Escape the heat this summer with acool trip to the Southern Museumof Civil War and Locomotive

History! A variety of exciting events areplanned for both children and adults.

FREE Children’s Events The Museum is offering two summerprograms for children: So You Want toBe a Civil War Soldier? on June 15 andSo You Want to Be a Railroad Engineer?on July 13. Each program lasts from 10

AM - 12 Noon and is available to kidsaged 6-12. Space is limited, so registerearly by calling (770) 427-2117, ext. 110.Free for members or $5 for non-mem-bers. For more about these innovativeprograms, visit www.southernmuseum.organd click on the “Calendar” section.

Family Events Kids and adults of all ages will enjoythese special summer events such as the

May 2005

TheTelegraphNews & Events from the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History

Saving Stuff • June 21 • 7 PMLearn how to take care of your most

valuable collectibles and heirlooms fromsenior Smithsonian Institution conser-vator Don Williams and author LouisaJaggar in a fun and interactive seminarJune 21 at the Southern Museum of CivilWar and Locomotive History.

Williams and Jaggar are co-authorsof the new book “Saving Stuff” thatdetails how to protect old photographs,wedding dresses, toys, china, silver, andother sentimental and valuable itemsfrom falling to pieces. They will sharetheir experiences with the audience, thendemonstrate preservation techniques.

Audience members are encouragedto bring a small item (small enough tofit into a shopping bag), as Williams andJaggar will spend part of the eveninggiving them specific advice about how toprotect their own heirlooms.

This entertaining and informativeseminar begins at 7 PM and will con-clude with a book signing. Tickets are $5

for members,$7 for non-members.

Brought tothe Southern Museumby Smithsonian Affiliations.

Picturing the Century Members’ Sneak Preview • July 15, 7-9 PM

Get the first look at the stunningPicturing the Century: 100 Years ofPhotography from the National Archivesexhibit July 15, with a special, members-only tour of the exhibit with seniorSmithsonian curator Bruce Bustard,Ph.D. Enjoy a light reception whileviewing photographs that capture thespirit of America. Call (770) 427-2117,ext. 100 to RSVP.

Picturing the Century was created bythe National Archives and RecordsAdministration and organized for travelby the Smithsonian Institution TravelingExhibition Service (SITES).

T he Kennesaw MuseumFoundation’s 9th annualGreat Locomotive Chase

Golf Tournament raised more than$34,000 for the Southern Museumof Civil War and Locomotive HistoryApril 14 at the Cobblestone GolfCourse in Acworth.

The tournament, presented byCarl Black Buick/Pontiac/GMC,hosted 126 golfers for a day of funthat started with breakfast from theGreat Harvest Bread Company andincluded lunch and snacks fromHooters. Later, the KennesawBusiness Association hosted a lowcountry shrimp boil for the group.

“I think everyone had a greattime for a great cause – preservingour past so future generations canenjoy it,” Southern MuseumExecutive Director Jeff Drobney said.“The money raised goes to helpfoster a better understanding of ourhistory in our community, especiallywith children.”

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Education ProgramReal Winner at Golf Tournament

Winners of the golf tournament this year were theO’Neill Communications team: (l to r) Bob Foley,Danny Martin, Gordon O’Neill and Steve Walls.

(Golf sponsors listed on back page)

Spend the Summer with the Smithsonian

Fun for All Ages Planned

With summer right around thecorner your thoughts are probablyturning to “What are we going to dothis summer to keep the kids, not tomention ourselves, entertained?” Ifyour budget is anything like my family’sthe prospect of near record gasolineprices combined with increased pricesfor hotels and food means our annualtrek to the beach will probably turn into

a few days spent beach-side at the AtlanticOcean Wave Pool atWhitewater or Sun ValleyBeach. In other words, wewill probably vacationright here. And why not?Cobb County has numer-ous opportunities for funand relaxation withoutthe hassle of packing the

kids and driving eight hours. Thatalone is reason enough to cancel ourannual pilgrimage to the Gulf Coast. Iimagine our summer will include a dayor two at Six Flags, an evening concertat the Mable House Amphitheatre, aleisurely bike ride along the SilverComet Trail, a visit to the Chattahoo-chee Nature Center and of course -visits to the many museums in theCounty. If you’re not certain whatCobb has to offer, visit the CobbCounty Convention & Visitor’s Bureauwebsite at www.cobbcvb.com or call 1-800-451-3480.

