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Frank, Leo, 1884-1915

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1884 - 1915

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Benton family Leo Frank papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1167
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents pertaining to the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan and the murder trial of Leo Frank. Newspaper articles and a dissertation describe the details of the trial and Frank's lynching as well as new witness for the case and the push for a pardon for Frank in the 1980s. Also included are genealogy papers on the Phagan family.

Dates: 1891-2015
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Benton family Leo Frank papers

Governor John M. Slaton letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS746f
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters, some original and some copies, written by Governor John M. Slaton. Most of the correspondence concerns the Leo Frank court case, Slaton's commutation of Frank's death sentence, and his subsequent failure to be reelected. There is also one letter written by Lucille Selig Frank, the wife of Leo Frank, to Slaton.

Dates: 1902-1930, 1976
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Governor John M. Slaton letters

Hugh M. Dorsey, Sr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS279
Scope and Content

This collection contains six scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and ephemeral materials. Of particular interest is a copy of the speech by Dorsey to Governor Slaton in response to the motion to dismiss filed in behalf of Leo M. Frank.

Dates: 1838-1924
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Hugh M. Dorsey, Sr. papers

Leo Frank diary

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS433f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a copy of a transcription of the diary Leo Frank kept while imprisoned in the Fulton County Jail. He recorded the date, the time he arose, how he was feeling, the weather and visitors he had each day.

Dates: 1915
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Leo Frank diary

Leo Frank papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS91
Scope and Content This collection primarily consists of correspondence. There are letters of sympathy and support sent to Leo Frank and Lucille Selig Frank throughout his incarceration and after his death. Letters to the Franks are often written by many of the same people and share similar content. Also included is correspondence from members of the Frank and Selig families, from Frank's attorneys, from newspaper publishers and reporters, and to Governor Slaton on behalf of Leo Frank. In addition, the...
Dates: 1912-1916, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Leo Frank papers

Lochrane and Reid family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1203
Scope and Contents This collection documents the Reid and Lochrane families, as well as the associated families Grant and Rudolph. The bulk of papers is correspondence, primarily from Sallie Fannie Reid. Other items include legal material from Osborne Augustus Lochrane such as speeches, legal decisions, telegraphs, and a funeral announcement; a valedictory speech, calling cards, calendars, receipts, and poetry from the Lochrane family; and receipts and Confederate Army military passes from the Reid family. In...
Dates: 1833-1977, undated; Majority of material found within 1856-1872
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lochrane and Reid family papers

Oliver family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS959f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a poem by John S. Madden dedicated to John E. Oliver, titled "Halloween"; Madden's obituary; a postcard commemorating the lynching of Leo Frank; a letter from Herman Talmadge thanking Lidu "L. E." Olver for contributing to his Georgia gubernatorial campaign; correspondence about Jesse Ricketson Armstrong's service in the Confederate States Army and his wife, Kate Farr Armstrong's, pension.

Dates: 1915-1947, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Oliver family papers

Tom Watson Brown ephemera

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1110
Scope and Content

This collection contains material collected by and about Tom Watson Brown. There are reviews and critiques of the television documentary The Murder of Mary Phagan that aired on NBC in 1988; speeches given by Brown at the Confederate Memorial Day service in Stone Mountain, Georgia in 1978, and about the Leo Frank trial, given in 1982; and an assortment of tickets from sporting and entertainment events primarily from the Atlanta area.

Dates: 1933-2002, undated; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1996
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Tom Watson Brown ephemera

WRFG records of the Living Atlanta oral history project

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS637
Scope and Content The bulk of this collection consists of tape recorded interviews of Atlantans used to create fifty programs titledLiving Atlanta: Atlanta Life from World War I through World War II, and the programs themselves, which aired on WRFG Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. The programs were composed of excerpts from the interviews connected by music and explanatory narration. During the course of the project, hundreds of Atlantans were interviewed, resulting in approximately...
Dates: 1977-1980, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / WRFG records of the Living Atlanta oral history project