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Hugh Brannon papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1170
Scope and Content
This collection mostly contains documents relating the Hugh Brannon's education at Technological High School, and the neighborhood in which he lived, Inman Park. Included are examples of Brannon's classwork at William A. Bass Junior High School and at Technological High School, in courses such as mathematics, science, English, and social studies. Student assignments represented in the collection sometimes touched upon the subject of war in Europe. Brannon, a lifelong resident of Atlanta's...
Dates:
1922-2007, undated
Hugh Brannon photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS477
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection contains color slides that document buildings, street scenes, and fire incidents in downtown Atlanta during the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular note are images of Atlanta Fire Department stations and firefighting scenes. Also included are photographs of local events including the Inman Park Festival, Atlanta Braves and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets sporting events, and a civil rights demonstration by Atlanta University Center students in 1960. There is also a...
Dates:
1945-1996, undated
Hugh M. Dorsey, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS279
Scope and Content
This collection contains six scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and ephemeral materials. Of particular interest is a copy of the speech by Dorsey to Governor Slaton in response to the motion to dismiss filed in behalf of Leo M. Frank.
Dates:
1838-1924
Hughs family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS121
Scope and Content
This collection contains family histories, scrapbooks, clippings, and correspondence about the Hughs family. Of particular note are three manuscripts; Lucile Smith Hughs' “My Pot Pourri of Ninety Years" about the West End area of Atlanta; Albert S. Mead's “Five Hundred Miles A-Foot” chronicling his trip through the North Georgia mountains; and Mother Mary Monica's “Some Family Memories” about Antebellum Atlanta.
Dates:
1858-1974, undated
Indian Creek Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS668
Scope and Content
This collection contains yearbooks, histories, flower show programs, and project reports that document the activities of the club. Scrapbooks provide details of meetings, social events, and numerous civic projects of the club. Of special interest is the club's history of the section of Lenox Road that was known as Indian Creek Acres by the resident members. Also of note is a report for a civic project to save the landmark Buckhead tree on which the original buck's head was hung, and gave...
Dates:
1939-1984
Inman family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS518
Scope and Contents
This collection contains portraits of Inman family members and residences, including the Swan House and the Inman family's residence on 15th Street in the Ansley Park neighborhood. Also included are residences designed by Cooper and Cooper, possibly by Samuel Inman Cooper, such as residences owned by Malon Courts, Henry Grady Jr., Katherine Mitchell Howell, and Dillon Winship. Of particular note are photographs of Emily MacDougald Inman with Hugh T. Inman II and his family at the Swan House...
Dates:
1893-1980, undated
Inman Park Restoration, Inc. documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS650f
Scope and Content
The records include intra-neighborhood communications, minutes, by-laws, and promotional and publicity materials.
Dates:
1971-1974
International Cotton Exposition collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS697f
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of souvenir cards, invitations, and articles pertaining to the International Cotton Exposition. Also included in the collection is a picture guide to Atlanta and the exposition. Articles are from The Century Magazine, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, and The Daily Graphic. They are about the significance of the exposition and summmarize the participants and...
Dates:
1880-1946
Irene Richards Sterrett baby book
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS798
Scope and Content
This baby book was kept by Natalie Taylor Sterrett. It includes photographs, notes, newspaper clippings and some school work.
Dates:
1913-1923
Irene Rose Smillie papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS193
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Irene Rose Smillie's papers and those of her parents. Included in the collection are Irene Smillie's will, as well as a codicil to that will; a Bible containing Crandell family history; and a short, handwritten Crandell family tree. The collection also includes a letter from Hety and Mary Silvey dated 1850 about the wedding day of Irene Smillie's parents, Harriet F. Crandell and Robert Thomas Smillie and an invitation addressed to Harriet and Robert Smillie to...
Dates:
1850-1950, undated
Irene Toy Sherard photograph collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS229
Scope and Content
This collection contains two albums of black and white photographs. The images are of Irene Sherard, her family and her friends. Most of the images are undated and are taken in outdoor settings. The subjects of the images appear to be young men and women participating in group activities in playful outdoor settings. Locations of the photographs include Brookhaven, Grant Park, Lithia Springs, and Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia. Some of the images have captions written by Irene Sherard....
Dates:
approximately 1900-1925
Irene Woodruff documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS384f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a series of newspaper clippings, a letter to Irene Woodruff with a history of the Samuel Bowen Wight House located in the West End, and a copy of The Wesleyan Alumnae (Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia).
Dates:
1900-1975
Iris Garden Club photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS253
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographic prints and negatives that document the social and civic activities of the club. Meetings, floral arrangements, and garden scenes are part of the material. Some of the floral arrangements were from club members' participation in local flower shows. Also included are photographs of the club's landscaping project at the Iris Garden and Woodland Glen in Winn Park, Atlanta. Of special interest are photographs of the club's Orchard Terrace project at the...
