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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
Gil Robison visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS422
Scope and Contents
This collection features images collected by Gil Robison related to his personal and professional life, in particular his work with the Metropolitan Gazette. Photographs include those taken by Gerald Jones for the publication, primarily of Atlanta and Georgia political leaders, as well as the 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In many of these images, Robison is seen interviewing featured individuals, who include...
Dates:
approximately 1900-2001, 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 | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
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
Grace Towns Hamilton papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS597
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondences, reports, certificates, scrapbooks, bills, memorandums, proposals, speeches, newspaper clippings, resolutions, publications, and minutes documenting the life and career of Grace Towns Hamilton. The bulk of the collection is comprised of papers documenting Hamilton’s time as a state representative in the Georgia General Assembly and her participation in various government commissions, committees, and subcommittees. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1928-1988, 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...
Dates:
1931-2001
Grady Memorial Hospital Photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
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
Grant and Slaton family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS449
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of members of the Grant and Slaton families. It also includes images of residences belonging to George W. Connor, John Thomas Grant, William Daniel Grant, John W. Grant Sr., John Marshall Slaton, and Hugh T. Inman. Of special note are portraits of Emily MacDougald (Mrs. Edward H. Inman) in her wedding dress. Locations are unknown unless otherwise noted.
Dates:
approximately 1845-1955, undated
Grant Park Woman's Club scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS958
Scope and Content
The Grant Park Woman's Club scrapbooks include nine scrapbooks, documenting the club's activities from 1931 through 1949. The collection lacks scrapbooks for the years 1933 through 1937 and 1945-1946. The scrapbooks, some of which are in poor condition, contain yearbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and printed material. The printed material primarily documents the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs and the General Federation of Women's Clubs, as well as organizations...
Dates:
1931-1949
Gussie Parkhurst Hill ephemera
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS153f
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters, printed materials, newspaper clippings, booklets, greeting cards, and programs related to the social activities and avocations of Gussie Parkhurst Hill (Mrs. De Los Hill) of Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1868-1952, undated
Habersham Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS667
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials which detail the social and civic activities of the club and provide details on programs and projects. Included in the collection are clippings, articles, correspondence, and flower show ephemera. Of special interest are scrapbook items concerning member Louise B. Hastings, past president of The Garden Club of Georgia, well known lecturer, author, and wife of Donald M. Hastings, owner of H. G. Hastings Co.
Dates:
1928-2018, undated
Hale family visual arts materials | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS381
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of Frank Sheffield Hale's family, including members of the Bradley, Davis, Fogle, Harrold, Long, and Sheffield families and their residences. Of special note are photographs of the Hale family farm in Marengo County near Uniontown, Alabama, and the Long family farm in Russell County, Alabama, as well as the Long family's 1984 reunion in Uchee, Alabama. Locations in the collection are unknown unless otherwise noted; however, several of the individuals...
Dates:
1850-2018, undated
Haniyfa A. Ali photographs of the Lightning neighborhood
File
Collection number: ahc.VIS472
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images taken by community activist and resident Haniyfa A. Ali and University of Georgia preservationist John Kissane documenting the Lightning neighborhood during the period in which residences and other structures were demolished. Areas documented include Rock, Tyler, Mangum, Haynes, Foundry, Thurmond, Northside, and Mayes Streets. Several images show areas surrounding the Georgia World Congress Center. Of special note are images of historic churches including Mt....
Dates:
approximately 1988-1989
Hardware store ledger
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS790
Scope and Content
This collection consists of one ledger. The ledger contains day by day lists of checks issued for work done, money deposited, and merchandise sold to other hardware stores and to individuals.
Dates:
1894-1897
Harold H. Martin research material
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS253f
Scope and Content
This collection contains inter-office communications and preliminary drafts in preparation for a Newsweek cover story of Atlanta in March, 1954. The article covered the history and growth, especially the business development of the city. The research and writing was performed by Bill Emerson of the Atlanta Newsweek staff.
Dates:
1954
Harriet Elizabeth Brown scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS317
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of Harriet Elizabeth Brown's family and friends horseback riding, swimming, playing tennis, and shooting rifles. Also included are photographs of a ship voyage to Panama.
Dates:
1900-1910
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