World War II
- memorabilia, information re: Mabry's service in the armed forces
during World War II
Rainbow University
- memorabilia, information re: Mabry's attendance at Rainbow
University [1945-1946]
- 11 editions of Pad & Pencil, Rainbow University
newspaper [1945-1946]
Correspondence
- letters from various individuals and publishers re: Mabry's use of
their work or publication of Mabry's work
GSC Publications
- copies of Mabry's publications as professor of Educational
Psychology and Counseling at GSC [1960-1988]
Newspaper Articles
Note: All news articles re: Boy Scouts and YMCA are with the other materials on these groups, in Box 2.
1942 Articles
- articles written by Mabry as a cub reporter on the Marietta
Daily Journal [1942]
Features
- features written by Mabry for the Statesboro Herald [1988-1989]
Our Town Articles
- articles written by Mabry for Our Town, Sunday magazine
put out by the Statesboro Herald [1988-1989]
Thursday and Sunday Columns
- articles from Mabry's column in the Statesboro Herald [1990-1993]
1993 Articles
- articles from Mabry's column in the Statesboro Herald [1993]
1994 Articles
- articles from Mabry's column in the Statesboro Herald [1994]
Speeches and Presentations
- texts, notes, materials for speeches and presentations on various
topics, made by Mabry throughout his career
Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Note: These folders contain information about events in the YMCA, particularly in the 1950s.
Christian Youth on Trial
Cheerleader Clinic
Youth Assembly
Civic Youth Day
Christian Life Conference
Training and Planning Conferences
Church Loyalty Campaign
Teen Talks
YMCA - General
Mabry Articles - YMCA
- These are the columns Mabry wrote while he was the state secretary
for the YMCA, under titles such as The Y's Way, Our
Youth, With Our Youth, and Youth Takes a Stand.
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts - General
Boy Scouts - Mabry Articles
- These are columns Mabry wrote about Boy Scout activities, under
titles such as Boy Scout News and On the Scouting Trail
Ham Radio
Ham Radio
- information re: ham radio and Mabry's involvement with it
Not in Folder
- box containing ham radio transmission cards
Bulloch County Historical Society
- materials related to Mabry's work with the Bulloch County
Historical Society
Pictures
1) Two pictures of Lawrence Gillon Mabry, born 1882, killed in action at Belleau Woods, Thiacourt, France, September 15, 1918 (one photograph as a baby [age @ 6 months], one picture as a young man)
2) Picture of Robert Forrest Mabry and Herbert Norris Mabry (father of Kemp Mabry), 1918 (both served in USMC during World War I)
3) Photograph of YMCA Clean Sportsmanship Campaign Clinic at Rock Eagle Park, circa 1958-59
4) Photograph of church in Yosemite National Park, California, circa 1957-58 (used as cover for Georgia YMCA Statewide Church Loyalty Campaign)
5) Photograph of Oceola State Park, Florida, circa 1955 (lady in distance is Sarah K. Mabry [mother of Kemp Mabry])
6) YMCA Clean Sportsmanship Campaign promotion photographs (2)
7) Photograph of Sarah K. Mabry, circa 1957
8) Photograph of Florence Brannon
9) Photograph of Dr. Zach S. Henderson
10) Photograph of group of young men labeled "YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly Summer School N. C. 1950s" with names written on back
11) Photograph labeled "Camp Blanding, Fla. 1944"
12) Photograph labeled "First Baptist Church, Statesboro, GA, Rev. T. Earl Serson"
13) 4 photographs labeled "Tornado 1929"
14) One photograph showing remains of garage of Mr. B. H. Hendricks, with information re: deaths on his property (during 1929 tornado?)
15) Photograph labeled "Flood 1927"
16) small, unlabeled photograph
17) 3 photocopies of long photographs: 1) unnamed family group, 2) unnamed men's group and 3) unnamed men's group with individual men identified
Ephemera
1) magazine put out by Boy Scouts of America - The Local Council Exchange: A Leader's Digest, Volume 8, Number 1 [2/45]
2) program - Cherokee County Homecoming for the Honorable Dean Rusk, Secretary of State, Reinhardt College, Waleska, GA [4-20-61]
3) program - Jerusalem Lutheran Church [9-12-76]
4) program - United States Department of Agriculture Honor Award Ceremony [6-5-56]
5) program - The Florida State University in the City of Tallahassee Winter Commencement [1966]
6) postcard - First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Statesboro
7) program - Junior Miss Georgia Pageant [November 28-29, 1958]
8) program - The 143rd Marietta Camp Meeting [August 1-10, 1980]
9) program - A Celebration of Jewish Life in Georgia (museum exhibit)
10) Kennesaw Gazette Monthly Magazine, Volume 3, Number 2 [6/80]
11) Statesboro, Georgia Hospitality Guide. Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau [1992]
12) The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine [1-16-77], re: President-elect Jimmy Carter
13) The World of Bob Hope
14) Chattanooga Choo-Choo Express, Official Centennial Edition. Volume 7, Number 4 [3-5-80]
15) replica of Republic of Georgia's Ordinance of Secession [passed by Georgia General Assembly on 1-19-1861]
Note: This box contains ephemera which Kemp Mabry picked up on trips to France. The majority of the items date from World War II or just afterward (1942-1946).
