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Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department

 Organization

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Police Department court docket

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS787
Scope and Content

This collection consists of one court docket from the police courts held by the City of Atlanta Police Department in 1886-1887.

Dates: 1886-1887

City of Atlanta Police Department log books

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1235
Scope and Contents This collection contains two homicide log books, an Atlanta Police Training School diploma, and an issue of The Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine. The first homicide log book consists of summaries of homicide cases along with a list of the witnesses and officers assigned to each case, letters, reward posters, newspaper articles, and photographs of suspects. Each page has an update written years after a case was filed, most list if...
Dates: 1924-1968

City of Atlanta Records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.CityofAtlanta
Scope and Content This collection consists of administrative records from the City of Atlanta, which have been divided into sixteen series. Records include materials pertaining to select mayors of Atlanta and correspondence and memos from the Executive Office. The collection also includes City Council and Board of Alderman legislation, minutes, and proceedings. Records also include material regarding transportation, public safety, finance, planning and community development, courts, public works, and maps....
Dates: 1848-2013, undated

Herbert Jenkins photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS43
Scope and Content The bulk of this collection consists of photographs of Police Chief Herbert Jenkins and Atlanta Police Department personnel throughout Jenkins' career. Noteworthy images of Jenkins include photographs of him as a child, a portrait taken on his first day as a police officer, and a photograph of him being sworn in by Mayor William B. Hartsfield. Other images of note include a series of photographs of the Summerhill riot of 1966, pictures of the first African American patrolmen, and portraits...
Dates: 1890s-1975, undated

Herbert T. Jenkins papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS546
Scope and Contents This collection documents Herbert T. Jenkins' career as the longest-serving police chief of Atlanta. Papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, committee minutes, speeches, publications, and annual reports of the Atlanta Police Department and Fulton County Police Department. In addition are speeches, attendance reports, and planning materials related to Jenkins' participation in conferences as an attendee and speaker. Of particular note are documents pertaining to his work with civl...
Dates: 1800-1983, undated

Kirkwood Neighbors Organization records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1037
Scope and Content This collection consists of executive committee records, including bylaws and articles of incorporation, regarding the incorporation of the Kirkwood Neighbors Organization (KNO); executive committee correspondence on neighborhood concerns, such as zoning, public safety, transportation issues, and education; KNO meeting agendas and minutes; subcommittee activities and special projects, such as streetscape improvements for Kirkwood commercial district, oral history projects, green space...
Dates: 1993-2009, undated

Ray Billings photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS176
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains images of Atlanta taken by Ray Billings, an amateur photographer. The collection consists of images of downtown, parks, high schools, shopping centers, and Atlanta area landmarks. The majority of images consist of aerial views of downtown Atlanta that include images of Adams Park, Adamsville, Atlanta City Hall, Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta Police Department building, Atlanta Stadium, the Baptist Tabernacle, Fulton County Court House, the Georgia State Capitol, Grady...
Dates: 1958-1973

Richard Clarke records of Atlanta Police Department

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1227
Scope and Contents This collection contains administrative records and police publications created and accumulated by Richard Clarke, mostly during his time as Administrative Assistant to Atlanta Chief of Police George Napper (1939-2020). Records include correspondence, monthly reports, crime statistics, and departmental plans. Additional records pertain to Atlanta Police Department initiatives to curb burglaries and other crimes through environmental design, the adoption of buiding security codes, and through...
Dates: 1968-1982, 1995, undated

Sam Massell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS695
Scope and Content

This collection contains a wide variety of material on the life and career of Sam Massell, Jr. It offers an excellent look at the careers of Sam Massell both as a political figure and as a businessman. There is also information relating to the many civic, political, and business organizations in which Sam Massell was involved. There are thirteen different series with topics such as Civil Rights, speeches, political information, trips, news releases, etc.

Dates: 1889-1983, undated

Southern Voice records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1016
Scope and Content This collection contains editorial planning records and subject files for stories published by Southern Voice. These files include editorial planning meeting notes, story assignments, camera-ready art, and subject files on national and regional issues of crime, health, lifestyle, and politics concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender community. The camera-ready art consists of photographs and graphics used in conjunction with published...
Dates: 1982-2007 undated

Suzanne Anderson photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS405
Scope and Contents This collection contains images Suzanne Anderson took of Atlanta and metro Atlanta areas, prominent figures, and sporting events. Suzanne Anderson submitted most of the photos to Atlanta Magazine. The bulk of the images depict a two-year project in which Anderson photographed Atlanta Police Department crime scenes, patrol work, funerals, and outreach events. The collection also features photographs of major Atlanta and national figures, including Ralph David...
Dates: 1970-1999, undated

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Police -- Georgia -- Atlanta 6
Crime -- Georgia -- Atlanta 5
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 4
Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
Police training -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
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African American police -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Public safety -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Citizens' associations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Court records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Court records -- Georgia -- Fulton County 2
Fire departments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Hate crimes 2
Kirkwood (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Police -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 2
Police -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Uniforms 2
Police chiefs -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Police corruption -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Summerhill (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
10th Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
AIDS (Disease) 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy -- United States 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Care -- United States -- Cost control 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Psychological aspects 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Research 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Statistics 1
AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment 1
AIDS activists 1
AIDS vaccines 1
Adams Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Aerial photographs 1
Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1970-1980 1
Aerial views -- 1970-1980 1
Affirmative action programs -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American politicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- Violence against 1
Air -- Pollution 1
Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Anderson Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Atlanta (Ga.) 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Economic conditions 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Pictorial works 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 1
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine 1
City halls -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
City planning -- Citizen participation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Cityscapes -- 1970-1980 1
Civil rights 1
Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
Civilian review boards (Police administration) 1
Clayton County (Ga.) -- History 1
College Park (Ga.) 1
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Community health services -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Community organization -- Citizen participation 1
Crime and race -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Crime prevention--Georgia--Atlanta 1
Diners (Restaurants) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Discrimination -- Law and legislation 1
Discrimination in employment 1
Drug Addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
East Lake (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Economic development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Economic development projects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Edgewood (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Express highways -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Finance -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Fire fighters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Fires -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Football -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Football teams -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Fulton County (Ga.) 1
Fulton County (Ga.) -- Politics and government 1
Gay adoption -- Law and legislation 1
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. 1
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
Gays and sports 1
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
HIV (Viruses) 1
HIV-positive persons 1
Hapeville (Ga.) 1
Homicide -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Homophobia 1
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