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John Pattillo visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS463

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs collected by John Patillo of Atlanta buildings and street scenes, schools, churches, residences, and portraits. Buildings and residences include Atlanta City Hall, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, First National Bank, Georgia State Captiol, the Carnegie Library, as well as residences in the Peachtree Park neighborhood. Also in the collection are images of churches such as St. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church and the Cathedral of St. Philip; and colleges and universities such as Agnes Scott College, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Clark College (later Clark Atlanta University), and Atlanta Baptist Seminary (later Spelman College). Portraits include those of notable Atlantans, including John S. Candler (1861-1941), Julius L. Brown (1848-1910), and Atlanta Constitution staff. Of particular note are images of the Kuhns family, who operated several photography studios in Atlanta during the early to mid-19th century. All images were taken in Atlanta, Georgia, unless otherwise noted.

Dates

  • approximately 1852-1970, undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing 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.

Biographical / Historical

John Walthall Patillo (1930-2000) was born to John (1902-1990) and Rosa Patillo (1903-1984) in Atlanta, Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master of Librarianship from Emory University. After serving in the military during the Korean War, he became a librarian at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 1956, then in 1967 at the Southern Technical Institute (at that time a unit of the Georgia Institute of Technology). He served as director of the library from 1972 to 1991.

Extent

1119 item(s) (827 black and white photographic prints, 155 black and white negatives, 81 postcards, 24 color slides, eight glass plate negatives, one photo book containing 18 black and white photographic prints and one program, one cased black and white photographic print, one color photographic print, one leather postcard, one souvenir postcard book, and one tintype)

Language

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff. Control numbers are intentionally out of order to maintain alphabetical order.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

This collection contains digital material that is available at: https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/p17222coll34

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 1988

Bias in Description

As archivists, we acknowledge our role as stewards of information. We choose how individuals and organizations are represented and described in our archives. We are not neutral, and bias is reflected in our descriptions, which may not accurately convey the racist or offensive aspects of collection materials. Archivists make mistakes and might use poor judgment. In working with this collection, we often re-use language used by the former owners of the material. This language provides context but often includes bias and prejudices reflective of the time in which it was created. The Kenan Research Center’s work is ongoing to implement reparative language where Library of Congress subject terms are inaccurate and obsolete.

Kenan Research Center welcomes feedback and questions regarding our archival descriptions. If you encounter harmful, offensive, or insensitive terminology or descriptions, please let us know by emailing reference@atlantahistorycenter.com. Your comments are essential to our work to create inclusive and thoughtful description.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2024.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
John Patillo visual arts materials
Subtitle
ahc.VIS463
Author
Kaylin James
Date
October 2024
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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