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Garden Club of Griffin records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1075
Scope and Content

This collection, mostly photocopies, contains yearbooks, articles, histories, and meeting announcements that document the civic and social activities of the club. Also included are histories and a yearbook for the Federated Garden Clubs of Griffin and Spalding County. Of special interest is a guidebook to gardening that the club published in 2008.

Dates: 1946-2014, undated

Garden Club of Virginia Research Fellowship reports

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1205
Scope and Contents

This collection contains reports written by graduate fellows that document a variety of historic sites across Virginia. Reports include a history of the site, research documentation, landscape details, and site plans. Sites include houses, plantations, parks, farms, and other historic properties. Many reports include historic photographs, maps, sketches, and landscape drawings.

Dates: 2000-2020

Garden Hills Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1101
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the civic and social activities of the club. Included in the collection are directories that list members, committees, and calendars of activities. Additionally, a scrapbook provides details of the first two years of the club's neighborhood Ice Cream Socials and traffic island improvements.

Dates: 1972-2014

Garden Hills Neighborhood documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS924f
Scope and Content This collection contains information and correspondence from the East Wesley Road Traffic Steering Committee, meeting information for the Garden Hills Civic Association (GHCA), neighborhood complaints concerning the justice system and safety. Also included are a Garden Hills swimteam brochure, copies of Garden Hills and Fulton County road maps, information for historic districts, surveys for East Wesley Road property owners concerning traffic problems, a 1992 GHCA directory, two 1993 GHCA...
Dates: 1991-1993, undated

Gardenia Garden Club scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1060
Scope and Content

This collection contains scrapbooks that highlight the civic and social activities of the club. The scrapbooks include photos, awards, correspondence, and reports. A large amount of material is dedicated to the club's civic project of landscaping and supporting the A. G. Rhodes Home for Incurables. One scrapbook is devoted to the Junior Flower Show Association activities of which the club was a member.

Dates: 1949-1998

Gardens and cultural landscapes of Black America visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS400
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs, postcards, stereographs, and slides that document Black American residential gardens, cultural landscapes, and farms, in both urban and rural areas. Also a part of the collection are photographs and postcards of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the Southeast. These images provide details such as garden and campus design, plant choices, farming methods, and land use as well as social and economic conditions in Black communities....
Dates: approximately 1880-2021, undated

Garrett family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS401f
Scope and Content This collection contains seven letters to Matilda Eppes Garrett from her husband Gray Garrett and son Henry Garrett. Matilda and Gray Garrett lived in Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee. Henry Garrett was an attorney in Dadeville, Alabama. Also included is a post card to Mrs. J. Montgomery, director of the Mary Gay Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy; three ballads belonging to Martha Louise Blassingame Graham, who was born in Monroe, Georgia on December 4, 1850, and once taught...
Dates: 1834-1903

Garrett-Walthall family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS4
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and business papers of the Garrett and Walthall families. Included are typescript transcripts of property records, estate records, and genealogical records. Some of the records transcribed were created as early as 1794 and reflect the families' personal wealth and, in some cases, the ownership of enslaved African Americans. Also included is an original application to the Daughters of the American Revolution and an account of the gardens of Walthall Place...
Dates: 1937, undated

Gartrell and Warren ledger

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS120f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a ledger of the Atlanta law firm of Gartrell and Warren of fees paid and cases tried.

Dates: 1890-1891

Gatins Family Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1005
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, diaries, obituaries, newspaper clippings, financial records, and official United States government documents pertaining to Gatins family members. Included among the latter are files from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), court records, passport application files, and INS records. The collection also contains birth, baptism, marriage, school and death records for various family members. Also included is secondary research on significant...
Dates: 1848-2010, undated, bulk 1999-2008; Majority of material found within 1999 - 2008

Gatins Family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS187
Scope and Content

The collection consists of images of Joseph Francis Gatins, Jr.; Egle de Villelume-Sombreuil Gatins; Joseph Francis Gatins III; Sylvia de German-Ribon Gatins; and Gatins III's children: Joseph Francis Miguel, Charles, Sophie, Egle, Martin, and Miguel. There are eleven scrapbooks that contain images of Joseph Francis Gatins III and his family. Also included are cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards of unidentified Villelume-Sombreuil family members.

Dates: circa 1860-1983, undated

Gay Bolling Shepperson papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS522
Scope and Content

This collection consists of personal and business correspondence; copies and original newspaper and magazine clippings; house blueprints; and a World War II dated events map.

Dates: 1883-1945, undated; Majority of material found within 1933 - 1945

General John B. Gordon photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS318
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of the interior and exterior of General John B. Gordon's residence, Sutherland, in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, taken by commercial photographer Fred L. Howe (1857-1903) in approximately 1895. Also included are several photos of his funeral procession on Washington Street in Atlanta as his body was carried into the Georgia State Capitol building to lay in state.

Dates: approximately 1895-1904

General Joseph E. Johnston letter to General Thomas C. Hindman

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS449f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a letter from General Joseph E. Johnston to General Thomas C. Hindman. Johnston asks for a brief account of the fighting at "the gap" and "Crow Valley" and about significant attacks by General William T. Sherman in order to write a book about the military operations of the Civil War.

Dates: 1867 October 21

General Motors Corporation photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS377
Scope and Content

This collection contains promotional photographs of automobiles produced by the General Motors Corporation between 1910 and 1960, including various models of Chevrolets, Oldsmobiles, and Pontiacs. Also featured is a photograph of a Chevrolet assembly plant in Atlanta, Georgia, and employees working on automobile bodies at the Fisher Body Division in Detroit, Michigan.

Dates: approximately 1910-1954, undated

General William Tecumseh Sherman field orders collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1027
Scope and Content This collection contains fifty-two special field orders (SFOs) handwritten by General Sherman from the 1864 Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War. The bulk of these orders pertain to troop movements of the Military Division of the Mississippi (Union) as it moved through northern Georgia en route to Atlanta. Also contained herein are special instructions for railroad destruction (Sherman's "neckties"), proper placement of military hospitals, treatment of "stragglers and skulkers," the...
Dates: 1864

George and Nellie Beatie papers

 Collection — Box: Box MSS OS box 2.76
Collection number: ahc.MSS479
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, a diary kept by George Beatie, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1880-1935

George and Pansey Slappey scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS318
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a single scrapbook pertaining primarily to newsworthy events in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1944

George Aristides Poulos papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS850
Scope and Content

This collection contains four financial ledgers of Poulos Soda Company and the successor business as well as the business license and other related records. Included are sales, purchases, and salaries with amounts in dollars. Column headings are in Greek.

Dates: 1911-1960

George B. Cadwallader papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS451f
Scope and Content This collection contains an annual report from George B. Cadwallader, two newspaper clippings, a menu for a dinner honoring his 82nd birthday and a transcription of a speech given at this dinner. The annual report is dated September 11, 1865, and is written to the Quartermaster General in Ohio. This report notes the duties of the Assistant Quartermaster throughout the year and the difficulties endured trying to supply Union troops in Georgia due to blocked roads and rivers. The newspaper...
Dates: 1865, 1912, undated

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Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
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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
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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
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