Anderson family photographs
Scope and Content
The Anderson family photographs consist of albumen prints, a cabinet card, photographic postcards, and individual and group portrait prints in studio settings and exterior snapshots around the Atlanta, Georgia area. Most of the images are unidentified men, women, and children. Identified individuals include a cabinet card of Jessie M. Anderson, a postcard image of George Ballard, and portrait prints of Alberta Adams, Alberta Anderson, and Ella Mae Matthews. Of interest is a photograph of a 1923-1924 class at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, and images by African American photographers, Paul Poole and Andrew T. Kelly.
Dates
- approximately 1920-1945
Creator
- Anderson, Jessie M. (Person)
- Anderson family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
The 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
Biographical information about the Anderson family has not been determined.
Extent
56 photographic print(s) (3 albumen prints, 1 cabinet card, 1 photographic postcard, 51 portrait prints)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged according to titles supplied by staff.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 1990
Description Control
This collection was re-processed in 2016.
- Adams, Alberta
- African American children -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- African American photographers
- African American universities and colleges
- African American universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Anderson, Alberta
- Ballard, George
- Kelly, Andrew T.
- Matthews, Ella Mae
- Morris Brown College
- Poole, Paul
- Title
- Anderson family photographs
- Author
- Felicia Render
- Date
- January 2016
- 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