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Troutman and Battey family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1074
Scope and Content

The bulk of the Troutman and Battey family papers are legal documents (many from Floyd Country) generated by those families, including deeds of indenture (many signed by Dr. Robert Battey), wills, and an abstract of title to lands in Floyd County. The collection also contains correspondence, the majority of which was sent to Colonel Hiram Bainbridge Troutman, a book of Minstrel song, and documents pertaining to Atlanta society.

Dates: 1846-1970, undated; Majority of material found within 1846 - 1939

Tucker Family Bills and Correspondence

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS205
Scope and Content The majority of this collection includes monthly invoices, bills and other financial transactions initiated by Sarah Tucker after the death of her husband, Henry Holcombe Tucker. Almost all of the transactions involved businesses in downtown Atlanta. The collection provides insight into the lifestyle and monthly financial responsibilities of a wealthy widow in Atlanta during the 1890s. Included among Ms. Tucker’s purchases are groceries, dry goods, building supplies, labor, utility bills,...
Dates: 1877-1899, undated

Tulip Study Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS626
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, financial reports, and clippings that document the history of the social and civic activities of the club. Also a part of the collection are tulip show programs and clippings. Much of the material pertains to Marie Nicholson, club president from 1938 to 1948. A scrapbook from the Atlanta Tulip Show Association, in which many club members also served, provides more details of the Atlanta Tulip Show of 1946.

Dates: 1938-1987, undated

Tullie Smith House Blacksmith Guild records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS511
Scope and Content

This collection consists of the Tullie Smith House Blacksmith Guild records including its constitution and by-laws, correspondence, membership lists, and newsletters. Also included are information on the guild's activities, blacksmithing techniques, and construction of the forge and workshop. There is also a folder on the Artist-Blacksmith Association of North America which contains its constitution and by-laws, a newsletter, and correspondence.

Dates: 1974-1988, undated

Tunnell family letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS356f
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters between Jesse William Tunnell and his sister, Julia C. Jackson, both of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1869-1872, undated

Turner and Bevan family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS7
Scope and Content

The collection consists of cased images of unidentified individuals. Of particular interest are a daguerrotype of a daguerrotype; an image of a Union officer posed in front of an American flag; and a full-length post-mortem image of a child.

Dates: approximately 1850-1890

TWFB Corporation Records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS2
Scope and Contents of the Records

These records contain legal and business papers relating to the business and property holdings in Atlanta of the TWFB Corporation.

Dates: 1957-1974

Una Rivers Glidden Tour photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS333
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs taken during the 1911 Glidden Tour from New York City to Jacksonville, Florida.

Dates: 1911 October 13-26

Underwood, Key families papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS213
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, envelopes and financial and legal documents belonging primarily to members of the Underwood family of Franklin County, and later Lithonia, Georgia. Most of the correspondence was written by William and Alvin Underwood to their parents and siblings when the pair served in the Confederate Army from 1861-1864. William sent correspondence to his family telling of his unit’s fitness and preparation, his optimism about a short war, his difficulties in...
Dates: 1827-1951 (bulk 1861-1864)

Union Democratic Convention proceedings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS448f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the printed proceedings from the Atlanta Intelligencer in a Special Edition. The content concerns an attempted reconciliation in Georgia between the Union wing of the Democratic Party and the Southern Rights wing of the Democratic Party proposed by the Union Democratic Convention held in Atlanta Sept. 17, 1852. This was an attempt to unify the Democratic Party in Georgia behind Franklin Pierce in the presidential election of 1852.

Dates: 1852 Sept. 18

Union Republican Campaign Glee Book advertisement

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS568f
Scope and Content

This collection consist of an ad for a new song book published by Hall & Co. of Philadelphia.

Dates: 1868

Unitarian Universalist Lesbian and Gay Community newsletters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS726f
Scope and Content The newsletters in this collection document the activities and interests of members of the Unitarian Universalist Lesbian and Gay Community (UULGC). The newsletters feature calendars of events; reviews of books, plays, and movies with themes related to gay and lesbian culture; member profiles; detailed transcriptions of sermons; and speeches and discussion panels featured at events sponsored by UULGC. Many of the sponsored programs focused on issues such as employment discrimination,...
Dates: 1982-1987

United Church Women of Atlanta scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS388
Scope and Content

This collection contains ten scrapbooks created by members of the United Church Women of Atlanta organization. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, pictures, programs, reports, correspondence, and organizational records. The correspondence includes letters from Charles L. Weltner, James A. Mackay, Richard B. Russell, Herman E. Talmadge, Robert G. Stephens, Mayor Ivan Allen, and Sargent Shriver.

