Atherton Drug Store, 1964
Scope and Contents note
The majority of content in this series documents Hamilton Lokey’s brief career as a legislator in the Georgia General Assembly. Included are campaign form letters to voters, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and transcripts of campaign addresses he gave on local television and radio. The series includes publications of the League of Women Voters of Atlanta and copies of a political newsletter titled The Fairview of Bare Facts. The series also contains copies of speeches Lokey delivered between 1955-1979 on the reapportionment of the Georgia Legislature, school desegregation, crime, and the rule of law. Other material includes newspaper clippings documenting the school desegregation crisis in Georgia in the 1950s, poems written by Lokey, and a copy of his published autobiography The Low Key Life of Ham Lokey.
Dates
- 1964
Creator
- From the Collection: Lokey, Hamilton (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Series: 1.25 linear ft.
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository