GCSU Library Subject Guide

Local History

 

Biblographies of Georgia History
Georgia Historical Quarterly Index (1917-1976) Ref F281.G39 1991
Note: To locate articles in volumes after 1977, use the index at the end of each volume. The Georgia Historical Quarterly is also available from 03/01/2002 in the Academic Search Premier database in GALILEO.  
Extremely useful for locating articles (and references within articles) about Georgians and Georgia history. Georgia Historical Quarterly publishes an annual bibliography of articles, essays, dissertations, etc. of materials related to Georgia history. Issue varies. The library has a complete run of this journal, located as follows:
    Georgia Historical Quarterly
    1917 (Volume 1) - present, Bound periodicals area, second floor of the library.
Bibliography of Writings on Georgia History Ref F286.R66 and Supplement
Georgia History: A Bibliography Ref F286.S54
Journal Articles: Use the library's Journal Locator to determine what magazines, journals, and newspapers are available in print, microfilm, and online formats.

Many journals are available via databases such as:


 

Census Indexes, Online and Microfilm
The United States Census from 1820-1930 for all counties in Georgia is available online in GALILEO via the Ancestry Library Edition sm galileo database.  Digitized copies of actual census pages are available and the census can be searched across multiple years.  The Ancestry Library Edition database is available on campus only.
Index to the United States Census for Georgia for 1820 Ref F285 .G38
Index to the 1830 Census of Georgia Ref F285 .R39
Citizens of Georgia 1840 Ref F285 .I56
Index to the 1860 Georgia Federal Census Ref F285 .A69
Population Census Records, Baldwin County, Georgia 1820 and 1850 Spec. Coll. F285.T86 1945
Slave Schedules, Georgia, Baldwin County (1850 and 1860) Ref HA321.5 1850 U5x
Census Microfilm for Georgia counties is available for 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (Muscogee County only), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930. See the microfilm drawers marked CENSUS.


 

City and County Histories

Most of the Library's collection of Georgia city and county histories is in the Circulating Collection. Check the library catalog, or browse the call number area F292-F294, third floor.

 

Date of Death and Obituary Sources

One Hundred Three Lost or Found Cemeteries in Baldwin County, Georgia 1814-1999
(By Elizabeth Dawson, Louise Horne, Louise, and Anne M. King)

This book is the culmination of a volunteer project which began in 1978 to re-index cemeteries listed in Mrs. G. H. Tunnell's 1938 publication Tombstone Records of Baldwin County, Georgia. Many new cemeteries have been added to this book. Some of these cemetery listings may also be found on the World Wide Web at
http:/www.friendsofcems.org/Baldwin/default.asp

 Ref F292.B15
Historic Memory Hill Cemetery Milledgeville, Georgia, 1804-1997
(By Susan J. Harrington, Hugh T. Harrington, and Floride Moore Gardiner)
Published in 1998, this index lists over 7,000 burials and provides cemetery maps, brief biographies, lists of veterans, and additional information on Memory Hill Cemetery (City Cemetery). Cemetery listings, selected biographies and photographs may also be found on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.friendsofcems.org/MemoryHill/

 Ref F294.M6H47 1998
The Dead Book: Burials in the City Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1869-1904
(By Hugh & Susan Harrington)
Published in 1998, this roster provides supplemental information to Historic Memory Hill Cemetery Milledgeville, Georgia, 1804-1997, including cause of death, place of birth/death, dates, etc. Both titles should be consulted.

 Ref F294.M6D43 1998
Index of the Milledgeville City Cemetery (1938) Ref F294.M6A45
Tombstone Records of Baldwin County, Georgia Exclusive of Milledgeville Spec. Coll. F294.M6T66 1939
Marriages and Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers Ref F285 .H89 1989
Marriages and Obituaries from the Macon Messenger 1818-1835 Ref F285 .R63 1988
Georgia Obituaries 1740-1935 Ref F285 .A8896 1993
Genealogical Material from Legal Notices in Early Georgia Newspapers Ref F285 .H78 1989
30,638 Burials in Georgia Ref F285 .A887 1995
Georgia Bible Records Ref F285 .A889 1985
Georgia Interstate Records Ref F285 .A8895 1986
Index to Georgia Wills Ref F285 .A9 1985
Memory Hill Cemetery (videorecording). With Louis Andrews Videos F294.M6 A537 1989

 

Local Histories:

