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Historian General Essay Topics

 

HISTORIAN GENERAL – MEMBER ESSAYS – 2007

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ADELIA DUNOVANT CUP for the best essay on John C. Calhoun, Apostle of States Rights. Offered annually by Mrs. W. E. Calhoun in memory of her sister, a former Chairman of the History Committee.

Cabaniss Ch 415, Forsyth, GA offers $15 honoring Mrs. W. Buford Mitchell, GA Div Honorary President.
SUBJECT: "The Connection Between Jefferson Davis and John Lovell, Union Arms Maker in Boston."

Mrs. Jan Hobbs, Ex TX Div Historian, offers $15 honoring Mrs. Lela Mae Morris, TX Div Honorary President.
SUBJECT: "The Lives and Works of Honorary Presidents from Texas."

Richmond-Stonewall Jackson Ch 1706 offers $15 in memory of the founders of the Richmond-Stonewall Jackson Chapter. SUBJECT: "Homes for Confederate Veterans in Virginia."

Miss Ann King, Pelham Ch 67, AL Div Historian 2002-2004 offers $50 honoring AL Div officers 2002-2004.
SUBJECT: "Service Rendered in the Confederacy by Charles Brendel of Zanesville, OH."

Frankie Lyle Ch 2074, Jonesboro, GA offers $25 honoring Real Daughter Roberta Renz Mercer.
SUBJECT: "The Activities of Mrs. Isaac Winship and Atlanta Hospital Association During the War Between the States."

Ms. Sybil R. Willingham, GA Div President 2002-2004 offers $15 in honor of members of Wallace-Edwards Ch 430, Butler, GA. SUBJECT: "Regimental Flag Bearers."

Ms. Karry Mader, The Southern Cross Ch 2502 offers $15 honoring Mrs. Sherry Davis, Texas Div President 1992-1994. SUBJECT: "Texas Soldiers' Memoirs."

Miss Vicki Heilig, Historian General 2002-2004 offers $25 in memory of Sen. Strom J. Thurmond, Honorary Associate Member UDC. SUBJECT: "Edgefield County, SC Soldiers in the War Between the States."

Mrs. Donald Boltz, Virginia Div offers $15 honoring Mrs. Margaret S. Palmer, President General 1994-1996.
SUBJECT: "Virginia's Decision to Secede."

Mrs. John Dunaway, Honorary President of General offers $25 honoring Mrs. Ann Bryant, Chaplain, Alfred H Colquitt Ch 2018, Atlanta, GA. SUBJECT: "Southern Religious Leaders."

Ms. Sharon Bledsoe, Recording Secretary General 2000-2002 offers $15. SUBJECT: "Emma S. Read Berry of Richmond, VA, Treasury Worker."

Mrs. Roger V. Locke, Georgia Division Vice President 2004-2006 and member Private Dewey R. Smith Chapter 2522, offers $15.00 in honor of her sister, Belinda Parrish. SUBJECT: The Part the Tunnel in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, Played in the War."

Mrs. Roger V. Locke, Georgia Division President 2004-2006 offers $15 honoring Mrs. William Cavender, Georgia Division 2nd Vice President 2002-2004. SUBJECT: "How the Hospitals in Dalton, GA Served the Confederacy."

Mrs. Sherry Davis, Texas  Division President 1992-1994 offers $25 honoring Miss Vickie Heilig, Historian General 2002-2004. SUBJECT: "The 1907 Observance of Robert E Lee's Birthday."

Nashville Chapter 1, TN Div offers $25. SUBJECT: "History of the Tennessee Division's Work in Building the Confederate Memorial Hall at George Peabody College."

Ms. Elizabeth S Miller, KY Div President 2002-2004 offers $15 in memory of Rose Monroe, KY Div President 2000-2002. SUBJECT: "African-Americans in the Kentucky Brigade."

Mrs. James R. Cook, Corresponding Secretary of General 2004-2006 offers $15 in honor of Mr. Frank T. Thackston. SUBJECT: "Richmond City Defense."

Mrs. James R. Cook, Corresponding Secretary of General 2004-2006 offers $20 in honor of Benjamin Hudson Thackston. SUBJECT: "The Confederacy Treasury and How the Men Protected Richmond in the Richmond City Defense."

