Corrie Martin Papers

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Box 1

1) Minutes of the Fifty-fourth Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dixie Hunt Hotel, Gainesville, Georgia [October 26-28, 1949]

2) Minutes of the Sixty-fifth Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daniel-Ashley Hotel, Valdosta, Georgia [October 16-19, 1960]

3) Minutes of the Seventieth Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Ralston Hotel, Columbus, Georgia [October 3-6, 1965]

4) Minutes of the Seventy-Second Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia [October 8-11, 1967] {3 copies}

5) Minutes of the Seventy-Third Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia [October 6-9, 1968] {3 copies}

6) Minutes of the Seventy-Fourth Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Desoto Hilton, Savannah, Georgia [October 5-8, 1969] {3 copies}

7) United Daughters of the Confederacy Incorporated: Minutes of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Convention Held at Birmingham, Alabama [November 7-13, 1969]

8) Minutes of the Seventy-Fifth Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dempsey Motor Hotel, Macon, Georgia [October 11-14, 1970] {3 copies}

9) United Daughters of the Confederacy Incorporated: Minutes of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Convention Held at Richmond, Virginia [November 7-12, 1970]

10) Minutes of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Downtown Hotel, Albany, Georgia [October 10-12, 1971]

11) United Daughters of the Confederacy Incorporated: Minutes of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Convention Held at Atlanta, Georgia [November 7-12, 1971]

12) Minutes of the Seventy-Fifth Annual Convention of the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Richmond Motor Hotel, Augusta, Georgia [October 8-11, 1972] {2 copies}

13) United Daughters of the Confederacy Incorporated: Minutes of the Seventy-Ninth Annual Convention Held at Richmond, Virginia [November 11-15, 1972]

14) bound volume - Midway Museum, Incorporated, Midway, Liberty County, Georgia: Minutes and Other Records of Midway Museum, Inc., from the organizational Meeting, 7 August 1946 through 16 April 1956

15) bound volume - Midway Museum, Incorporated, Midway, Liberty County, Georgia: For the Period 30 July 1946 to 4 April 1960, compiled by Mrs. Donald Fraser Martin (Some records added from April 4, 1960 to April 4, 1962.)

16) bound volume - Book One: Saint John's Parish Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists - Eleven Year Period May 16, 1940 - April 15, 1951

17) bound volume - Book Two: Saint John's Parish Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists - Six Year Period April 15, 1951 - April 15, 1957

18) folder containing loose sheets of paper found in the 1949 minutes

19) issue of magazine - Georgia Magazine, put out by Georgia Historical Society, Volume 4, Number 1 [June-July 1960] - article on Midway Museum found on pages 17-19

20) booklet - Midway Memorial Shrine - Midway, Georgia 1954

21) report by Housing and Institutional Sanitation Service, Georgia Department of Public Health - Coastal Areas Environmental Health Survey - Community Environment Analysis - Liberty County, Georgia - January, 1971

22) issue of magazine - The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Volume 27, Number 2 [June 1943], inscribed by Margaret Davis Cate, author of first article - "Fort Frederica and the Battle of Bloody Marsh"

23) issue of magazine - Scenic South, Volume 17, Number 4 [April 1960] - photographs of Midway Museum found on pages 6-7

24) booklet - History of Taylor's Creek Camp Meeting - Liberty County, Georgia by Emory S. Martin [1933]

25) booklet - Midway, Georgia in History and Legend by Josephine Bacon Martin

26) four albums, each labeled "Midway Colonial Museum," containing handwritten descriptions of items in various rooms
1. Hall
2. Dining Room
3. Parlor
4. No label





Corrie Martin Papers

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Box 2

United Daughters of the Confederacy - Liberty County (1)
- by-laws of the Georgia Division of the UDC [10/1959, 10/1966]
- information re: Liberty County Chapter of the UDC

United Daughters of the Confederacy - Liberty County (2)
- information re: Liberty County Chapter of the UDC

UDC President's Reports
- annual reports from the President of the Liberty County Chapter of the UDC

Crosses of Military Service
- filled application for Award of Cross of Military Service, given by UDC to descendants of Confederate Veterans who fought in other wars
- information re: applicants for awards

Confederate Soldiers' Graves
- listing of Confederate soldiers' graves in Liberty County

UDC Records
- minutes and other records of Liberty County UDC activities

Sunbury, Liberty County
- newspaper clippings and notes contained in an envelope marked "Sunbury, Liberty County"

Erection of Confederate Monument
- newspaper clippings re: the erection of a monument to Confederate soldiers in Liberty County

Captain S. D. Bradwell
- information on Samuel David Bradwell, a Captain in the Confederate Army

UDC Records (2)
- remnants of ledger containing records of the Liberty County UDC



Not in Folders

1) scrapbook containing newspaper clippings re: Liberty County UDC

2) four (4) ledgers containing miscellaneous records, mostly lists of members or contributors (Only the first one, with "Secretary" written on the cover, is marked for the UDC; however, the others look like the same thing.)

