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Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association clippings and press releases
Subseries 1.6
Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental
Association clippings and press releases
Boxes 11-13 (folders 1-6) and OBV
2
Scope and Content Note
The clippings found in this subseries bulk in the period, 1923-1928. They relate to Borglum's dismissal (February 1925), the hiring of Lukeman (April 1925), Lukeman's models and progress (summer 1925), the SMCMA's petitions to the Georgia General Assembly (1927), the unveiling of Lukeman's head of General Lee (April 1928), and the efforts in the late 1920's to regain Borglum's services. The volume of clippings indicates that the Stone Mountain project was the subject of much public interest and that it was extensively publicized - literally on a world-wide scale. A scrapbook of clippings from various Florida newspapers in regard to the Florida coin campaign illustrates the intensity of publicity in many areas.
The press releases include statements concerning Borglum's Indianapolis speech that stirred rumors of KKK involvement in the SMCMA (May 1924), Borglum's dismissal (February 1925), Lukeman's hiring and models (April-August 1925), the coin campaign (1924-1927), a visit to Stone Mountain by evangelist William A. (Billy) Sunday (February 1927), and the Association's petitions to the Georgia General Assembly.
Press releases and clippings are arranged in separate chronological sequences. The Florida Coin Campaign Scrapbook (OBV 2) is housed separately. Most of the clippings in this subseries were collected at the SMCMA office and moved as a unit to Special Collections. Some later clippings came from an unknown source.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by type of material.
Clippings | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
11 | 1 | 1915-1916 |
11 | 2 | 1917-1919 |
11 | 3 | 1920 |
11 | 4 | 1922-September |
11 | 5 | 1923 October-December 1923 |
11 | 6 | 1923 undated |
11 | 7 | January 1924 |
11 | 8 | February-August 1924 |
11 | 9 | September-October 1924 |
11 | 10 | 1924 undated |
11 | 11 | January -February 22, 1925 |
11 | 12 | February 23-27, 1925; February 1925 undated |
11 | 13 | March-April 16, 1925 |
11 | 14 | April 17, 1925 |
11 | 15 | April 19-26, 1925 |
11 | 16 | April 28-30, 1925; April 1925 undated |
11 | 17 | May 1-21, 1925 |
11 | 18 | May 22-24, 1925 |
11 | 19 | May 26-30, 1925 |
11 | 20 | June 1-3, 1925 |
11 | 21 | June 4-18, 1925 |
11 | 22 | June 19-24, 1925 |
11 | 23 | June 25-August 15, 1925 |
11 | 24 | September 13-14, 1925 |
11 | 25 | September 15-19, 1925 |
11 | 26 | October 1-7, 1925 |
11 | 27 | October 11 - December 1925 |
11 | 28 | 1925 undated |
11 | 29 | January-March 23, 1926 |
11 | 30 | March 26-29, 1926 |
11 | 31 | April 1926 |
11 | 32 | May-September 1926 |
11 | 33 | October-December 11, 1926 |
11 | 34 | December 12-19, 1926; 1926 undated |
11 | 35 | January-March 17, 1927 |
11 | 36 | March 18-27, 1927 |
12 | 1 | April-July 7, 1927 |
12 | 2 | July 8-10, 1927 |
12 | 3 | July 11-13, 1927 |
12 | 4 | July 14-20, 1927 |
12 | 5 | July 22-31, 1927 |
12 | 6 | August 2, 1927 |
12 | 7 | August 3, 1927 |
12 | 8 | August 4, 1927 |
12 | 9 | August 5, 1927 |
12 | 10 | August 8-9, 1927 |
12 | 11 | August 10-11, 1927 |
12 | 12 | August 12-16, 1927 |
12 | 13 | August 17-21, 1927 |
12 | 14 | August 22-26, 1927 |
12 | 15 | September 1927 |
12 | 16 | October-December 1927 |
12 | 17 | 1927 undated |
12 | 18 | January-February 25, 1928 |
12 | 19-20 | February 26, 1928 |
12 | 21 | February 27-29, 1928 |
12 | 22 | March 1928 |
12 | 23-24 | April 9, 1928 |
12 | 25 | April 10-28, 1928 |
12 | 26 | September- December 1928 |
12 | 27 | 1928 undated |
12 | 28 | January-February 1929 |
12 | 29 | April -September 18, |
12 | 30 | September 22-27, 1929; September 1929 undated |
12 | 31 | October -December 1929; 1929 undated; 1920's undated |
12 | 32 | 1930 |
12 | 33 | 1931-1934 |
12 | 34 | 1937-1970 |
12 | 35 | undated |
OBV2 | Scrapbook, Florida Harvest Confederate Memorial Coin Campaign, 1925-1926 | |
Press releases | ||
13 | 1 | 1924-March 1925 |
13 | 2 | April-July 1925 |
13 | 3 | August-November 1925; 1925 undated |
13 | 4 | 1926 |
13 | 5 | 1927-1928 |
13 | 6 | undated |