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Herbert H. Lee Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS130
Scope and Contents of the Records
Included in this collection are slides and photographs of geographic locations, events, and transportation in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. The collection contains images of downtown Atlanta, including aerial views, government buildings, private residences, parks, street scenes, railroads, as well as photographs depicting poverty and sub-standard housing. The photographs of Herbert H. Lee are an excellent resource for those interested in the subject of urban renewal, and the post-World...
Dates:
1919- 1968, undated
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
J.E. Mellett Jr. photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahcVIS369
Scope and Content
This collection contains black and white photographs of construction scenes in downtown Atlanta by J.E. "Ned" Mellett Jr. They were submitted to the 1949 Atlanta Historical Society Historical Photographic Exhibition in partnership with the Dixie Camera Club under the category "construction." Additional photographs include scenes of Atlanta Zoo and activities such as tennis, baseball, and swimming in Piedmont Park, Grant Park, and Lakewood Park.
Dates:
1949-1950
John Pattillo visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS463
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs collected by John Patillo of Atlanta buildings and street scenes, schools, churches, residences, and portraits. Buildings and residences include Atlanta City Hall, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, First National Bank, Georgia State Captiol, the Carnegie Library, as well as residences in the Peachtree Park neighborhood. Also in the collection are images of churches such as St. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church and the Cathedral of St. Philip; and...
Dates:
approximately 1852-1970, undated
Joseph Brown photographs of downtown Atlanta
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS214
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of downtown Atlanta, Georgia taken by Joseph Brown, a citizen of Atlanta. Included are images of buildings such as the Equitable Building, Hurt Building, Trust Company building, and William Oliver building. Other photographs include images of Forsyth Theatre, Oakland Cemetery, Central City Park and Peachtree Street.
Dates:
1969-1974
Lenox Park Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS672
Scope and Content
This collection contains histories, minutes, and correspondence that document the history of the social and civic activities of the club. Scrapbooks provide further detail on the programs and projects of the club. One scrapbook is devoted to the Expressway Beautification Association project that the club participated in from 1952 to 1956. Also a part of the collection are scrapbooks describing the club's support of the Eventide Home for Elderly Women. Much material highlights the club's...
Dates:
1935-1977, undated
Lucinda Bunnen photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS395
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs taken for Movers and Shakers in Georgia by Lucinda Bunnen and Frankie Coxe. The collection includes images of notable political, business, cultural, and arts figures between 1976-1978 in Georgia. Also included are photographs of events such as Jimmy Carter's presidential election, a Decatur Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) planning meeting, the Ramblin' Raft Race on the Chattahoochee River, an Atlanta...
Dates:
approximately 1976-1978
Lullwater Garden Club yearbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS732f
Scope and Content
This collection contains one yearbook describing the civic and social activities of the club. Included in the yearbook are monthly program details, civic projects, committee assignments, and a membership roster. Also a part of the yearbook are flower show announcements and gardening advice.
Dates:
1956-1957
Meeting Place for Travellers, West End, Atlanta, essays
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1231
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two bound volumes of typescript essays written by the 1947 tenth and 1949 twelfth grade English classes at Joseph E. Brown High School under the direction of James E. Warren Jr. in West End, Atlanta. The writings highlight a variety of topics including West End schools, churches, residents, parks, businesses, transportation, newspapers, and smaller neighborhoods within West End. Many of the essays were inspired by oral interviews with long-term West End residents....
Dates:
1947-1949
Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company landscape architectural drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS218
Scope and Content
This collection contains landscape drawings of both William L. Monroe, Sr. and William L. Monroe, Jr., as part of the Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company, and represent a wide variety of clients including residential, commercial, churches, and parks. Of special note is a landscape plan of Chastain Woods for Chastain Memorial Park.
Dates:
1934-1987, undated
Morningside-Monroe Civic Association records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS712f
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials related to the proposed Interstate 485 (I-485) and the civic organizations that were formed to fight it. Included in the collection is a chronology of the fight to stop I-485, correspondence, petitions, flyers, a map, and newspaper clippings. Letters consist of correspondence between the Morningside-Monroe Civic Association, Board of Aldermen President Sam Massell, Jr., former Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield, and Congressmen Richard B. Russell, Harry...
Dates:
1964-1974, undated
NorthEast Atlanta Beltline Group records
Collection
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
Olmsted Parks Society Presidential Parkway records
Collection
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
Park Pride landscape architectural drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS348
Scope and Content
This collection contains various types of landscape architectural drawings that document a history of park planning by Park Pride. Drawings include hand-colored renderings, pencil sketches, design and conceptual plans as well as master plans that provide details of park vision plans. Also a part of the collection are plans that highlight community input and priorities. Prior to 2016, drawings were primarily created by Walt Ray, landscape architect and former Director of Park Visioning for...
Dates:
1979-2021, undated
Park Pride records
Collection
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
Collection
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
Peter J. Rosendorf photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS334
Scope and Content
This collection contains images taken within Piedmont Park, and photographs displaying statues and architecture around Atlanta.
Dates:
1969-1970
Postcard collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS93
Scope and Contents
This collection contains postcards that depict scenes in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. Most of the images are of man-made structures in Atlanta including Agnes Scott College, Atlanta Municipal Airport (now Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport), Biltmore Hotel, Booker T. Washington High School, Bulloch Hall, Candler Building, Capitol City Club, City Hall, Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta Cyclorama at Grant Park, English-American (Flatiron) Building, Fort...
Dates:
1899-1990, undated
Research Atlanta Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS993
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection consists of the records of Research Atlanta, Inc. The records document the administrative history and research activities of the organization from its inception in 1971 to 1992. The records include correspondence, publications, clippings, research notes, and reports regarding the activities and projects in which Research Atlanta was involved. The bulk of the collection consists of the research files in Series II, which document the various topics analyzed by the organization....
Dates:
1930-1997 Bulk: 1970-1992
Sarah Slaughter photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS157
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection includes photographs of Atlanta during the early twentieth century. Shown are photographs of Grant Park, an aerial view of Peachtree Street and Broad Street (c.1910), and the interior of an Atlanta home. Photographs of Grant Park taken in the snow include images of Augusta Avenue, the boat dock and boat house, cannons, a driveway, the lion statue at entrance, and children.
Dates:
circa 1910-1920
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- Sanders, Carl, 1925-2014 2
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- Aaron, Hank, 1934- 1
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- Alston, Cotten (Robert Cotten, III), 1945- 1
- Alston, Philip H., 1911-1988 1
- American National Red Cross. Canteen Service 1
- American Red Cross 1
- American Society of Landscape Architects. Georgia Chapter 1
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- Ansley Park Garden Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Arnett, Bill 1
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- Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta 1
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