Architecture

Historic American Building Surveys http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/hhquery.html
National Register of Historic Places, 1966-1988 Ref E159.N3418 1989
Peabody School. Guide Book of Milledgeville Spec. Coll. F29.M6E54 1937
Georgia's Governor's Mansions, Past and Present F286.5.A4 no. 2
Perkerson, Medora F. White Columns in Georgia F287 .P4
Rozier, John. Houses of Hancock Ref F292.H3R695 1996
Ferguson, Elizabeth G. and Satterfield, Virginia. A Guidebook for Milledgeville, Georgia Ref F294.M6 F430
Hines, Nelle Womack. Treasure Album of Milledgeville and Baldwin County Ref F294.M6H5
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. Reel 13. City of Milledgeville Spec. Coll. HG9771.S245
see also Sanborn® Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922 sm galileo
Hardy, Janice A. Georgia County Courthouses NA54.G4H3 1979x
Linley, John. Architecture of Middle Georgia: The Oconee Area Ref NA730.G4L56
Linley, John. Georgia Catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey NA730.G4L564
Nichols, Frederick Doveton. Architecture of Georgia. NA730.G4N48
Nichols, Frederick Doveton. Early Architecture of Georgia Spec. Coll. NA730.G4N5
Martin, Van Jones. Landmark Homes of Georgia, 1733-1983 NA7235.G46M37 1982
Pinkas, Lilly. Guide to the Gardens of Georgia
 SB466.U6P56 2000
Martin, Van Jones. Gardens of Georgia SB466.U65G46 1989
Cooney, Loraine Meeks. Garden History in Georgia, 1733-1933 SB466.U7C65x 1976
Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library , sm galileo a joint project between the College of Environment and Design, University of Georgia and the Digital Library of Georgia, contains 1500 images of important and representative architectural sites and landscapes in the state with an emphasis on Athens and Middle Georgia.


 

Biographical and Family

Fort, Kate Haynes. Memoirs of the Fort and Fannin Families Spec. Coll. CS71.F736 1903
Hill, Ludowick Johnson. The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia and Allied Families
[See catalog record's list of families included. Many are associated with Milledgeville.]
CS71.H647 1922
Register, Alvaretta Kenan. Kenan Family
 CS71.K326 1967
Bowden, Allie. Story of the Myricks
 CS71.M477 1952
Allen, Sarah Cantey Whitaker. Our Children's Ancestry
 Spec. Coll. CS71.W578 1935
Boyd, John Wright. A Family History: Wright, Lewis, Moore and Connected Families
 CS71.W95 1968
Nirenstein, Virginia King. With Kindly Voices: A Nineteenth-Century Georgia Family
CT274.P74N57 1984
Lubniewski, John A. Life of Richard A. Blount.
D24.5 1993x.L83
Brown, John. Slave Life in Georgia; A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave
[Brown lived in Baldwin and Jones Counties] 		E444.B87 1972
Flanders, Ralph Betts. Plantation Slavery in Georgia.
[Considerable material for this study was drawn from records related to Farish Carter of Milledgeville.]
E445.G3F62 1967
Andrews, Eliza Frances. War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl
E559.A56 1960
Bailey, Anne. Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Georgia in the Civil War
 E559.9.B35 1996
Bridges, Hal. Lee's Maverick General, Daniel Harvey Hill
E467.1.H563B7
Landrum, Susan. Carl Vinson: A Study in Military Preparedness
Spec.Coll. E748.V57L353 1968
Connell, Maria Bryan Harford. Tokens of Affection: Letters of a Plantation Daughter in the Old South
[Hancock County native's letters include references to Milledgeville residents]
F290.C66 1996
McKinley, Archibald C. Journal of Archibald McKinley.
F292.M15 J68
Cook, Anna Maria Green. Journal of a Milledgeville Girl 1861-1867
Ref F294.M6C6
Scott, Katherine. Land of Lost Content.
F294.M66 1975x
Dugan, Mark. The Grey Fox: The True Story of Bill Miner, Last of the Old Time Bandits
HV6248.M57D85 1992
Barr, Charles. Laurel & Hardy
PN2287.L285B3 1968
Gehring, Wes D. Laurel & Hardy : A Bio-Bibliography
PN2287.L285G4 1990
McCabe, John. Babe: The Life and Times of Oliver Hardy
PN2287.H23 M3 1990
Louvish, Simon. Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy: The Double Life of Laurel and Hardy
Ref PN2287.L285L68 2001
McCabe, John. Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
 PN2287.L285M3 1961
Nollen, Scott Allen. The Boys: The Cinematic World of Laurel and Hardy
PN2287.L285N65 1989
Skretvedt, Randy. Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies
PN2287.L285N65S53 1987
Beeson, Leola Selman. Sidney Lanier at Oglethorpe University
PS2213.B4
Lawrence, Harold. Memory Hill
Ref PS3562.M46 1994
Reed, Germaine M. Crusading for Chemistry: The Professional Career of Charles Holmes Herty QD22.H43 R44 1995
Milton, George Fort. [See library catalog for books by this historian who descended from Fort family of Milledgeville and who makes occasional references to the local scene such as the milieu of the Secession Convention as reported by family members.]
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Business

