Elizabeth Millar Bullard papers

Descriptive Summary
Repository:	Georgia Historical Society
Creator:	Bullard, Elizabeth Millar, 1861-1941.
Title:	Elizabeth Millar Bullard papers
Dates:	1796-1942
Extent:	0.8 cubic feet (1 box, 6 folders, 1 oversize folder)
Identification:	MS 2200

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Biographical/Historical Note

Elizabeth Millar Bullard (1861-1941) was born on March 19 in Columbus, Georgia, the daughter of Horace Pratt and Julia Silva Bullard. A 1925 graduate of the University of Georgia, Mrs. Bullard married Bernice Frost Bullard (1854-1916) on December 3, 1891. Mr. Bullard was a prominent dealer in naval stores in Savannah, in addition to being an organizer of the Atlantic National Bank in Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Bullard was a prominent philanthropist in Savannah, devoting her time to a variety of local organizations. She served as a curator of the Georgia Historical Society, as a member of the board of trustees for Telfair Museum and Art Academy, and was involved in the Girl Scouts of Savannah, the Poetry Society of Georgia, the Colonial Dames, Georgia Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, and United Daughters of the Confederacy.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of materials primarily concerning the family genealogy of Elizabeth Millar Bullard. The papers are arranged into two series: genealogical; personal. The genealogical series includes a register of deaths and burials in Savannah, 1803-1806. Also included in the collection are photographs of Louisa Young Barry, 1885, and undated images of headstones for the Millar and Bullard families. The collection contains a typescript of "Register of Deaths and Burials in Savannah, 1803-1806."

The folder containing photographs is noted as "VM" (visual materials) in the collection inventory.

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Index Terms

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

Unknown.

Preferred Citation

[item identification], Elizabeth Millar Bullard papers, MS 2200, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Samuel L. Varnadoe, 1981; Joseph Becton, 1986.

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Restrictions

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.

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Sponsorship

Encoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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Container List

 

SERIES 1:: Genealogical, 1796-1941
This series contains research on family lines to support Elizabeth Millar Bullard's applications to the Colonial Dames and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
		Correspondence
Box	Fldr
1	1		1905-1906
	2		1908-1913
	3		1916-1928, 1941
	4		Undated
	5	Notebooks, undated
	6	Reading Blount deeds, 1796-1798
	7	Lydia Pierce Millar letters sent from St. Mary, Georgia, 1816-1819
	8	Holbrook family
	9	Millar family
	10	Pierce family
	11	Multiple families
	1	Register of Deaths and Burials in Savannah, 1803-1806

 

SERIES 2:: Personal, 1941-1942
This series contains applications to the Colonial Dames and the Daughters of the American Revolution, deeds for plots at Bonaventure and Laurel Grove Cemeteries, papers relating to her service as a curator for the Georgia Historical Society, wills for Bullard and her nephew Horace Patterson Millar, and other family papers.
Box	Fldr
2	1	Colonial Dames, Georgia Society application
	2	Daughters of the American Revolution application
	3	Cemetery deeds, Bonaventure and Laurel Grove
	4	Georgia Historical Society
	5	Memory book, 1941-1942
	6	Wills, Elizabeth Millar Bullard and Horace Patterson Millar
	7	Miscellaneous family papers
	1	Photographs