David Lewis Earnest Photograph and Slide Collections
David Lewis Earnest, noted Athens educator and photographer, was born in Greenville, TN on November 25, 1862. From 1897 until 1932 he was associated with the State Normal School in Athens, Georgia where he served in such capacities as instructor, acting president, dean, dormitory manager, and bookkeeper. When the Normal School merged with the University of Georgia in 1932 he was made associate professor of education and continued in that capacity until his retirement in 1941. After his retirement he continued his association with the University where he served as visual aids coordinator for the Demonstration School. Besides being an avid photographer, he was also one of the first bicyclists in Athens. Earnest died in Athens on January 4, 1956.
These three collections include over 300 photographs and over 300 slides that Earnest took of mainly Athens and the surrounding area from the early 1900’s to the early 1950’s. Included are images of Athens streets, buildings, and houses, as well as buildings on the University of Georgia and State Normal School campuses. There are also photographs of African Americans, log houses, and other places in Georgia, including Martha Berry School (Rome), Tallulah Falls, Milledgeville, and the plantation at Smithonia (Oglethorpe County). There are also a few photographs of areas in Tennessee, including Greenville, Lookout Mountain, and the Nolichucky River.
These collections provide a good glimpse of Athens and environs during the first half of the 20th century.
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Index & Inventory to the David Lewis Earnest
Photograph & Slide Collections
Manuscript #'s
1377, 1590, & 1755
Ms 1377: Digital File #'s E001 - E108 (photographs) ca. early 1900’s
Ms 1590: Digital File #'s E109 - E299 (photographs) & ES001 - ES331 (slides) ca. 1900 – 1950’s
Ms 1755: Digital File #'s E300 - E322 (photographs) ca. early 1950’s
Photographs
Subject Ms # Digital File #
African American cabin................................................ 1590............... E129
African American church (Location unknown).............. 1590............... E126
African American family............................................... 1590............... E277, E278
African American group eating watermelons................. 1590............... E127
African American group fishing..................................... 1377............... E001
African American man & woman in front of
log house................................................................. 1377............... E074
African American man in cow drawn cart..................... 1590............... E276
African American man (Pitt McWhorter) reading.......... 1377............... E002
African American man sitting on steps.......................... 1590............... E275
African American woman in field.................................. 1590............... E147
African American woman with basket.......................... 1377............... E005
African American women in front of log house.............. 1377............... E077
African American women working in barn yard............ 1590............... E148
Athens, GA (vic.). Allgood (John) Home. Fireplace...... 1590............... E263
Athens, GA. Balloon ascension................................... 1590............... E110
Athens, GA. Bobbin Mill............................................ 1590............... E189, E194
Athens, GA. Bobbin Mill Creek.................................. 1377............... E007
Athens, GA. Broad St................................................ 1377............... E008, E009
Athens, GA. Bryant House......................................... 1755............... E300
Athens, GA. Chickopee Building................................. 1590............... E141, E142
Athens, GA. Chickopee Bldg. & covered bridge......... 1590............... E143
Subject Ms # Digital File #
Athens, GA. Christmas scene (1st?).
