Bunce Family Collection

Inventory


1) Laminated excerpt from Statesboro Herald (Monday, July 12, 1982; p. 10; 33 x 23 cm.), containing story, by Dr. Kemp Mabry, on Bunce home: "Bunce family to host tours of new home."

2) Living/Homes section of Savannah Morning News (Monday, August 29, 1983; p. 1-8B; 60 x 35 cm.), containing story on Bunce home: "Farmhouse, built in 1887, undergoes a transformation."

3) Laminated leaf of Statesboro Herald (Sunday, September 2, 1990; p. 7-8A; 60 x 35 cm.), containing full-page story, illustrated, on Bunce home: "Bunces fulfill role as stewards of history."

4) Letter (2 leaves, 26 x 20 cm.) to Mrs. Rhoda Quinn, Danburgh, Wilkes County, Georgia, from Yallabusha, Mississippi, January 16, 1843. (Original)

5) Photocopy of Number 4 on acid-free paper

6) Transcript of Number 4, typed by Joyce Perkerson Poole, 17 July 1989

7) Excerpt from Statesboro Herald (Tuesday, October 28, 1986; p. 1B, 34 x 25 cm.), containing story on Miss Emma Eugenia Hill: "'Aunt Gene' feted on 89th birthday."

8) Excerpt from Statesboro Herald, undated, containing captioned illustration of Isaac Bunce at Southeastern Liquid Systems Seminar at Statesboro (14 x 14 cm.)

9) Excerpt from Statesboro Herald, undated, uncaptioned: illustration of Isaac Bunce talking to farmer (13 x 9 cm.)

10) Black-and-white photograph (26 x 31 cm.) of Isaac Bunce, with seven other men, demonstrating U. S. Department of Agriculture Research Display

11) Black-and-white photograph (26 x 21 cm.) of James Arthur Bunce speaking with Roy Kelly of the Soil Conservation Service, in oat fields yielding 75 bushels per acre [May 1951]

12) Black-and-white photograph (26 x 21 cm.) of James Arthur Bunce at his farm, tending cows

13) Black-and-white photograph (26 x 21 cm.) of six men, including James Arthur Bunce, who have won awards for soil conservation [undated]

14) Booklet (32 p.; 21cm.) - The Gracious Ladies of Georgia salute the Old South on the occasion of their 12th anniversary, Columbus Convention and Trade Center, April 7-8, 1988. Mrs. Nona Bunce was a Gracious Lady in 1988.

15) Color snapshot (15 x 11 cm.) of Gracious Ladies, including Mrs. Nona Bunce, at a gathering

16) Excerpt from Statesboro Herald (17 x 17 cm.) reporting annual banquet of Gracious Ladies of Georgia, with illustration showing Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, Special Recognition Award winner, with the Gracious Ladies [April 1988]

17) Plastic reel (7.5 cm.) of 8 mm. film, containing shots of Miss Sophia Bunce on Easter Sunday 1961, cows owned by "Uncle Fred," E. B. Newton's home, 1961, and J. Walter Hendricks, first principal of First District A & M School, James Arthur Bunce and Walter Scott

18) General Excellence Award, given to James Arthur Bunce, 1909, First District A & M School. (He was a member of first graduating class, 1910.) Enclosed in glassed frame, 14 x 9 cm.

19) Supplement to Statesboro Herald: 75 Years of Georgia Southern, June 11, 1982 (20 p.: ill.; 36 cm.)

20) Clipping (21 x 13 cm.) from Bulloch Times, May 23 [1911-1914], concerning commencement exercises at "1st District Aggie"

21) Report card, laminated, of [James] Arthur Bunce (28 x 22 cm.), May 24, 1910, First District A & M School

22) Letter, laminated (27 x 19 cm.), to Mr. & Mrs. [James] Arthur Bunce from Marvin and Anna Pittman, December 21, 1941, with original envelope

23) Letter to Isaac and Nona Bunce, 2 May 1988, from "Mabel," on card showing Cherry Cottage in Washington, Georgia (Mrs. Bunce's hometown)

24) Letter to Isaac, Nona and Emogene Bunce, 3 May 1988, from "Gwendolyn," on card showing First United Methodist Church, Washington, Georgia

25) Copy of The Georgia Herald, a supplement to the Statesboro Herald, Volume 8 (Tuesday, August 10, 1976), p. [69]-76

26) Photocopy of list of births of African-Americans (born 1807-1840), found by Virginia Kern in 1956

27) Typed transcript of Number 26

28) Photocopy of article on black genealogy from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution (Sunday, February 15, 1987), unpaged: "Study of black family heritage can yield rich story."

29) Excerpt from the Statesboro Herald, no date, portrait: "William James, one of the city's best educators."

30) Program for the 250th observance of the black churches, Historical First African Baptist Church, [Statesboro, Georgia], Sunday, December 11, 1983.

31) Address of Isaac Bunce on the Salzburgers, 10-page typescript. Given to the Bulloch County Historical Society, 1995 or 1996