 Manuscript MS-008MOORE FAMILY PAPERS 1906-1970 Manuscript Collection No. 8 SOURCE: Barbara M. Riddle, 1983-1984 SIZE: .10 linear feet SHELVING UNITS: 3 file folders PROCESSING: RAA, March 1986 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTEThis collection contains Moore family correspondence (ca. 1906-1958); purchase and shipping records from City Oil Company of LaGrange (ca.193 0); and memorabilia, including clippings, diplomas, and church bulletins. Also included are an 1868 insurance policy, an 1837 letter regarding return of a slave to Troup County from Paris, Kentucky; and a brief history of East Vernon Church. Photographs are mostly of the Moore and Adams families (ca.1920-1940) and include both portrait photos and family snapshots.CONTAINER LIST:Folder 1 City Oil Company of LaGrange, ca. 1930 business records; invoices, rent receipt, shipping notices2 Moore family correspondence, 1906-1958 3 Memorabilia Clipping, Robert Luther Moore, wedding picture, Atlanta Journal, 31 Jan 1932 LaGrange Daily News, Georgia Bicentennial Edition 1933 The Shuttle, Callaway Mills Edition, 24 May 1928 Telephone Directory, LaGrange, GA, 1 Spt 1894 (copy ) East Vernon Baptist Church bulletin, 6 Aug 1978 (includes brief church history) Tatum School Commencement Program, 23 May 1947 Southwest LaGrange Baptist Church, The Broadcaster, 6 Apr 1930 City- County Hospital, LaGrange, GA, Guide to Services, no date Biscuit House brochure, no date Callaway Beacon, 1957, 14 April 1964 The Poster, Troup County Electric Membership Corporation, Nov 1965 Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School Diploma, Frances LeVoy Adams, 1931 Certificate of Service, Southwest LaGrange School Debbie Riddle, 1970 Note from Dr. W. H. Rusk of LaGrange stating that the Moore family had smallpox in Feb 1920 Insurance policy, Alexander Matthews and Martha Matthews, 1868 Letter from George Northcut of Paris, KY, to Postmaster at LaGrange, GA, re. a slave named Anthony belonging to Mr. Calhoun of Troup County, 26 Aug 1837 PHOTOGRAPH INVENTORYPh 1. Luther Nixon, ca. 1866-18952. Roy Sweet and two other children, ca. 1850-1895 3. Jimmie and Marie Crawford, ca. 1920s 4. Miss Stephenson, ca. 1920s 5. Cotton mill workers, ca. 1920s 6. Wedding party, 24 Dec 1931, Frances Adams (age 20) and Robert Moore (age 22). First row: Jacklyn Adams, Billy and Betty Aughmooty (?). Second row: Hubert Copeland, Odie Mae Cole, Moore and Adams, Mrs. C.C. Adams, Preacher Goforth. Third row: Carlton Woodson, Agnes Hester Jordan, Bud Aughmooty, Ruby Foster, Charles Goforth, June Goforth, J.C. Jones 7. Mary Adams and automobile, ca.l940s 8. Frances Adams and automoblie, ca. 1920s 9. Franklin Adams and chicko, no date 10. Franklin Adams and automobile, ca. 1940s 11. Franklin Adams, ca. 1940s 12. Effie Adams with children, Evelyn, Lucile, Robin Hood 13. Effie Adams and Mary (Mrs. Franklin) Adams, 1940 14. Automobile, ca. 1920-1930s 15-21. unidentified 22. Frances Moore 23. Cowboy, unidentified 24. Franklin Adams 25. policeman, unidentified 26. Robert and Frances Adams Moore, ca. 1940s 27. Robert Moore as sailor, ca. 1940s 28-30. unidentified 31. Frances Adams and unidentified, ca. 1920s 32. Robert Moore, ca. 1920s 33. Frances Adams, ca. 1920s 34. Franklin Adams, Frances and Robert Moore, ca. 1930s 35-36. Franklin Adams, no date 37-39. unidentified 40-43. Robert Luther Moore (b. 9 Spt 1909) and his father, Robert O. Moore, ca. 1937 44. Building Callaway tower, ca. 1929 45. Southwest LaGrange School, Catherine Heard Goforth (1st row, 1st on left), ca. 1924 46. Southwest LaGrange School, Robert Luther Moore (back row, 6th from left), ca. 1924 OPP 1. Group picture of sailors, includes Franklin Adams, ca. 1928 TRACINGS:Adams familyCallaway Mills (1928) LaGrange Telephone Company Directory (1894) East Vernon Baptist Church Smallpox in LaGrange (1920) Slavery in Troup County Southwest LaGrange School Return to Manuscripts Index | Return to Holdings and Databases
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