1) Mini-postcard groups
- La Haute Bretagne Nantes
- La France et Ses Merveilles: Versailles
- Lausanne
- Bern-Berne
- Luzern-Lucerne
- Fribourg
- Basel-Bâle
- Zürich
- Souvenir de Paris
- Neuchatel
- Genève Ville Internationale: Le Palais de la
Société des Nations et Bureau International du
Travail
- Photos de Paris
2) Kim 1945 (calendar/date book for 1945)
3) Mieux (Les Brevets des Louveteaux)
4) Je parle Anglais vite et bien (phrase book)
5) Pocket Guide to France [1945]
6) Pocket Guide to the Cities of Southern France [1945]
7) Pocket Guide to France [1956]
8) Lausanne is glad to see you
9) La Formation des Chefs: Les Étapes de la formation
10) Postcards
- 192. Nantes - Un coin de la Place du
Maréchal-Foch, pris de la Cathédrale Hôtel Montaidouin
ou de Martel et Hôtel Aux, du XVIII° siècle
- 26. Nantes - Les Cours et Place du
Maréchal-Foch
- Versailles - Temple de Amour
- 267. Paris - Notre-Dame - Côté Sud (au
bord de la Seine)
- Paris - Notre-Dame - Pourtour du Chur
- Versailles - Palais du Grand Trianon
- Versailles et Ses Merveilles
- Versailles - Parc du Petit Trianon
- Parc du Petit Trianon
- Welcome in Basle
- Cathédrale de Fribourg (Suisse)
11) Little Guide to Paris and Surrounds
12) La Première Étape Comment Devenir Éclaireur [1942]
13) English-French Indispensable French and Classified Words
14) Guide Interprète
15) Welcome in Fribourg
16) French Phrase Book
17) French Language Guide
18) Neuchâtel welcomes you
19) Un minimum de conversation franco-anglaise
20) For My Trip, the Best of Tips: Switzerland Winter 1946
21) I Speak English
22) General Map of Switzerland
23) Sainte Cécile, patronne des musiciens: La Légende Dorée des Enfants
24) Canton de Fribourg Switzerland
25) Versailles: Guide practique illustré [1945]
26) Cathèdrale de Fribourg (Suisse) Concerts Orgues Programme-Souvenir
27) program - Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus), by Johann Strauss, put on by U. S. Forces in Austria Special Service at Roxy Theater in Salzburg, Austria [October 18-25, 1945]
28) The Apollon Gallery and its treasures
29) magazine - Le Chef [5 issues - 1945]
30) 3 comic books - Collection "Vaillance" (Numbers 1, 2 and 4), put out by Les Édition Marcel Daubin
31) magazine - Le Routier [3 issues - 1945]
32) magazine - Les Éclaireurs de France [6 issues - 1945]
Miscellanea
Note: The first five items are awards received by Mabry.
1) gold photo album containing photos from Mabry's retirement reception
2) State YMCA Top Production in National Affiliation of Clubs [1956]
3) Eta Gamma Chapter, Kappa Delta Pi 1991 Living Treasure
4) Lion of the Year Awards [1970-1971] - Lions Club
5) Deen Day Smith Award [4-10-90]
6) bank book of Lawrence G. Mabry [1916]
7) packet containing many receipts - On to Victory, America, First National Bank, Marietta, Georgia [1943]
8) poem - A Christmas Prayer
9) brochure - American School of Music
10) program - Deen Day Smith Service to Mankind Awards [3-19-91]
11) program - Kappa Delta Pi, Eta Gamma Chapter (GSU) Living Treasure Luncheon [1-15-94]
12) program - Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Delta Chapter (Florida State University) Initiation Banquet [8-3-65]
13) receipt from E. E. Kurtz & Son, Marietta, Georgia [1-7-43]
14) sheet of letterhead for Cartersville Junior Chamber of Commerce (photo taken by Kemp Mabry)
15) 2 covers from Sylvania, Georgia telephone directories
16) program - Florida State University Gymkana presents Dynaform [October 20-23, 1956]
17) picture - Brotherton House on Chickamauga Battlefield, Chickamauga, Georgia
18) WWI poem - The Kaisers Talk With the Divil, by Ed W. Webster
19) Georgia Tech badge
20) Envelope containing Mabry's ID cards from Georgia Southern
21) Medals commemorating the Bicentennial of the United States [1976]
Newspaper Clippings
Note: This box contains newspaper clippings which Mabry collected. The clippings concern Georgia history, people and places, particularly in Bulloch and Cobb Counties.