Dates:
approximately 1930-1963, undated
Iris Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS669
Scope and Content
This collection contains scrapbooks, yearbooks and minutes which document the club's social and civic activities. Also part of the collection are landscape plans for the Orchard Terrace of the Thornton House project. Several scrapbooks focus on the Iris Garden and Woodland Glen that the club created in Winn Park of the Ansley Park neighborhood.
Dates:
1928-2009, undated
Ivan Allen, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS25
Scope and Content
These papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and guide books, books, reports pertaining to the Atlanta historical Society, and documents relating to the civil projects of Ivan Allen, Sr.
Dates:
1854-1969, undated
J. Forsythe Gordy papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS492
Scope and Content
This collection contains newsletters and materials pertaining to the growth and development of the City of Atlanta, Georgia. There are also pamphlets, copies of legislation, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1951-1981, undated
J. M. Alexander & Company documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1175
Scope and Content
This collection contains business documents from the J. M. Alexander & Company hardware store. Materials include structural agreements; purchases made by Julia Touro Alexander; and client orders. Also included in the collection is correspondence from Frank Reagan, the company's treasurer, and company receipts. There is also a ledger of tenants recorded by R. B. Mitchell from the early 1890s. The relation of this document to the J. M. Alexander & Company has not been established.
Dates:
1891-1933, undated
J. Richardson Jones film Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS179
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection, in its original format, contains a series of sixty-five reels of primarily silent black and white nitrate film commissioned by Eugene M. White to promote the prosperous African-American communities in Atlanta during the 1930s. The footage documents a variety of activities including sporting events, homecoming, golf, motorcycle racing, occupational activities, and baseball. Included in the footage is the Atlanta Black Crackers baseball team playing a game at Ponce De Leon Park...
Dates:
circa 1938
J. Thomas Hutcheson scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS793
Scope and Content
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and programs of the Atlanta Philharmonic Society and some musical events in Atlanta.
Dates:
1930-1933
Jack Etheridge Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS109
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection is comprised of images of the construction of a section of highway that merges Interstate 75 and Interstate 85, known as the downtown connector. Included are aerial photographs of downtown Atlanta, and images taken on the ground depicting the path of the interstate.
Dates:
1961-1962
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 122
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- Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 31
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 30
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
- Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 29
- Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 28
- Scrapbooks -- Georgia 28
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 22
- Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
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- Hartsfield, William Berry 18
- Atlanta Historical Society 17
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- Georgia Institute of Technology 14
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- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 13
- Rich's (Retail store) 13
- Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 12
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 12
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 11
- Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 10
- Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 10
- Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 10
- Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
- Young, Andrew, 1932- 10
- Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 9
- Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 9
- Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 9
- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 9
- Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 8
- Coca-Cola Company 8
- Emory University 8
- Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 8
- Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Georgia Power Company 8
- Massell, Sam 8
- Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 7
- Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Atlanta History Center 7
- Atlanta Water Works (Ga.) 7
- Hurt Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 7
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Piedmont Driving Club 7
- Agnes Scott College 6
- American Red Cross 6
- Atlanta (Ga.). Bureau of Planning 6
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Atlanta Urban Design Commission (Ga.) 6
- Atlanta Urban League 6
- Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Georgia. General Assembly 6
- Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 6
- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 6
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 6
- Slaton, John M. 6
- Southeastern Fair (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Underground Atlanta, Inc. 6
- Zoo Atlanta 6
- Atlanta (Ga.) 5
- Atlanta Art Association 5
- Atlanta Public Schools 5
- Atlanta Regional Commission 5
- Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
- Busbee, George, 1927-2004 5
- Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
- Democratic Party (Ga.) 5
- DuBose, Beverly M., 1918-1986 5
- English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
- First National Bank of Atlanta 5
- Forward Atlanta Commission 5
- Fulton National Bank 5
- Georgia School of Technology 5
- Georgia State University 5
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 5
- Inman, Edward H., 1881-1931 5
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 5
- Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 5
- Kuhns Photographic Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020 5
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 5
- United States. Army 5
- United States. Navy. 5
- University of Georgia 5
- Allen family 4
- Atlanta (Ga.). Board of Aldermen 4
- Atlanta Falcons (Football team) 4
- Atlanta Housing Authority 4
- Atlanta Memorial Arts Center 4
- Atlanta Pride Festival 4
- Boy Scouts of America . National Council 4
- Candler Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Carnegie Library of Atlanta 4
- Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Citizens and Southern National Bank 4
- Clark College 4
- Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia 4
- Delta Air Lines 4
- Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 4
- Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 4
- Georgia. Department of Natural Resources (1972- ) 4
- Georgia. Department of Transportation 4
- Grant family 4
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