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Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)

 Organization

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Shute watercolors for First National Bank of Atlanta

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS444
Scope and Contents This collection includes copies of watercolors of a variety of locations around Atlanta, including the First National Bank of Atlanta, the commissioner of the work; Georgia Capitol; Grady Memorial Hospital; Piedmont Park; Emory University; Peachtree Street; Muse's Department Store; First Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia; and the Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia. Also included are interleaving pages for each painting with descriptive information. Please note this collection contains...
Dates: 1959

Charles Longstreet Weltner films

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS360
Scope and Content This collection documents the political life of Charles Longstreet Weltner and the built landscape of Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1950s and 1960s. Film footage highlights a variety of Weltner's campaign activities including him walking on the sidewalk through a blighted Atlanta neighborhood; Weltner looking over the city of Atlanta from the top of the Merchandise Mart; and scenes most likely used for campaign ads. Included are street scenes of downtown Atlanta, with views of public and...
Dates: approximately 1958-1966, undated

Delta Air Lines Public Relations Department Photographs of Atlanta, Georgia

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS107
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of images taken by Delta Airlines corporate photographers and utilized for promotional purposes by the company. The photographs are of geographic locations in the metropolitan Atlanta region, but most of the images are of downtown Atlanta. Included are aerial views and cityscapes of downtown Atlanta, street scenes, parks, churches, shopping districts, private residences, hotels, colleges and universities, and Atlanta landmarks. Buildings include the Atlanta City...
Dates: 1953-1972

Durice Dickerson Hanson and James Butler Hanson papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS358
Scope and Content This collection primarily consists of materials collected by Durice Dickerson Hanson during her education and career as a nurse, specifically information regarding the profession and public health; Grady Memorial Hospital and its nursing schools; and various nursing associations. Materials include booklets, pamphlets, event programs, rosters, newsletters, and annual reports. The collection also includes James Butler Hanson's military papers, booklets and a map related to his Zone Oil...
Dates: 1907-1973, undated

Eleanor Hand Peoplestown neighborhood essay and interviews with Henry Phipps and Grace Barksdale

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS852f
Scope and Content This collection contains an essay written by Eleanor Hand entitled "A Re-Viewing of Peoplestown" in which she presents a history of Peoplestown, a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. Specifically, she analyses it’s geographical development in relation to the railroad tracks, housing trends, racial prejudice against its residents, the Civil Rights Movement, and her hope for the future of the neighborhood. The collection also has two recordings in which Eleanor Hand interviews Henry Phipps and...
Dates: 1994

Grace Towns Hamilton maps and photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS35
Scope and Content The collection contains images of Grace Towns Hamilton, her family, special events, and other public officials. The bulk of the collection features Hamilton posed with public officials including: Governor Jimmy Carter, U.S. Congressman Andrew Young, Georgia Governor George Busbee, Coretta Scott King, Atlanta University President Benjamin E. Mays, and U.S. Congressman Julian Bond. Also included are photographs of Atlanta homes of the 1960s; African-American Navy yard workers (1940s); the...
Dates: 1882-1984, undated

Grady Hospital Student Doctors Account of the Winecoff Hotel Fire

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS92f
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains a transcript of the comments of four doctors who served as student doctors under Dr. Charles Holloway at Grady Hospital. These four witnessed the fire and assisted patients both at the scene and in the emergency room. The first doctor interviewed was unnamed and arrived at the hospital emergency room at four in the morning. His account includes details on how the hospital’s lack of space and small staff made it difficult to handle the large amount of fire victims...
Dates: 1946

Grady Memorial Hospital collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS429
Scope and Content This collection consists of papers documenting the business administration of Grady Memorial Hospital, including early minute books from the hospital board of trustees, minute books of staff meetings, and correspondence from the medical staff. The collection also holds material from the School of Nursing and School of Practical Nursing, including bulletins, newsletters, alumni information, and lecture notes. As nursing education becomes more specialized, separate school specialties maintain...
Dates: 1894-2014, undated

Grady Memorial Hospital Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS102
Scope and Content

This photograph collection contains images of hospital physicians, nurses, staff, patients, as well as the buildings and grounds of the institution, including Grady Memorial Hospital, the Grady Memorial School of Nursing, and Hughes Spalding Pavilion. Among the images are photographs taken during special events, such as retirement ceremonies, graduations, Christmas parties, and receptions.