Weaver Bridges' Home............................................ 1590............... E288
Athens, GA. City Hall and water tower....................... 1590............... E112A, E145
Athens, GA. City Hall and water tower....................... 1377............... E010
Athens, GA. Cobb Street scene.................................. 1755............... E301
Athens, GA. Crawford (Anne) House......................... 1590............... E186
Athens, GA. Crawford (Anne) House......................... 1755............... E302
Athens, GA. Dearing Home........................................ 1590............... E284
Athens, GA. Double Barreled Cannon........................ 1590............... E112B, E128, E297
Athens, GA. Double Barreled Cannon........................ 1755............... E303
Athens, GA. Earnest's (David Lewis) first house.......... 1755............... E304
Athens, GA. Elliot House............................................ 1755............... E305
Athens, GA. Emmanuel Episcopal Church................... 1755............... E306
Athens, GA. Gerdine (John) House............................. 1755............... E307
Athens, GA. Grady (Henry) Birthplace........................ 1590............... E220
Athens, GA. Harden (Mary) Home............................. 1590............... E119
Athens, GA. Herrington House &
Double Barreled Canon........................................... 1377............... E011
Athens, GA. Houses. Unidentified.............................. 1755............... E314 - E322
Athens, GA.? Ivy Building?......................................... 1755............... E308
Athens, GA. Jackson (Evie) Home. Living room......... 1590............... E125, E262
Athens, GA. Knox Institute......................................... 1590............... E109
Athens, GA. Long (Crawford) House. Chase St......... 1377............... E012
Athens, GA. Lumpkin (Joseph Henry) House.............. 1590............... E257
Athens, GA. Methodist (1st) Church........................... 1755............... E309
Athens, GA. Michael Brothers House......................... 1377............... E013
Athens, GA. Mill on Oconee River.............................. 1377............... E014, E015
Athens, GA. Mill on Oconee River.............................. 1590............... E115
Athens, GA. Oconee River (East Athens).................... 1590............... E133, E138
Athens, GA. Oconee River.
(Showing covered bridge)........................................ 1590............... E134, E188
Athens, GA. Orr House.............................................. 1755............... E310
Athens, GA. Patterson House..................................... 1755............... E311
Athens, GA.? Puyear's Mill......................................... 1590............... E111, E113, E114
Athens, GA. Rhodes Home (Dougherty St.)................ 1590............... E135
Athens, GA. Seaboard Railroad Trestle...................... 1377............... E016, E017
Athens, GA. Seaboard Railroad Trestle...................... 1590............... E136, E270
Athens, GA. Seaboard Railroad Trestle &
covered bridge........................................................ 1377............... E018, E019, E020
Athens, GA. Seaboard Railroad Trestle &
covered bridge........................................................ 1590............... E137, E144, E271
Subject Ms # Digital File #
Athens, GA. Taylor-Grady House............................... 1377............... E021
Athens, GA. Taylor-Grady House............................... 1590............... E259 - E261
Athens, GA. Tree That Owns Itself............................. 1590............... E185
Athens, GA. Vincent House........................................ 1377............... E022
Athens, GA. Water tower by City Hall........................ 1377............... E010
Athens, GA. Water tower by City Hall........................ 1590............... E112, E145
Athens, GA. Woodlawn............................................. 1755............... E312, E313
Athens, GA. Woofter Home....................................... 1590............... E286, E287
Barn and large tree (Unknown location)....................... 1590............... E264
Berry, Martha.............................................................. 1377............... E023
Berry School. Rome, GA............................................ SEE: Martha Berry School
Boy sitting by spring..................................................... 1590............... E218
Buildings. Unidentified................................................. 1377............... E033, E034
Buildings. Unidentified................................................. 1590............... E161, E184, E285
Churches Unidentified................................................. 1590............... E173, E174, E203
"Clay Eaters." Milledgeville, GA.................................. 1377............... E035 – E041
Coosa River (?), GA................................................... 1377............... E042, E043
Cows.......................................................................... 1590............... E176, E182
Creek with fence and houses in background................. 1590............... E200
Cypresses................................................................... 1377............... E044
Deloach, ?................................................................... 1590............... E283
Earnest, David Lewis. On bicycle................................. 1377............... E045, E046
Earnest, David Lewis. Portrait..................................... 1590............... E296
Earnest, David Lewis. With bicycle............................. 1377............... E047
Earnest, David Lewis. With "Clay Eater"..................... 1377............... E037, E048
Earnest, David Lewis. With "Clay Eater"..................... 1590............... E298
Earnest, David Lewis. With group (front row, left)....... 1377............... E049
Earnest, David Lewis. With group (top row, left)......... 1377............... E050
Earnest, David Lewis.
