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Fawcett - Paramore family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS303
Scope and Content
This collection consists of portrait images of Fawcett and Parramore family members, including William E. Parramore; John Robert Parramore; Sophronia Elizabeth Parramore; Lena Beall Parramore; and Frank Harris. Also included is an interior view of Ben H. Harris' home in Columbus, Georgia.
Dates:
1880-1904, undated
Fed R. Thomas bridge construction scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1260
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a scrapbook that documents Fed R. Thomas’ engineering career with the City of Atlanta. The scrapbook includes bridge construction proposals, architectural specifications, and blueprints of bridges. Proposals include Peachtree Creek Bridge and Forsyth Street Bridge and detail bridge length, materials, and weight capacity alongside correlating city regulations. Of particular note is a copy of Atlanta Mayor James Calhoun's (1811-1875) recollection of the city’s...
Dates:
1885-1980
Felix Hargrett collection of Joseph E. Brown ephemera
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS138f
Scope and Content
This collection contains published material about Joseph E. Brown including a speech he gave in 1921 against the American Federation of Labor, a speech he gave at the Democratic National Convention in 1868, sheet music containing lyrics of songs about Brown, and an editorial about him.
Dates:
1851-1921, undated
Financial Executives Institute historical manual
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS502
Scope and Content
This collection contains program and roster booklets for the indicated years except 1960-1961, 1965-1966, 1967-1968, and 1968-1969. There is a "history" section which includes items dating from the inception of the Atlanta Chapter in 1944.
Dates:
1944-1988, undated
Fine Arts Forum scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS800
Scope and Content
This collection consists of two scrapbooks covering the period 1949-1981. The scrapbooks contain photographs, notices, and yearbooks documenting the activities of the Fine Arts Forum.
Dates:
1949-1981
Finley Family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS853
Scope and Content
This collection is divided into two series. Series I is primarily correspondance, both business and personal, spanning from the 1770s into the 1880s. Included are indentures, land grants, surveys, store accounts, a scrapbook and a funeral notice. Series II is from the twentieth century and is the collected mementos of Robert S, Lowrence from Atlanta, Georgia. Included are scrapbooks, photograph albums, diplomas, certificates, correspondence, church bulletins, music programs,...
Dates:
1778-1992
First National Bank of Atlanta records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS939
Scope and Content
The records in this collection reflect various aspects of daily business activities of the First National Bank of Atlanta and its two predecessors during the early to middle twentieth century. The records include property leases; administrative and operating records; transactions with the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, and federal banking agencies; federal regulations, and loan documents during the first half of the twentieth century. Records originated at the First National Bank of...
Dates:
1896-1960
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1124
Scope and Content
This collection includes newsletters, brochures, and handbooks of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, documenting its ministry and membership. The handbooks list outreach programs as well as its organizational structure. The collection also includes annual reports detailing the church's activities throughout the year and bulletins that detail celebrations for the church's 150th anniversary.
Dates:
1977-2001, undated
Fitzhugh Knox, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS201f
Scope and Content
This collection contains one bound volume. Inside are two letters to Miss Ruth Blair, the Executive Secretary of the Atlanta Historical Society, dated March 11, 1938 and March 18, 1938, both from Fitzhugh Knox, Sr. Also included is a short manuscript titled “My Reminiscences From 1883”. The first part of the manuscript is a memoir which mentions many prominent citizens, such as Joel Chandler Harris, Carroll Payne, and Henry W. Grady; businesses, like the Merchants Bank of Atlanta, J....
Dates:
1938
Fleming family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS418f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a notebook with handwritten notes of family genealogy; clippings; family records; and a letter.
Dates:
1938-1970, undated
Florence Ada Scherff ephemera
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS250f
Scope and Content
This collection includes a handwritten anthology of Southern poetry given to Florence Ada Scherff by a friend while at school in Philadelphia. It also includes a paper three pence piece and a copy of The Bladenburg Races.
Dates:
1777-1816, undated
Florence Bryan Ansley family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS246
Scope and Content
This collection consists of family photographs of Mrs. Bonneau Ansley (Florence Bryan). Included are images of her parents Judge and Mrs. Shepard Bryan; great-grandmother Sally Addison Cobb Jackson (1847-1915); mother-in-law Florence King Jackson; and Sister Mary Bryan Benedict. Most of the images in the collection are informal photographs of family members taken in the home of Florence Bryan. Of special note is a photo of Florence Bryan and Judge Shepard Bryan standing before a plaque...
