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Acquisition of property -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Friends of the River collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1269
Scope and Contents These records document the efforts of the environmental and educational organization Friends of the River to preserve and protect the Chattahoochee River Corridor. Included are correspondence, financial records, membership lists, newspaper clippings, agendas, minutes, pamphlets, periodicals, publications, and subject files that highlight the work of this group and members Marcia Bansley and Claude Terry. The collection also includes organizational records from other environmental groups...
Dates: 1966-2016, undated

Fulton, Gwinnett, and Walton County legal documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS128f
Scope and Content

This collection includes property deeds, abstracts of title, warranty deeds, loan deeds, bonds, resident petitions, claims court cases, wills, and insurance documents presented in the courts of Fulton, Gwinnett, and Walton counties in Georgia.

Dates: 1860-1948

J. Henry Porter papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS871
Scope and Content

This collection consist of items related to J. Henry Porter, particularly his real estate holdings on Fairlie Street concerning the AMCO Investment Company. Included is a scrapbook of various articles and his "letters to the editor" of the local Atlanta newspapers.

Dates: 1883-1951, undated

Map collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS290
Scope and Content

This collection includes city maps of Atlanta and its suburbs, as well as plat maps drawn to facilitate the purchase of new homes in neighborhoods and subdivisions in Fulton, DeKalb and Cobb counties. The maps illustrate the physical growth of the city of Atlanta and the creation of neighborhoods in and around the city in the latter half of the 19th century through the late 20th century.

Dates: 1853-1991, undated

NorthEast Atlanta Beltline Group records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1249
Scope and Contents

This collection contains records documenting land acquisition and sale to create the northeastern portion of the Atlanta BeltLine. Included in the collection are property sale and lease agreements, clippings and articles about the planning and development of the Atlanta BeltLine, correspondence, environmental reports, transportation studies, site plans, land surveys, and maps.

Dates: 1936-2009, undated, bulk dates 2004-2009