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CA-002 Grady County Historical Society
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Community Archives Grady County Historical Society Collection (CA-002)
The Grady County Historical Society Collection preserves and shares the documentary heritage of Grady County, Georgia, through a diverse array of digitized materials organized into multiple series. With content ranging from 19th-century church and school records to photographs, oral histories, and community ephemera, this collection offers rich insight into the cultural, religious, and educational life of Grady County. Developed in partnership with the Grady County Historical Society and supported by the Community Archives Digitization, Access, and Preservation Program, these materials are now accessible online for research, education, and community memory.
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Materials from this collection are from the Grady County (Georgia) Historical Society.
Recent Submissions
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(2009-2018)This item is a collection of newspapers detailing the Constuction and costs of the dam at Tired Creek. Furthermore, the newspapers detail the plans the county has and the requests for making improvements to the dam. Finally, ...
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(1980-1994)This item is a history of the government documents tracking the approval process for the Tired Creek reservoir and dam. This item contains 2 bound papers with ecological and a project proposal detailing the impacts of the ...
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(1865-2013)This folder details the history of Whigham formerly known as the city of Harrell. This item contains detailed history of the churches in the city. Additionally, the history of Grady County is covered from the Indian Wars ...
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(1968)This item is a obituary for Beulah Zant describing what she had accomplished during her life. Additionally, a photograph of Zant and a letter from Evelynn Rineer are included .
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(1876-1987)This item is limited in scope with only 3 documents in the folder. This item gives a basic biography of Fuller Wind a former editor for the Cairo Messenger
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(1883-2011)This item builds a biography of John Byron Wight Senior and Junior. J.B Wight senior grew wight nurseries in Cairo and continued to be an instrumental part of the community. A majority of the folder discussed J.B Wight ...
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(1958-1996)This item details the history of the Wight Nurseries in Cairo. There are 6 subdivisions of this item detailing the item. In section 5 the process of submitting the Junior Specimen patent is detailed. Furthermore, the item ...
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(Circa 2011)This item detail the history of part of the Wight family from around the 1600s to the early 2000s. The book itself covers 10 generations of the Wight family. The book details accomplishments of the family and does not limit ...
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(1845-2013)The folder contains a detailed history of the Wight family. Included in the folder are handwritten and typed letters. These letters discuss the early founding and role the Wight family played in the founding of Cairo.
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(1932)This item is a collection of books detailing the early histories of counties surrounding Grady County. The sources start around the conclusion of the War of 1812 and subsequent treaties with native tribes.
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(1980-1991)This item contains the background information on those interviewed for oral history collections at the Roddenbery Library. About 5 pages of veterans and their experiences are recorded. All people who were interviewed were ...
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(1926-1935)This item contains a list of land indentures between the years 1926 and 1935 from various places across the city.
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(1973)In this letter from J.B. Roddenbery writes to Folks Huxford about a book that was recently published by Huxford. The letter blames the Civil war for destroying many family records preventing further genealogical research. ...
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(No Date)This item is telling the story of George T. Hurst as a pastor at Long Branch Baptist Church in the late 1860s. The item also details the history of Hurst before becoming a pastor in Cairo. The item then later mentions other ...
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(2021)A newspaper article written by Truman Lastinger is the focal point for this item. The Hill-Burton act is credited for keeping many hospitals open during the Great Depression. The article details the trouble that the hospital ...
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(1947-1989)This item describes how a previous sanitorium inspired the operations of Grady County General Hospital. Furthermore, the item includes revenue certificates from the Grady County Hospital Authority. Also included are other ...
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(2010-2018)This document details the history of the Grady County General Hospital and the recent accolades that the hospital has earned. The Hill-Burton act is mentioned as a reason for Grady General Hospital being open.
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(1966)This item describes where the Grady County General Hospital is and some brief history of the hospital.
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(1939-2005)This item contains a newspaper and a letter discussing the legislation that created Grady County. The newspaper is dated in 2005, and the letter is dated in 1939.
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(No Date)This document includes photos of a Hoover cart that was used during the great depression. The Hoover Cart was a Model T chassis with a horse pulling it. Photos date between the 1930s and the early 1950s
