Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Person
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Antebellum and Civil War Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS645
Scope and Contents of the Records
This is a collection of documents, most of which chronicle the history of the American Civil War, particularly the Atlanta Campaign. In addition, there are several documents which reflect the history of the Antebellum South, including African American slavery. The collection includes letters, diaries, special orders, pardons, requisitions, poems, pamphlets, newspapers, personal narratives, biographies, circulars, broadsides, muster rolls, currency, bibles, research papers, and other private...
Dates:
1832-1935, undated
Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS375
Scope and Content
This collection contains organizational records and histories of the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association. Also included are historical items collected by members as well as newspaper clippings, programs, and membership information. There are files pertaining to member genealogy and biographies of Confederate soldiers.
Dates:
1866-1977
Civil War Confederate cartes de visite collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS206
Scope and Content
This collection contains twenty-six cartes de visite of Confederate generals and politicians. Generals include Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, Stonewall Jackson, and Nathan Bedford Forrest among others. Politicians include images of President Jefferson Davis and Vice President Alexander Stephens as a young man. There is also an image of Emperor Napoleon III of France.
Dates:
undated
DuBose family collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates:
1782-2001, undated
DuBose family visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS198
Scope and Content
This collection contains artwork, images, and maps collected by the DuBose family. The artwork pertains to Civil War historical sites and scenes and includes etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings. Much of the artwork was done by Wilbur G. Kurtz (1882-1967), a family friend, historian, writer, and artist. There are original photographs from the Civil War era in a variety of formats, such as cartes de visite, tintypes, and albumen prints. Photographic subject matter includes military...
Dates:
1783-2023, undated
James L. Bell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS848f
Scope and Content
This collection documents the life of James L. Bell and Bell family genealogy. Included are letters to Bell from William J. Hilburn, a fellow soldier; Captain Charles K. Maddox, under whom both Bell and Hilburn served during their military service; Walter A. Wiley; and A. T. Spalding, a pastor at Second Baptist Church in Atlanta. There is also research on the Bell family, gathered by James L. Bell’s great-granddaughter Edith H. Cook, that traces the family back to the 18th century. Cook also...
Dates:
1876-1983, undated
Myra Sheetz Harper letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS404f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a typescript and transcription of a letter written to Myra Sheetz Harper from Marion M. Hite, secretary to General Robert E. Lee, from headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia, Chaffins Bluff on the James River, on October 2, 1864.
Dates:
1864
Rubie Austin Acker photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS468
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images collected by Rubie Austin Acker of Confederate memorial events in Georgia, including the Battle of Jonesboro Centennial Celebration in 1964 in Jonesboro, Georgia, as well as images of the Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Memorial Cemetery. Also included are group portraits of United Daughters of the Confederacy, Frankie Lyle Chapter members. Of particular note are photographs of the 100th Confederate Memorial Day event at Oakland Cemetery in 1966 in Atlanta,...
Dates:
approximately 1960-1969, undated
Samuel L. Roe family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS715f
Scope and Content
This collection consists primarily of letters written by Samuel L. Roe and C.W.G. Roe while the brothers were serving in Company H, 15th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, during the United States Civil War. The letters describe troop movements; weather conditions; rations; the lack of adequate shoes, clothing, and pay; and other details regarding living and battle conditions during the war. Of particular interest are comments in the letters about taking "Yankee" prisoners, religious...
Dates:
1841-1875, undated
United Daughters of the Confederacy collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS765
Scope and Content
This collection includes records of organizational activities of the Georgia division and of several Atlanta chapters.
Dates:
1849-1979
United Daughters of the Confederacy visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS470
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection contains photographs documenting Confederate monuments and cemeteries in several Georgia cities. Of particular note are images of the DeKalb County Confederate Monument and Savannah Civil War Memorial, as well as an enlarged photograph of the orignal concept for the Stone Mountain carving. Also part of the collection are images of UDC activities and identified members of the Georgia Division and various Atlanta chapters, including Atlanta Chapter No. 18 President...