Target Industry Study for the Kaolin Belt Region
Ref HC107.G4C37x 1989
Community Day, May 21, 1952. Milledgeville Mills, M. T. Stevens Southern, Division of J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc
 Spec. Coll. HD5726.N6M55 1952
Drexel, R.J. A Developmental Tourism Model for Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia: A Research Study HD5726.N6M55 1952
Seabrook, Charles. Red Clay, Pink Cadillacs and White Gold: The Kaolin Chalk Wars HD9600.K33G467 1995
Askew, Ollie Frank. Delineating the Retail Trade Area of Milledgeville, Georgia
HF5351 1971x .A854
Green, Jerry W. A Study of the Distribution of the Tourist Dollar in Milledgeville and Baldwin County, Georgia HF5351 1973x.G744
Read, Barry. Air Quality Control and the Kaolin Industry of Middle Georgia
HF5351 1973x.R324
Tollison, Lennie. Descriptive Study of Tourism Attractions Available in Milledgeville and Baldwin County, Georgia HF5351 1973x.T566
Nicholson, Jean O. A Study of Interests, Values, and Attitudes Held by Selected Students of Business Administration at Georgia College HF5351 .N53 1971
Report of the President, Directors, &c., of the Milledgeville R. Road Co. to the Stockholders. Oct. 6th, 1862 http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/mvillerr/menu.html


 

Churches

Beeson, Leola."All the Way the Lord Hath Led Us:" 1926-1946, a Twenty-Year
Memorandum of the First Presbyterian Church, Milledgeville, Georgia 		Spec. Coll. 285.133 B41a 64024
Records of the Camp Creek Church
Spec. Coll. BX6480.C36 1939x
Smith, T.E. History of the First Baptist Church of Milledgeville, Georgia, 1811-1975
Ref BX6480.M54F577
Lee, Walter M. History of First Baptist Church of Milledgeville, Georgia.
Spec. Coll. BX6480.M6L4 [microform]
Harrington, Hugh. Methodist Church Record Books Milledgeville, Georgia, 1811-1876
Ref BX8481.M3H3 1997
History of the First United Methodist Church Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia
Ref BX8481.M54H57 1997
O'Neil, Arthur M., Jr. Methodism in Milledgeville, Georgia, 1806-1973
BX8249.M555 O344 1973
Beeson, Leola. Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Milledgeville, Georgia Spec. Coll. BX9211.M553B4
Turnipseed, Faith. Genealogical Gleanings from the Minutes of the Session,
First Presbyterian Church, Milledgeville, Georgia, 1826-1900		 Ref BX9211.M553D57


 

Compromise of 1850 / Georgia Platform / Secession, 1861

Rasch, Olen Anderson. Georgia's Unionists in Three Crises: Nullification, the Compromise of 1850, and Secession. D24.5.R37 2000
Preston, Howard W. Documents Illustrative of American History, 1606-1863
(Includes Ordinance of Secession) 		E173 .P93
Freehling, William W. Secession Debated: Georgia's Showdown in 1860
E459.S43 1992
Pearce, Haywood Jefferson. Benjamin H. Hill, Secession and Reconstruction
E664.H53P3
Johnson, Michael P. Toward a Patriarchal Republic: The Secession of Georgia
F290.J65
Evans, Clement. Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History Spec. Coll. E484.E9
Journal of the Public and Secret Proceedings of the Convention of the People of Georgia: Held in Milledgeville and Savannah in 1861, Together with the Ordinances Adopted Spec. Coll. JK9784.A15 1861
or http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/georgia/georgia.html
Smith, Gordon Burns. History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861 4 vols.
Ref UA150.S55 2000


 

