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Waddell-Setze-McClatchey family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS842
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal correspondence and memorabilia of two families of two different time periods. The Waddells are the contributors of the Civil War period correspondence which demonstrate in great detail the conditions of the lives of those left at home and of the needs of the soldiers. These letters also demonstrate the role of an officer and the ability to have his wife follow his movements. The later correspondence and personal records were contributed by the Setze...
Dates:
1855-1966, undated
Wallace Putnam Reed papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS280f
Scope and Content
This collection contains research papers by Reed on electricity in Atlanta and the first gun fired in the Civil War in Atlanta. The collection also includes a letter to Reed about the history of the West End neighborhood and a sketch of Confederate General Wade Hampton.
Dates:
approximately 1890
Walter H. Grant scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS96
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook kept by Rose Grant, wife of Walter H. Grant. It contains clippings regarding notable Atlanta citizens and adoption papers of their daughter, Louise.
Dates:
1915-1925
Walter McElreath Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS154
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, manuscripts, handwritten notes, and pamphlets. The bulk of the collection contains McElreath's writings; research; rough drafts; a play for the Atlanta Centennial celebration; manuscripts of books and articles; and newspaper notices about his publications. Also included are notes and articles about Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw. Newspaper clippings cover topics such as the Atlanta Centennial in 1948; the...
Dates:
1879-1963, undated
Walter S. Burns civil war correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS603f
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains 22 letters from Walter S. Burns to his parents living in Findlay, Ohio. He writes about living conditions in the army camps, the needs of a soldier, his business matters at home, and news such as deaths of friends and family. Burns’ letters begin in Nashville, Tennessee in 1862 and continue through 1864 from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Ringgold and Atlanta, Georgia. He records fighting outside of Atlanta and the shelling of the city in his letter written on August 20,...
Dates:
1862 – 1864
Walter T. Downing letter and travel article
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS689f
Scope and Content
This collection contains two textual items related to the design of the Fine Arts Building for the Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895. The first is a two-page letter from Horace Bradley, head of the Fine Arts Department at the 1895 Cotton States Exposition, to Walter T. Downing praising his design work on the Fine Arts Building. The second item is a page from a montly society and travel newspaper, The Chicago 400, with a picture of the Fine...
Dates:
1895, undated
Washington Seminary records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS28
Scope and Content
These papers consist of catalogues (organized chronologically), invitations, programs, newspaper clippings, Memories, and a history of Washington Seminary.
Dates:
1878-1978
Wedding invitations collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS395
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of wedding invitations. The bulk of the invitations were sent to the Slaton and Grant families and to Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Jones and Mrs. John S. B. Woolford.
Dates:
1867-1981, undated
West End Garden Club scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS972
Scope and Content
This collection contains one scrapbook that details the civic and social activities of the club. Material provides details on the meetings, programs, and flower shows of the club. Photos of members' gardens are also included, as well as a photo of the club's float for the Atlanta Dogwood Festival depicting the Thimblefinger Well at the Wren's Nest.
Dates:
1929-1936
West Paces Northside Neighborhood Association documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1173
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents from the meetings of the West Paces Northside Neighborhood Association. Materials include meeting minutes, agendas, membership rosters, and newsletters sent to neighborhood residents. Of particular note is the expansion plans of Pace Academy, which is located just outside of the neighborhood.
Dates:
1991-1999, undated
Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS130
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. The bulk of the personal papers pertain to the Kurtz and Fuller families and Wilbur's early adult life in Greencastle, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. The personal papers also contain a series of diaries written by Wilbur and correspondence between Kurtz and Fuller family members.The professional papers and research papers consist primarily of the research materials and notes compiled by Wilbur...
