Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Harry G. Lefever papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1011
Scope and Content
The Harry G. Lefever papers consist primarily of records Mr. Lefever kept on neighborhoods and community organizations in Atlanta, Georgia. The papers reflect his involvement in community organizing; race relations and urban renewal; Atlanta inner-city neighborhoods and associations; and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. These files contain correspondence; articles from books, magazines, and newspapers; reports; and student papers on the relationship between the community...
Dates:
1966-2009, undated
Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS382
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and blueprints from the Atlanta Transit System, Inc. (ATS) in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs and schematics of buses, streetcars, and trolleys used by ATS, as well as images of ATS staff. Of special note are photographs of Governor Lester Maddox (1915-2003) with William P. Maynard, president of ATS, signing a sales tax relief bill, which removed sales taxes on passenger fares. Also included is an image of Governor Maddox signing a proclamation...
Dates:
1923-1975, undated
Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS437
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of early 20th century Atlanta vehicles detailed in Volume II of Jean Martin’s Mule to MARTA book series. The collection includes images of trackless trolleys, coach cars, buses, work cars and cranes, and a light rail vehicle. Many of the photographs show these vehicles in use on downtown Atlanta streets. Other images include a revised city plan from the 1924 Beeler Report, a motorman, and a former trolley that was...
Dates:
1902-1976, undated
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- Broad Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Buses -- 1950-1960 2
- Cable cars (Streetcars) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Marietta Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Streets -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Aerial views -- 1970-1980 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 1
- Automobiles -- 1930-1940 1
- Automobiles -- 1940-1950 1
- Automobiles -- 1950-1960 1
- Automobiles -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Bedford Pine (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Cabbagetown (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Candler Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- City planning -- Citizen participation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Community organization -- Citizen participation 1
- Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc. 1
- Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Homeowners -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Social conditions 1
- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Inner cities -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Little Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Mass transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
- Mechanical engineering -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Mechanicsville (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Ponce de Leon Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Reynoldstown (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Roads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Street railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Terminals (Transportation) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Transportation -- Korea (South) 1
- Trolley buses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Trolley cars 1
- Trolley cars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Vine City (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- West End (Atlanta, Ga.) 1 + ∧ less
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