Daughters of the American Colonists
- information on the Liberty County Chapter of the DAC

Lucile Wood - Liberty County
- information on early settlers, records of early Liberty County

Midway Church
- information re: Midway Church



Not in Folders

1) registration book for the Midway Church and Society [1940]





Corrie Martin Papers

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Box 3

Midway Museum Project
- correspondence, address lists, contribution records for start-up of the Midway Museum [1945-57]

Letters Concerning Drive for Funds
- correspondence and information re: funding of the Midway Museum

Museum Holdings
- inventories and other information re: materials in the Midway Museum collections

Museum By-Laws
- by-laws of Midway Museum, Incorporated

Museum Records (1)
- reports, minutes and other records of Midway Museum, Inc. activities, taken from an unlabeled loose-leaf notebook [1945-1960s]

Museum Records (2)
- reports, minutes and other records of Midway Museum, Inc. activities, taken from an unlabeled loose-leaf notebook [1950s]

Museum Records (3)
- reports, minutes and other records of Midway Museum, Inc. activities, taken from an unlabeled loose-leaf notebook [1945-1960s]

"Midway Museum" - Helen W. Coxon
- rough draft of paper/speech by Helen Williams Coxon, on Georgia Historical Society's treatment of Midway Museum

Incorporation Amendment
- signed and unsigned proxies for meeting to amend the Articles of Incorporation for Midway Museum, Inc.

Miscellaneous
- miscellaneous notes and articles from unlabeled folders or loose in box




Newspaper Clippings and Miscellaneous

Note: The remaining folders contain newspaper clippings and miscellaneous paper items. Most folder titles are the titles written on the envelopes or folders in which they were found. Others give the topic of the collection of clippings.

Memorial Day Midway

UDC Meetings

UDC Clippings

Speeches
- The envelope for these actually reads "Speeches on Jeff Davis & John B. Gordon, made at the U. D. C. Convention in Savannah, November 11th, 1948."

UDC Memorial Service
- These clippings were inside a program for a memorial service held by the UDC in the cemetery of Midway Church.

Declaration of Independence Signers
- This folder contains brief biographies of Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall, two of Georgia's representatives who signed the Declaration of Independence.

Ringing Liberty's Bell
- This folder contains columns from a series entitles "Ringing Liberty's Bell," about Liberty County History.

Christmas Box
- The items in this folder were originally located in a box labeled for Christmas chocolates.

1979 Florida Times-Union
- article on Midway Museum which appeared in the Florida Times-Union [8-12-79]

Newspaper Clippings - Mrs. Donald F. Martin, Sr.
- miscellaneous newspaper clippings, found in an envelope marked "Newspaper Clippings - Mrs. Donald F. Martin, Sr. collections"

Miscellaneous Clippings (1)
- miscellaneous newspaper clippings, mainly on Liberty County and Liberty County history, found loose throughout the collection

Miscellaneous Clippings (2)
- miscellaneous newspaper clippings, mainly on Liberty County and Liberty County history, found loose throughout the collection

Bulloch County
- miscellaneous clippings from Bulloch County newspapers and clippings about Bulloch County

Whole Newspapers
- whole editions of three newspapers
- The Morning News (Savannah), March 6, 1895
- Liberty County Herald, U. D. C. Edition, April 30, 1925
- The Hinesville Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 41, November 26, 1959





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Box 4

Note: All the items in this box are cloth banners used by the organizations in which Corrie Martin was involved.

1) 18 x 31 in. banner - half red background, half white background with words "Liberty" (white on red background) "Dragons" (gold on white background)

2) 27 x 36 in. banner - "Liberty Independent Troop" in gold letters on purple background, gold fringe on three sides

3) 34 x 36 in. replica of Confederate battle flag

4) 34 x 59 in. replica of early U. S. flag

5) 61 x 84 in. banner - white background, 150 purple stars and 4 gold stars, 7 ½ in. red border, gold fringe on one of shorter edges

6) 6 x 8 ft. banner - white background, with "Liberty County: written in blue stars, two lines of gold stars over words, 15 in. red border, metal hooks sewn into edges