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Oscar Bane 'O.B.' Keeler papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1160
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents written by and about golf author O.B. Keeler, as well as general golf articles and ephemera. Materials include news releases and statistics from the Augusta National Golf Club, the National Golf Foundation, and the United States Golf Association (USGA); newspaper clippings; and correspondence. Specific tournaments described in the collection include the 26th Masters Golf Tournament, the 62nd U.S. Open, the 44th PGA Tour, and the 47th Women’s Southern Golf...
Dates:
1925-1996, undated
Oscar S. Davis papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS829
Scope and Content
This collection includes a lease, 1928 sales contract, warranty deed, affidavits, tax returns, newspaper clippings, and correspondence pertaining to the sale of 84-86 Whitehall Street and 111-115 Hunter Street in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 26, 1928. The properties were known as the Davis property and sold to W.T. Grant Realty Corporation. Also included are Oscar S. Davis' University of Georgia mementos, including 1884-1894 commencement programs, advertisements for a lecture, an 1888...
Dates:
1884-1928, undated
Paden, Northen, Duckworth family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS460
Scope and Content
This collection contains material pertaining to Dean S. Paden's enlistment in the army during World War I and the King Hardware Company. Personal papers included in the collection are his enlistment application, correspondence, and a diary. Materials pertaining to King Hardware include financial records, legal documents, and correspondence.
Dates:
1910-1974, undated
Pages' Grocery and Hardware Store ledger
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS789
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a ledger book from Pages' Grocery and Hardware Store. Each entry in the ledger consists of an account number, creditor's name, items purchased, and price.
Dates:
1900-1906
Palmetto Guards ephemera
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS265f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a list of men and brief accounts of their service in Company C, 19th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, otherwise known as Palmetto Guards, also a muster roll of officers in the unit and a list of men with their birth and death dates. Also included is the minutes of a meeting of Douglas County Confederate veterans held August 6, 1912. Transcriptions of documents are included.
Dates:
1912-1914
Pamela Parker papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS950f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains newspaper clippings about Pamela Parker’s theatrical work, flyers for Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance productions, and tickets to the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival and the Atlanta Theatrical League’s The Boys in the Band.
Dates:
1981-1992
Pamela Parker photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS413
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Atlanta lesbian-feminist community members, organizations, and events. Photographs include Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) members and events, many of which were taken in the ALFA House on McLendon Avenue; the 1981 Michigan Womyn’s Music Fest, held in Hesperia, Michigan; the 1980 Atlanta Pride Festival; WomanSong Theatre, a troupe, performing in Piedmont Park; the ALFA Omegas lesbian softball team, as well as the Tower Hot Shots, the Lorelei...
Dates:
1961-1981, undated
Paran Hills Garden Club scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1073
Scope and Content
This collection contains scrapbooks that provide information on the social and civic activities of the club. Included in the scrapbooks are photographs, clippings, and program materials that detail the clubs projects and interests. One scrapbook is devoted to the club's civic project of landscaping the grounds of the Friendship House.
Dates:
1967-1970
Park Pride landscape architectural drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS348
Scope and Content
This collection contains various types of landscape architectural drawings that document a history of park planning by Park Pride. Drawings include hand-colored renderings, pencil sketches, design and conceptual plans as well as master plans that provide details of park vision plans. Also a part of the collection are plans that highlight community input and priorities. Prior to 2016, drawings were primarily created by Walt Ray, landscape architect and former Director of Park Visioning for...
Dates:
1979-2021, undated
Park Pride records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1158
Scope and Content
This collection contains minutes, clippings, and a report providing details of Atlanta parks prior to the creation of Park Pride. Also included in the collection are conceptual and master park plans and visioning reports which document the work of Park Pride and the communities with which they partner. Periodicals published by Park Pride as well as conference materials from annual meetings hosted by Park Pride are also a part of the collection.
