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Provenance: Gift
of Leroy Gardner, 1999 (Accession #1999-17) Single
photocopies may be made for research purposes.
Permission to publish materials from this collection must
be requested from the archivist, DeKalb Historical Society.
Citation should be as follows: Description
of specific item; Aurelia Austin Papers, DeKalb Historical Society
Archives Processed
by Coley Stilz, DHS intern, 1999. Size : 4 archival boxes Biographical
Sketch of Aurelia Austin (1912-1998) Aurelia
Austin was born January 21, 1912.
Her parents were Rev. Herbert O. and Mary Wells Austin.
She was born in Decatur, GA, and was educated in Atlanta
public schools. Afterwards, she attended the Southern Business University,
and took classes in art, religion, and creative writing at Emory
University. She also
attended the Minneapolis School of Art and the Atlanta Conservatory
of Music. Aurelia
Austin worked as a private secretary to the president and chairman
of Ashcraft-Wilkenson Company and Duval Sales Corp.
She worked in Houston, TX from 1972-1977. Aurelia
Austin has a passion for genealogy work, creative writing, and
poetry. She published
several books, including Georgia Boys with Stonewall Jackson,
and Capt. Nathaniel (Nathan) Austin, and his Sons of the American
Revolution. She
won many awards for her poetry and published several anthologies.
She was a loyal member of the National League of American
Pen Women, including being president of the Atlanta branch 1980-82
and president of the Georgia branch 1982-84. Description The Aurelia Austin Papers are composed primarily of original writing and genealogy work. There are many family files that she compiled through her genealogical research and correspondence. In these files you may find family trees, family correspondence, pictures, and sometimes histories and stories. The
first archival box contains mostly files of some personal relation
to Aurelia Austin. Materials
like personal history, original poetry, or original novels may
be found here. The
last three boxes contain files relating to Aurelia Austinšs research.
These boxes have files associated with her genealogical
and personal interests.
She wrote several short histories, such as those one Henry
Wirz and the Thompson Family.
There are several useful copies of documents in these boxes
such as wills and transcripts of Civil Wars letters written by
James Thomas Thompson. Subject
Headings: When
possible, Library of Congress Subject Headings have been used.
Main
Entry: Austin, Aurelia (1912-1998) Subject/Added
Entries: Austin Family Bullock Family Cochran Family Gower Family Hambrick Family Hery Hartman Wirz Hudson Family Thompson Family Wells Family Folder
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