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
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]
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
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