The Athens Historian
The Athens Historian is the yearly publication of the Athens Historical Society. It includes papers presented to the Society as well as other papers of interest about Athens history. After a hiatus of six years, the Athens Historian returned in 2013.
Below are the Volumes and Titles of the work featured in previous publications of the Athens Historian, dating back to 1998. Open the dropdown menus to see full titles and find digital versions of many of the publications.
Become a member to receive new publications of the Athens Historian in the mail each year.
Archives
Volume I (1996)
The Legacy of Memorial Park by Marie Hodgson Koenig
Gold Star Honor Roll for Athens and Clarke County compiled by Dr. Goodloe Y. Erwin & Mike Chapman
Winston Hodgson Remembered by Dan Magill
Miss Rosa and the Chocolate Creams by Susan Frances Barrow Tate
Mrs. Howell Cobb’s Letter to Her Son Lamar Cobb, October 13, 1960 (transcription)
Life at the Lyndon House by Chick Hodgson
The Creation of Clarke County in 1801, An Act to Divide the County of Jackson (transcription)
Volume III (1998)
E. Merton Coulter’s 100th Anniversary by Horace Montgomery
Dominie House by H. Hubert McAlexander
Jubilee by Michael L. Thurmond
The A. B. Cree Letters, 1865 (transcription)
Lamar Cobb’s “Iron Clad” Oath (reproduction of original document)
Weather Watchers for Athens: 1733-1890 by Gayther Plummer
Volume V (2000)
The Troup Artillery’s “Sallie Craig” by William S. Smedlund
Industry and Discord in Confederate Athens by Michael Gagnon
Student Life at the University of Georgia in the 1840s by Lester Hargrett
The Black Church: Not By Faith Alone by Michael L. Thurmond
Historic Gardens of Athens by John C. Waters
Volume VII (2002)
The Jewish Community in Athens, Georgia: The First Hundred Years by Steven S. Bush
The Sams Family of Athens by Mike Cheatham
A Passion for Science: Joseph LeConte of Georgia by Lester D. Stephens
The Atlanta Life Insurance Company: A WPA Interview with John H. Roberson by Mrs. Grace McCune, with detail added by Dr. Al Hester
The Ridge Runner: A History of the North-East Georgia Railroadby George M. Kozelnicky
Issue Index
Volume IX (2004)
The Fire Companies of Athens by Wendell Faulkner
Athens’ First Brilliant Eccentric Professor by William Porter Kellam and Gayther Plummer
James Longstreet by Gooloe Y. Erwin, M.D.
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery: A Rich Resource in African-American History by Al Hester, Ph.D.
T. R. R. Cobb, Educator and Evangelist, compiled by Henry Ramsey
Issue Index
Volume XI (2006)
Revolutionary War Patriot Graves in Clarke and Oconee Countiesby Dana Anderson
The History of Newspapers in Athens by Don Nelson
The Dedication of the Abraham Baldwin Monument at His Connecticut Birth Site by Milton Leathers
Remembering the Southern Mutual Building by Upshaw C. Bentley, Jr.
Issue Index
Volume XII (2013)
Revolutionary War Patriot Graves in Clarke and Oconee Countiesby Dana Anderson
The History of Newspapers in Athens by Don Nelson
The Dedication of the Abraham Baldwin Monument at His Connecticut Birth Site by Milton Leathers
Remembering the Southern Mutual Building by Upshaw C. Bentley, Jr.
Issue Index
A Brief History of the Western Circuit by Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.
Greek Revival Suburban Villas in Athens, Georgia by Mark Reinberger, Ph.D.
Architecture Glossary (photo essay)
“A Heap of Persons Calls Me Charles, But I Have the Names Charley and Hicks” by Al Hester, Ph.D.