Don’t forget the many programsoffered at the Southern Museum thissummer. From our living historyencampments, to the Smithsoniansponsored “Picturing the Century”exhibit, to our bus tour retracing theroute of the Great Locomotive Chase, toour children’s programs, we promise tooffer you and your family manyopportunities to stay involved. If youneed any information on these or otherprograms please call 770-427-2117 ext100. Hope to see you this summer.

Jeff Drobney, Ph.D.

From the Executive Director

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Volunteer Focus: Marlene Smith

A human time machine, MarleneSmith likes traveling - whethershe’s traveling to another

country or just taking a little tripthrough history. For over a year now,she has volunteered over 100 hours inthe education department at theMuseum, exchanging historicalknowledge with visitors. “I do it because I love history,” she said.

Jennifer Legates, director of educa-tion, says she gives more to the Museumthan knowledge. “Marlene is a dedicatedvolunteer who regularly welcomesvisitors to the Museum,” she said. “Hersmiling face and calm demeanor are ajoy to visitors and staff alike.”

Usually volunteering on Saturdays,one of the busiest days of the week,Marlene explains the different areas ofthe Museum to visitors and helps answertheir questions. “So many people lovetrains and worked for the railroads andhave great pride in what they did,” shesaid, explaining that she was surprised tolearn how many train buffs there arewhen she started volunteering. “I learn

more from them than they could everlearn from me.”

Before volunteering at the Museum,Marlene received a history degree atKennesaw State University. Soon after,she traveled to England with a HistoricPreservation program where she studiedhistoric structures.“I’m more into thepeople though – thecultural and socialstuff,” she said.

Currently,Marlene is lookingforward to vacation-ing in Greece visitingthe Parthenon andCatacombs, acting as a history expert ofsorts for her sister’s family.

With a brother in Houston andsisters in Manhattan and Orlando, shegets to travel quite a bit in this country,visiting historic sites and museums.Marlene works full time as a pensionadministrator for MetLife Insurance andlives happily with her Maltese dog,Baker, in Kennesaw.

Charity Chastain,Tour Coordinator

The Southern Museum welcomeda new staff member to theeducation department in April.

Charity Chastain supports the Museumby taking reservations for group toursand school field trips and coordina-ting the staff for each tour.

“Charity is a talentedaddition to the educationdepartment,” said JenniferLegates, director of educa-tion. “Her interest inmuseums and experienceworking with childrenshould prove to be a valuableasset. I’m excited to have herjoin the team!”

A native of Georgia, Charity wassurprised to learn about the GreatLocomotive Chase and the GloverFactory for the first time as an adult.“You would think I would have learnedthat in school here in Georgia!”

She particularly enjoys helping give

tours when there is a large group so shecan share her newly acquired informa-tion. “I like being able to interact withthe kids as much as I can because that’swhat my degree was really focused on,”

she said. “(I like to) just get themreally interested in the subject.”

Charity graduated fromKennesaw State University’sCollege of Education in 2002with a degree in SecondarySocial Science Education witha special interest in U.S.History. She decided that

instead of being a teacher, she’drather work in a museum where

she could be surrounded by one ofher favorite subjects: history.

For several years, she has volun-teered at the Booth Western Art Museumin Cartersville where she enjoyedlearning about art history. An enthusiastof history and education, Charity is trulya perfect fit for the Southern Museum.

