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Marion Johnson photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS33
Scope and Content
This collection documents the Atlanta urban environment, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s, through cityscapes, aerial views and scenes of individual buildings as the city underwent a period of building and growth. The arrival of the city's first professional sports team, the Atlanta Braves, is documented. Also included in the collection are scenes pertaining to Southern politics including local, state and presidential races. A wide variety of Georgia agriculture and industry is...
Dates:
1938-1975
Marion Wesley Ray diary transcriptions
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS906f
Scope and Content
This collection contains transcriptions of diaries written by Marion Wesley Ray in which he wrote about his family and kept daily accounts in Bethlehem, Georgia. Also included are pieces of poetry written by Ray. Of particular note is the 1905 entry in which Ray describes the death of his mother, Sarah.
Dates:
1895-1905
Marjorie Uhry Liebman papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1195
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials related to the work and achievements of Marjorie Uhry Liebman. Materials include note cards from her speeches, personal calendars, cards from Scott-Liebman and the League of Women Voters, a copy of LSU Alumni News featuring Liebman, programs from Atlanta's Woman of the Year awards banquet, annual financial reports from Scott-Liebman, and various newspaper clippings featuring Liebman. One item of particular interest is a...
Dates:
1921-1976, undated
Mark Anthony Civil War letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS658f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a letter from Mark Anthony to Miss Lizzie Coleman and its transcription with a reply from Coleman. The letter was written from Kingston, Georgia, and is dated May 22, 1864. Mark Anthony writes to Miss Lizzie Coleman. In this letter he recalls the anniversary of the 2nd assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mark writes briefly of his regiment’s involvement in the Battle of Resaca only mentioning their loss of men to death and injury. He outlines his orders to march to...
Dates:
1864 May 22
Mark Johnson Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS123
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and patents for various Johnson inventions.
Dates:
1908-1913
Mark W. Johnson & Woodruff Seedsmen coupon
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS711f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a three dollar discount coupon produced by Mark W. Johnson & Woodruff Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1869
Marline Hornson ephemera
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS166f
Scope and Content
This collection includes doilies with scenes of Hamburg, Germany dated from some time in the 19th century.
Dates:
undated
Marquis DeLafayette Pittman Civil War letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS721f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of eight letters written by Marquis DeLafayette Pittman, signing himself as "Marc", between April and July of 1864. Most are addressed to "Lizzie" and all appear to be written to this same individual. In the letters Pittman describes the weather, visiting with his cousins, his concerns about the progress of the war, and his feelings for "Lizzie." In an apparent response to a letter he received from her urging him to return home in case the "Yanks get near" her, he...
Dates:
2 April 1864-11 July 1864
Marsha P. Webb papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1069
Scope and Content
This collection contains flower show programs, award books of evidence, publicity articles, and correspondence that provide a history of Marsha Webb's career as a national flower show judge and internationally known flower arranger. Also included are documents that detail her involvement with numerous organizations such as the The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., the Atlanta Botanical Garden, National Garden Clubs, Inc., and WAFA (World Association of Flower Arrangers). Of special interest are...
Dates:
1939-2013, undated
Martha Aeunchbacher abstract of property title
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS398f
Scope and Content
This abstract of title for 100 acres of land in Fulton County, Land Lot 268, 17th District, was issued to Martha J. Aeunchbacker.
Dates:
1892
Martha Calhoun school essay
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS48f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a composition paper written by Martha Calhoun titled "The Importance of Georgia to the Confederacy During the Civil War."
Dates:
1979 February 26
Martha Lumpkin Compton papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS139
Scope and Content
This collection contains two scrapbooks, a diary, correspondence, newspaper clippings, Atlanta Board of Aldermen resolutions, and a recipe book. The two scrapbooks contain poems, genealogical notes, letters, greeting cards, and notes from family members and friends including “Cousin Naomi,” Augustus Alden, “Sister Anna L. A.,” Danny Boykins, Allie Alden, and Wilson Lumpkin. There are newspaper clippings on topics such as the 1888 Southern Baptist Convention, a 50th anniversary article on...
Dates:
1840-1959, undated
Martha Pyatt Green papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS101
Scope and Contents
The collection is primarily composed of Green’s book length manuscripts and newspaper clippings of her columns that have been mounted in scrapbooks.
Dates:
1880-1932
Martin Padgett visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS416
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials used by Martin Padgett in research for his book A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta’s Gay Revolution. Items include photos of staff and drag performers, primarily John Greenwell (1950- ) as Rachel Wells, at Sweet Gum Head, a prominent drag and gay bar at 2284 Cheshire Bridge Rd. NE, Atlanta, Georgia, from 1971 to 1981; a poster promoting the Phoenix Affair II, a charity show...
Dates:
1972-1983
Martin Stupich Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS115
Scope and Contents of the Records
The photographs in this collection were created during two survey grants sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The images in the first grant documented the development of Atlanta’s rapid transit system (MARTA) from 1977- 1978, and photographs from the second grant (1979-1981) illustrate Atlanta’s role as a center of transportation. The photographs from the first NEA project depict downtown Atlanta prior to the construction of MARTA, employees involved in the creation of...
Dates:
1955 – 1981, bulk 1977-1981
Mary and Jay Hambidge Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS962
Scope and Content
Through personal papers, subject files, and printed material and publications, the collection documents the life of Mary Crovatt Hambidge from her childhood in Brunswick, Georgia to the establishment of the Hambidge Center, formerly the Jay Hambidge Art Foundation, and the efforts of Mary and Jay Hambidge to develop and promote the concept of dynamic symmetry. See the scope and content note of each series for expanded information.
Dates:
1806-1994, bulk 1920-1970, undated
Mary and Jay Hambidge visual materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS1
Scope and Content
Through photographic prints, negatives, designs, drawings, paintings, plates, postcards, sketches, photo albums, and maps the collection documents the life of Mary Crovatt Hambidge from her family and childhood in Brunswick, Georgia to the establishment of the Hambidge Center, formerly the Jay Hambidge Art Foundation, and the efforts of Mary and Jay Hambidge to develop and promote the concept of dynamic symmetry, from 1837-1970. See the scope and content note of each series for expanded...
Dates:
1837-1970, undated
Mary and Richard Slack advertising papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS740f
Scope and Content
This collection includes advertisements for Atlanta Paper Company, Southern Mills Inc., Spratlin, Harrington and Thomas Insurance Company, and Irvindale Farms Dairy.
Dates:
1943, undated
Mary Ann Edmondson Bresee's fashion scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1111
Scope and Content
This collection contains one scrapbook of paper dolls with fabric clothing, showcasing fashion designs from 1926 and 1927.
Dates:
1926-1927
Mary Baker Eddy letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS98f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a copy and transcription of a letter from Mary Baker Eddy to a student on November 27, 1905.
Dates:
1905
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- Atlanta Historical Society 31
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- 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
- 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
- Atlanta Public Schools 12
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- 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 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
- 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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