Allen Family Photographs
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 are photographs of employees and the buildings and grounds of the Ivan Allen Company and its predecessors, Fielder and Allen and Ivan Allen-Marshall Company. The collection also contains photographs of sites of importance to the Allen family in the state of Georgia, including the private residence of Ivan Allen, Sr., and that of Hugh Richardson, and the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia
Dates
- 1840-1990, undated
Creator
- Allen family (Family)
Digital Access
This collection has been digitized and is available online: https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Allenfam. Use of originals is restricted for preservation purposes and pulls must be approved by an archivist.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Administrative History
The Georgia roots of the Allen family began shortly after the Civil War when Daniel "Earnest" Allen (1847-1879) of Greene County, Tennessee moved to Dalton, Georgia to work in a dry goods business. In 1870 he married Susie Harris (1859-1936) of Dalton and in 1876 they had a son, Isaac. After Earnest’s death, Susie renamed their son Ivan Earnest Allen. Ivan Allen (1876-1968) was a businessman and civic booster who moved to Atlanta in 1895 and co-founded his office supply company with entrepreneur James Fielder in 1900. The company changed owners in 1919 and became the Ivan Allen-Marshall Company, and later the Ivan Allen Company. He and his wife Irene Beaumont (1890-1972) gave birth to a son, Ivan in 1911. Ivan Allen, Jr. (1911-2003) served as president of the Ivan Allen Company and also as mayor of Atlanta from 1962-1970. Allen is credited with leading Atlanta through an era of significant economic growth while maintaining relative calm during the civil rights movement. Allen married Louise Richardson (1917- ), the granddaughter of Atlanta businessman Hugh T. Inman (1846-1910) in 1936. Hugh T. Inman married Margaret Josephine Van Dyke (1849-1920) in 1871 and together they bore five children: Annie (1872-1955), Josephine (1875-1963), Hugh, Jr. (1879- 1881), Edward (1881-1931), and Louise (1883-1888). Annie Inman married John William Grant (1867-1938) in 1893, and Josephine married Hugh Richardson (1874-1951) in 1898. For more complete genealogies on the Allen, Inman, Grant, and Richardson families, please refer to Pomerantz and Galloway.
Extent
424 image(s)
Language
English
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged in three series: Series I. Family Members and Friends; Series II. Ivan Allen Company; Series III. Geographic Locations. Control numbers are intentionally out of order to maintain alphabetical order.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Louise Allen, 1973 (1973.201); 1986 (1986.245); 1991 (1991.105); 1992 (1992.049); 1994 (1994.069, 1994.371); 1997 (1997.100)
General Physical Description note
Extent: 397 black and white and color photographic prints, 4 lithographs, 1 poster, 1 charcoal print (3 document cases, 3 oversized boxes)
Processing Information
Collection reprocessed in 2007.
- Allen family
- Allen, Daniel, 1791-1857
- Allen, Irene Beaumont, 1890-1972
- Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968
- Allen, Ivan, III, 1938-1992
- Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008
- Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government
- Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Automobiles -- 1910-1920
- Birthday parties -- 1950-1960
- Chastain Park (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Coca-Cola Company
- Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Fort Mountain State Park
- Fraternities & sororities -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1930-1940
- Grant family
- Grant, John William, 1867-1938
- Harris family
- Hartsfield, William Berry
- Horseback riding -- 1940-1950
- Inman family
- Inman, Annie Richardson
- Inman, Edward H., 1881-1931
- Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965
- Inman, Hugh Theodore, 1846-1910
- Inman, Margaret Josephine Van Dyke
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003
- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
- McGill, Ralph
- Peachtree Gun Club (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Piedmont Driving Club
- Political campaigns -- Georgia -- 1960-1970
- Political posters -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1960-1970
- Politics, Practical -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Richardson family
- Richardson, Hugh Inman, 1900-1994
- Richardson, Josephine Van Dyke Inman
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon
- Southern Spring Bed Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Warm Springs (Ga.)
- Weddings -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- 1890-1900
- Woodruff, Robert Winship
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Title
- Allen Family Photographs
- Subtitle
- An Inventory of Their Photographs at the Kenan Research Center of the Atlanta History Center
- Author
- Paul Crater
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository