William R. Mitchell Jr. photograph collection
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photographs documented and collected by William R. Mitchell, Jr that appeared in his books, lectures, and architectural studies. The photographs were taken in various Georgia cities including Atlanta, Savannah, Thomasville, Roswell, and Albany. The images are of residential homes and apartments, furnished interiors, historic buildings, parks, streetscapes, churches, and Edward Vason Jones's 19th Century America exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Dates
- 1889-1986, undated
Creator
- Mitchell, William R. , Jr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
This material is 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/Biographical History
William R. Mitchell, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1938. A graduate of Emory University in 1960, he is a cultural historian, historic preservationist, lecturer, and award-winning author. His books have focused on Southern architects primarily the Georgia School of Classicists. These include Edward Vason Jones, 1909-1980: Architect, Connoisseur, and Collector (1995); J. Neel Reid: Architect of Hentz, Reid & Adler and the Georgia School of Classicists (1997); and Lewis Edmund Crook, Jr., Architect, 1898-1967 (1984). He has written architectural histories of notable Southern cities including Classic Atlanta: Landmarks of the Atlanta Spirit (1991); Classic Savannah: History, Home, and Gardens (1987); and Landmark Homes of Georgia, 1733-1983: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Architecture, Interiors, and Gardens (1982). Mitchell is a founding trustee of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation in 1973, and the Southern Architecture Foundation, Inc. in 1998. The Southern Architecture Foundation is devoted to promoting the understanding and appreciation of Southern architecture through preservation, research, and educational programs.
Extent
1463 image(s)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series: I. Lectures and II. Books and architectural studies. Within each series the collection is organized alphabetically by lecture or book title.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located in cold storage (CS) as indicated in the descriptive inventory. Patrons must allow 24-48 hours after retrieval of cold storage item(s) before viewing material.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2012
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2014.
- Albany (Ga.)
- Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Apartments -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Architect-designed houses
- Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Architects and housing developers -- Georgia.
- Architecture -- Details
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Pictorial works
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Architecture, Domestic -- Southern States
- Atlanta (Ga.)
- Augusta (Ga.)
- Avondale Estates (Ga.)
- Brookhaven (Ga.)
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Candler Park (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Cemeteries -- Georgia
- Church buildings -- Georgia
- Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Crook, Lewis Edmund, Jr. (Architect)
- Decatur (Ga.)
- Dwellings -- Georgia
- Edgewood (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Fairview (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Gardens -- Southern States -- History
- Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Hentz, Hal, 1883-1972 (Architect)
- Historic buildings -- Georgia
- Historic preservation -- Georgia
- Historic preservation -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Historic preservation -- Southern States
- Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Interior architecture
- Interiors -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Jones, Edward Vason (Architect)
- Martin, Van Jones (Photographer)
- Means, James (Architect)
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Peachtree Road (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Postcards -- Georgia
- Reid, J. Neel (Joseph Neel), 1885-1926 (Architect)
- Roswell (Ga.)
- Savannah (Ga.)
- Sea Island (Ga.)
- Thomasville (Ga.)
- Title
- William R. Mitchell Jr. photograph collection
- Author
- Alyssa Foley
- Date
- June 2014
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared According To Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository