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Dr. Clarence Paine papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS254
Scope and Content

This collection contains ledgers, appointment books, and other patient related material belonging to Dr. Clarence M. Paine of Atlanta, Georgia. Included are the accounts of Dr. Paines's clients indicating their balances.

Dates: 1890-1902

Dr. Robert and Mary Latta photographs and postcards

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS545
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs and postcards which provide details of the personal and professional lives of Dr. Robert E. Latta and Mary Hewlett Latta in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are images of Dr. Robert E. Latta's work as a dentist and Mary Hewlett Latta's involvement in Forsythia Garden Club. Of particular interest are photographs of the Lattas socializing with friends and Robert Latta posing with taxidermy animals.

Dates: approximately 1930-1950, undated

Dr. Samuel W. Small scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS316
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised on a single scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings from The Atlanta Constitution of the by-line My Story of Atlanta, by Sam W. Small.

Dates: 1926

Druid Hills Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1021
Scope and Content

This collection consists of histories, minutes and yearbooks that document the club's civic and social activities. The collection also includes scrapbooks which further document the club's interests and special projects, as well as activities of members such as Marie S. Nicholson and Francis King.

Dates: 1929-2015, undated

Druid Hills Land Company ledger

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS87
Scope and Contents

This volume contains entries of individuals and companies buying land in Druid Hills. Real estate sales, interest, bills received, cash, and other expenses are recorded. The volume is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1908-1923

Duane L. Cronk Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS117
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection contains images of the construction of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) rail stations, including the Five Points Station, Civic Center Station, North Avenue Station, Garnett Station, the North Line, South Line and East Line. Also included are photographs taken on the opening day for the Avondale, Decatur, Omni, Fare Gates rail stations, and the West Line.

Dates: 1978-1980, undated

DuBose family collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates: 1782-2001, undated

DuBose family visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS198
Scope and Content This collection contains artwork, images, and maps collected by the DuBose family. The artwork pertains to Civil War historical sites and scenes and includes etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings. Much of the artwork was done by Wilbur G. Kurtz (1882-1967), a family friend, historian, writer, and artist. There are original photographs from the Civil War era in a variety of formats, such as cartes de visite, tintypes, and albumen prints. Photographic subject matter includes military...
Dates: 1783-2023, undated

E. Earl Patton, Jr. papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS804
Scope and Content

This collection contains newspaper clippings from political activities from 1965 to 1981, political memorabilia, and family information.

Dates: 1960-1981, undated

Early Edgewood-Candler Park BiRacial History Project documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1180
Scope and Content

This collection contains research materials from the Early Edgewood-Candler Park BiRacial History Project. Materials document the history of African American residents in the Edgewood-Candler Park area, such as deeds, city directories, neighborhood histories, and maps. Of particular note are theses written by Georgia State University students and papers about the neighborhood written by the project's founder, Amy Meyer Burns, about the neighborhood.

Dates: 1880-2011, undated

East Atlanta Primitive Baptist Church Records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS185
Scope and Content This collection contains record books, a financial ledger, and a one page history of the church as well as a Bible and a hymn book. There are four records books (1876-1988) that contain minutes of the church organization's regular meetings and annual lists of members. These record books also include information on founding members such as short biographies and assorted obituaries. The last record book also includes financial notes in addition to the minutes and rosters. The financial...
Dates: 1875-1989

East Lake Garden Club historical summary

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Collection number: ahc.MSS763f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a history of the club written by Pauline C. Franklin, club historian. The history provides details of the club's civic and social activities for the first 25 years of its existence. Highlighted in the summary are the club's projects and neighborhood beautification work. Of special interest is the description of the club's involvement with Atlanta's flower and tulip shows.

Dates: 1959

Edda A. Cole scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS267
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to Atlanta, Georgia and the Civil War. Includes information on Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis.

Dates: 1898

Edgar Poe McBurney photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.

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Collection number: ahc.VIS312
Scope and Content

This collection contains interior and exterior views of the Edgar Poe McBurney's residence at 1300 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia. One photograph shows a view of a formal dinner party held at McBurney's home in celebration of his birthday. Of special note are images of Villa Nelili, McBurney's Memorial Gardens.

Dates: 1909-1929

Edith Lucretia Cason papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS782
Scope and Content

These papers consist of Edith Cason's graduation book and diploma.

Dates: 1915

Edmund W. Hughes photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS186
Scope and Content This collection contains images that document the metropolitan Atlanta region and photographs illustrating social events in the city. Bell and Stanton Public Relations used these photographs documenting the Atlanta area as promotional images. Most of the images were taken in the late 1960s and include the Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center, First Federal Savings and Loan building, Hartford Insurance building, Peachtree Center, and the Trust Company of Georgia. The collection...
Dates: 1958-1968

Edward H. Inman Jr. interview transcription

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Collection number: ahc.MSS665f
Scope and Content The Edward H. Inman Jr. Oral History Transcription, conducted by Atlanta History Center staff members Bill Bomar and Andy Ambrose in May 1997, includes Inman’s early memories of the house, its furnishings, and events that occurred while he lived there. Relatives Louise Richardson Allen and Suzanne Inman also participated in the interview, interjecting their memories at appropriate times.Topics covered include the construction of Swan House, his father’s cars and automobile...
Dates: 1997

Effie Ward letters to Josephine Heyman

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Collection number: ahc.MSS969f
Scope and Contents This collection contains two letters from Effie Ward to Josephine Heyman (1901-1993), the president of the DeKalb County League of Women Voters. In the first letter, Ward expresses her gratitude to the League for promoting equal education and services for Black children and briefly comments on the welfare of the Black community. She also offers to sew a dress for Heyman’s daughter. In the second letter, Ward writes about social conditions and challenges facing Atlanta’s Black community from...
Dates: 1946 February

Eleanor Hand Peoplestown neighborhood essay and interviews with Henry Phipps and Grace Barksdale

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Collection number: ahc.MSS852f
Scope and Content This collection contains an essay written by Eleanor Hand entitled "A Re-Viewing of Peoplestown" in which she presents a history of Peoplestown, a neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. Specifically, she analyses it’s geographical development in relation to the railroad tracks, housing trends, racial prejudice against its residents, the Civil Rights Movement, and her hope for the future of the neighborhood. The collection also has two recordings in which Eleanor Hand interviews Henry Phipps and...
Dates: 1994

Eliza and Waldo Jones family and genealogical papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1107
Scope and Content

Eliza Jones accumulated this collection to document the genealogy of her extended families as well that of her husband, Waldo Jones. Materials include correspondence that documents her daily life and views, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and diaries. The collection also contains papers from her and Waldo Jones's extended family. Families represented include the Woolford, Grant, Slaton, Harris, Fitz-Randolph, Martin, Waldo, Winslow, Felder, and Jackson families.

Dates: 1789-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1970

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Names
Hartsfield, William Berry 18
Atlanta Historical Society 17
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 17
Georgia Institute of Technology 15
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 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
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 11
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 10
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 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
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
Kuhns Photographic Studio (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
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 5
Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 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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