Environmental and Natural History

Smith, William Hovey. Kaolin Deposits of Central Georgia: An Introduction to Their Origin and Use QE471.3.S65 1983
Anderson, Owen F. Presettlement Forests of Baldwin County and Districts 5, 27, and 28 of Wilkinson County. QH315 .A5 1984
Milledgeville Audubon Society. Common Birds of Baldwin County, Georgia and Vicinity Spec. Coll. QL684.G4 M50
Fort, Tomlinson. A Dissertation on the Practice of Medicine
[Observations of the local environment related to medical history of Milledgeville area.] 		Ref. RC46.F76 1849a (also in Circulating Collection)
Payne, Harley H. Soil Survey of Baldwin, Jones, and Putnam Counties, Georgia
S599 .G4 P34


 

General

Everybody Has a Story to Tell: Stories from Flannery O'Connor's Milledgeville
Spec. Coll. F294.M6W67 1999
Thomas, Henry Walter. History of the Doles Cook Brigade of Northern Virginia, C.S.A. E559.4.T45
White, George. Statistics of the State of Georgia. (1849)
Ref. F286.W58
Stegeman, John F. These Men She Gave: Civil War Diary of Athens, Georgia
(References to Secession Convention and military encounters of Doles' Brigade.)		 F294.A7S8
Beeson, Leola S. History Stories of Milledgeville and Baldwin County
F294.M6B38
Beeson, Leola S. One Hundred Years of the Old Governors' Mansion
F294.M6B4
Bonner, James C. Milledgeville: Georgia's Antebellum Capital
Ref F294.M6B63
Cook, Anna Maria Green. History of Baldwin County, Georgia
Ref F292.B15C7
Cooper's Memoirs: A Treasure of Memories, Family Histories, and Stories of Coopers, Georgia F292.B15C6
Hines, Nelle Wommack. Such Going's On
Spec.Coll. PS3515.I753bS9 1958
Pictorial History of Baldwin County
Ref F292.B15P53 2002
Records of Baldwin County, Georgia
Ref F292.B15R40
Oconee River Tales to Tell
F292.O33026 1995
Milledgeville and Baldwin County Bicentennial
F294.M6M6
Milledgeville and Baldwin County Civil War Centennial
Spec. Coll. F294.M6 M540
Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell. Historical Notes of Milledgeville, Georgia
Spec.Coll. F294.M6P5
Sesquicentennial of Milledgeville and Baldwin County
Ref F294.M6O78 1953x


 

Georgia Governors of the Capital Era, 1807-1868

Cook, James F. Governors of Georgia, 1754 1995
 Ref F285 .C775 1995

The Library also owns books about some of these indviduals:
John Milledge 1802-1806
Correspondence of John Milledge, Governor of Georgia, 1802 1806

F290.M63 A4
Jared Irwin, President of the Senate 1806-1809*
David B. Mitchell 1809-1813
Peter Early 1813-1815
David B. Mitchell 1815-1817
William Rabun, President of the Senate 1817-1819*
Mathew Talbot, President of Senate-1819*
John Clark 1819-1823
George M. Troup 1823-1827
Harden, Edward Jenkins. The Life of George M. Troup

Spec. Coll. E340.T86 H2
John Forsyth 1827-1829
Duckett, Alvin. John Forsyth, Political Tactician

E340.F6 D8
George R. Gilmer 1829-1831
Gilmer, George R. Georgians: Sketches of Some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia, of the Cherokees, and the Author

Ref F285.G5
Wilson Lumpkin 1831-1835
Lumpkin, Wilson. Removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia
Spec. Coll. E99.C5 L9
William Schley 1835-1837
George R. Gilmer 1837-1839
Charles J. McDonald 1839-1843
George W. Crawford 1843-1847
George W.B. Towns 1847-1851
Howell Cobb 1851-1853
Boykin, Samuel. A Memorial Volume of the Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia
Simpson, John Eddins. Howell Cobb: The Politics of Ambition
Montgomery, Horace. Howell Cobb's Confederate Career