Miss Vickie K Heilig, Historian General 2002-2004 offers $25 honoring Mr. C. Hobson Goddin, Honorary Associate Member. SUBJECT: "Robert E Lee and His Sojourn in Richmond."

Mrs. Tyner Dale Rider, Oklahoma Division Registrar, offers $15.00 in memory of Miss Mary Augusta White, Honorary President of Oklahoma Division. SUBJECT: "Why members need to attend meetings and conventions of UDC."

Anna Palm Shepeard, Magnolia Rangers Chapter 2544, Humble, Texas offers $20.00 in honor of Susan Sager, Linda Risinger, and Didi Jordan for the dedication to the Magnolia Rangers. SUBJECT: "Lucy Holcombe Pickens: Queen of the Confederacy."
 

Natalie F. Davis, Georgia Division, offers $25.00 in memory of her daughter, Robin Leigh Davis. SUBJECT: "The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain."

Mrs. Sue J. Curtis, North Carolina Division Honorary President, offers $18.61 in honor of her husband, Edison C. Curtis, Honorary Associate Member of Robert F. Hoke Chapter 78. SUBJECT: The Salisbury Confederate Prison 1861-1865."

Mrs. Carolyn Dowden Jamail, Texas Division Historian 2004-2006, offers $15.00 in honor of Mrs. Bernice Dowden Elgar, Texas Division President 2002-2004. SUBJECT: "Waul's Texas Legion."

Lucy Steele, Member of the Board of Trustees, and Frances Fitzgerald, Honorary President of General, offers $25.00 in memory of their aunt and sister, Dorothy Lee Barrett, Chairman of the Goodlett Library for 22 years and Virginia Division Historian. SUBJECT: "Uniforms of the Confederacy."

Mrs. Tyner Dale, Oklahoma Division Registrar offers $15.00 in memory of Alice Ann Askew, Oklahoma Division President 1992-1994. SUBJECT: "Why Monuments Marking Confederate History are Important."

Esther Owens Cope, President General 2004-2006, offers $15.00 in honor of her children, Darlene Williams and Bruce Cope and their families. SUBJECT: "The Confederate Choir."

Esther Owens Cope, President General 2004-2006, offers $15.00 in memory of Mrs. John A. Dunaway, Honorary President of General 2005-2006. SUBJECT: "William Aiken Walker, Confederate Artist."

Jane J. Hampton, Georgia Division, offers $15.00 in honor of Mrs. Anthony J. LaCavera, Sr. President General 1992-1994. SUBJECT: "Contributions of Women on the Home Front to the War Effort."

Mrs. Jack Troxell, Past President Julian S. Carr Chapter 355, Durham, NC offers $20.00 in memory of Penelope Nichols Windler, Juilan S. Carr Chapter Historian. SUBJECT: "Remembering Robert E. Lee."

Cabaniss Chapter 451, Forsyth, Georgia offers $15.00 in honor of Barbara P. Fincher, Centennial Year Chapter President 2000-2002. SUBJECT: "The Importance of Railroads in the War Between the States."

Amma C. Crum, President, Cabaniss Chapter 451 2006-2008 offers $15.00 in honor of Barbara S. Baswell, President of Cabaniss Chapter 451 2004-2006. SUBJECT: "Women's Preparation of Company Flags for Confederate Troops."

Shirley Woodlock, Texas Division, offers $25.00 in honor of President General Mrs. Janice K. Langford. SUBJECT: "Confederate Officers who were Members of the Masonic Order."

Nancy McLendon Boynton, Georgia Division, offers $15.00 in memory of her mother, Mrs. Inez McGill McLendon, Georgia Division Historian 1994-1996. SUBJECT: "Women of the South During Reconstruction."

Mrs. John A. Dunaway, Honorary President of General 2005-2006, offers $25.00 in memory of Mrs. Louise M. Hiss, Alfred Hold Colquitt Chapter 2018, Atlanta. SUBJECT: "Music on the Battlefield."

Mrs. John A. Dunaway, Honorary President of General 2005-2006, offers $25.00 in honor of Alfred Holt Colquit Chapter 2018, Atlanta. SUBJECT: "How the War Between the States Changed the Role of Women in the South."