Alva Carmichael Smith papers, 1840-1969

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Summary

Creator:
Smith, Alva Carmichael, 1865-1965
Abstract:
Alva Carmichael Smith, businessman, managed the Southern Coal Company at Columbus, Georgia, from about 1911 until the early 1930s. He was active in politics in Columbus, where, in 1941, he had been a member of the local executive committee of the Democratic Party for 22 years.The bulk of the collection includes correspondence (1913-1933), relating to Smith's position as manager of the Southern Coal Company, dealing with miners and shippers in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and customers in Alabama and Georgia. Includes material on his membership in the local Kiwanis and Masonic organizations.
Extent:
4225 items
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.11830

Background

Scope and content:

Chiefly correspondence (1913-1933), relating to Smith's position as manager of the Southern Coal Company, dealing with miners and shippers in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and customers in Alabama and Georgia. Includes material on his membership in the local Kiwanis and Masonic organizations.

Biographical / historical:

Alva Carmichael Smith, businessman, managed the Southern Coal Company at Columbus, Georgia, from about 1911 until the early 1930s. He was active in politics in Columbus, where, in 1941, he had been a member of the local executive committee of the Democratic Party for 22 years. In 1942 he was elected a member of the executive committee for the state. Earlier he had been a delegate to several state political conventions (1906, 1912). He was also active in fraternal organizations - the Freemasons, Knights of Pythias, and Kiwanis, and he was a leader in the Historical Society of Columbus from its inception in 1915. His brother, Henry Clifford Smith, was mayor of Columbus during the 1930s.

Acquisition information:
The Alva Carmichael Smith papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1972.
Processing information:

Processed by Rubenstein Staff.

Accession from 1972 described in this collection guide.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Industries -- Alabama
Coal trade -- Southern States.
Industries -- Georgia
Industries -- Kentucky
Men -- Southern States -- Societies and clubs
Industries -- Tennessee
Labor unions -- Southern States
Names:
Freemasons. -- Georgia.
Southern Coal Company

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