E415.9.C655B7
E415.9.C655S55
E415.9.C655M6
Herschel V. Johnson 1853-1857
Flippin, Percy Scott. Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia, State Rights Unionist
F290 .J78
Joseph E. Brown 1857-1865
Bragg, William Harris. Joe Brown's Army: The Georgia State Line, 1862 1865
E559.4.B73 1987
Fielder, Herbert. A Sketch of the Life and Times of Joseph E. Brown
E559.B87
Hill, Louise Biles. Joseph E. Brown and the Confederacy
E559.B876
Parks, Joseph Howard. Joseph E. Brown of Georgia
E664.B861 P37
Roberts, Derrell C. Joseph E. Brown and the Politics of Reconstruction
F291.B732 R62
Speer, Emory. Lincoln, Lee, Grant, and Other Biographical Addresses
Spec. Coll. E467.S76
Annual Message of Governor Joseph E. Brown to the Georgia Legislature, Assembled November 2nd, 1859
Spec. Coll. J87.G4 1859
Annual Message of Governor Joseph E. Brown to the Georgia Legislature, Assembled November 6th, 1862 Spec.Coll. J87.G4 1862
Annual Message of Governor Joseph E. Brown to the Georgia Legislature, Assembled November 5th, 1863
Spec. Coll. J87.G4 1863
Message of His Excellency Joseph E. Brown to the Extra Session of the Legislature, Convened March 10th, 1864 Spec. Coll. J87.G4 1864 Mar.10
Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War the Right of the Georgia Volunteers, in Confederate Service, to Elect Their Own Officers Spec. Coll. E487 .C66 1863
James Johnson, Provisional Governor 1865
Charles J. Jenkins 1865-1868
* As president of the Senate, became acting governor upon a vacancy in that office.




Government and Politics

Ancestry Library Edition sm galileo
McNair, Glen Maurice. Trials of Slaves in Baldwin County, Georgia, 1812-1838
E445.G3M25x 1996
Freehling, William W. and Craig M. Simpson. Secession Debated: Georgia's Showdown in 1860
E459.S43 1992
DeBats, Donald. Elites and Masses: Political Structure, Communication and Behavior in Antebellum Georgia
F290.D4 1990
Johnson, Michael P. Toward a Patriarchal Republic: The Secession of Georgia
F290.J65
Holmes, Yulssus Lynn. Those Glorious Days: A History of Louisville as Georgia's Capital, 1796-1807
F294.L68H65 1995
Journal of the Public and Secret Proceedings of the Convention of the People of Georgia: Held in Milledgeville and Savannah in 1861, Together with the Ordinances Adopted
Spec. Coll. JK9784.A15 1861
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/georgia/georgia.html
Smith, Gordon Burns. History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861 4 vols.
Ref UA150.S55 2000
Digital Library of Georgia sm galileo

Georgia Legislative Documents sm galileo
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zlgl


 

Institutional

Bolton, Euri Belle. Development of a Department of Psychology at Georgia College
Spec. Coll. BF80.7.U62 G463 1985
Amason, Craig. Toward a Unitary System in Baldwin, County, Georgia Schools, 1964-1972
D24.5 1984 .A5
Ivey, Sarah Frances. History of Midway. [Midway School]
Spec. Coll. F292.B15I94 1970
Brown, Joel A. A Descriptive Analysis of the Attitude of the 1971 1972 Georgia College Student Body Toward the United States Military Services Using Discriminant Analysis
HF5351 1971x.B769
Downer, Clark E. An Analysis of Student Evaluation of the Faculty in the Division of Business Administration, Georgia College, Milledgeville, Georgia
 HF5351 1974x .D695
Constitution and By laws of Sylvan Lodge, no. 4, I.O.O.F., Milledgeville,Ga
Spec. Coll.
HS2325.F67 1852
Brannen, Thomas E. Early Architectural History of Georgia College: Emphasis on Atkinson Hall
Spec. Coll.
LD725.M649B73 1977
Tankersley, Allen P. College Life at Old Oglethorpe
Spec. Coll LD4191.O462T3
Hair, William Ivy. Centennial History of Georgia College
Ref LD7251.M649 H34 1989
Beeson, Leola. Sidney Lanier at Oglethorpe University
 Spec. CollPS 2213 .B4
Chappell, J. Harris. Baccalaureate Addresses of J. Harris Chappell
 LD1949.G77C446 1905
The Georgia Normal and Industrial College
 Spec. CollLH1.G46G46
Strother, Holland. A Survey of Certain Aspects of the School System of Baldwin County, Georgia
Spec. CollLXC15 1937 .S9
Schwartz, Wanda C. Composting: Landscape Wastes Management for Georgia College and Baldwin County
QH315 1994.S59
Schwartz, Wanda C. Composting: Landscape Wastes Management for Georgia College and Baldwin County
 QH315 1994.S59
Greene, James Edward. Conditions in the Milledgeville State Hospital (1939)
 Spec. CollRC445.G4M74
Cranford, Peter. But for the Grace of God: The Inside Story of the World's Largest Insane Asylum, Milledgeville
 RC445.G4 M750
Old Capitol Cookbook Compiled by the Parent Teacher Association,Georgia Military College
 Spec. CollTX715.O42 1947; TX715.O42 1973 (3rd. ed.)


