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Corona Collective manuscript materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1206

Scope and Contents

This collection contains physical material collected by the Atlanta History Center that documents the early moments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Papers include correspondence, public health information, periodicals, event invitations, and other ephemera. There are menus from Manuel's Tavern and Southern Belle that adjusted their policies to accommodate new public health guidelines, and neighborhood newsletters and correspondence that show how the shutdown affected Atlantans. Of particular note is a handbill with information about the death of Jamarion Robinson who was killed by police officers.

Dates

  • 2020-2021, undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.

Biographical / Historical

In April 2020 the Atlanta History Center (AHC) initiated the Corona Collective as a digital repository for Atlantans to donate materials that documented the COVID-19 pandemic. Business owners, healthcare workers, educators, safety personnel, civic leaders, and others contributed photographs and stories that demonstrated social, political, and economic repercussions of the public health crisis. The collection also documents the Black Lives Matter movement. In addition, AHC partnered with StoryCorps to collect audio recordings as another story-telling option. AHC was closed to the public between March and June 2020; when the Kenan Research Center of the AHC was reopened to the public in July, staff began collecting physical material as well as digital.

Extent

0.209 linear ft. (one half document case and two oversize folders)

Language

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

This collection also contains digital material that is available at https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/p17222coll21.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 2020, with subsequent additions.

Related Materials

Corona Collective visual arts materials, VIS 383, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/p17222coll19

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2022.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Corona Collective manuscript materials
Author
Maddy Long
Date
2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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