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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
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
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 C. Spence family photographs and silhouettes
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS231
Scope and Content
This collection contains one scrapbook of 127 images. These snapshots are mainly of the immediate family of George C. Spence, Sr. and range in date from approximately 1870 to 1945. Subjects include George C. Spence, Sr.; his mother, Cornelia; his sisters, Eudora, Mary, and Eleanor; and his brother, Nat Spence. There are several childhood photographs of George C. Spence, Jr. and his sister Maryanne, as well as photographs of his stepmother, Elizabeth Norman Spence. The images depict the family...
Dates:
Approximately 1870-1942
George C. Spence papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS814
Scope and Content
This collection contains a guest book which belonged to the Spence family and George C. Spence's military health card from 1905. The guest book contains the names of the numerous people, many from Atlanta families, who visited the Spence home during the period from 1913-1918.
Dates:
1905, 1913-1918, undated
George Gilman Smith, Jr. reminiscence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS314f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a 28-page autobiography of George Gilman Smith, Jr. about his life in Antebellum Atlanta. Mr. Smith lived with his parents in Atlanta from 1847-1854.
Dates:
1910
George Hillyer papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS154f
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, legal papers, genealogical papers, and newspaper clippings related to Judge George Hillyer.
Dates:
1875-1931, undated
George Jones scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS288
Scope and Content
This collection contains a single scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings, photographs, invitations, and correspondence.
Dates:
1921-1931, undated
George Washington Collier papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS602f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a handwritten autobiography of George Washington Collier and includes Collier family history. Included is a transcription of the writings.
Dates:
1813-1903
Georgia Chamber of Commerce collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS436
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of travel information pertaining to various cities throughout Georgia. Travel materials include books, pamphlets, postcards, tour maps, correspondence, and press releases. There are also organizational materials such as periodicals, publications, and special event programs.
Dates:
1957-1978, undated
Georgia Mineral Society papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS574
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection includes: committee meeting minutes, annual reports, and treasurer’s reports, activity reports, announcements of meetings, field trip reports, and news clippings, programs and publicity files.
Dates:
1935-1992
Gil Robison papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1152
Scope and Content
This collection documents Gilmore "Gil" Robison's career fighting for LGBT rights as a political activist and elected official. Materials show his efforts to legalize gay marriage, to create the Atlanta Gay Center, to battle a law that targeting gay men by banning prostitution, and to stop police harassment of the LGBT community. Materials include official records of the Georgia Democratic Party, which contain voter registration documents and lists of representatives, as well as flyers,...
Dates:
1959-1997, undated
Gladys McHugh Swords collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS864
Scope and Content
This collection contains various materials saved by Gladys Swords including newspaper clippings of weddings and miscellaneous topics of interest to her. Also in the collection are programs from several churches in Atlanta, Georgia. There are correspondence and personal papers relating to Gladys Swords as well. All of these materials were placed at random between the pages of an otherwise empty scrapbook.
Dates:
1923-1948, undated
Gladys Palmer Hobgood Camp papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS68
Scope and Content
Lists of personnel of the civil court of Fulton County, a series of publications titled Railroad Stories, by H. A. Couch; inaugural invitations for President Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a letter from Mayor William Hartsfield on the annexation of Buckhead and Druid Hills.
Dates:
1916-1978
Governor and Mrs. John M. Slaton visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS209
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs, albumen prints, notecards, and a platinotype collected by Governor Slaton and his wife. Images include portraits of Howell Cobb, Cary B. Wilmer, Julia King (Mrs. Henry) Grady, and James W. English, Jr. Other images include Marechal Foch and Charles Loridaus of France and Thomas Whipple Connally. There is a view of Mrs. John Marshall Slaton in the attire she wore when presented at the court of King George V and Queen Mary. There are portraits of four...
Dates:
1887, 1921-1930, undated
Governor John M. Slaton letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS746f
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters, some original and some copies, written by Governor John M. Slaton. Most of the correspondence concerns the Leo Frank court case, Slaton's commutation of Frank's death sentence, and his subsequent failure to be reelected. There is also one letter written by Lucille Selig Frank, the wife of Leo Frank, to Slaton.
Dates:
1902-1930, 1976
Grace Towns Hamilton maps and photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS35
Scope and Content
The collection contains images of Grace Towns Hamilton, her family, special events, and other public officials. The bulk of the collection features Hamilton posed with public officials including: Governor Jimmy Carter, U.S. Congressman Andrew Young, Georgia Governor George Busbee, Coretta Scott King, Atlanta University President Benjamin E. Mays, and U.S. Congressman Julian Bond. Also included are photographs of Atlanta homes of the 1960s; African-American Navy yard workers (1940s); the...
Dates:
1882-1984, undated
Grady Hospital Student Doctors Account of the Winecoff Hotel Fire
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS92f
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains a transcript of the comments of four doctors who served as student doctors under Dr. Charles Holloway at Grady Hospital. These four witnessed the fire and assisted patients both at the scene and in the emergency room. The first doctor interviewed was unnamed and arrived at the hospital emergency room at four in the morning. His account includes details on how the hospital’s lack of space and small staff made it difficult to handle the large amount of fire victims...
Dates:
1946
Grady Lee Randolph diaries
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1002
Scope and Content
The collection contains eighty-six volumes of diaries written by Grady Lee Randolph that include memoirs, observations and analysis of daily life as a Alabama farm boy and later as a school teacher and permanent resident of Atlanta, Georgia. The collection spans from 1931 to 2001, but skips the year 1943. Randolph recorded over 20,000 daily diary entries that include observations of life during the Great Depression, and events such as the Gone With the Wind premier; World War II; the Winecoff...
Dates:
1931-2001
Grady Memorial Hospital Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS102
Scope and Content
This photograph collection contains images of hospital physicians, nurses, staff, patients, as well as the buildings and grounds of the institution, including Grady Memorial Hospital, the Grady Memorial School of Nursing, and Hughes Spalding Pavilion. Among the images are photographs taken during special events, such as retirement ceremonies, graduations, Christmas parties, and receptions.
Dates:
1896-1979, bulk (1950-1970), undated; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970
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- Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 7
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- Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald 5
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 5
- Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 5
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 5
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 5
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- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 5
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- Atlanta Urban League 4
- Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Boy Scouts of America . National Council 4
- Busbee, George, 1927-2004 4
- Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Democratic Party (Ga.) 4
- DuBose, Beverly M., 1918-1986 4
- Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 4
- Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 4
- Inman, Edward H., 1881-1931 4
- Junior League of Atlanta 4
- Kuhns Photographic Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Lakewood Fairgrounds (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 4
- Loew's Grand Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Peters family 4
- Peters, Edward C. 4
- Peters, Richard 4
- Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Reid, J. Neel (Joseph Neel), 1885-1926 4
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 4
- Tallulah Falls School (Tallulah Falls, Ga.) 4
- Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Terminal Station (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Thornton House (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Union Station (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 4
- Zoo Atlanta 4
- Allen family 3
- Allen, Ivan, III, 1938-1992 3
- Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 3
- Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992 3
- Arrington, Marvin S. 3
- Atlanta (Ga.). Board of Aldermen 3
- Atlanta (Ga.). Bureau of Planning 3
- Atlanta (Ga.). City Executive Committee 3
- Atlanta Economic Development Corporation 3
- Atlanta Falcons (Football team) 3
- Atlanta Memorial Arts Center 3
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