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James C. Davis papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS89f
Scope and Content
This collection contains printed speeches of U.S. Representative James C. Davis of Georgia printed in the Congressional Record on government expenditures and Communism.
Dates:
1949-1950, undated
James C. Rather military discharge and pension application
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS551f
Scope and Content
These papers consist of James C. Rather's Honorable Discharge from Co. E., 3rd Regiment Georgia Volunteers and his applications for a pension.
Dates:
1898, 1927
James Carter estate sale record
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS720f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of an account of the sale of "perishable property" and "land and negroes" of James Carter. The sale took place on the first of January, 1859, and was filed with the Sumter County court on 18 June 1859. Included in the sale were Carter's personal effects including furniture, blacksmith tools, farm equipment, and household goods. The account also includes 303 3/4 acres of land, four male slaves: "Green," "Solomon," "Frank," and "Titus," and a female slave and her...
Dates:
1859
James Dawson Civil War letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS91f
Scope and Content
This collection includes several letters written by first Lieutenant James Dawson of the 92nd Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers, Company H. He wrote to his wife from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia.
Dates:
1862-1864
James Dunwoody Jones papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS191f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an 1862 letter from James Dunwoody Jones, a 2nd Lieutenant and Drill Master from Georgia, and his reminiscences of the Civil War. The collection also contains documents relating to members of his family; specifically, a memorial to the Reverend John Jones. The collection also contains a hand written speech to the Confederate Veterans; and two 18th century documents belonging to Elizabeth Munro. The documents appear to be a listing of items on an account. The...
Dates:
1788-1895, undated
James E. Chandler military discharge
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS595f
Scope and Content
This collection consist of the official discharge of James E. Chandler.
Dates:
1865
James E. Williams papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS329
Scope and Content
This collection documents Williams family members and their businesses, including letters, bills, and receipts. There are three bound books: a checkbook from 1854, Williams company account book from 1859, and a scrapbook from 1904-1905. There are also several Confederate bond receipts and checks, letters from the field, a parole, monthly subsistence papers, a land indenture, and a broadside of a speach James's WIlliams gave in Atlanta. Other items include a fire insurance policy dated...
Dates:
1820-1905, undated
James Edward Jordan Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS565
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection concerns the many business activities of James Edward Jordan. Although much of this collection is of a general business nature, there are some records specific to his beauty and barber supplies, photographic sales, movie production, and real estate businesses. Of particular importance, within the Business— Photographic/Cinemagraphic file is correspondence showing Mr. Jordan’s interest in producing commercials and movies. Some business cards in the collection...
Dates:
1947-1963
James Edward Jordan photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS44
Scope and Content
The collection contains portrait prints all presumably taken by James Edward Jordan. The images include portraits of unidentified children, men, and women, predominently posed in a studio setting with painted decorative backgrounds. Of note is one strip of custom postage stamps of an unidentified man.
Dates:
approximately 1947-1970
James Edward Oglethorpe Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of American Colonists records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS420
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised on organzational records including minutes, members lists, and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1934-1998, undated
James Farson Civil War narrative and slave bill of sale
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS725f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a three-part narrative of Farson’s service in the United States Army during the Civil War as well as a slave bill of sale. Part One of Farson’s narrative includes his account of the creation of his company, his service in Louisiana and Mississippi, his promotion and transfer to the Army of Virginia, and a record of his military service up to the Battle of Chancellorsville. Part Two picks up Farson’s narrative at Chancellorsville and provides an account of his...
Dates:
1851, 1904, undated
James G. Bogle research papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1172
Scope and Content
This collection contains research materials from James G. Bogle's study of George Hewett Daniel (1817-1964), a Confederate soldier. Materials include correspondence from literary agents as well newspaper clippings of Atlanta funerals. Also included is correspondence from Daniel to his daughters and information on his family's genealogy. Of particular note are manuscript drafts of parts II and III of Bogle's book titled George Hewitt Daniel (1817-1864).
Dates:
1837-2002, undated
James H. Elliott airplane papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS917f
Scope and Content
This collection contains James H. Elliott, Sr.'s personal notes on his 1920 plane crash. It also contains newspaper clippings covering the crash, notes he made about the first hangar at the Atlanta Municipal Airport, a ticket from the J. H. Elliott Aeroplane Company, and a copy of The Air Line Pilot magazine from 1953.
Dates:
1920-1953, undated
James H. Elliott letters to the Atlanta Historical Society
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS745f
Scope and Content
This collection contains two letters sent to the Atlanta Historical Society by J. H. Elliott. The letters contain Georgia news stories from the Scientific American, transcribed by Elliott in 1943. The stories date from 1847 to 1854.
Dates:
1943
James Hope Tigner radio transcript
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS939f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a transcript of a speech delivered by James Hope Tigner for the National Fertilizer Association and the Atlanta Journal. It was an installment in a series called the "Radio Farm Short Program," and details Tigner's advice for cotton farmers in Georgia. The speech contains information on cotton staple length as well as annual production of cotton bales versus annual consumption in the state.
Dates:
1930
James J. Flowers red menace documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS488f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a pamphlet titled "The Red Menace: The Answer to America's Race Problems" and one enclosure titled "The Ultimate Aim of the NAACP." Along with these is a cover letter soliciting book reviews.
Dates:
1956
James Joseph Coachman diary
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS496
Scope and Content
This collection contains a diary that describes Coachman's move to Decatur County and the operation of his plantation, "Mulberry Hill." Also included in the diary are short stories and poetry.
Dates:
1840-1850
James Kolloch Hines Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS767
Scope and Content
This collections includes a diary, newspaper clippings, legal papers, and letters.
Dates:
1873-1967
James L. Bell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS848f
Scope and Content
This collection documents the life of James L. Bell and Bell family genealogy. Included are letters to Bell from William J. Hilburn, a fellow soldier; Captain Charles K. Maddox, under whom both Bell and Hilburn served during their military service; Walter A. Wiley; and A. T. Spalding, a pastor at Second Baptist Church in Atlanta. There is also research on the Bell family, gathered by James L. Bell’s great-granddaughter Edith H. Cook, that traces the family back to the 18th century. Cook also...
Dates:
1876-1983, undated
James L. Bryant Civil War letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS652f
Scope and Content
This collection contains one letter dated June 8, 1864. It was written from James L. Bryant to his parents from his position outside Marietta, Georgia. He writes that the Federal Army does not yet have control of Marietta, but they expect to take the city before they continue marching towards Atlanta, Georgia. He describes talking with Confederate soldiers at the picket lines and explains their strange way of speaking by quoting their conversations briefly. He writes that the land in Georgia...
Dates:
1864 June 8
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- Junior League of Atlanta 11
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- Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
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- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 10
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- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 10
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- Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 9
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- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
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- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 8
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- 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
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- Atlanta Public Library 7
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- Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 7
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- Garrett, Franklin M. (Franklin Miller), 1906-2000 7
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