By Senior Curator George Deeming

A Special THANK YOU to Mr. Ralph Jones of Covington, Georgia

Now on exhibit in the SouthernMuseum lobby is a beautifulmodel of a heavyweight

Pullman private business car named the“Cascade Pass.” The model is patternedafter a similar car owned by circusmogul John Ringling, the “Jomar,”originally built in 1917 by the PullmanCar Company of Illinois and anotherprivate car built by the Canadian PacificRailroad for its general superintendent.

The car is 1/8th scale, which is 11/2” to the foot, and the model is 10feet long and close to a foot and a halfwide. The car contains a kitchen, stew-ards’ bedroom, dining room with a solidcherry table, secretary’s bedroom with acherry desk, bathroom, shower, masterbedroom, observation room/sunroom,and a deep observation platform.

The car is modeled after aheavyweight Pullman car on 6-wheelequalized roller bearing trucks. It hasworking electric lighting and has actuallyoperated on a live steam miniaturerailroad, The Canton, St. Paul, andPacific Railroad of Canton, Georgia.

This car, and three other large scalemodel railroad passenger cars, wereentirely hand built and donated byRalph Jones of Covington, Georgia. Theyare all filled with spectacular detail.Jones hand drew the plans, ordered whatparts he could, and made the rest in hishome workshop. This includes chairs,tables, lamps, toilets, carpets, windowshades, framed artwork, newspapers,books, and even the kitchen sink. Jonesadmits that he needed help with a fewof the details and credits GertrudeReeves with the upholstering and hisdaughter, Nancy E. Andretta, withdecorating expertise. Jones also thanksthe Mountain Car Company of Salem,Va., for its assistance and expertise inhelping move the cars along tocompletion.

The time involved in the design andbuild process, which amounted to about

10 years, resulted in Jones first obtainingphotographs of the cars and working uppreliminary crude hand drawn plans.The plans were refined to involve notonly the basic car, but also the interiorfurnishings and details. At certain pointsin the construction process, Jonesenlisted help from family and friends.Some of the cast metal parts had to beordered from companies that specializedin manufacturing train car parts for livesteam hobbyists in smaller scales.

The Museum plans to exhibit allfour cars together in the new educationcenter. They will be a fantastic exhibit,and a tribute to the talents of one veryspecial person, Mr. Ralph Jones.

The other cars, hand crafted andbuilt following the same exactingmethods in the same huge scale are:A 56-seat lightweight passenger coachcar called the “Fort Oglethorpe,” wasoriginally built by the Budd Company ofRed Lion, PA, in 1947. The model is thesame scale as the “Cascade Pass.” This caris streamlined with stainless steel flutedsides. It contains upholstered, pairedreclining passenger coach seats withcloth headrests, luggage racks, andoverhead lighting, and the restroomseven have toilet paper. The original caroperated on the Central of GeorgiaRailroad train, “Man O’War”, whichoffered service between Atlanta andColumbus from 1947 -1971. The model car hasbeen in operation on theCanton, St. Paul, andPacific Railroad and isfully operational.

Another Central ofGeorgia car, #1602, adome parlor car withdrawing room, was builtby the Budd Company in1952 for the WabashRailroad and sold to theCentral of Georgia in 1969to help boost sagging

revenues on the “Nancy Hanks,” a trainthat operated between Atlanta andSavannah. The model is labeled the “Cityof Macon.” The original #1602 was asmooth sided car with 21 recliningupholstered seats in the front and rearcompartments, a further 24 upholsteredlow back seats in the dome area, and 24more chairs in the drawing room locatedunder the dome. Access to the dome isvia a curved stairway from the aisle atthe front of the rear compartment. Themodel has operated on a live steamrailroad and is fully operational withworking lighting.

The 4th car is from a different era,when cars were made of wood, wereshorter in length, and traveled moreslowly. This car is a model of Denverand Rio Grande Western Railroadpassenger car #320, circa 1880, with abay window, an open platform at eitherend of the car, two pot-bellied stoves,windows that open, coal-oil chandeliers,and tiny restrooms with toilets that werelittle more than holes in the floor. Therewere 22 uncomfortable wood seats, anda brake wheel on the platform. Themodel has operated on the Canton, St.Paul, and Pacific and has electricity forthe lamps (instead of coal oil). The carwill be re-lettered for the Western &Atlantic Railroad with Jones approvaland assistance.