Bulloch County - People
- articles re: Bulloch County citizens
Our Town
- full copies of the Statesboro Herald's Sunday magazine
[1987-1989]
Bulloch County - Events
- articles re: specific events in Bulloch County
Bulloch County - Miscellaneous (1)
- articles re: Bulloch County
Bulloch County - Miscellaneous (2)
- articles re: Bulloch County (these are full newspapers, not
specific articles)
Bulloch County - Miscellaneous (3)
- articles (full newspapers) and ephemera re: Bulloch County
Cobb County Columnists
- newspaper columns from the Marietta Daily Journal re:
Cobb County history, people and events, by 5 Cobb County columnists
- Horace Crowe
- Bill Kinney
- Nancy Ryle
- H. G. Smith
- B. C. Yates
Cobb County - Leo Frank
- articles re: 1915 lynching of Leo Frank for the murder of Mary
Phagan, and books and movies about the incident
Cobb County - Churches and Cemeteries
- articles re: historic churches and cemeteries in Cobb County
Cobb County - Landmarks and Restoration
- articles re: efforts to preserve and restore Cobb County landmarks
Cobb County - Miscellaneous (1)
- articles re: Cobb County
Cobb County - Miscellaneous (2)
- articles and ephemera re: Cobb County
Cobb County - Miscellaneous (3)
- articles (full newspapers) re: Cobb County
Atlanta and Fulton County
- articles re: Atlanta and Fulton County
Cherokee County
- articles re: Cherokee County
Warm Springs
- articles re: Warm Springs and FDR's death there
Chatham County
- articles re: Chatham County
Georgia - People
- articles re: individual Georgia citizens
Georgia - Places
- articles re: places of interest in Georgia
Georgia History Quizzes
- newspaper quizzes re: Georgia history
Georgia - Miscellaneous (1)
- articles re: Georgia history and events
Georgia - Miscellaneous (2)
- full newspapers re: Georgia history and events
Halley's Comet
- correspondence and articles re: Halley's Comet and its 1986
appearance
Miscellaneous
- picture - Century Old Union Church (Irwinton,
Georgia)
- card containing picture celebrating U. S. Bicentennial, 1976, from
Cheerful House, St. Louis, Missouri
- program - Sheehan Follies of 1946
- WWI picture - Champions of Liberty
- sheet music - "Feather Your Nest," by Kendis and Brockman and
Howard Johnson
- news articles re: historical topics
1996 Articles
- articles from Mabry's column in the Statesboro Herald [1996]
Speeches
This box contains notes and texts for speeches given by Dr. Mabry over the years. They are organized, as much as possible, by date. In each file, I will list the dates, then give the topic or title of the speech.
1940s
- 1941 or 1942 - text for debate on whether men should receive
military training before draft age
- October 19, 1942 - "Poems," used at YTC program
- May 4, 1943 - speech at Marietta High School Chapel
- May 26, 1943 - speech at Marietta High School Chapel
- June 6, 1943 - speech at Marietta First Baptist Church
- November 5, 1943 - speech at BTU Church Sunday night program
- 1943 or 1944 - speech at Marietta High School
- March 30, 1944 - speech at Marietta High School Chapel
- January 4, 1947 - "What Will You Do With Jesus"
- April 27, 1947 - Biblical texts, speech for church service or YMCA
meeting
- July 6, 1947 - Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island
- July 27, 1947 - "Forty Good Soldiers for Christ"
- December 28, 1947 - church service or YMCA meeting
- May 2, 1948 - "Clean Living"
- September 12, 1948 - "Four Things We Need"
- December 5, 1948 - religious texts, speech for church service or
YMCA meeting
- July 7-27, 1949 - "How to Achieve Greatness" (Southern Baptist
Speakers' Tournament)
- August 14, 1949 - religious theme, speech for church service or
YMCA meeting
- December 11, 1949, YMCA Father-Son event, First Baptist Church,
Columbus
- December 25, 1949 - religious theme, speech for First Baptist
Church, Columbus Student Night
- January 5, 1950 - list of categories, religious theme, speech at
Central High School, Phoenix City, Alabama
- May 14, 1950 - message on youth pastor at First Baptist Church,
Columbus
1950s
- 1950s - speech given to Swainsboro Kiwanis Club
- 1950s - speech given in Fairmount, Georgia on YMCA Sunday
- 1950s - "Is Soul Winning Every Christian's Job"
