 Manuscript MS-2001.07MS-2001.07 1863-1990 SOURCE: Julia Traylor Dyar SIZE: .3 lf PROCESSING: BNJ, 2002 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Julia Traylor Dyar, daughter of James Edward Traylor and Gladys Marchman, was born May 2, 1925, in LaGrange. After graduating from Greensboro High School (GA) and LaGrange College (1946), she married Hubert L. Dyar (February 8, 1926 - October 4, 1973) on January 3, 1948 at the Chapel of First Baptist Church in LaGrange. She then became Associate Editor of The Royston (GA), a family owned newspaper. For seven years, she was a correspondent with the Atlanta Constitution and a writer for the Anderson Independent (SC). In 1958, she became Assistant Manager of the Georgia Press Association and Executive Manager in 1972. In 1978, she joined LaGrange College as Director of Office of Institutional Relations, a position she retired from in 1993. She has been active in numerous organizations including the Troup County Historical Society where she served as President from 1982-1984. The 1987 Quadrangle, the LaGrange College yearbook, was dedicated to her. She began writing a column on local history for the LaGrange Daily News in 1993. SCOPE/CONTENT: The items in this collection represent Julia Dyar's interest in LaGrange College and the LaGrange, Troup County area. CONTAINTER LIST: Folder 1 LaGrange, Troup County Ferrell Gardens brochure LaGrange Chamber of Commerce brochure LaGrange Facts Sheet, 1970 LaGrange Street Map, c1980s Membership List: 4th Annual Conference/Historic Preservation West Point Lake brochure Vive LaGrange envelope, 7.5 x 10.5, printed with LaFayette, fountain, First Baptist Church and trees Folder 2 Tour Guides/Brochures Callaway Gardens brochure Chattahoochee Trace Mini-Tour Guide Cotton Pickin' Fair brochure, 1980 Greenville, GA, Driving Tour Guide, c1980s Meriwether Historical Tour of Homes, brochure, 1971 Folder 3 Historical Societies Troup County Archives, Dedication Program (1983) Troup Factory Historic Marker, Dedication Program Meriwether County Historic Society, Membership Application Folder 4 LaGrange College Charles Lyman Hagood, Inauguration Program, 1979 Guide To LaGrange College President's Annual Reports, 1977-1979 President's Annual Reports, 1980-87 Smith Hall Rededication Program, 1989 Folder 5 "Wall-Paper Newspapers of Civil War" (article) (Relates to history of ART 2002.05, July 2, 1863, copy of the Vicksburg Daily Citizen, Vicksburg, MS) Folder 6 Brown's Guide to Georgia, February 1979 "LaGrange, Callaway-An Insiders Tour of the City that Reflects the Family," pp. 20-27. Folder 7 Postcards GA: Atlanta Hotels, Augusta, Berry College, Brunswick, Cornelia, Jackson, Jekyll Island, Indian Springs, Louisville; Franklin, NC, VA-Washington, D.C.; Japan. Folder 8 Colonial Homes (magazine), Summer, 1978 "The Arnold-Maddox House," pp. 140 - +. Folder 9 Southern Accents (magazine), March-April 1984 "The Southern Artist, Lamar Dodd," pp. 96-103. ITEMS SEPARATED ART-2002.05 Framed copy of July 2, 1863, Vicksburg Daily Citizen, Vicksburg, MS TRACINGS Callaway Family Civil War LaGrange Chamber of Commerce LaGrange College Meriwether County Troup Factory West Point Lade Return to Manuscripts Index | Return to Holdings and Databases
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