With State Normal School group? (3rd from left)..... 1377............... E051
Edwards (Dr.), Austin & Pound (Dr.), Jere.................. 1377............... E052
Farm scene (East Tennessee?)..................................... 1590............... E272
Fence with bench and trees.......................................... 1590............... E179
Footbridge over stream running into river...................... 1590............... E214
Georgia. Univ. Arch................................................... 1590............... E255, E256
Georgia. Univ. Baldwin Hall....................................... 1590............... E234 - E243
Georgia. Univ. Commerce-Journalism Building........... 1590............... E254
Georgia. Univ. Conner Hall........................................ 1590............... E140, E232
Georgia. Univ. Hirsch Hall......................................... 1590............... E247
Georgia. Univ. Lumpkin (Wilson) House.................... 1377............... E053
Georgia. Univ. Lumpkin (Wilson) House.................... 1590............... E233
Georgia. Univ. Memorial Hall..................................... 1590............... E244 - E246
Subject Ms # Digital File #
Georgia. Univ. Peabody Hall...................................... 1590............... E248 - E253
Georgia. Univ. President's Home................................ 1590............... E258
Georgia. Univ. Sanford Stadium
(incl. Memorial Hall)................................................ 1377............... E054
Georgia. Univ. Senior Parade..................................... 1377............... E055
Georgia. Univ.
Students working in apple orchard........................... 1377............... E056, E057
Goss, Isham H.?.......................................................... 1590............... E207
Greenville, TN.
Johnson’s (Andrew) House and Tailor Shop............ 1377............... E058
Greenville, TN.
Johnson’s (Andrew) Tailor Shop.............................. 1377............... E509
Greenville, TN.
Johnson's (Andrew) Tailor Shop.............................. 1590............... E130, E131
Group. Unidentified.................................................... 1377............... E061
Group of boys mainly in uniform and a man.................. 1590............... E199
Group of men fishing
(Vernon Smith, Jodie Whire, Milton Leathers,
Austin Downs, & Jack Roberts)............................. 1377............... E060
Group of people standing in street................................ 1590............... E212
Group of women (5).................................................... 1590............... E202
Group on steps (D.L. Earnest in straw hat sitting)......... 1590............... E210
Group on steps (Two men and a woman)..................... 1590............... E159
Group on steps (Two women and a girl)....................... 1590............... E197
House showing 2 men, a woman and buggy.................. 1590............... E215
Houses. Unidentified................................................... 1377............... E062 - E068
Houses. Unidentified................................................... 1590............... E169, E178, E221
Houses. Unidentified................................................... 1590............... E290
Interior scene showing man, woman, and boy............... 1590............... E211
Ladies Garden Club Book........................................... 1590............... E299A - E299N
Lexington, GA.? Shaking Rock?................................. 1377............... E069
Log House.
African American man & woman in front.................. 1377............... E074 - E076
Log house.
African American women in front............................. 1377............... E077
Log House. Family in doorway................................... 1590............... E279
Log House. Family in front.......................................... 1377............... E078
Log House. Under construction.
Man sitting in doorway............................................. 1590............... E280
Log houses.................................................................. 1377............... E070 - E073
Subject Ms # Digital File #
Lookout Mountain, TN.
Earnest (Vivian) sitting on rock................................. 1377............... E079
Lookout Mountain, TN. Inclined railway..................... 1590............... E167, E168
Man (Portrait). Unidentified........................................ 1377............... E080
Man (Portrait). Unidentified........................................ 1590............... E165
Man fishing. Oconee River.......................................... 1590............... E274
Man fishing from boat in river....................................... 1590............... E192
Man wearing hat and overalls. Unidentified.................. 1590............... E291
Martha Berry School. Rome, GA................................ 1377............... E024 – E032
Martha Berry School. Rome, GA................................ 1590............... E132
Michael (Moina) Doll................................................... 1590............... E116, E117
Michael, Moina. Holding Moina Michael Doll.............. 1377............... E081
Michael, Moina. Holding Moina Michael Doll.............. 1590............... E118
Mill and waterwheel..................................................... 1590............... E201
Mill dams.................................................................... 1590............... E193, E195, E205
Mill dams.................................................................... 1590............... E217
Milledgeville, GA.
