SOURCE: J. Clemmons Young, Jr., 1985, 1995

SIZE: 3 linear feet

SHELVING UNITS: 4 manuscript boxes

1 op folder

13 photograph folders

1 photograph album

1 opp folder

PROCESSING: RAA, August 1986, June 1995

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Misses Young were LaGrange businesswomen. They ownedand operated a millinery business and the Colonial Hotel, both located on Ridley Avenue. Anna (1879-1965), Lois (1892-1984), and Ethel (1893-1968) were the daughters of James G. and Martha Jane Freeman Young of Troup County.

Most of these records relate to construction and operation of the hotel which opened in 1921. It was renovated and expanded in 1926. Correspondence with Ivey and Crook, architects for the hotel, and with major vendors for the project recounts the progress and difficulties encountered in the hotel's construction. The hotel's guest registry, 1922-1923, consists of loose pages on which are listed the guest's name and place of residence. Invoices are arranged alphabetically by vendor's name and are a valuable source of information on small businesses operating in LaGrange and Troup County in the mid-1920s.

The Young sisters' strong family ties are revealed in their personal correspondence (1903-1981), and in the memorabilia they collected: greeting cards, news clippings and a family Bible containing genealogical information.

The papers of Leonard H. Young, nephew of the Young sisters, reflect his civic, religious, and political interests, but relate primarily to his activities as the Young's attorney. Title searches, tax records and law suits which involved the Young family are included. Much of the material was generated during the Great Depression and reflects the financial difficulties encountered during that period. Correspondence (1935) with Representative Ellis Arnold, later Governor of Georgia, is in regard to a bill introduced by Arnold in the Georgia Legislature designed to regulate the collection of music roylaties.

Photographs date from about 1850 to about 1970 and include some portraits, but are mostly snapshots of members of the Young family, their gardens and homes, especially "Dellwood", the Young's summer home on the Chattahoochee River. The house was

razed in the 1970s when West Point Dam was built.

CONTAINER LIST

SERIES I, CORRESPONDENCE, 1903-1981

Box 1

Folder 1 Anna Young from her mother and her brother, J.L. Young,1903-1912

2 Ethel Young at DeFuniak Springs, FL, from Anna and Lois,1916

3 Anna Young from George in Chicago, 1917 Ethel Young from J. Regenstein Company, re. employment as

a milliner, 1917

4 Anna Young from George in Gulf Port, MS and Chattanooga,TN, 1918

5 Ethel Young from Dr. Rufus Dorsey and various familymembers re. her illness, 1921

6 Anna Young business correspondence, 1922-1929

7 Anna, Ethel and Lois Young from their neices and nephews,1938-1981

SERIES II, MEMORABILIA

Box 2

Folder 1 Bible records - Freeman, Harris, Young (photocopies)

2 Pamphlets

The Christian Index, vol. 107, no. 21, 9 June 1923, article on LaGrange

LaGrange, LaGrange Chamber of Commerce, 1925

LaGrange Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, n.d.

LaGrange Sketchbook, Lucile B. Johnson and Amanda Watkins,1935

3 Geography theme book, Estelle Young, no date

Little Maids Industrial Club minute book, 1909

School report on physiology, Ethel Young, 1908

4 Emma Custis Young - Thomas Evans Young wedding invitation, 25 October 1906

Colonial Hotel opening announcement, 3 December 1921

Colonial Hotel letterhead

Invitation to reception for Mrs. William Alexander Briggs, 24 September 1912

Obituaries:

