William S. Irvine photographs
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of buildings, streets, and monuments in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs of service stations, high schools, churches, residences, and Confederate monuments in addition to automobiles, street views, bomb proof sites, children, and family members of William S. Irvine.
Dates
- 1919-1948, undated
Creator
- Irvine, William S. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
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 S. Irvine (1869-1950) was born in Georgia to Charles Alexander Farquarson Irvine (1816-1870) and Ruth Ann Colding (1834-1911). Irvine married Elizabeth “Bessie” Hammond Harris (1873-1963) in 1892, and the couple had seven children. The family lived in Bibb County and DeKalb County, as well as Brunswick, Georgia and Atlanta, Georgia. Irvine was a journalist, researcher, and historian who managed the Irvine Georgia Music House and the Macon Musical Company. Additional biographical information about William S. Irvine has not been determined.
Extent
38 image(s) (37 black and white photographic prints and one postcard)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1950
General
VIS 321 was previously catalogued as IRV.
Description Control
This collection was reprocessed in 2018.
- Apartment houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Automobiles -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Baptist churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Billboards -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) -- History
- Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Compton, Martha Lumpkin
- DeKalb County (Ga.) -- History
- Drugstores -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Georgia
- Glenwood Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)
- High schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- McPherson, James Birdseye
- Mitchell, Isaac Green
- Monuments & memorials -- Georgia
- Moreland Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Peachtree Road (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Roswell Road (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Walker, William Henry Talbot
- Title
- William S. Irvine photographs
- Author
- Breylan Martin
- Date
- September 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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