 

Literature and Journalism

Rowland. Arthur Ray. Georgia's Almanacs
 Ref F286.R69 1996
Flanders, Bertram Holland. Early Georgia Magazines: Literary Periodicals to 1865
 PN 4897.G6F55
Griffith, Louis Turner, and Talmadge, John Erwin. Georgia Journalism 1763-1950
 PN 4897.G6G7
Grimes, Millard. Last Linotype: The Story of Georgia and Its Newspapers Since World War II
PN 4897.G63G75 1985
Rutherford, Mildred Lewis. The South in History and Literature: A Handbook of Southern Authors
 Ref PS261.R7
Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte. Verse Memorials
 PS 2199.L3V4
Graham, Philip. The Life and Poems of Mirabeau B. Lamar
 Spec. Coll. PS2199.L3Z6
Lawrence, Harold. Memory Hill
 Ref PS3562.M46 1994

The following titles provide local and biographical information related to Milledgeville author Flannery O'Connor:

Driggers, Stephen, et.al. The Manuscripts of Flannery O'Connor at Georgia College
 Ref PS3565.C57D75 1989
O'Connor, Flannery. The Complete Stories
Ref PS3565.C57A17 1998
O'Connor, Flannery. Collected Works
 Ref PS3565.C57 1988
O'Connor, Flannery. The Habit of Being
 Ref PS3565.C57Z48 1979
Conversations With Flannery O'Connor
 Ref PS3565.C57Z464 1987
McKenzie, Barbara. Flannery O'Connor's Georgia
 Ref PS3565.C57Z76
Flannery O'Connor: A Memorial
 Ref PS3565.C57Z66785 1995
Getz, Lorine M. Flannery O'Connor: Her Life, Library, and Book Reviews
 Ref PS3565.C57Z677
Scott, R. Neil. Flannery O'Connor: An Annotated Reference Guide to Criticism
 Ref PS3565.C57Z8574 2002
Spivey, Ted R. Flannery O'Connor: The Woman, the Thinker, the Visionary
 Ref PS3565.C57Z865 1995


 

Native Americans and the Era of Federal Forts Along the Oconee

A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia Passed by the Legislature Since the Political Year 1800, to the Year 1810 [See pp. 701-708 for Ft. Wilkinson]
Spec. Coll. KFG25.2 .C66 1813
Records of the Creek Trading House Letter Book, 1795-1816 [microfilm]
 E301.R4x
Smith, Gordon Burns. History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861 4 vols.
 Ref UA150.S55 2000
Digital Library of Georgia sm galileo
Georgia Legislative Documents sm galileo
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 sm galileo


 

Selected Articles

Abbott, Martin, ed. "Memoirs of a Milledgeville Native, Augustan H. Hansell." Georgia Historical Quarterly 57 (1973): 430-438. Born in Milledgeville in 1817, Hansell recounts impressions of his childhood, local schools and scenery, LaFayette's visit in 1825, and the Secession Convention in 1861.

Banks, William Nathaniel. "History in Towns: Milledgeville, Georgia" Magazine Antiques v142 n2 (August 1992): 222 235. Focuses on significant homes of the Federal period.

Beeson, Leola Selman. "The Old State Capitol at Milledgeville and Its Cost, 1805-1811." Georgia Historical Quarterly 34 (September 1950): 195-202.

Bonner, James C. "Journal of a Mission to Georgia in 1827." Georgia Historical Quarterly 44 (1960): 74-85. Lt. John Rogers, U.S. Army's 1827 travel reflections on Milledgeville and other topics.

Bonner, James C. "Sherman at Milledgeville in 1864." Journal of Southern History 22 (1956): 273-291.

Bonner, James C. "The Georgia Penitentiary at Milledgeville, 1817-1874." Georgia Historical Quarterly 55 (1971): 303-328.

Bratton, J.R. "Letter of a Confederate Surgeon on Sherman's Occupation of Milledgeville." Georgia Historical Quarterly 32 (September 1948): 231-232. Dated at Milledgeville, Georgia 25 November 1864.

Ennis, Lisa A, "The WAVE School and GSCW: 'Good for Each Other.'" Georgia Historical Quarterly, 85, no.3 (Fall 2001): 461-472.

Goff, John H. "The Path to Oakfuskee Upper Trading Route in Georgia to the Creek Indians." Georgia Historical Quarterly 39 (March 1955): 1-36. Traces Native American trading paths and refers to establishment of Fort Wilkinson and other outposts.

Harrington, Hugh T. and Lisa A. Ennis, "Milledgeville's Unusual Kenan-Strother Shootings." Georgia Backroads, Autumn 2002.