Ralph Jones designed and built Cascade Pass and has graciouslydonated the model to the Southern Museum.

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EatinIceCream Eatin IceCream isa familyownedand

operated ice cream parlor specializing inhomemade ice cream that is made onsite. Eatin Ice Cream also has anamazing deli that features fresh, made-to-order sandwiches, crisp salads, andgreat soups. A ceiling-suspended modeltrain track runs the entire perimeter ofthe ice cream shop. Join Eatin’s Saturdaymorning at 10:30 for story time. Thestories change every week, and the storytellers are ever changing . . . one week itmay be Mother Goose and the next weekit may be Tigger!

Eatin Ice Cream offers Museummembers a $1 discount off any $5 or greater purchase.2847 Main Street, Kennesaw 30144 770-427-5378, www.eatinicecream.com

Trackside GrillThe Trackside Grill is a family ownedand operated casual neighborhoodrestaurant in historic downtown

Kennesaw. This quaint eatery features acreative, chef-driven kitchen offering aunique and interesting fare of SouthernAmerican Cuisine. Serving lunch, dinner,and Sunday brunch, the Trackside Grillis quickly becoming a local favorite.Contact Trackside for exact hours ofoperation.

Trackside offers Museum members a free mini appetizer.2840 S. Main Street, Kennesaw 30144 770-499-0874, www.tracksidegrill.com

Reid Rawlins Interior & Gifts From Country French to Englishtraditional – at Reid Rawlins Interiors allstyles can be found. The selection offurniture, one-of-a kind floral designs,scented candles, and unusual lamps andaccessories inspire ideas and creativity. Inaddition to the wonderful retail shop,the Reid Rawlins Design Group providesservices in the areas of residential andcommercial design. From small projectsto major commercial design plans, theReid Rawlins team is ready for the chal-lenge. For more info call or visit ReidRaw-lins today.

Reid Rawlins offers Museum Membersa 30% discount on merchandise3048 Cherokee Street, Kennesaw 30144770-424-3314, www.reidrawlins.com

Thanks to Our 2005Corporate Members

ACS Water / Callaway BlueSpring Water

Ashton StaffingBank of North Georgia

BellSouth TelecommunicationsCarceron System Group, LLC

Chastain & Associates Inc.CheckPoint Mortgage

Cobb Energy ManagementElite Telcom Services

Georgia PowerIntegrity Extinguishing Co. LLC

Main Street BankNorth Metro Technical College

O’Neill CommunicationsPacesetter Steel Services

Phoenix Aviation Managers,Inc.

Primrose School of Kennesaw North

Stockwell Family DentistryVLR Construction

Vulcan Materials Company

Don’t Forget! Renew Your Museum Membership Yearly!

Call Membership Coordinator

Cindy Dadyala at

770-427-2117, ext.104

Visit These Kennesaw Merchants and Save!

Meet Cinder, theMuseum Kitten!

A Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History membershipentitles members to a variety of benefits, from special events to MuseumStore discounts. In addition, a number of local Kennesaw merchants

offer special incentives to Museum members.* Below, please find a description of several of Kennesaw’s best restaurants and

shops and the discount or free gift they offer members. Please visitwww.kennesawmuseumfoundation.org/merchants.html for a complete listing.