Dates:
approximately 1850-1987, undated
Walter McElreath Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS154
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, manuscripts, handwritten notes, and pamphlets. The bulk of the collection contains McElreath's writings; research; rough drafts; a play for the Atlanta Centennial celebration; manuscripts of books and articles; and newspaper notices about his publications. Also included are notes and articles about Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw. Newspaper clippings cover topics such as the Atlanta Centennial in 1948; the...
Dates:
1879-1963, undated
Wilbur G Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS197
Scope and Content
This collection contains the family photographs of the Kurtz and Fuller families as well as visual materials Kurtz created and collected during the course of his career. Family photographs pertain to Kurtz and Fuller families as well as a few images from Annie Pye Kurtz prior to her marriage to Wilbur Sr. Also included are images of Wilbur Sr. and friends during his time in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of this collection is photographic materials which support the research and field work...
Dates:
1859-1972, undated
William McElreath Branham photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS291
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of Branham family members, including: Walter McElreath at age 40; J.N. McEachern and his wife; and Emmett and May McElreath, law partner and brother of Walter McElreath. Of special note is a profile image of Robert E. Lee, believed to be signed by him.
Dates:
approximately 1935, undated
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 6
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields 4
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 3
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 3
- Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Georgia -- Genealogy 3
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 3
- Military uniforms 3
- Stone Mountain Memorial State Park (Ga.) 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 3
- Atlanta (Ga.) 2
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 2
- Confederate States of America -- Armed Forces -- Uniforms 2
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Societies, etc. 2
- Legal instruments -- Georgia 2
- Locomotives -- Georgia 2
- Lost Cause mythology 2
- Monuments & memorials -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site (Ga.) 2
- Slave bills of sale -- Georgia 2
- Soldiers -- Georgia -- Correspondence 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American 2
- Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Actresses -- Georgia 1
- Advertising -- Georgia 1
- Aerial photographs 1
- African Americans -- Georgia 1
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Agriculture 1
- Allatoona (Ga.) 1
- American diaries 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Church history 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Maps 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 1
- Awards -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Barnsley Gardens (Bartow County, Ga.) 1
- Bartow County (Ga.) 1
- Baton Rouge (La.) 1
- Battlefields -- Georgia 1
- Bounty hunters -- Georgia 1
- Business records -- Georgia 1
- Businessmen -- Law and legislation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Capital stock -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Carnago (Ill.) 1
- Catoosa County (Ga.) 1
- Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Marietta 1
- Charleston (S.C.) 1
- Chattahoochee River 1
- Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 1
- Children -- 1860-1870 1
- Church buildings -- Georgia 1
- Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Clayton County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 1
- Cobb County (Ga.) 1
- Columbus (Ga.) 1
- Confederate Memorial Day 1
- Dalton (Ga.) 1
- Darien (Conn.) 1
- DeKalb County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Douglas County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Entertainment events -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Exhibitions -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Farm equipment 1
- Fashion -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Firearms -- Confederate States of America 1
- Floyd County (Ga.) 1
- Fort McPherson (Ga.) 1
- Fulton County (Ga.) 1
- Genealogy 1
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Gone with the wind (Motion picture : 1939) 1
- Gordon County (Ga.) 1
- Great Locomotive Chase (Motion picture) 1
- Greencastle (Ind.) 1
- Griffin (Ga.) 1
- Guntersville (Ala.) 1
- Historic preservation -- Georgia 1
- Historical markers -- Georgia 1
- Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Jones Beach State Park (N.Y.) 1
- Jones County (Ga.) 1
- Kennesaw (Ga.) 1
- Kennesaw (Ga.) -- History 1
- Knoxville (Tenn.) 1
- Locomotives -- Equipment and supplies -- Catalogs 1
- Locomotives -- Maintenance and repair 1
- Lost Mountain (Ga.) 1
- Lyons (Ill.) 1
- Macon (Ga.) 1
- Memorials -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1 + ∧ less
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