 |
|
 |
|
Provenance: Gift of Linda C. Chestnut, 1998 (Accession # 1998-31) Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from this collection must be requested from the Archivist, DeKalb Historical Society. Citations should be made as follows: Description of specific item; Akins-Jones Papers, DeKalb Historical Society Archives. Processed by Mendi Winstead, DHS intern (1998) Size: four archival boxes
Biographical Sketch of Dora Akins Jones Dora Akins Jones was born in 1886 in Doraville, Georgia. She was the daughter of Mr. James F. Akins and his wife. In 1900, at the age of fourteen, she was adopted by her aunt, Mary Sparks, because of her mother’s death and her father’s advancing age. She went to school in Doraville and attended Prospect Methodist Church. In the early 1900’s she married Carlos Jones, who would go on to become mayor of Doraville.
Description The Akins-Jones Papers is composed mainly of letters, receipts, and religious literature. The first box contains mementos from Samuel McElroy, Dora’s grandfather and an early nineteenth century schoolteacher, and correspondence and possessions of Dora’s aunt, Mary Sparks, and other relatives. The second box contains religious literature collected by Dora Akins Jones through a span of seventy-two years. The third box contains the personal correspondences of Dora Akins and her husband Carlos Jones. The fourth box contains personal possessions of Carlos and Dora, including Dora’s report cards and school writings as well as miscellaneous papers of the two.
Subject Headings Confederate Bonds/Confederate Money Dora Akins Jones Carlos Jones Religious Literature Masons Samuel McElroy
Folder List Box Folder Contents Date(s) 1 1 Samuel McElroy’s arithmetic book 1827 1 2 Misc. receipts of Samuel McElroy 1834-1904 1 3 Samuel McElroy’s pocketbook 1836 1 4 Misc. receipts of John and Mary Harris 1856-1886 1 5 V.C. Sparks’ Mason papers 1859-1892 1 6 Correspondence of John Harris 1868-1888 1 7 Letters to W.A. Headen 1870s 1 8 Letters from W.A. Headen 1874-1875 1 9 John McElroy’s Exhorter’s License 1875 1 10 Diary of William A. Headen 1876 1 11 Letters from E.P. Headen 1876, 1882 1 12 Letters from Mary Headen 1878 1 13 Misc. receipts of V.C. and Mary Sparks 1878-1904 1 14 Misc. envelopes addressed to John Harris 1885 1 15 Misc. receipts of James F. Akins 1890-1899 1 16 Correspondence of V.C. Sparks 1891-1904 1 17 Correspondence of James F. Akins 1894-1899 1 18 Court Summons for James F. Akins 1899 1 19 Money - Confederate Bills 1862-1864 1 20 Confederate Bond Feb. 20, 1863 2 1 The Gold Evangel Hymnal 1887 2 2 Our Little People 1888-1892 2 3 The United Presbyterian Young People’s Christian Union 1889 2 4 Gospel Voice & echoes of Love Hymnal ca. 1890s 2 5 The Intermediate Quarterly 1893-1902 2 6 Lesson Paper 1893-1895 2 7 Senior Quarterly 1902-1903; 1905;1911 2 8 Primary Stories 1911 2 9 The Christian Herald Almanac 1913 2 10 Advanced Gospel Quarterly 1920 2 11 The Sunday School Magazine 1925 2 12 The Methodist Intermediate Senior Quarterly 1926; 1928 2 13 The Methodist Intermediate Senior Quarterly 1935 2 14 The Methodist Senior Quarterly 1941 2 15 Wesley Quarterly for Adults 1946 2 16 The One Divine Library ca. 1950 2 17 The Herald Dec. 1958-Jan. 1959 2 18 The Herald Feb. 1959- May 1959 2 19 The Herald July 1959- Sept. 1959 3 1 Letters from Green Henderson to Dora Akins 1898-1901 3 2 Letters from Ella Whitley to Dora Akins 1901-1903 3 3 Letters from Dora Akins to Carlos Jones 1897-1902 3 4 Letters from Dora Akins to Carlos Jones 1903-1904 3 5 Letters from Carlos Jones to Dora Akins 1904 3 6 Letters from Carlos Jones to Dora Akins 1905-1927 3 7 Letters from Dora Akins to Linnie Holcomb 1912 3 8 Dora Akins’ Correspondence with the Decatur Orphan’s Home 1912 3 9 Correspondence from D.S. Chambers to Carlos Jones 1919 3 10 Dora Akins Jones’ Diary 1924; 1927-1928 3 11 Letter to Carlos Jones from U.S. Rep. James C. Davis 1949 3 12 Misc. letters to Dora Akins Jones 1895-1955 3 13 Misc. letters to Carlos Jones 1904-1958 4 1 Sheriff Sale receipts 1876-1877 4 2 Dora Akins’ copy of Pilgrim’s Progress unknown 4 3 Book of Dora Akins’ signed by friends 1896 4 4 Dora Akins’ guardianship papers 1896-1900 4 5 Report cards and school papers of Dora Akins 1898-1900 4 6 Carlos Jones’ labor card 1904 4 7 Misc. religious books of Dora Akins Jones 1904-1942 4 8 Account Book 1918-1922 4 9 Pictures of cotton pickers from C. Jones’ field 1920 4 10 Mason cards of Carlos Jones 1920-1930 4 11 Grier’s Almanac 1925-1927 4 12 Conference Reports of Prospect Church by Carlos Jones 1927 4 13 Misc. receipts of Carlos Jones 1929-1944 4 14 Misc. newspaper clippings 1960s 4 15 Misc. flyers, notices, bulletins 1871-1915 4 16 Misc. papers 1863-1938 4 17
Misc. writings, unknown author unknown( probably D. A. Jones) |