Harrington, Hugh T. and Susan J. Harrington. "Georgia's Dixie Haygood: The Original Annie Abbott and "Little Georgia Magnet"" Georgia Historical Quarterly, Fall 2002.

Harris, Robin O. ""To Illustrate the Genius of Southern Womanhood': Julia Flisch and Her Campaign for the Higher Education of Women." Georgia Historical Quarterly 80 (Fall 1996): 506-531.

Lewis, Ann E. "Milledgeville: Georgia's Capital, 1807-1868." Georgia Magazine 4 (December 1960 - January 1961): 12-15.

McNair, Glenn M. "The Elijah Burritt Affair: David Walker's Appeal and Partisan Journalism in Antebellum Milledgeville." Georgia Historical Quarterly 83 (Fall, 1999): 448-478.

Minchin, Timothy J. "The Elijah Burritt Affair:  David Walker's Appeal and Partisan Journalism in Antebellum Milledgeville." Georgia Historical Quarterly 83 (Fall, 1999):448-478.

Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell. "Historical Notes of Milledgeville, Georgia." Gulf States Historical Magazine 2 (November 1903): 161-171. A copy is available in Spec. Coll. F294.M6P5.

Sears, Joanna. "Planning in Georgia: Yesterday." Urban Georgia 21 (September 1971): 12 ff.

Shingleton, Royce Gordon. "The Trial and Punishment of Slaves in Baldwin County, Georgia, 1812-1826." Southern Humanities Review 8 (1974): 67-73.

Wilson, Robert. "Oliver Hardy in Georgia." Georgia Historical Quarterly, Forthcoming, 2003. 



Sherman's March to the Sea, 1864

See Also:
Cole, Garold L. Civil War Eyewitnesses: An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles, 1955-1986
Bragg, William Harris. Griswoldville
Bonner, James C. "Sherman at Milledgeville in 1864." Journal of Southern History 22 (1956): 273-291.
Ref E601.C78 1988
E477.4 .B73 2000
French, Samuel Gibbs. Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French
E467.1.F87
Bowman, S.M. Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography
 E467.1.S55B713
Coburn, Mark. Terrible Innocence: General Sherman at War
 E467.1.S55C63 1993
Fellman, Michael. Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman
 E467.1.S55 F45 1995
Marszalek, John F. Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order
 E467.1.S55 M34 1993
Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, By Himself
 E467.1.S55S52
Walters, John Bennett. Merchant of Terror: General Sherman and Total War
 E467.1.S55W32
Cox, Jacob D. The March to the Sea
 Spec. Coll. E468.C17
Bailey, Anne J. Chessboard of War: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864
 E476.69.B35 2000
Conyngham, D. P. Sherman's March Through the South. With Sketches and Incidents of the Campaign
 Spec. Coll. E476.69.C76
Davis, Burke. Sherman's March
 E476.69.D38
Gibson, John Mendinghall. Those 163 Days; A Southern Account of Sherman's March From Atlanta to Raleigh
 E476.69.G5
Gibson, John Mendinghall. Those 163 Days: A Southern Account of Sherman's from Atlanta to Raleigh
 E476.69.G501961b
Glatthaar, Joseph T. The March to the Sea and Beyond: Sherman's Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns
E476.69.G53 1985
Hitchcock, Henry. Marching with Sherman; Passages From the Letters and Campaign Diaries of Henry Hitchcock, Major and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, November 1864-May 1865
E476.69.H67
Jones, Katharine M. When Sherman Came: Southern Women and the "Great March"
E476.69.J6
Kennett, Lee B. Marching through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers and Civilians During Sherman's Campaign
 E476.69.K455 1995
Miers, Earl Schenck. The General Who Marched to Hell: William Tecumseh Sherman and his March to Fame and Infamy
 E476.69.M5 1990
Miles, Jim. To the Sea: A History and Tour Guide of Sherman's March E476.69.M54 1989
Nichols, George Ward. The Story of the Great March From the Diary of a Staff Officer
 E476.69.N617
Osborn, Thomas Ward. The Fiery Trail: A Union Officer's Account of Sherman's Last Campaigns
E476.69.O83 1986
Sherman, William T. "War is hell!" : William T. Sherman's Personal Narrative of his March Through Georgia
E476.69.S56
Sherman, William T. Marching through Georgia: William T. Sherman's Personal Narrative of his March Through Georgia
 E476.69.S57 1978
Wheeler, Richard. Sherman's March
E476.69.W47 1991
Savas, Theodore P. and Woodbury, David A. The Campaign for Atlanta & Sherman's March to the Sea. Volumes I & II: Essays on the American Civil War Georgia, 1864
 E476.7.C25 1994
Jones, Charles Colcock. The Siege of Savannah in December, 1864, and the Confederate Operations in Georgia and the Third Military District of South Carolina During General Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Sea
 E477.41.J72
Barrett, John Gilchrist. Sherman's March Through the Carolinas
E477.7 .B3
LeConte, Joseph. 'Ware Sherman, A Journal of Three Months' Personal Experience in the Last Days of the Confederacy
 E487 .L43
Bull, Rice C. Soldiering: the Civil War Diary of Rice C. Bull, 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry
 E601.B94 1977
Foote, Corydon Edward. With Sherman to the sea : A Drummer's Story of the Civil War
 E601.F69
Ellis, Jerry. Marching Through Georgia: My Walk with Sherman
 F291.2.E43 1995
Burge, Dolly Lunt. The Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge
 F292.N4 B8
Andrews, Eliza Frances. War-time Journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865
 F292.W7A53 1997
Lunt, Dolly Sumner. A Woman's Wartime Journal; An Account of the Passage Over a Georgia Plantation of Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea
Spec.Coll. E559.B952
Cook, Anna Maria Green. Journal of a Milledgeville Girl 1861-1867
Ref F294.M6C6
Peck, William Henry. The M'Donalds, or, The Ashes of Southern Homes: A Tale of Sherman's March PS2539.P5M365 1867
Bass, Cynthia. Sherman's March (fiction)
 PS3552.A816S48 1995


