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Mrs. Hypatia Bowdoin Ray scrapbooks

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Collection number: ahc.MSS257
Scope and Content

This collection contains two scrapbooks that are primarily comprised of newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1886-1945

Mrs. Lamar Rutherford Lipscomb scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS339
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a scrapbook created by Mrs. Lipscomb that contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1928-1951, undated

Mrs. Preston S. (Dorothy Colquitt) Arkwright scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS264
Scope and Content

The collection is a scrapbook that primarily contains newspaper clippings pertaining to the Arkwright family. Some of the events of interest include parties at "Pinebloom" (home of the Arkwrights), presentation of portrait of P.S. Arkwright's father, and an ice storm that left Atlanta, Georgia without lights. It also includes a folder with a certificate to Preston Stanley Arkwright from the Greensboro Lions Club for services rendered to the State of Georgia, June 22, 1939.

Dates: 1917-1939

Mrs. William Gayle Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS121
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains reproductions of photographs of the Five Points area of downtown Atlanta, including images of Union Station, the parking deck for Rich’s Department Store, the Carnegie Library, the Forsyth Street Bridge Atlanta Journal building, Krystal restaurant, the Ivan Allen-Marshall building, Friedman Jewelers, the Western Union building, and the “Coca-Cola clock”. The streets shown include Broad, Alabama, Forsyth, Marietta, Peachtree, Pryor, and Carnegie. The collection also...
Dates: circa 1953

Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS437
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of early 20th century Atlanta vehicles detailed in Volume II of Jean Martin’s Mule to MARTA book series. The collection includes images of trackless trolleys, coach cars, buses, work cars and cranes, and a light rail vehicle. Many of the photographs show these vehicles in use on downtown Atlanta streets. Other images include a revised city plan from the 1924 Beeler Report, a motorman, and a former trolley that was...
Dates: 1902-1976, undated

Muriel Lokey papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS967
Scope and Content During her term as director of the Poverty Rights Office, Muriel Lokey retained documents relating to the P.R.O., Emmaus House, and the activism efforts of Peoplestown residents. Records from the P.R.O. include copies of the Poor People's Newspaper (1970-1993), a monthly publication that contained information for poor people in Atlanta in the areas of housing, social security, welfare, school lunches, health care, the police and the law, politics, and...
Dates: 1970-1993, undated

Nancy Downing scrapbook on Eleonore Raoul Greene

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Collection number: ahc.MSS932f
Scope and Content

Downing created this scrapbook as a memorial to Eleonore Raoul Greene. It contains copies of her suffrage exercises, thank you letters, newspaper articles, and letters documenting her work with the Atlanta League of Women Voters.

Dates: 1964-1977, undated

National Jewish War Veterans' presentation ceremony photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS282
Scope and Content

This collection consists of images from the September 12, 1954 ceremony in which the National Jewish War Veterans' members presented a portrait of Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of War, to the City of Atlanta.

Dates: 1954 September 12

Neighborhood Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS677
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the club's social and civic activities. Scrapbooks detail the club's monthly meetings and special events attended. The club's ongoing civic project of the neighborhood parkway beautification is highlighted throughout the collection.

Dates: 1931-1973, undated

Nine O'Clocks Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS405
Scope and Content

This collection consists of club minutes, membership lists, newspaper clippings, and organizational documents.

Dates: 1909-1967, undated

Norman F. Bielowicz Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS150
Scope and Contents of the Records

These images were taken by Norman F. Bielowicz of Decatur, Georgia and depict the fire that occurred on January 30, 1978 at the Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta.

Dates: January 30, 1978

Norris Group records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS764
Scope and Content

The collection contains photocopies of photographs, correspondence, and other files relating to individual projects of the firm. It also contains copies of photographs of residential and commercial property designed by Henry Norris as an independent, by Architects Norris and Lynch, Inc., and by the Norris Group.

Dates: 1956-1986

NorthEast Atlanta Beltline Group records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1249
Scope and Contents

This collection contains records documenting land acquisition and sale to create the northeastern portion of the Atlanta BeltLine. Included in the collection are property sale and lease agreements, clippings and articles about the planning and development of the Atlanta BeltLine, correspondence, environmental reports, transportation studies, site plans, land surveys, and maps.

Dates: 1936-2009, undated, bulk dates 2004-2009

O.A.S.I.S. and H.O.P.E. papers of Frances D. Green

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Collection number: ahc.MSS374
Scope and Contents This collection consists of correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes, memoranda, and committee reports that Frances D. Green (1910-?) collected from O.A.S.I.S. and H.O.P.E. Included in the files are O.A.S.I.S. articles of association, by-laws, handwritten meeting notes, correspondence, and membership lists. The correspondence contains a description of groups and individuals identified by H.O.P.E. as distributors of “hate-literature” opposing integration. Of particular note is a letter and...
Dates: 1955-1961, undated

Olmsted Parks Society Presidential Parkway records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1247
Scope and Contents These records document the community-led opposition to the construction of the Presidential Parkway in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are correspondence, memoranda, chronologies, agendas, meeting minutes, clippings, articles, legal documents, environmental reports, and publications. Included in the materials are records of various organizations such as the Georgia Department of Transportation, Council on Environmental Quality, and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.The records...
Dates: 1968-2004, undated

Oscar S. Davis papers

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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

Pamela Parker photographs

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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

Park Pride records

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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

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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

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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

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Hartsfield, William Berry 18
Atlanta Historical Society 17
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 16
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 14
Georgia Institute of Technology 13
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Rich's (Retail store) 13
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 12
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 12
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 12
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 11
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 10
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Young, Andrew, 1932- 10
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 9
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 9
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 8
Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 8
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 8
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 8
Coca-Cola Company 8
Emory University 8
Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 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
Fox Theatre (Atlanta, 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-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 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
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Atlanta Public Schools 5
Atlanta Regional Commission 5
Atlanta Urban League 5
Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
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DuBose, Beverly M., 1918-1986 5
English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
First National Bank of Atlanta 5
Forward Atlanta Commission 5
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Georgia. General Assembly 5
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 5
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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
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Atlanta Pride Festival 4
Boy Scouts of America . National Council 4
Busbee, George, 1927-2004 4
Candler Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Carnegie Library of Atlanta 4
Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Citizens and Southern National Bank 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
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Inman family 4
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