 Manuscript MS-2001.061938-1998 Manuscript Collection No. 2001.06 SOURCE: Estate of Susie Fowler, June 2001 SIZE: 3 linear feet SHELVING: 3 record storage cartons 4 photograph folders 1 oversized folder 1 scrapbook PROCESSING: PHW, December 2001; BNJ, August 2003 HISTORICAL NOTE Susie Fowler was born January 20, 1904, in Pike County, Georgia, the daughter of George and Myrtice Bostick. On February 25, 1929, she married Grady Fowler, b. 1907, d. May 9, 1988, and had one son, Kenneth Fowler. They moved to LaGrange in 1943 and resided here until their deaths. She helped establish the Troup County Archives and served on the Board of Trustees for the Troup County Historical Society. She also served as Registrar of the LaGrange Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and was a member of the Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society, the LaGrange Woman's Club, the Nocturne Garden Club, United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), and Colonial Dames of America. She was a member of First Baptist Church on the Square where she taught Sunday school and was active in Women's Missionary Union. She was on the History Committee that produced One Hundred Fifty Years of History: The First Baptist Church, 1828-1978 and was instrumental in having the grave of bridge-builder Horace King marked in LaGrange. Mrs. Fowler died May 28, 2001, and was buried at Hendrick's Cemetery in the Crest Community of Upson County, Georgia. SCOPE AND CONTENT Most of the material pertains to genealogical research done by Susie Fowler for other people, often women seeking membership in DAR or UDC. Correspondence is genealogical in nature and arranged chronologically. Family files are arranged alphabetically by last name. Information in these files includes her research notes and genealogical material sent to her from people she was helping. Subject files contain information regarding various organizations and places in the Troup County and surrounding area. Included are genealogical notebooks used by Mrs. Fowler while researching for others, Callaway Foundation Annual Reports from 1972-1984, and files containing genealogical information regarding the descendants of Benjamin Harvey Hill. A scrapbook contains news articles about the Long Cane Community written by Mollie Lukken. Photographs are of local buildings, events, and people. CONTAINER LIST Box 1 Folder 1-29 Correspondence, 1938-1998 30 News Articles Re: Troup County People, c.1975 31 News Articles Re: Troup County Historical Structures, c.1975 32 News Articles, c.1985 - Plaque for Grady Fowler-President Kiwanis International, 1949 Box 2: Family Files Folder 1 Brooks 2 Brown, Moses 3 Callaway, Cason & Virginia 4 Callaway, Fuller E., Jr.: A Three Dimension Man and Callaway Foundation, Inc., speech given by Waights G. Henry, Jr., to Newcomen Society, October 4, 1978. 5 Cameron 6 Campbell 7 Carter 8-9 Childs 10 Ellerbee 11 Fowler 12 Freeman 13 Groover 14 Haralson 15 Heard & Finley 16 Hendon 17 Herring 18a-b Hill (re: Benjamin Harvey Hill and ancestors) 19 Kendrick 20 King, Horace 21 Lane 22 Langston, Roy 23 Lloyd, James 24-25 Long 26 Lovelace & Hames 27 Lyle, Matthew 28 Mallory & Raby 29 Marcus 30 Milner 31a Mitchell 31b Mobley 32 Moore 33 Pedigo 34 Satterwhite 35 Scott 36 Smith, Harold 37 Swint 38a Taylor 38b Thompson 39 Ward 40 Wilkinson & Greene 41 Willcox 42 Zollicoffer Genealogy Notebooks Notebook 1 List of names of soldiers in Stonewall Cemetery, LaGrange 2 DAR Applicants and Recommendations, 1975-76 3 DAR Research, n.d. 4 Hames 5 Ferrell and History of Troup County 6 Fannin 7 Fowler 8 Boon, Childs 9 Harris LaGrange High School Key Club Certificate, c.1940 Box 3: Subject Files Folder 1-3 Archives, 1973-1996 4 Certificate to Grady Fowler from Department of Defense, c.1950 5 Chambers County Library and Cobb Memorial Archives, c.1976 6 Chattahoochee Valley Historical Society, 1976-1981 7 Chattahoochee Trace, Historic Funland Brochure, c.1975 8 Confederate Naval Museum Brochure, c.1970 9 Coweta Falls Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution, 10/23/76 10-12 Daughters of the American Revolution, 1954-1997 13 Deer Park Garden (West Point), 4/15/72 14 Douglas County, Ga. Genealogy, vol. 1, 1978 15 Edwards, Joseph William Burton & Captain John Lovall's Independent Company, LaGrange, Ga. (Mexican War), n.d. 16 First Baptist Church, LaGrange, Ga., 1939-1995 17 Harris County, Ga. c.1975 18 Hill Street Junior High School: A Short History by Elizabeth Reeves, 1939- 1972 19 Historic Chattahoochee Commission, 1972-1985 20 Historic Columbus, Ga. Heritage Tour, 1976 21 Jones County, Ga., 1977 22 LaGrange Calumet Mills, detailed narrative history by Kenneth Fowler, 1946 23 LaGrange College, 1957-1976 24 LaGrange High School - Graduating Exercises, 1945 25 LaGrange maps & brochures, c.1980 26 LaGrange Woman's Club, Duties of the Exercising Board, 1991-1993 27 Little White House, Warm Springs, Ga., c.1970 28 Mountville United Methodist Church Bulletin, 3/12/78 29-30 Ocfuskee Historical Society, 1976-1981 31 Official Ballot for election of Twenty-Five Directors for Shares Stores No. 1, Inc., 1940 (grocery store operated by Grady Fowler during depression) 32 Plays: School Board Meeting Play, c.1960 & Old Fashion Town Meeting Play, c.1960 (writer unknown) 33 Randolph County, Alabama, n.d. 34-36 Troup County Historical Society, 1976-1993 37-38 Troup County History, 1972-1982 39 United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1977-1994 40 West Georgia Cancer Clinic Dedication, 7/13/1949 41 West Point Lake brochure, 1977 42-45 Miscellaneous PHOTOGRAPHS Folder 1 Photos 1-7 Three Races Under God-public rally regarding release of book Folder 2 Photos 8 Hawkes Building, LaGrange College, c.1950's 9 Smith Hall, LaGrange College, c.1950's 10 Pitts Dormitory, LaGrange College, c.1950's 11 The Oaks, c.1950's 12 Troup County Livestock Sales Barn, c.1950's 13 Troup County Court House, c.1950's Folder 3 Photos 14-17 Unidentified Portraits Folder 4 Photos 18 Photo Christmas Card of Alvin Davis' Family 19 Photo Christmas Card of Waights Henry, Jr. & Family Oversized folder OPP 1 G.M.A group photo, n.d. Scrapbook Long Cane Community RELATED ITEMS RB-112 Three Races Under God by Grady Fowler, 1956 RB-113 The Poor Will Lead the Way by Grady Fowler, 1939 TRACINGS Societies and Clubs-- Troup County Troup County - History Return to Manuscripts Index | Return to Holdings and Databases
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