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Great Locomotive Chase Bus Tour*June 11, 8:30 am - 5 pm(Registration required by 5/27/05)

Fathers Day Discounts - 25% offMuseum Store purchasesJune 11-12

Children’s Program: So You Wantto Be a Civil War Soldier?June 15, 10 am - 12 noon

Smithsonian Institution Workshop:“Saving Stuff” Book SigningJune 21, 7 pm

History of Kennesaw/Big Shanty*July 9, 7 pm

Children’s Program: So You Wantto Be a Railroad Engineer?July 13, 10 am - 12 noon

Smithsonian Institution Exhibition:Picturing the CenturyMembers-Only Sneak PreviewJuly 15, 7-9 pmOpen to the PublicJuly 16 - September 11, 2005

Commandeering the Countryside**July 16-17

History’s Artillery**July 30-31

Women of the Civil War*August 13, 7 pm

The Depot Under Attack**August 13-14

Rare Videos of the General*September 10, 7 pm

8th GA Regimental Band Concert September 17, 6:30-9 pm

Folk Tales of the RailsOctober 8, 4-9 pm

General’s Birthday BashNovember 5

Family Movie Night – The GeneralStarring Buster KeatonNovember 5 * indicates Kennesaw Historical

Society Lecture Series** indicates Living Histories

Mark Your Calendars!

Events are described in greater detail in this issue of the newsletter, or visit www.southernmuseum.org

* Please Note: Museum members mustshow their Smithsonian Affiliate/Southern Museum membership card toreceive merchant discounts.

Country Cottage PineCountry Cottage Pine has been inthe business of furniture designand construction for more than30 years. The more than 20-roomCottage is filled with the mostbeautiful handcrafted furniture, designedand built by Dub Knight. The year-roundChristmas shop offers collectibles suchas Boyd’s Bears, Frykman, Willieraye, andFontanini Nativities by Roman. Giftitems and decorative accessories arealways abundant, and the atmosphere isenhanced by beautiful music and thearoma of candles and potpourri fillingthe air. Family owned and operated byDub & Edna Knight.

Country Cottage Pine offers Museum members a 20% discount.2237 Whitfield Place, Kennesaw 30144770-427-0076, www.countrypinecottage.com

KennesawMagic Magic in Kennesaw!

Find SaturdayMagic Shows withpopcorn and sodafor families atKennesaw Magic.Children's Birthday

Parties can be hosted on site withmagicians, prizes, and more! In additionMagic Classes are available for ages 6 to106. Kennesaw Magic is also home of theKennesaw Magic Club! Looking for thegift of magic? Shop at the downtownlocation or online.

Kennesaw Magic offers Museummembers a 10% discount.3055 N Main Street, Suite 102,Kennesaw GA 30144770-426-0012, www.kennesawmagic.com

By-Gone TreasuresCelebrating its 20th anniversary, By-Gone Treasures is truly one ofKennesaw’s small treasures. With threehouses full of home furnishings, china,glass, toys, quilts, collectibles, etc.By-Gone Treasures offers something foreveryone! Owner Arlene Thomas ishappy to help shoppers find that specialtreasure. Online shopping is alsoavailable.

By-Gone Treasures offers Museummembers a 10% discount on all itemsexcept selected consigned items.2839 S. Main Street, Kennesaw 30144770-428-2262www.bygonetreasuresantiques.com

Welcome to Our New Merchants!• Carlile Florist & Gifts• Eclectic Living• Fabulous Finds • Summer Street Restaurant

Other Local Merchants whooffer special discounts include:• Aroma Bean Coffee

Roaster Inc.• Classy Clutter • Elewa Health & Wellness• Kennesaw Trains, Inc.• Neusha Beauty Salon• NRI Designs• The Coffee Bean Café• Whistlestop

For information on discounts andspecial offers from all of ourparticipating merchants, visit

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Spring is in the air! Nexttime you’re in the area, stopby the Museum Store and

pick up some Georgia peach syrupor a fragrant candle. We’d love tosee you!

To help in celebrating theGeneral’s 150th Birthday, we aregetting in special commemorativemerchandise. We currently have aposter (12 x 18) of the Generalwith a timeline highlighting someof the most important dates inthe engine’s history. Also, wehave magnets and key chains ofthe General as she would’velooked in 1862. Stay tuned forlimited edition coins. Theyshould arrive by this summer!

