SOURCE: Louise B. Hammett, January 1983, August 1989

SIZE: 1 linear foot

SHELVING UNITS:2 manuscript boxes

1 photo (MS-5, Ph/1)

PROCESSING: RAA 1986, 1989, 1991

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lottie Louise "Biddy" Barfield was born 28 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. Her interest in the civic affairs of LaGrange and Troup County is reflected in this collection.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Mrs. 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.

CONTAINER LIST:

Box 1

Folder1 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

Related Papers at Troup County Archives

MS-1 Troup County Historical Society Records

TRACINGS

Tabard Club (literary society) Chattahoochee Valley Art Association Ocfuskee Historical Society

Pine Trace Pony Club

Historic Houses - LaGrange

LaGrange - History - town plan, 1828 Distillery - LaGrange, c.1860

Zoo - LaGrange, 1890

Providence Primitive Church

Asbury Methodist Church

Troup Factory

Antioch Community

INDEX TO BIDDY HAMMETT PAPERS

Note: The numbers following these entries refer to box and folder number.

Antioch Community 2:11

Bulloch Hall, Roswell, Georgia 2:13

Camp Viola 2:13

Chattahoochee Valley Art Association 1:2-8

Clark family 2:5

Coffee County, Alabama 2:5

Colquitt, Walter Terry 2:5

Cox family 2:5

Dallis house, Broad Street 1:16

Eufaula, Alabama 1:12

Evans and Ragland, Distillers 2:3

Ferrell, Sara Coleman 2:5

Ferrell - Holder house 2:7

Franklin, Georgia 1:13

Hall, Mrs. M.A. 2:5

Hammett family 2:13

Hammett, James D. house 1:16

Heard - Beall - Dallis house 1:16

Hill, John house 1:16

Kidd - Robertson - Holle house 1:16

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

Long Cane Historic District 2:5

Methodist Campground, Durand, Georgia 2:13

Nash family 2:13

Nimmons House, 310 Broad Street 2:13

Ocfuskee Historical Society 1:9

Partridge family 2:13

Pine Trace Pony Club 1:10

Pleasant Grove Community 2:13

Pleasant Grove Methodist Church 2:13

Potts Brothers Store 1:16

Potts, Monroe farm 1:16

Providence Baptist Church 2:8

Reynolds family 2:13

Swanson, Nathan Graves house 1:16

Southern Female College 2:13

Tabard Literary Club 1:1

Thornton Cottage, Broad Street 1:16

Troup Factory 2:5,10

Yancey - Smith House, 600 Broad Street 2:13

Zoo, LaGrange, 1890 2:4