 

Travelogues

Bartram, William. Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida
F213.B282 1792a
Travels of William Bartram: Francis Harper's Naturalist's Edition
 F213.B2893 1998
William Bartram and the Southeastern Indians
 F213.W713 1995
Logue, Victoria and Frank. Touring the Backroads of North and South Georgia
 F284.3.L64 1997
Rowan, Carl. "South of Freedom." In Holmes, William F., ed. Struggling to Shake Off Old Shackles:
Twentieth Century Georgia: A Documentary History (recounts visit to Dr. Boddie)
Ref F291.S89 1995
Ellis, Jerry: Marching Through Georgia: My Walk With Sherman
F291.2E43 1995


 

Milledgeville & Baldwin County Community Resources

Public Records: Finding Aids

Smith, James. The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery, With an Engraved Map of Each District.
Spec. Coll. F28.S64
Index to Georgia's 1867-1868 Returns of Qualified Voters and Registration Oath Books (White)
 Ref F285.B7 1995
Georgia Land Lottery Papers
 F285.D25
1833 Land Lottery of Georgia and Other Missing Names of Winners in the Georgia Land Lotteries
 F285.D38 1991
Davis, Robert Scott, Jr. A Researcher's Library of Georgia History, Genealogy, and Records Sources (2 vols.)
 Ref F285.D26 1987, 1991
An Index to Georgia Tax Digests (5 vols. 1789-1811)
 Ref F285.I52 1986
1832 Gold Lottery of Georgia
F285.L8 1988
Some Georgia County Records, vol. 5 (includes 1801 Baldwin County tax list)
 F285.L82 v.5
Abstracts of Will Book "A" 1806-1832 (Baldwin County)
 Spec.Coll.F292.B15D38
Georgia's Boundaries: The Shaping of a State
 Ref F292.B7H46 1993
Land Deed Genealogy of Hancock County, Georgia
 Ref F292.H3M37 1997
Index to Georgia Poor-School and Academy Records, 1826-1850
 Ref L903.G4T38
Smith, Gordon Burns. History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861 4 vols.
 Ref UA150.S55 2000


 

Special Collections at GCSU Library

Special Collections is located on the second floor of GCSU Library. Research appointments are advised.

Regular hours of operation are:
Monday through Friday: 9-12 and 1-4

The Special Collections web site (/library/sc/) includes a list of local history-related vertical files, links to web sites, and other information. Special Collections is comprised of the Georgia College & State University Archives, rare books and manuscript collections such as the Flannery O'Connor Collection, the Archives of Georgia Education, James C. Bonner Papers, William I. Hair Papers, Julia A. Flisch Papers, Judge U. Erwin Sibley Papers, Frank E. Bell Papers. U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell Collection, and records of organizations such as the Baldwin County Progressive Farmers Club, the Milledgeville/Baldwin County Chapter of the AAUW, and the Milledgeville/Baldwin County Community Concert Association.

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