Street scenes showing "Clay Eaters"......................... 1377............... E036, E037, E040, E041
Nolichucky River, TN.................................................. 1377............... E082 - E087
Nolichucky River, TN.................................................. 1590............... E122, E206, E269
Palm trees and palmettos............................................. 1590............... E183
Peach tree................................................................... 1377............... E088
Peach trees. Cornelia, GA. Fertilizer tests................... 1377............... E089, E090
Pound (Dr.), Jere and Edwards (Dr.), Austin................ 1377............... E052
Rivers. Unidentified..................................................... 1377............... E091, E092
Rivers. Unidentified..................................................... 1590............... E190, E216, E293
Road (Unidentified) with overhanging trees................... 1590............... E162
Rutherford, Mildred.
Wearing ante-bellum dress....................................... 1377............... E093
School group (One of D.L. Earnest's institutions).......... 1590............... E187
School group. Unidentified.......................................... 1590............... E186
Sisters of Bethany........................................................ 1590............... E198
Smithonia, GA. Barbeque........................................... 1590............... E166
Smithonia, GA.? Buildings with fence and trees............ 1590............... E170
Smithonia, GA? Cattle and people.............................. 1590............... E181
Smithonia, GA. Commissary and another building........ 1590............... E171, E172
Smithonia, GA. Harvesting.......................................... 1590............... E146
Smithonia, GA. Railroad and buildings......................... 1590............... E213
Smithonia, GA.? Railroad with stacks of crossties........ 1590............... E180
Spinning wheel............................................................. 1590............... E289
Springhouse (Showing 2 men)...................................... 1590............... E209
Subject Ms # Digital File #
Springhouse (Showing 2 men and a dog)...................... 1590............... E208
State Normal School. Bradwell Hall............................ 1590............... E226
State Normal School. Gilmer Hall............................... 1590............... E223, E224, E228
State Normal School.
Graduate from Summer School with Mr. Pittard....... 1590............... E281
State Normal School.
Graduate from Summer School w/D.L. Earnest........ 1590............... E282
State Normal School.
Group (D.L. Earnest on 1st row, 8th from left)......... 1590............... E222
State Normal School.
Group of faculty & students..................................... 1590............... E164
State Normal School. House....................................... 1590............... E231
State Normal School. "Kissing Rocks."....................... 1590............... E230
State Normal School. Pound Auditorium..................... 1590............... E229
State Normal School. President's Cottage................... 1590............... E225
State Normal School. Winnie Davis Hall..................... 1590............... E227
Still (Whiskey) on wagon with 4 revenue agents............ 1590............... E196
Statham, GA. Statham High School. Group. 1906....... 1590............... E175
Tallulah Falls, GA. Bridal Veil Falls............................. 1590............... E121
Tallulah Falls, GA Hawthorne's Pool
& Tempesta Falls.................................................... 1590............... E153, E154
Tallulah Falls, GA. Horseshoe Bend (aerial view)........ 1590............... E151
Tallulah Falls, GA. Hurricane Falls.............................. 1590............... E120, E157
Tallulah Falls, GA. Hurricane Falls?............................. 1590............... E124
Tallulah Falls, GA. Ladore Falls.................................. 1590............... E158
Tallulah Falls, GA. Ladore Falls?
