Scope and Contents Material includes two (2) fire alarm ledgers, and one (1) personnel ledger. Ledger one (1) covers the dates 1906-1923 and ledger two (2) from 1924-1937. Both ledgers record daily fire alarm calls and details about the fire including date, time, address, occupants, property owner(s), and the cause of the fire. Other details include the type of structure (wood, brick, etc.), and whether it was a business, residence, warehouse, hotel, church, etc. Details about damage, cost, and insurance...

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Meeting minutes of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company from 1857 to 1879, including the signatures of members. Also included is a notice of a meeting held on May 26, 1904, with accompanying signatures.

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Photographs, notebooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous other items from the Beusse Family, most of all Lena Beusse, wife of Henry W. Beusse, an Athens Chief of Police who was the son of Henry Beusse, a German immigrant who became a major political and commercial leader in Athens during the late nineteenth century.