Dates: 1896-1979, bulk (1950-1970), undated; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970

Madison Bell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1098
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, booklets, and newspapers, the majority of which were collected by, or pertain to, the life and work of Madison Bell. The correspondence spans Bell's adult life; most are addressed from family and friends. Documents relate to his family and his career. The booklets pertain to Georgia law, Bell himself, and Georgia's secession from the Union. Items of particular note are a muster roll from the 30th Georgia Cavalry Battalion, posters advertising...
Dates: 1844-1896, 1945-1951, 1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1853 - 1896

Marion Johnson photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS33
Scope and Content This collection documents the Atlanta urban environment, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s, through cityscapes, aerial views and scenes of individual buildings as the city underwent a period of building and growth. The arrival of the city's first professional sports team, the Atlanta Braves, is documented. Also included in the collection are scenes pertaining to Southern politics including local, state and presidential races. A wide variety of Georgia agriculture and industry is...
Dates: 1938-1975

Martin Stupich Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS115
Scope and Contents of the Records The photographs in this collection were created during two survey grants sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The images in the first grant documented the development of Atlanta’s rapid transit system (MARTA) from 1977- 1978, and photographs from the second grant (1979-1981) illustrate Atlanta’s role as a center of transportation. The photographs from the first NEA project depict downtown Atlanta prior to the construction of MARTA, employees involved in the creation of...
Dates: 1955 – 1981, bulk 1977-1981

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1077
Scope and Content This collection contains business documents generated and collected by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The bulk of the material is meeting minutes created by the Chamber and its various councils. There are also publications of the Chamber, administrative and institutional records, and various documents describing the establishment of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), airports in Atlanta, and the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission. Material...
Dates: 1883-2012, undated

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS167
Scope and Contents This collection consists of images of geographic locations in the Metropolitan Atlanta region, and several events, most probably used in promotional material published by the Chamber. The majority of the photographs are aerial views of the city, as well as Atlanta landmarks, and commercial and government buildings. The identity of the photographers who produced the images has not been determined. This collection also contains four films produced by the Chamber. They depict Atlanta's first...
Dates: 1922-1993, undated

Nancy C. Wooten Grady Memorial Hospital records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS570
Scope and Content This collection primarily contains scrapbooks collected by Nancy C. Wooten from Grady Memorial Hospital. Scrapbooks document the hospital's expansion; medical issues; career opportunities in the health field; nursing and nursing education; programs, events, and graduations; and personalities related to the hospital. Documents in the scrapbooks include clippings; annual reports; promotional brochures and programs; memoranda; photos; and invitations and postcards. In addition, there are...
Dates: 1900-1989, undated

The Atlanta Community Network magazine, fall 1987 issue

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS967f
Scope and Contents This collection contains the fall 1987 edition of The Atlanta Community Network magazine. It covers issues pertaining to Georgia State Senator Hildred W. Shumake Jr.’s constituency. Articles include the legacy of University Homes, the first public housing units in the United States for African Americans; reflections from Agnes White, a volunteer at Grady Memorial Hospital; the consequences of Georgia Power's construction of the Vogtle nuclear power plant;...
Dates: 1987

Thomas C. and Elizabeth M. Lauren scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS289
Scope and Content

This collection contains a single scrapbook primarily comprised of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1815-1950, undated

Thomas Callahan Davison collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS926
Scope and Content

This collection contains copies of articles from scientific journals, newspaper clippings, awards, newsletters, and correspondence. There is also a pamphlet written by Davison titled Self-Examination of the Breast by Women. Included in the collection are a scrapbook of articles on the Tenth Southern Surgical Congress (1939) as well as Margaret Block's programs.

Dates: 1899-1983, undated; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1953

Urban Studies Institute records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS951
Scope and Content The records are organized into two series, which best represent the Institute's research agenda. The more recent documents have been organized in the first series, which contains the application to the national community building project introduced by President Bill Clinton. The application and information regarding community building are followed by the City of Atlanta's 1993 strategic plan, which won Atlanta the title of Empowerment Zone and funding. The second series chronologically...
Dates: 1953-1995

William B. Hartsfield films

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates: approximately 1939-1960

Additional filters:

Subject
Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 6
Nurses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 3
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Cityscapes -- 1960-1970 3
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Medical care -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Aerial views -- 1950-1960 2
Aerial views -- 1960-1970 2
African American legislators -- Georgia 2
African American neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 2
African Americans -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Atlanta (Ga.) 2
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 2
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Central business districts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Cityscapes -- 1950-1960 2
Community health services -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Decatur (Ga.) 2
Entertainment events -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Express highways -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Hospitals -- Administration 2
Hotels -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Lakes -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Medicaid -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Medicine -- Practice -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Nursing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Nursing schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Politicians -- Georgia 2
Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Vine City (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Actresses -- Georgia 1
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American civic leaders -- Georgia 1
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American musicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American periodicals 1
African American politicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American soldiers 1
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- 1930-1940 1
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
Ambulances -- 1890-1900 1
Ambulances -- 1960-1970 1
Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Art festivals 1
Art museums -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Arts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Economic conditions 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 1
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Bellwood Quarry (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Breast -- Cancer -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Bridges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Buses -- 1950-1960 1
Business records -- Georgia 1
Businessmen -- Law and legislation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Butler Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Cadastral maps 1
Cancer -- Research -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Cancer -- Treatment -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Cattle -- Showing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Chattahoochee River 1
Children -- Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Christmas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Cities and towns -- Georgia 1
Cityscapes -- 1970-1980 1
Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Civil rights demonstrations 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Clothing and dress -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Counterculture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
DeKalb County (Ga.) 1
Demolition -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Economic development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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