& Tempesta Falls.................................................... 1590............... E123
Tallulah Falls, GA. Oceana Falls?................................ 1377............... E097
Tallulah Falls, GA. Oceana Falls................................. 1590............... E149
Tallulah Falls, GA. Rapids........................................... 1590............... E150
Tallulah Falls, GA. Rapids where dam is now.............. 1590............... E155
Tallulah Falls, GA. River and gorge scenes.................. 1590............... E094 - E096, E156
Tallulah Falls, GA. Riverbed after dam was built.......... 1590............... E152
Tallulah Falls, GA. Tempesta Falls.............................. 1377............... E098
Tobacco field.............................................................. 1377............... E099
Toccoa Falls, GA........................................................ 1377............... E100 - E107
Toccoa Falls, GA........................................................ 1590............... E139, E265 - E268
Town. Unidentified..................................................... 1377............... E108
Tree with house in background..................................... 1590............... E163
Valley view (Unidentified location)............................... 1590............... E204
Washington, D.C. Capitol Building.............................. 1590............... E177
Washington, D.C. The White House........................... 1590............... E160
Waterfalls and pools.................................................... 1590............... E219, E292
Woman (Unidentified) reading...................................... 1590............... E295
Woods........................................................................ 1590............... E191
Slides - Ms 1590 (Digital File #'s ES001 - ES331)
Subject Ms # Digital File #
Athens, GA. Baptist Church (1st)........................................................ ES023 - ES025
Athens, GA. Barrow House................................................................ ES102 - ES105
Athens, GA. Bryan (W.T.) Home (Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority)............... ES230
Athens, GA. Brumby Home................................................................ ES244
Athens, GA. Catholic Church.............................................................. ES029
Athens, GA. Chamber of Commerce.................................................. ES203
Athens, GA. Chi Phi House................................................................ ES115
Athens, GA. City Hall......................................................................... ES204 - ES206
Athens, GA. Clarke County Court House........................................... ES197 - ES199
Athens, GA. Cloverhurst ?.................................................................. ES268 - ES270
Athens, GA. Cobb (Howell) House.................................................... ES007 - ES018
Athens, GA. Cobb (Howell) House (2nd)........................................... ES258
Athens, GA. Cobb (T.R.R.) House..................................................... ES083 - ES087
Athens, GA. Cobb St. House (479 Cobb St.)..................................... ES213 - ES218
Athens, GA. Cobb St. House next to Earnest House........................... ES194
Athens, GA. Cobb St.? House next to Earnest House?....................... ES325
Athens, GA. Crawford (Annie) House................................................ ES088 - ES091
Athens, GA. Dawson (J.L.) Co........................................................... ES207
Athens, GA. Dearing House................................................................ ES110, ES111
Athens, GA. Dearing House?.............................................................. ES331
Athens, GA. Dearing (William) House................................................. ES257
Athens, GA. Dure-Rowland House..................................................... ES272
Athens, GA. Easley House.................................................................. ES322
Athens, GA. Earnest (D.L.) Home (Cobb St.)..................................... ES117
Athens, GA. Earnest (D.L.) Home? (Cobb St.?)................................ ES327
Athens, GA. Emmanuel Episcopal Church........................................... ES031, ES032
Athens, GA. Erwin-Morton-Downes House........................................ ES092 - ES097
Athens, GA. Fire Hall No. 1............................................................... ES209
Athens, GA. Fraternity house (designed by Neal Reade)..................... ES222
Athens, GA. Georgia Power Co. (Old bldg)........................................ ES200, ES201
Athens, GA. Hardeman Service Station............................................... ES237
Athens, GA. Hardin (Mary) House..................................................... ES106 - ES109
Athens, GA. Harrington (S.M.) House................................................ ES223 - ES226
Athens, GA. Harris (Young) House..................................................... ES265
Subject Ms # Digital File #
Athens, GA. Hill (Benjamin) House (UGA President's House)............. ES047 - ES061
Athens, GA. Hodgson Fertilizer Plant.................................................. ES211, ES212
Athens, GA. Holman Hotel................................................................. ES208
Athens, GA. Houses. Unidentified...................................................... ES273 - ES321
Athens, GA. Jester (Carlton) House.................................................... ES195, ES234, ES235
Athens, GA. Jones-Long House.......................................................... ES267
Athens, GA. Lucy Cobb Institute........................................................ ES034
Athens, GA. Lucy Cobb Institute and Seney-Stovall Chapel................ ES035
Athens, GA. Lumpkin House.............................................................. ES245 - ES255
Athens, GA. Lumpkin (E.K.) House................................................... ES266
