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Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1915 - 2003

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Allen family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1014
Scope and Content This collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards and ceremony programs, and scrapbooks collected by the Allen family. The bulk of the collection pertains to Ivan Allen, Sr. and Ivan Allen, Jr.'s business, civic, and political affairs. Ivan Allen, Sr.'s state senate campaign and election, and Ivan Allen, Jr.'s mayoral campaign and election, and both father and son's work with various charities and civic minded associations are included. Of note are the numerous...
Dates: 1899-2004, undated

Allen Family Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS104
Scope and Contents of the Records The collection consists of images of family members and friends of the Allen, Inman, Richardson, and Grant families of Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the photographs of family members consist of images of Ivan Allen, Sr. and Ivan Allen, Jr. Included are photographs of Ivan Allen, Sr. at business meetings, civic and social events, and with friends and family. Photographs of Ivan Allen, Jr. include those from his childhood throughout his career as a businessman and mayor of Atlanta. Also included...
Dates: 1840-1990, undated

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

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

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

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

Lester Maddox papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1267
Scope and Contents The collection contains records generated during Lester Maddox's time in office as governor and lieutenant governor of Georgia and his political campaigns in 1966 and 1974, subject files, booklets, correspondence, scrapbooks, and audio recordings. Campaign papers include letters of support, volunteer lists, agendas, district organization charts, and lists of contributors. Subject files include information on a 1963 grand jury investigation of the Atlanta Police Department in which Atlanta...
Dates: 1915-2003, 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

Women's Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS398
Scope and Contents This collection contains images and items related to the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta's outreach activities and members. Included are photographs, negatives, and slides of annual events and contests, as well as WCC members and officers, meetings, and committees. Also included are materials related to activities conducted in partnership with the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce. All images were taken in Atlanta, Georgia, unless otherwise...
Dates: approximately 1948-1981, undated

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Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
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Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
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Political campaigns -- Georgia -- 1960-1970 2
Politicians -- Georgia 2
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Restaurants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Summerhill (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
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Affirmative action programs -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American civic leaders -- Georgia 1
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African American musicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
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Atlanta (Ga.) 1
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Automobiles -- 1910-1920 1
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Beauty contests -- Georgia 1
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Broad Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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Cable cars (Streetcars) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Chastain Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Chattahoochee River 1
Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Citizens' associations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
City halls -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Civic leaders -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Civilian review boards (Police administration) 1
Clayton County (Ga.) -- History 1
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Community health services -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Counterculture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Court records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Dalton (Ga.) 1
DeKalb County (Ga.) 1
Decatur (Ga.) 1
Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Dogwoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Drug Addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
East Lake (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Economic development projects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Edgewood (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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