Dates:
1905-2022, undated
Parker Lowell Photograph Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS136
Scope and Contents of the Records
Included in this collection are photographs of Atlanta buildings and parks. Images include the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Piedmont Park, the Cyclorama building in Grant Park, the Hurt Building and Hurt Park, the Municipal Auditorium, Rich’s Department Store, and The Temple and other scenes on Peachtree Street.
Dates:
1949
Parks Cousins memoirs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS546f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Parks Cousins' memories and reminiscences of Atlanta in the 1870s and 1880s. It was sent to the Atlanta Historical Society in response to the offer of a prize for articles on local subjects. The notice appeared in the Vol. 8, no. 32 (Dec. 1947) issue of the AHS Bulletin.
Dates:
1947
Patricia Kennedy Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS160
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection of photographs contains seemingly random images of the American South during the 1940s. Some of the photographs show scenes in Atlanta, Georgia, however the locale of many of the images has not been determined. Images of Atlanta include a Civil War monument in Piedmont Park, the Fox Theatre on Peachtree Street, and Union Station and the Federal Reserve Bank downtown. Also included is a photograph of the Confederate Memorial carving on Stone Mountain. Some of the unidentified...
Dates:
circa 1940
Paul Boneau Cole papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS66f
Scope and Content
This collection includes correspondence, notes, and a plan written by Paul Cole to index issues of the Atlanta Constitution and other Atlanta newspapers.
Dates:
1922-1939, undated
Paul R. Jones ACTION photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS41
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographs documenting the public work of Paul Jones as regional director of ACTION. Most of the photographs depict ceremonial occasions, such as certificate presentations, public speeches, grant awards, or the signing of documents. Jones is pictured with identified and unidentified public officials, including Georgia Governor George Busbee and Florida Governor Reuben Askew, and with associations, including VISTA, RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program), and the...
Dates:
approximately 1970-1981
Paul R. Jones papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS856
Scope and Content
This collection contains material relating to the endeavors of Paul R. Jones. Included in the contents are newspaper clippings, personal and political correspondence, and programs and awards from the many organizations with which he was involved.
Dates:
1964-1982
Paul Stone Atlanta Pride scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1236
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three scrapbooks about Atlanta Pride created by Paul Stone, a board member of Atlanta Pride. Each scrapbook contains newspaper articles, letters, photographs, programs, posters, and other ephemera related to the 1991, 1992, and 1993 festivals. Of particular note is Atlanta Pride 20th anniversary memorabilia, t-shirt designs, and letters to elected officials asking for endorsement in the 1991 scrapbook. In addition, the 1992 scrapbook includes newspaper clippings...
Dates:
1991-1993
Paul Talbott Lakewood Speedway and Gone With the Wind Premiere Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS191
Scope and Content
The collection, in its original format, is a single reel of 8mm black and white acetate film. The film captures three separate events in the Atlanta area: Lucky Teter performing automobile stunts at Lakewood Speedway; landings and takeoffs at Candler Field; and a portion of the Gone With the Wind premiere celebrations. The first four and a half minutes of the film documents a portion of the Lucky Teter performance at Lakewood Speedway. This segment...
Dates:
1930s
Paul William Murphy Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1278
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters written by Murphy to friends and family while he was attending Camden Military Academy; during his early Army training; and while he was in Vietnam. There are also letters written to Murphy from his family and friends, particularly his girlfriend, Jennifer Jones, during the same time frame. Also included are his awards and citations; the telegram the family received notifying them of Murphy’s death; and letters of condolence from high-ranking Army...
Dates:
approximately 1953-1971, undated
Peachtree Battle Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1032
Scope and Content
This collection contains material that documents the club's history. Included in the collection are scrapbooks that detail the club's social activities, programs, civic projects, and flower shows that the club attended or hosted.
Dates:
1947-2005
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- Junior League of Atlanta 11
- United States. Navy. 11
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 10
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 10
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- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 10
- Washington Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
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- American Red Cross 9
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- League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 8
- Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Trust Company of Georgia 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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