Dates: 1946-1976

United Confederate Veterans collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS416
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to organizational activities. Included in the collection are programs, minutes, committee reports, as well as reunion materials. It includes material from the Atlanta Camp 159 as well as several other camps in Georgia and on the Georgia Division in general.

Dates: 1883-1952, undated

United Daughters of the Confederacy collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS765
Scope and Content

This collection includes records of organizational activities of the Georgia division and of several Atlanta chapters.

Dates: 1849-1979

United Nations Association, Atlanta Chapter records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS417
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of materials produced by the Atlanta Chapter of the United Nations Association. Included in the collection is correspondence, minutes, programs, and project plans.

Dates: 1947-1971, undated

United States Internal Revenue flyer

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS573f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a flyer from the United States Internal Revenue to the Manufactures of the Fourth Collection District of Georgia regarding the Excise Law requiring manufacturers to report quantity and value of productions and gross sales each month so the excise tax could be collected.

Dates: 1865

United States patriotic envelopes from the Civil War

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS797
Scope and Content

This collection consists of United States patriotic envelopes from the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1865

Upsilon Chapter of Phi Chi Theta scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS821
Scope and Content

This collection consists of thirteen scrapbooks from the Upsilon Chapter of Phi Chi Theta, containing newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence documenting the activities and interests of the chapter.

Dates: 1938-1980

Urban Studies Institute records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS951
Scope and Content The records are organized into two series, which best represent the Institute's research agenda. The more recent documents have been organized in the first series, which contains the application to the national community building project introduced by President Bill Clinton. The application and information regarding community building are followed by the City of Atlanta's 1993 strategic plan, which won Atlanta the title of Empowerment Zone and funding. The second series chronologically...
Dates: 1953-1995

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 120
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 118
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 91
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 82
Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 79
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 74
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 72
Scrapbooks -- Georgia 69
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 66
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 65
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 52
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 50
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 50
Atlanta (Ga.) 47
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 47
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 47
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
Georgia -- Politics and government 44
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 44
Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 43
Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 39
World War, 1939-1945 39
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 37
Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 36
Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 35
Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 35
Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc. 35
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 34
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 33
Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 33
Women -- Societies and clubs 32
Gardening -- Societies, etc. 31
Georgia -- Genealogy 29
Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
Portrait photography 29
Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 27
Societies -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Gardens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Music -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Landscape architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 25
Business records -- Georgia 24
Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
Finance, Personal -- Georgia 23
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 23
Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Landscape architecture -- Georgia 22
Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Agriculture -- Georgia 21
City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Gardens -- Design 21
High schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Slavery -- Georgia 20
World War, 1914-1918 20
Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 19
Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 19
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Daguerreotypes 16
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Gay activists 16
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Military uniforms 16
Plants, Ornamental -- Georgia 16
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 15
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
Invitation cards -- Georgia 15
Landscape architecture -- Southern States 15
Politicians -- Georgia 15
Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
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Language
German 1
 
Names
Atlanta Historical Society 32
Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 31
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
Hartsfield, William Berry 24
Georgia Institute of Technology 23
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Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 21
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 19
Coca-Cola Company 19
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 19
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 18
Emory University 18
Rich's (Retail store) 18
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 16
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 16
Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
University of Georgia 16
Atlanta History Center 15
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 15
C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
Garden Club of Georgia. 15
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 15
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
United States. Army 15
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 14
Young, Andrew, 1932- 14
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 13
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 12
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 12
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 12
Georgia Power Company 12
Georgia School of Technology 12
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 12
Piedmont Driving Club 12
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 12
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 12
Agnes Scott College 11
Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 11
Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 11
Atlanta Public Schools 11
Atlanta Water Works (Ga.) 11
First National Bank of Atlanta 11
Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 11
Junior League of Atlanta 11
United States. Navy. 11
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Inman family 10
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 10
Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 10
Massell, Sam 10
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 10
Washington Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 9
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Atlanta Pride Committee 9
Atlanta Pride Festival 9
Commercial High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Connally, Joseph E. Brown, 1875-1920 9
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 9
Democratic Party (Ga.) 9
Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 9
Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 9
Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 9
Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
United Daughters of the Confederacy 9
Atlanta Art Association 8
Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 8
Georgia. Militia 8
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
Jones family 8
Jones, Bobby 8
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 8
Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 8
League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 8
Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Woodruff, Robert Winship 8
Aaron, Hank, 1934- 7
Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 7
American Red Cross 7
Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Atlanta Journal (Firm) 7
Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (Ga.) 7
Atlanta Public Library 7
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 7
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 7
Daughters of the American Revolution 7
English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Garrett, Franklin M. (Franklin Miller), 1906-2000 7
Georgia State University 7
Georgia. General Assembly 7
Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
High Museum of Art 7
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