Douglas D. Middleton survey maps, 1970-1992
Content Description
This collection consists of approximately 1,500 maps showing land surveys conducted in northwest Georgia between 1970 to 1992. The surveys were conducted primarily in Cobb County, but the collection also includes surveys from Bartow, Chattooga, Cherokee, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Monroe, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Rabun, and Webster counties. Surveys were conducted primarily by Douglas Middleton for Douglas D. Middeton & Associates P.C., Land Surveyors & Engineers and Cadastral and Land Surveys LTD, P.C., both of Marietta, Georgia. Additional surveys in this collection were conducted by Eugene R. Martini.
Dates
- 1970-1992
Creator
- Douglas D. Middleton & Associates P.C., Land Surveyors & Engineers (Marietta, Ga.) (Organization)
- Cadastral and Land Surveys LTD., P.C. (Marietta, Ga.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for Official University records is held by Kennesaw State University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material must be secured from the repository and/or copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Douglas D. Middleton was a land surveyor, real estate agent, and attorney in Marietta, Georgia. He earned an Associate Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Southern Technical Institute (STI) in 1965, and a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from STI in 1975. He received his Juris Doctorate from John Marshall Law School in 1978 and was admitted to the Georgia State Bar in 1979. He served with the United States Navy in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. From 1976 through 1994, he served as a part time instructor at Southern Technical Institute, teaching a senior level elective course in Real Estate Law in Georgia, as it related to attorneys and land surveyors practicing in Georgia.
Extent
1505 item
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to Southern Polytechnic State University by Douglas D. Middleton.
- Surveying--Georgia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Middleton, Douglas D. (Person)
- Title
- Douglas D. Middleton survey maps
- Author
- Helen Thomas
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kennesaw State University Archives Repository