Have you ever wondered howthe General sounded when she ranunder her own steam? Come byand pick up an original (1962) 45 rpm audio recording by O.Winston Link RailwayProductions of “Sounds of theSteam Locomotive (General).”These records are in their originaljackets and have beautifulgraphics. They are limited inquantity and retail for $49.95.Get your copy while they last!

Any of these commemorativeitems would make a

great Father’sDay gift.

Memberswill receivea 25% offdiscountplus aspecial gift

for dad June 11-12.

Have aWONDERFUL spring! We appreciate you.

Special GeneralMerchandiseNow on Sale!

By Retail ServicesManager Jane Pies

By Director of Education Jennifer Legates

Special Events, InterpretivePrograms Kick Off Summer

T his summer we are offering twoprograms that allow children toexplore their dreams. Has your

child ever wanted to learn about what itmight be like to operate a locomotive ordrill like a Civil War soldier? If so, wehave the programs for them! On June15 the Southern Museum will hold “SoYou Want to Be a Civil War Soldier?”and on July 13 “So You Want to Be aRailroad Engineer?” Each program isopen to children 6-12 and reservationsare required. For more info andregistrations, contact Charity Chastain at770-427-2117 ext. 110.

In celebration of the General’s150th birthday, we are hosting severalexciting events to mark the occasion.On June 11 we are co-sponsoring a bus tourfollowing the route of theGreat Locomotive Chase withthe Kennesaw HistoricalSociety. Tickets are $30 formembers ($35 regular) andadvance registration is required. Please contact770-427-2117 ext. 110 forinformation and reservations.In September we are holding alecture on the rare videos ofthe General. The birthdaycelebration culminatesNovember 5 with a birthday bashfeaturing cake, ice cream and a chance towatch the Buster Keaton movie on thebig screen. So help us celebrate thelocomotive that helped put Kennesawon the map!

This summer our daily interpretiveprograms will help bring history to lifefor thousands of Museum visitors.Visitors can enjoy these hourly programsthat include guided tours of theMuseum’s exhibits and demonstrationsof 19th century music and weapons. Besure to take advantage of these popularprograms!

Thank You Museum Volunteers!I’d like to take this opportunity to

thank the unsung heroes of theMuseum. Thank you to the volunteersand hardworking staff members of theeducation department who help bringthe past to life for thousands of visitorseach year. Volunteers Charlie Bell, SaraBrabender, Barbara Bragg, RonDahlquist, Amanda Dean, MarleneSmith, and Don Sawyer contribute theirtime and talents each month. Each yearstaff members Harper Harris and JustinStrickland provide more than 10,000student and adult tour groups with a funand educational experience. Theirtalents bring smiles to the faces of youngand old alike every day. Thank you!

Wanted: More VolunteersVolunteering is a great opportunity

to meet others who share your interestin history. Choose from a variety ofopportunities – helping maintain thecollections, working with archives,leading tours, providing administrativesupport, maintaining the building, andassisting with special events.

To volunteer, contact JenniferLegates at (770) 427-2117, ext. 110 orjlegates@kennesaw.ga.us.

Lead Interpreter Harper Harris demonstrates a19th century weapon during one of the Museum’shourly programs to be held daily this summer.

By Assistant Archivist C. Pat Cates

Interns Help Process SRHA Collection

T he Archives Department continuesworking on a number of projects.For the past several months the

department has benefited from the servicesof two interns from Kennesaw MountainHigh School. Sara Brabender and CashinRiddell have made valuable contributionsin the processing of materials we havereceived from the Southern RailwayHistorical Association. One of their largestprojects was the archival sorting andstorage of the Interstate CommerceCommission Valuation files. These early1900 files give a technical inventory ofproperty along the railroad.

The interns have also assisted thedepartment through a number of otherprojects including the cataloguing of therailroad magazines in the archivescollection and in organizing hundreds ofphotographs from the Southern RailwayHistorical Association collection. Thedepartment has recently acquired somefiling cabinets in which the photographswill be filed.

