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Descriptive Summary
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Georgia Historical Society
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| Creator: |
Saussy family.
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| Title: | Saussy family papers |
| Dates: | 1830-1969 |
| Extent: |
5.5 cubic feet
(11 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
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| Identification: | MS 1276 |
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Gordon Saussy (1874-1952) was mayor of Savannah, Georgia, Ordinary of Chatham County, State port pioneer, and agriculturalist. He was the son of Robert Saussy and Gertrude L. Keller Saussy. He married Harriet Saussy Varnedoe and was step-father to Samuel Lamartine Varnedoe.
Hattie Saussy (circa 1891-1978) was the daughter of Joachim Radcliffe Saussy (1862-1904) and Rachel Louise Shivers Saussy. Hattie was a prominent artist and patron of the arts in Savannah, belonging to the Savannah Art Association and the Association of Georgia Artists.
This collection contains information on the Saussy family as well as related families, including the Calais, Chapin, Chipman, Cornwell, Tiedeman, and Varnedoe families. The collection contains correspondence between Gordon Saussy and Hattie Saussy, papers from Gordon Saussy's legal practice, documentation of the creation of the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 8 in Savannah, and family photographs.
Custodial History
Material was acquired from collector.
Preferred Citation
[item identification], Saussy family papers, MS 1276, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Samuel Lamartine Varnedoe and Hattie Saussy, 1978.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Artifacts were separated and cataloged with the Georgia Historical Society Artifacts Collection. View digital images of artifacts at the end of this collection inventory or search the
Digital Image Catalog for further information.
Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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| 1 | | Family Correspondence and post cards |
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| | | Personal correspondence, 1864, 1885, 1911-1948,
34.0 items.
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| | | | Correspondents are Hattie Saussy, Gordon Saussy, Rachel Louise (Shivers) Saussy, John H. Calais, Irene Calais (Mrs. John H.), Mrs. G.W. Tiedeman, Sam (L. Varnedoe), Aunt Cadda (Mrs. L.R. Cotton), Annie Mathews (Mrs. George W.), F.R. Saussy, and M,G. Saussy. |
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| | | Personal correspondence, 1950-1959,
31.0 items.
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| | | | Correspondents are Hattie Saussy, Samuel Lamartine Varnedoe, Gordon Saussy Varnedoe, Frederick Tupper Saussy, Irving Saussy, Lilla Comer (Varnedoe) Meadows, Parker Saussy, and Walker Saussy. |
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| | | Personal correspondence, 1960-1962,
38.0 items.
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| | | | Correspondents are Hattie Saussy, Jack Peeples Saussy, Stephen Duncan Saussy, the Rev. Hugh Saussy, Jr., Maud Estella (Saussy) Nussbaum, (Mrs. Walton Kempner), Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter Saussy, Nancy Hulbert (Saussy) Hobson, and Mrs. F.W. Saussy. |
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| | | Personal correspondence, 1963-1967,
27.0 items.
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| | | | Correspondents are Hattie Saussy, Mrs. Blanche C. Saussy, Mary Hoagland (Mrs. Donald Wright), M. and Mrs. Robert Downie Walker Saussy, Nancy Hulbert (Saussy) Hobson, Nell McIntire Varnedoe, Gordon Saussy Varnedoe, Peter Hoagland, Lilla Comer (Varnedoe) Meadows, and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lamartine Varnedoe. |
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| | | Personal correspondence, undated,
52.0 items.
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| | | | Correspondents are Mrs. Irene Calais, Hattie Saussy, Mary Hoagland (Mrs. Donald Wright), Blanche Saussy, and Radcliffe Saussy. |
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| | | Miscellaneous post cards, 1920-1929,
14.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous post cards, 1930-1939,
80.0 items.
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| 2 | | Post cards and financial correspondence |
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| | | Miscellaneous post cards, 1940-1949,
51.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous post cards, 1950-1955,
79.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous post cards, 1956-1959,
75.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous post cards, 1960-1969,
80.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous post cards, undated,
94.0 items.
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| | | Financial correspondence and papers, 18961956,
27.0 items.
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| | | | These papers are primarily concerned with Judge Gordon Saussy's law practice and real estate dealings. Also included are 5 insurance policies. |
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| 3 | | Saussy Family Legal Papers |
| | | Many of these deeds, contracts, wills, etc., pertain to clients of Judge Saussy. |
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1830-1839,
7.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1940-1949 |
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1850-1859,
4.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1860-1969,
17.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1870-1879,
10.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1880-1889,
12.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1890-1899,
15.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1900-1909,
17.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1910-1915,
21.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1916-1919,
10.0 items.
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| 4 | | Legal Papers |
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1920-1929,
18.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1930-1935,
12.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1936-1939,
10.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1940-1949,
6.0 items.
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| | | Land deeds and legal documents, 1950-1960,
11.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous maps, plats, and blueprints to the Saussy land and buildings, 1846-1949,
48.0 items.