Volume II (1997)
Samuel Boykin’s Reminiscenses of the Original Botanical Garden of the University of Georgia, with amplification by W. Porter Kellam
Lucy Fleming Mangleburg Remembered by Dan Magill
Oconee Hill Cemetery by Charlotte Thomas Marshall
Volume IV (1999)
Bartram’s Buffalo Lick by Louis De Vorsey
Black Educators and Their Schools: Quenching the Thirst for Knowledge by Michael L. Thurmond
Historic Chestnut Grove School by Marie Hodgson Koening
Musical Theatre in Athens, Georgia: 1865-1888 by Ethel Tison Chaffin
Volume VI (2001)
How Athens Came to Be by Mary Bondurant Warren
The Oconee River in Finnegan’s Wake by Hugh Kenner
A Garden Journal from 1839 by Mary E. G. Harden (transcription)
Malthus Augustus Ward (1794-1863) by Margaret B. Moore
Augustin Smith Clayton (1783-1839) by Frances Clayton Bryan Brewer
The Charles Dougherty Family: Marriage and Death in 1853 Athens by Charlotte Thomas Marshall
The Judge Hamilton McWhorter House by Gary L. Doster
The Heritage Room of the Athens-Clarke County Library by Laura Carter
The Story of the Walnut Tree by John P. Bondurant II
Issue Index
Volume VIII (2003)
Paul Hamilton Hayne and Andrew Agate Lipscomb, Brothers of the Guild by Rayburn S. Moore
Athletics in Athens by Dan Magill
Robert Lee Bloomfield of Athens, 1827-1916 by Olivia B. Carslile
The Black Journalists by Michael L. Thurmond
The Power to Destroy: Taxation as a Cause of the Civil War by Carl Vipperman
Mame by Mary Stark Bowers
Issue Index
Volume X (2005)
A Tribute to Goodloe Y. Erwin by Betty Alice Fowler
Stoneman’s Raid and the Battle of Barber Creek by Goodloe Y. Erwin
Coach Herman J. Stegeman and His Family by Dan Magill
First Baptist Continues 175 Years of Service by Ernest C. Hynds
The First United Methodist Church of Athens, Georgia by Mary Claire Bondurant Warren
Issue Index
Volume XII (2007)
T. R. R. Cobb and His Wandering House by Sam Thomas
Athens in 1860 by Marion J. Rice
The Saga of Chalky Level by Eve B. Mayes
A Chalky Level Photogravure (a portrait and photograph collection)
A Family Memoir by Jim White (transcription)
John White’s Rules of Life (transcription)
Issue Index
The Papers of Athens Historical Society
The Papers of the Athens Historical Society is a collection of publications created by the earliest formations of the Athens Historical Society.
Below is a complete list of articles found in Volume I (1964) and Volume (1979). Volume I, dating back to 1964, is available for purchase in our store.
Archives
Volume I (1964)
Athens: Its Earliest History by Mary Bondurant Warren
Athenians and Savannahians: 100 Years of Exchange, 1800-1900by Lilla M. Hawes
Some Early Republicans in Athens and Clarke County by Olive H. Shadgett
Howell Cobb and the Secession Movement in Georgia by Horace Montgomery
Tom Cobb at the Montgomery Convention by John F. Stegeman, M.D.
Random Recollections, or Leaves from the Linton Branch of the Hull Family Tree by Lucy Linton (abridged transcription)
The Settlement of Scull Shoals, Georgia by Grace Hardigree Collier
Braswells Make Gift of Historic Gate for Jackson Street Cemetery
Editor Biographies
Errata
Index
Volume II (1979)
Some Reminiscences of Early Life and Times by the Reverend Henry Newton (transcription)
Athens Houses of the 1820s by Patricia Irvin Cooper
Early Water-Powered Industries in Athens and Clarke County by Louis De Vorsey, Jr.
George Cooke and the Chapel Painting by Beth Abney
The Confedeate Armory of Cook & Brother by Charles J. Brockman, Jr.
The Black Journalists: Current Events and Controversy by Michael L. Thurmond
The First Twenty Years: A Brief History of the Athens Historical Society by Susan B. Tate
Contributor Biographies
Index
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
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UGA Special Collections Library
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Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation
Historic Athens
Georgia State Archives
Friends of Oconee Hill Cemetery
Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society
Georgia Historical Society
National Archives Atlanta
Library of Congress
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