The Archives Department is alsopleased to announce that it has acquiredscanning and printing technology that willmake photographs and documents in thecollection available to the public.

There is also progress being made inthe Civil War collection. This collectiondates back to the opening of the Museumwhen it was customary to accept almostany donation given to the Museum. Thematerials that were determined to be of

significant historical value have beensorted and catalogued. Among thematerials in this collection are a number ofCivil War letters (both originals andcopies) that have been transcribed in orderto make them more accessible forresearchers. Another area that has seensignificant donations in the past arenewspaper articles relative to the General.Due to the amount of acidity in oldnewspapers they cannot be stored. Articleswhich contain historical data are beingcopied for preservation in the files. Anumber of Museum photographs whichhave been donated over the years arecurrently being sorted and catalogued.

The staff has completed work on itssecond book The Southern Railway: FurtherRecollections which will be available forpurchase later in the year. As part of thechapter on the Southern’s Steam ExcursionProgram the authors interviewed twoimportant persons who were associatedwith this program. Jim Bistline, retiredmanager of the Southern Steam ExcursionProgram was interviewed in his home inAlexandria, Virginia and gave an excitinghistory of the excursion program andrecounted many incidences from thishistoric era which gave pleasure tothousands of riders during the years that itoperated. The authors also interviewedWilliam J. Purdie, retired master mechanic,steam. Without Mr. Purdie, the excursionprogram would not have become areality. Spending hundreds of hoursand often working around the clock,Purdie and his crew kept the steamlocomotives running. Both Mr.Bistline and Mr. Purdie have recentlyturned 90 years old, but they areyoung-at-heart when it comes totalking about the Southern Railway.

The Archives Department hasbeen busy responding to a numberof requests for materials fromprospective authors and researchers.It stands ready to assist those inneed of research materials.

(l to r) Dick Hillman, Pat Cates, and Jim Bistlinein Alexandria, Virginia, following the interview fortheir book “Further Recollections.”

Museum Acquires Civil War

Research Library

T he Kennesaw MuseumFoundation recentlypurchased a collection of

Civil War research books to add tothe Southern Museum’s growingcollection.

“The collection includes anumber of significant volumes andwill be a great resource forhistorians,” Museum ExecutiveDirector Jeff Drobney said. “Assoon as the books are inventoriedand processed, they’ll be availablefor research purposes.”

Some of the titles in the newcollection include:• Official Records of the Union

and Confederate Armies• Official Records of the Union

and Confederate Navies• Confederate Military History• North Carolina Troops• Confederate Veteran with

complete index• The Union Army• Compendium of the War of the

Rebellion (Dyer)• Battles and Leaders of the

Civil War• Confederate Soldiers Roster• Southern History Society Papers• Conduct of the War

Visit www.southernmuseum.organd click on “Archives” for moreinformation about this collection.

The Southern Railway “Crescent” at Toccoa, GA (from“Further Recollections”).

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P.O. Box 846 • Kennesaw, Georgia 30156770-427-2117 • Fax 770-421-8485

Please visit www.southernmuseum.orgfor more information on upcoming events.

Fun For All Ages(continued from front page)

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PAIDKENNESAW. GAPERMIT NO. 39

day-long Great Locomotive Chase BusTour on June 11 (registration required byMay 27). The tour stops at severallocations from the historic chase, such asKingston Station, Cooper Iron Works,Tunnel Hill, and others. $30 formembers; $35 for non-members. Call(770) 427-2117 to register; visitwww.southernmuseum.org for more details.

Experience the life of a soldier duringFree Living Histories throughout thesummer during the following weekends:July 16-17; July 30-31; and August 13-14.See what camp life was like for Civil Warsoldiers and watch firing demonstrationsand drill practices throughout the day.

Finally, treat Dad to a great gift fromthe Museum Store on Father’s Day –members receive a special 25% off June11-12 plus a special surprise for Dad!

Visit www.southernmuseum.org and clickon the “Calendar” section for a full listof upcoming events.

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