New Collection Open for Research

Plat of the East End Subdivision on St. Simons Island ca. 1928 

The Russell Library staff is pleased to announce the Alton H. Hopkins Collection of St. Simons Island Beach Case Records is now processed and opened. Researchers and others interested in civil litigation, property ownership, and private development along the Georgia coast will find this collection particularly useful. The Hopkins Collection contains materials related to a series of six court cases spanning from the late 1960s through the early 2000s. Holdings include legal briefs, contracts, exhibits, and court transcripts as well as correspondence, news clippings, and numerous maps, plats, drawings, and photographs.

View the complete finding aid here:
http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL338-ead.xml.