Aiken family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Long, Rucker, and Aiken Family Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS468
Scope and Content
The collection contains a variety of private and public documents covering the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social lives of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families from 1859 to 1976. Because of their political, social, and cultural activities the three families are considered very prominent within the African American community of Atlanta. The collection chronicles their social and political involvement as well as providing documentation of the lives of African...
Dates:
1871-1976
Long, Rucker, and Aiken family photographs and lithographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS32
Scope and Content
The collection documents the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social life of members of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families from 1859 through the 1970s. The images document three generations of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families and visually chronicles their rise from slavery to social and political influence. It also provides visual documentation of African American life from Reconstruction to the late 20th century.
Dates:
1859-1979, undated