Martha Jane Freeman Young, 20 [or 29?] May 1851 - 12 May 1923

James C. Young, 22 January 1898 - 10 November 1959

5 Post cards, 1907-1916

6 Christmas cards, 1921

7 Christmas and greeting cards, 1965-1983

8 Clippings, church bulletins, religious pamphlets, war maps, World War II

SERIES III, LEONARD H. YOUNG RECORDS

Box 3

Folder 1 Records of purchase of 403 Waverly Way by the Young Sisters

2 Records of purchase of lots 4,5,6,7, and 8, (corner of Ridley Avenue and Haralson Street)

3 Record of the sale of Ridley Avenue lot to Frank R.Young (the lot between the hotel and dress shop)

4 F.R. Young leases of farm equipment, 1932

5-11 Court cases involving Young family

12-16 Youngs' Ladies Apparel - delinquent accounts

17 LaGrange Lions Club, 1930-1931

18 Pep Class, LaGrange First Baptist Church, 1938-1940

19 Membership Committee, Georgia Bar Association, 1941

20 Ellis Arnold Correspondence, regarding the collection of music roylaties, 1935

21 Pittman for Governor campaign, 1934

SERIES IV, COLONIAL HOTEL RECORDS, 1921-

Box 4

Folder 1-4 Vendors, A-D

5 Daniel Lumber Company

6 Davison, Paxon, Stokes Company

7-8 Vendors, E-J

9 Insurance

10 Ivey and Crook, statements and cost accounts

11 Ivey and Crook, correspondence

12 Vendors, K-L

13 LaGrange Lumber Company - Contract and Specifications

14 LaGrange Lumber Company

15-18 Vendors, M-V

19 John Van Range Company

20 Vendors, W

Box 5 Colonial Hotel Guest Registry, 1922-1923

ITEMS SEPARATED

OP 1 Architectural drawings, Colonial Hotel, 1925 RB 28.06 Freeman Family Bible

PHOTOGRAPH INVENTORY

Folder 1

ph 1 Martha Jane Freeman Young, c.1890 (3 copies) ph 2 James G. Young, c.1890

Folder 2

ph 3-4 Leonard H. and Rebecca Young (?), c.1850

Folder 3

ph 5-6 unidentified group photographs, c.1900

ph 7 Emma Young, age 8, tin plate, c.1880

Folder 4

ph 8-10 unidentified family group, c.1890

ph 11 unidentified house, c.1890

ph 12 Anna Young (?), postcard, 1915

ph 13 Young siblings, children of Martha and James Young at "Dellwood", Christmas, 1930

ph 14 unidentified family group on a boat, c.1900

ph 15 railroad trestle construction, c.1920

ph 16 unidentified house, c.1920

ph 17 football players, c.1920

ph 18 Rhodom and Dolly (Young?), c.1910

ph 19 Dolly (Young?), c.1910

Folder 5

ph 20 Jacob Clemmons Young, Jr. & Sr., c.1930

ph 21 unidentified sailors, c.1930

ph 22 unidentified wedding group, c.1920

ph 23-27 Mary Jane Young, c.1940

ph 28 Bill Hodges at 4 months, n.d.

ph 29-33 J. Clemmons Young, Jr., c.1920 - 1935

Folder 6

ph 34 J. Clemmons Young, Jr., c.1930

ph 35 Jimmy and L.H. Young, c.1910

ph 36 Jimmy and L.H. Young, c.1911

ph 37 Lois and Anna Young(?), c.1900

Folder 7

ph 38 Clifton Young, c.1930

ph 39 Anna S. Young, c.1915

ph 40 J. Clemmons Young, Sr., c.1900

Folder 8

ph 41 Charles Walter Young, c.1900

ph 42 Frank(?) Young, c.1900

ph 43 Ethel and Estelle Young, c.1900

ph 44 Mrs. J. Clemmons Young, Sr., c.1920

Folder 9

ph 45 Frank Young and Fannie Kate

ph 46 Clifton Young and Emma Young

ph 47 Charles Walter Young, c.1900

ph 48 J. Clemmons Young on horseback

ph 49-51 Emma Young at Dellwood, c.1960

ph 52 Lois and Anna Young, c.1960

ph 53-54 Lois Young

ph 55 Jimmy Carter at Metropolitan Opera, 1978

ph 56-58 "Aunt Betty" at Dellwood

Folder 10

10 snapshots of Emma Young, 1966

11 snapshots of unidentified members of Young family, c.1930 - 1970

Folder 11

29 snapshots of "Dellwood", c.1930 - 1957

Folder 12

15 8X10 b&w prints of "Dellwood", c.1962

Folder 13

6 8X10 b&w prints of Colonial Hotel and hat shop, c.1930

Photo Album, "Dellwood Remembered", c.1968

Oversize photographs

opp 1 Colonial Hotel, main dining room, c.1926

opp 2 Young house, Waverly Way, LaGrange, c.1965

opp 3-5 "Dellwood", Young house on the Chattahoochee, c.1965

opp 6 Ethel Young with group at DeFuniak Springs, FL, 1916 (?)

TRACINGS

Architecture, LaGrange - Ivey and Crook Arnold, Ellis

Business Records, c.1920s

Colonial Hotel, LaGrange

Freeman Family

Ivey and Crook, Architects

Women in Business

Young Family