Athens, GA. Lumpkin House (Education Bldg. of
Young Harris Methodist Church).................................................... ES229
Athens, GA. Lyndon House................................................................ ES116
Athens, GA. McGregor Building......................................................... ES210
Athens, GA. Methodist Church (1st)................................................... ES030, ES202
Athens, GA. Michael Brothers House................................................. ES112, ES228
Athens, GA. Milledge Ave. House next to Jones-Long House............ ES271
Athens, GA. Milledge Circle house..................................................... E220 - E221
Athens, GA. Morris (Sylvanus) House................................................ ES263, ES264
Athens, GA. Morton Ave.? House..................................................... ES323, ES324
Athens, GA. Presbyterian Church (1st)............................................... ES019 - ES022
Athens, GA. St. Mary's Church.......................................................... ES033
Athens, GA. St. Mary’s Hospital (Old bldg.)....................................... ES238
Athens, GA. Sell Home...................................................................... ES231 - ES233
Athens, GA. Seney-Stovall Chapel..................................................... ES036 - ES039
Athens, GA. Seney-Stovall Chapel?.................................................... ES330
Athens, GA. Sledge-Cobb-King House.............................................. ES098 - ES101
Athens, GA. Stanton (Lucy) House..................................................... ES260 - ES262
Athens, GA. Summerlin House............................................................ ES113, ES114
Athens, GA. Taylor (Fanny Long) House............................................ ES040 - ES046
Athens, GA. Taylor-Grady House....................................................... ES062 - ES082, ES256
Athens, GA. Waroonga (W.L Moss Home)........................................ ES001 - ES006
Athens, GA. Water tower next to City Hall......................................... ES204
Athens, GA. Young Harris Methodist Church...................................... ES026 - ES028
Athens, GA. Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority House....................................... ES230
Covered bridge (Athens, GA.?)........................................................... ES236
Georgia. University. Ag. Extension Building........................................ ES160 - ES162
Georgia. University. Arch................................................................... ES167, ES168
Georgia. University. Baldwin Hall....................................................... ES132 - ES134
Georgia. University. Chapel............................................................... ES144 - ES148
Georgia. University. Commerce-Journalism Building........................... ES127 - ES130
Georgia. University. Conner Hall........................................................ ES135 - ES139
Subject Ms # Digital File #
Georgia. University. Coordinate College. Store................................. ES240, ES329
Georgia. University. Fine Arts Building............................................... ES131
Georgia. University. Founders Memorial Garden................................ ES163
Georgia. University. Hirsch Hall. School of Law................................ ES126
Georgia. University. Lumpkin House.................................................. ES149 - ES154
Georgia. University. Lustrat House..................................................... ES143
Georgia. University. New College...................................................... ES166
Georgia. University. Old College........................................................ ES165
Georgia. University. Park Hall............................................................ ES155
Georgia. University. Peabody Hall...................................................... ES118 - ES125
Georgia. University. Phi Kappa Hall................................................... ES142
Georgia. University. President's House (Hill House)............................ ES047 - ES061
Georgia. University. Rusk Center....................................................... ES156 - ES159
Georgia. University.
State College of Agriculture. Entrance............................................. ES164
Georgia. University.
State College of Agriculture. Women's Building............................... ES140, ES141
Group. Children.................................................................................. ES241, ES242
Group. Young adults........................................................................... ES243
Iris...................................................................................................... ES227
Pool and waterfall scene...................................................................... ES239
State Normal School. Auditorium........................................................ ES177 - ES179
State Normal School. Carnegie Library............................................... ES259
State Normal School. Dining Hall........................................................ ES183
State Normal School? Elder (Laura) Cottage?..................................... ES328
State Normal School. Gilmer Hall....................................................... ES169 - ES176 & ES219
State Normal School. Miller Building................................................... ES191
State Normal School. Muscogee Practice School................................ ES192, ES193
State Normal School. Pound Auditorium............................................. ES184 - ES187 & ES196
State Normal School? Smith Hall?...................................................... ES326
State Normal School. Smith Building................................................... ES190
State Normal School. Winnie Davis Hall............................................. ES180 - ES182 & ES188, ES189