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Shaler Hillyer papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS885
Scope and Content
This collection consists of correspondence from and to Shaler Hillyer. Also included is his journal, along with Captain John Freeman's estate inventory and the journals of Marian (also spelled Marion) Jean Hillyer, a descendant of Shaler Hillyer's, as a young girl documenting various trips her family took in the 1880s and 1890s.
Dates:
1797-1892, undated
Sharondale Garden Club scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS716
Scope and Content
This collection contains scrapbooks that document the civic and social activities of the club. Scrapbooks include photographs, yearbooks, programs, and newsletters that provide details on the club's interests and projects. Of special note is a scrapbook devoted to the club's long term project of maintaining a greenspace triangle in the Garden Hills neighborhood.
Dates:
1958-1987
Sheehan-Raines scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS304
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a single scrapbook that primarily contains newspaper clippings. It contains a few newspaper clippings on the Sheehan family but it mostly covers social and political news in Georgia and Paris, France.
Dates:
1894-1918
Sheffield family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS306f
Scope and Content
This collection contains speeches, a scrapbook, invitations, ribbons, and other ephemera related to Elizabeth Spalding Sheffield and her family. Of special interest is a diploma issued to her by the Winchester Junior Rifle Corps, designating her as "Marksman".
Dates:
1863-1970
Sidney Root papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS908f
Scope and Content
This collection contains autobiographic and biographic materials on Sidney Root as well as transcriptions of letters and newspaper articles written by Root. Materials include the manuscripts for Root's unpublished autobiography, Memorandum of My Life and genealogy papers on the Root family. Of particular note is a manuscript of a biography of Root by Walter McElreath, one of the founders of the Atlanta Historical Society.
Dates:
1863-1897, undated
Simon Terrace Neighborhood Club collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS494
Scope and Content
This collection contains a single scrapbook compiled by the neighborhood club. Included in the scrapbook are photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and announcements. The scrapbook includes material from 1976 to 1982.
Dates:
1978
South Bend Militia District documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS907f
Scope and Content
This collection contains material about the families who established the South Bend Militia District. The collection includes an account of the Gardner family and their neighbors; copies of newspaper articles and district maps; images of graves, plaques, and aerial shots; and reports on the local families and Orchard Knob Baptist Church. The collection also contains information about the petition to create the South Bend District, including a copy of the petition published in the ...
Dates:
1881-2018, undated
South Carolina Club of Atlanta records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS802
Scope and Content
This collection consists of yearbooks and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain notices, newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence.
Dates:
1938-1987
Southeastern Elevator Company documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS779f
Scope and Content
This collection contains invoices and inter-office documents recording the company's work with installing elevators in Atlanta homes.
Dates:
1945-1946
Southeastern Fair Association photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS358
Scope and Content
The collection contains images of individuals associated with the 1915 Southeastern Fair. Include are photographs of Ivan E. Allen Sr., who served as vice president; Brooks Morgan, the executive councilman; and Mayor James G. Woodward, who served as executive councilman.
Dates:
approximately 1915, undated
Southeastern Fair Association records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1159
Scope and Content
This collection contains material that documents the creation, activities, and dissolution of the Southeastern Fair Association, later called the Atlanta Fair and Exposition Center, Inc. Records include bylaws, charter contracts, lease agreements with the City of Atlanta, meeting minutes, accounts, and other administrative documents that illustrate the structure, function, and operations of the organization. The collection also contains correspondence between various members of the board of...
Dates:
1915-1978, undated
Southern Council on International and Public Affairs photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS357
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of two council meetings: a meeting held at McElreath Hall of the Atlanta Historical Society (later named Atlanta History Center) and a regional conference of the Southern Council on International and Public Affairs in Charleston, South Carolina. Images taken at McElreath Hall highlight Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's address to the Southern Council. Also included are American politicians Mayor Andrew Young (1932-), Governor Zell Miller (1932-2018),...
Dates:
1976 March 6; December 3-4
Southern Railway records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1257
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created by Southern Railway, and records created by its predecessor railroads, railways, and companies. Records include annual financial and inspection reports, meeting minute proceedings, construction contracts, correspondence, publications, and company ephemera.The bulk of the materials are Southern Railway contracts and the predecessor records. More than 3,000 contracts illustrate the history of the company through the construction of train...
Dates:
1828-1996, undated
Southern Voice photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS415
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images used for stories published by Southern Voice newspaper. Images include businesses, individuals, organizations, demonstrations and events, and photographs related to political issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender communities. Of particular note are demonstrations associated with ACT UP and the Cobb Citizens Coalition, as well as images of the Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade and Atlanta Black Pride....
Dates:
approximately 1968-2010, bulk dates approximately 1990-2010
Southern Voice records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1016
Scope and Content
This collection contains editorial planning records and subject files for stories published by Southern Voice. These files include editorial planning meeting notes, story assignments, camera-ready art, and subject files on national and regional issues of crime, health, lifestyle, and politics concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender community. The camera-ready art consists of photographs and graphics used in conjunction with published...
Dates:
1982-2007 undated
Southline Press, Inc. photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS158
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains images of people, places, and events, most of whom were represented in news stories and other features in Southline. Images of people include political and civic leaders, religious leaders, professionals, entertainers, journalists and authors, athletes, and the general public. Among the photographs are images of Marvin Arrington, Roy Barnes, Julian Bond, Mike Bowers, Bill Campbell, Shirley Franklin, Pierre Howard, Maynard Jackson, Joseph Lowry, Billy McKinney,...
Dates:
circa 1985-1989, undated
Southline Press, Inc. records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1015
Scope and Content
This collection contains corporate records of Southline Press, and includes advertising and administrative records, published articles, and research files. Advertising records include advertising copy, sales records, advertising rates, and sales invoices. Administrative records contain budgets, contracts, reader surveys, and correspondence of Southline publisher Todd Evans. The remainder of the collection consists of drafts and copies of articles published in...
Dates:
1959-1988, undated; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1988
Southwind recordings and scripts
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1118
Scope and Content
This collection consists of audio recordings and scripts created for the program, Southwind.Southwind programs consisted of one to three segments that featured original reporting either by Boyd Lewis or his colleagues in public radio throughout the Southeast. Many of the segments focused on contemporary events that Lewis placed in historical context, while other segments were retrospectives of past events that featured the...
Dates:
1980-1987
Spade and Trowel Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS717
Scope and Content
This collection contains clippings, correspondence, flower show programs, minutes, and yearbooks that provide details on the civic and social activities of the club. Also part of the collection are scrapbooks that highlight programs, projects, and club interests. Of special note is a scrapbook devoted to the club's civic project of landscaping the traffic island at Cherokee Road and Andrews Drive.
Dates:
1939-1981, undated
Stephen Goldfarb Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS151
Scope and Contents of the Records
The images in this collection depict locations in metropolitan Atlanta, including images of the central city, Roswell, and Stone Mountain. Images of Atlanta include buildings on Auburn Avenue such as Big Bethel Baptist Church, Ebenezer Baptist Church, a Fire Station, the King Center, Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium, the Prince Hall Masonic Building, Wheat Street Baptist Church, and the YMCA. Other locations in Atlanta include Excelsior Mills, a bank building and the Georgia Nut and Bolt...
Dates:
circa 1979
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- Hartsfield, William Berry 18
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- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 11
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 10
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- C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 6
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 6
- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 6
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- 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
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- Delta Air Lines 4
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- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 4
- Fulton National Bank 4
- Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 4
- Georgia. Department of Natural Resources (1972- ) 4
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- Grant family 4
- Inman, Edward H., 1881-1931 4
- Junior League of Atlanta 4
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