- January 27, 1952 - theme of achieving greatness, speech at First
Baptist Church, Statesboro
- November 1, 1953 - speech for Stow First Baptist Youth Program
- May 13, 1957 - "A Good Community," speech before Gainesville,
Georgia Rotary Club
- April 27, 1958 - "How to Achieve Greatness"
1981-1989
- 4th Sunday in August, 1981 or 1982 - speech at Mabry family
reunion
- 1987? - presentation for Phi Kappa Phi, Georgia Southern
College
- September 27, 1987 - Dedication of Brannen Room, Statesboro
Regional Library
- September 24, 1989 - speech at Brannen Family Reunion
- November 6, 1989 - "Camping Out," speech for Pilot Club
- November 13, 1989 - "Going Home," speech for Lions Club
- late 1980s - "A Tale of Two Mountains," presentation to Bertha
Mabry's class, Blackwell School, Marietta, Georgia
1990-1992
- January 7, 1990 - speech at Young at Heart Luncheon, First
Baptist Church
- January 11, 1990 - speech at Jenkins Retired Teachers
Association
- February 26, 1990 - "What has made the Bulloch County Historical
Society successful?," speech for Savannah Area Genealogical
Association
- March 9, 1990 - speech at Millen Rotary Club
- April 1990 - speech at Jones family reunion
- August 23, 1990 - speech for Pilot Club Installation of
Officers
- January 26, 1991 - speech for Kappa Delta Pi
- April 15, 1991 - speech at GSU Museum, re: Leonardo da Vinci
- December 16, 1991 - My American Heritage: Thomas Lunceford,
Peter Strozier, Kettle Creek, and Robert Watson Mabry, speech for
American Heritage Program, Kettle Creek Chapter NSDAR, Licolnton,
Georgia
- February 29, 1992 - notes for speech to Alpha Pi Omega (APO)
Undated Materials
- religious themes
- YMCA
- "How does the way we feel about others affect the
way they feel about us?"
- religious themes
- "A Good Community"
- youth conferences held during March of this year (no indication
of which year)
1998 - Statesboro Herald
- This file contains copies of Mabry's Statesboro Herald columns for 1998.
Photographs
- This file contains groups of photographs of Dr. Mabry.
- Ages 1-70
- Boy Scout
- ROTC (Ga. Tech) & U. S. Army - WWII
Speeches (2)
- texts, notes, materials for speeches and presentations on various
topics, made by Mabry throughout his career
Articles 2000
- This file contains copies of Mabry's Statesboro Herald columns for
2000.
Henderson Letter
- This file contains a letter "To the parents and friends of Georgia
Teachers College" from Zach S. Henderson, re: the Minimum Foundation
Program in Education [3-17-1951]
Speeches 2001
- texts, notes, materials for speeches made by Mabry in 2001
-VFW Post 10825 [10-11-2001]
-Screven County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting [10-23-2001]
Programs 2001
- programs for various events in 2001
-Captives to Christ's Commission, a series of melodramas
presented by Dr. R. Quinn Pugh in celebration of the Centennial of Bethel
Missionary Baptist Church [9/30/2001-10/3/2001]
-Welcome to the 100th Anniversary Celebration of Bethel
Missionary Baptist Church [9/30/2001-10/3/2001]
-Homecoming Sunday, Statesboro Primitive Baptist Chuech
[10-21-2001]
Speech at dedication of 9/11 Monument, September 11,
2002
- This file contains Mabry's speech and photo of himself before the
monument.
Envelope containing mechanical drawings done by Mabry at Marietta High School [1939]
Bound Volumes - Stack E, Shelf 2
Note: These are bound collections of Mabry's publications from his tenure as professor of educational psychology and counseling at Georgia Southern College.
1) Guidance Readings
2) Reviews in Guidance 1973-1980
3) Scholar Educator SPATE Journal Publications 1974-1979
4) Publications in College Student Journal 1975-1980
5) Publications 1975-1980
6) Publications in Education 1976-1981
7) Publications 1982-1983
8) untitled - contains publications from 1985-1988
Tube 1
1) blueprint - Detail of Tool Post [3-10-43] (2 copies)
2) plat - Subdivision of W. M. Teem's Property, Cobb County [10-25-24]
Tube 2
1) Diploma for H. Norris Mabry from Reinhart College [7-21-22]
2) Certificate appointing Kemp Mabry as Lieutenant Colonel, Aide-de-Camp, Governor's Staff, from Gov. George Busbee [1-14-75]
3) Certificate of Service from USMC for Herbert N. Mabry, for service from 1918-1919