Dates:
1814-1993, undated
Wilbur G Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS197
Scope and Content
This collection contains the family photographs of the Kurtz and Fuller families as well as visual materials Kurtz created and collected during the course of his career. Family photographs pertain to Kurtz and Fuller families as well as a few images from Annie Pye Kurtz prior to her marriage to Wilbur Sr. Also included are images of Wilbur Sr. and friends during his time in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of this collection is photographic materials which support the research and field work...
Dates:
1859-1972, undated
William A. Manning photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS313
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of William A. Manning, Sr and his family. It also includes images of street scenes in Atlanta.
Dates:
approximately 1907-1939
William Allen Fuller Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS92
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection contains a series of letters concerning the William Fuller’s involvement in the “Great Locomotive Chase” and correspondence between William Fuller and members of his family. In the years following the locomotive chase, several individuals claimed some involvement in the event and others exaggerated their involvement.Many of the letters Captain Fuller received requested confirmation of the events reported and the extent of their involvement. In time, Captain Fuller composed a...
Dates:
1862-1905
William B. Hartsfield films
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content
The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates:
approximately 1939-1960
William B. Hartsfield papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS811
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to Hartsfield. Also, there are technical publications and articles concerning the growth of the Atlanta airport as well as the city's highways. Articles on flouridation and the Chattahoochee River Basin are also included. The collection has various awards and personal effects such as greeting cards, a checkbook, the Hartsfield coat of arms, and letters.
Dates:
1943-1970, undated
William Berry Hartsfield collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS530
Scope and Content
This collection contains pages from a scrapbook; a copy of a letter addressed to "William;" a thank you card from Mrs. William B. Hartsfield; and two programs pertaining to William B. Hartsfield. Also included are newspaper clippings that cover Hartsfield's elections, activities in office, death, and funeral and memorial services.
Dates:
1938-1971
William C. Pauley landscape architecture drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS184
Scope and Content
This collection contains the landscape architecture drawings and topographical surveys by William C. Pauley from 1914 to 1973. Projects are mainly from the southeast, but a few early projects are from Massachusetts. Much of the work consists of residential plans, but some are of schools, colleges, parks, cemeteries, and commercial projects. Notable Georgia projects include the Bankshaven estate of Newnan, Georgia, Joel Hurt Memorial Park of Atlanta, and the Robert W. Woodruff residence in...
Dates:
1914-1973, undated
William Fulmer Hull photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS177
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection consists of images taken by photographer Bill Hull in the course of his duties at the Atlanta Historical Society. Mr. Hull frequently photographed areas in Atlanta in support of research, exhibitions, and programs at the institution. Included are images of geographic locations in the Metropolitan Atlanta region, including Buckhead, Cabbagetown, Midtown and downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Images of geographic locations show commercial buildings, parks, and street views of important...
Dates:
1985-1996
William J. Folsom Gone With the Wind Premiere Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS190
Scope and Content
The collection, in its original format, is a single reel of 16mm black and white acetate film shot by William J. Folsom during the premiere events for Gone With the Wind. The majority of the film was shot at a ball hosted by the Atlanta Junior League at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in downtown Atlanta. There are many close-up shots of principal actors from the film including Olivia De Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Ona Munson, and Laura Hope...
Dates:
1939
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 123
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 50
- Atlanta (Ga.) 47
- Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 39
- Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 37
- Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 31
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 30
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
- Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 28
- Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 28
- Scrapbooks -- Georgia 28
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 24
- Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 22
- Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
- Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
- Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 19
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
- Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
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- Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
- Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
- Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
- West End (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
- Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
- Georgia -- Politics and government 15
- Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 14
- City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 14
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Religion 13
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 13
- Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 13
- Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 13
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- Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 13
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- Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 9
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- Vine City (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Zoning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 9
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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
- 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
- Atlanta (Ga.) 5
- Atlanta Public Schools 5
- Atlanta Regional Commission 5
- Atlanta Urban League 5
- Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 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
- Georgia. General Assembly 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 Art Association 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
- 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
- Georgia. Department of Transportation 4
- Grant family 4
- Inman family 4
- Junior League of Atlanta 4 + ∧ less
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