15 Troup Factory 2:5,10 Yancey - Smith House, 600 Broad Street 2:13 Young Family 4:11 Zoo, LaGrange, 1890 2:4 TRACINGSAntioch CommunityAsbury Methodist Church Chattahoochee Valley Art Association Distillery - LaGrange, c.1860 Hammett Family Historic Houses - LaGrange LaGrange - History - town plan, 1828 Ocfuskee Historical Society Pine Trace Pony Club Providence Primitive Church Tabard Club (literary society) Troup Factory Zoo - LaGrange, 1890 Return to Manuscripts Index | Return to Holdings and Databases
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