Dates:
approximately 1880 - 1958
Florence Crittenton Home records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS606
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the governance of the Atlanta Florence Crittenton Home. Papers include material about finances, site management, programs, and the care of women living at the home. The bulk of the papers are Board of Trustee meeting minutes, budgets, and information about the history of the organization. Also included are publications pertaining to the organization's mission; a Board of Trustees manual that contains by-laws and historic background; newsletters written and published...
Dates:
1892-1982, undated
Florence Inman photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS389
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Focal Point Inc.'s awards and recognitions, the staff and workshop, and the moldings they designed and manufactured. Examples of moldings and decorative medallions are shown after they were manufactured in the Focal Point workshop, or installed in residences and historic properties. Of special note are images of Focal Point co-founders, Florence Inman and Jerry Garrison, as well as custom-made designs for Atlanta's Fox Theatre, historic properties at...
Dates:
1970-1990, undated
Florence Steinheimer autograph book
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS338f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an autograph book with autographs of friends and relatives of Florence Steinheimer of Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1883-1887
Florence W. Brine manuscripts
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS515f
Scope and Content
This collection contains three manuscripts: "Arrogant Atlanta" retells a British newspaper account of a visit to Atlanta around 1880; "Atlanta's Heart" discusses the building of the Georgia Railroad Depot in 1864 and the activities of the Beethoven Society which was located in the building; and "David Howard" a profile of a former enslaved man and his entrepreneurial activities in post-bellum Atlanta.
Dates:
approximately 1935
Florida Daffodil Society records and papers of John C. and Linda M. Van Beck
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1212
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, articles, daffodil inventories, and reports from the Van Becks' daffodil research. Also a part of the collection are records from the Florida Daffodil Society which include correspondence, program and meeting information, financial reports, and minutes. The collection also includes promotional media, correspondence, and research from Linda and Sara's 2004 book, Daffodils in Florida. The Van Becks' support of...
Dates:
1990-2017
Florrie Jeane Perdue documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS615f
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials retained by Florrie Jeane Perdue and includes her teacher's contract from Oak Grove School, Dekalb County, Georgia, a certificate for classes at the Southern Shorthand and Business University of Atlanta, Georgia dated 1919, a copy of Boys' High School Tatler from 1914, a copy of A Description of United States Postage Stamps, and John O. Bishop's superintendent badge for the Division Headquarters of Postal Inspectors.
Dates:
1914-1956
Flournoy family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS771
Scope and Content
This collection consists primarily of letters, dated 1894-95, to or from Flournoy Rivers (born 1858) and/or John Flournoy Henry (seventh generation) researching history of the Flournoy family in America following request sent to all known Flournoys.
Dates:
1864-1975, undated; Majority of material found within 1894 - 1895
Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS260
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs that document the club's flower arranging activities and its members. A large amount of material pertains to charter member Marie Fort's career as a flower arranger, flower show judge, and author. Additional images include arrangements and table setting decorations entered in flower shows at the Atlanta Garden Center at Rich's and other venues. Also a part of the collection are images of flower arrangements made by members such as Lucy Evans and Polly...
Dates:
approximately 1940-1972, undated
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 123
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 82
- Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 79
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 75
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 74
- Scrapbooks -- Georgia 69
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 67
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 66
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 52
- Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 52
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 50
- Atlanta (Ga.) 47
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 47
- Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 47
- Georgia -- Politics and government 46
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 44
- Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 40
- World War, 1939-1945 39
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 38
- Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 37
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- Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 18
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- Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
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- Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
- Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
- Military uniforms 17
- Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
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- Daguerreotypes 16
- Gay activists 16
- Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
- Plants, Ornamental -- Georgia 16
- Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
- West End (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 15
- Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
- Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
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- Chinese 1
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- Atlanta Historical Society 31
- Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 31
- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
- Hartsfield, William Berry 24
- Georgia Institute of Technology 23
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 21
- Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 19
- Coca-Cola Company 19
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 19
- Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 18
- Emory University 18
- Rich's (Retail store) 18
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 17
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 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
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
- Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
- United States. Army 15
- Young, Andrew, 1932- 14
- Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 13
- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 13
- Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 12
- Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 12
- Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 12
- Atlanta Public Schools 12
- Georgia Power Company 12
- Georgia School of Technology 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 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
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 10
- Inman family 10
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 10
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 10
- Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 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
- Democratic Party (Ga.) 9
- Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 9
- Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 9
- Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 9
- Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- United Daughters of the Confederacy 9
- American Red Cross 8
- Atlanta Art Association 8
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 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
- Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Atlanta Journal (Firm) 7
- Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (Ga.) 7
- Atlanta Public Library 7
- Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 7
- Confederate States of America. Army 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 + ∧ less
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