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| | | | Some of these deal with clients of Gordon Saussy. In an oversize folder at the end of the collection are the larger maps, plats, and blueprints. |
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| 5 | | Miscellaneous Papers |
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| | | Miscellaneous family papers, 1890, 1954 and undated |
| | | | These papers consist of Hattie Saussy's astrological reading at 1:10 a.m. on March 17, 1890; and a description and picture post card of Salvador Dali's masterpiece,
The Sacrament of the Last Supper, |
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| | | Samuel Lamartine Varnedoe paper. Savannah, 1957 July 11,
1.0 p.
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| | | | Commission as Special Deputy Sheriff of Chatham County. |
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| | | Calais family papers, 1910-1918,
4.0 items.
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| | | | These papers consist of an ALS from Caroline G. Mallete Hale to Capt. W.C. Calais, August 27, 1910, re return of an application along with a roster of Company G of the 33rd Regiment of North Carolina Troops; a formal invitation for J.H. Calais to a dinner honoring President Taft; and two rosters of Company "C" Chatham Home Guard. |
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| | | George Nowlan Saussy correspondence and papers, 1864-1910,
6.0 items.
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| | | | Letters from N.P. Johnson, Mr. Saussy's mother, J.R. Saussy, and W.A. Moorhead; as well as George N. Saussy's application for soldier's pension and a song, "The Rebel." |
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| | | Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1949-1964,
23.0 items.
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| | | | Regarding art exhibits and concerts which Hattie Saussy attended. |
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| | | Cookbooks, 1913-1933,
7.0 items.
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| | | Poetry, possibly by Hattie Saussy,
31.0 items.
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| | | Religious pamphlets,
23.0 items.
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| | | Trinity Methodist Church paper, 1848,
1.0 items.
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| | | | This is a copy of material and a list of members of the Trinity Methodist Church put in the cornerstone in 1848. The list contains names of J.R. Saussy and Robert D. Walker, great grandfathers of Samuel Lamartine Varnedoe. photocopy. |
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| | | Boy Scouts of America papers, 1917,
54.0 items.
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| | | | These papers are correspondence and related papers concerning Gordon Saussy and his establishment of Troop 8 in Savannah. |
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| | | "The Death of Toney McAlpin" poem, by Gordon Saussy, 1922,
1.0 items.
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| | | "In Memoriam: J.R. Saussy, Jr." Savannah, Ga., 1905 February 18,
2.0 p.
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| 6 | | News clippings and photographs |
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| | | J.R. Saussy's diary, 1892-1893,
1.0 volume
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| | | News clippings,
11.0 items.
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| | | | regarding Hattie Saussy. |
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| | | News clippings,
27.0 items.
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| | | | regarding Saussy family. |
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| | | News clippings,
37.0 items.
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| | | | regarding related families. |
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| | | News clippings, miscellaneous,
5.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous photographs,
20.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous photographs,
30.0 items.
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| | | Miscellaneous photographs,
37.0 items.
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| | | | 138 photographs and steropticans were removed, and put with the Georgia Historical Society's photograph collection. |
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| 7 | | Photograph Albums |
| | | Two photograph albums, re the Saussy family and friends, undated. |
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| 8 | | Photograph Album and Daguerreotypes |
| | | 1 photograph album and 6 daguerreotypes of Saussy family and friends. |
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| 9 | | Daguerreotypes and a Family Bible (
1.0 volume
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| | | 5 daguerreotypes of the Saussy family and friends, and a family Bible. J.L. Jones is written on the front page, but in the family records section of the Bible the Cornwell family is predominant. All the families here are related to the Saussys. 1851 |
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| 10 | | Scrapbooks |
| | | 2 scrapbooks probably owned by Miss Hattie Saussy. The first contains ALSs to Miss Saussy and to Eula 0. Champlin (Mrs. Frederick R.). These letters concern religious activities and were from 1947-1951. The other scrapbook contains letters post cards and pamphlets concerning art and religion in Savannah. |
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| 11 | | Account Books, and a Manuscript |
| | | 5 account books, 1840-1844, 1845-1846, 1847-1852, 1852-1854, and 18541860. All concern general supplies for J.R. Saussy. Also included in this box is a manuscript: My Calendar Stick by James Frank Pepper Breazeale (1874-1950). circa 1951. This is a biography of Mr. Breazeale as offered through his own writings. It was edited by his son Edward Lee Breazeale. |
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| | | Diary pages, hand colored maps, and photographs of the Savannah fire of 1889 |
| | | | Also a description of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Parade in December 1889. |
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Artifacts |
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| | | A-1276-001 Frances Calais’ Savannah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) badge View online. |
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| | | A-1276-002 Delegate badge from the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention in Savannah, Georgia, November 11-14, 1914 View online. |
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| | | A-1276-003 Savannah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) badge View online. |
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