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William H. Parkins manuscript
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS167
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a handwritten autobiographical narrative of William H. Parkins titled Hiding Out or the Adventures of a Confederate Conscript: A Thrilling Narrative of the War Between the States. A revision of his diary, commencing with the secession debates in South Carolina in 1860, continuing until Parkins crossed the picket lines in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1864. The narrative is 430 pages and ends with Parkins catching a train to New Albany,...
Dates:
1885
William H. Trimble papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS249
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, and class notes. Correspondence with family members includes letters from his mother, Lina; his wife, Grace; and his sister, Florence. The letters date 1910-1945 and include his school years through his military service in North Africa during World War II. There are newspaper clippings on topics such as his childhood in rural Hogansville, Georgia; novelist Corra Harris and her home in Bartow County, Georgia;...
Dates:
1909-1945, undated
William Harley Jones papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS803f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a document about William Harley Jones's history of injuries, his international vaccination certificate, and his United States passport. Materials also include several newspaper clippings about his death, two postcards, and a telegram from the United States consul in Nicaragua granting Jones the right to repatriation and hospitalization in Florida.
Dates:
1918-1970, undated
William Harris Bragg thesis
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS623f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a copy of the Master's Thesis written by William Harris Bragg of Milledgeville, Georgia. Bragg's thesis is on Governor Joseph E. Brown's army and its activity during the Civil War. Divided into seven chapters, the thesis covers Brown under such topic headings as state rights, the railroad bridge guard, mustering of the Georgia state line, service in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and with the Army of...
Dates:
1982
William Henry Fleming letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS921
Scope and Content
This collection consists of 32 letters and part of a 33rd letter written by Alexander H. Stephens to William "Willie" Henry Fleming. Stephens was serving in the House of Representatives when many of these letters were written, and politics is the topic of many of these letters, such as the nominations of Samuel Jones Tilden and General Ulysses S. Grant, an incident with General Gordon over a nomination, the Texas Pacific Railroad, and his own nomination as Governor of Georgia. ...
Dates:
1877-1882, undated
William Horace McEver papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS882f
Scope and Content
The collection includes financial statements, checkbooks, and a music book. The financial statements detail items such as dental procedures, clothing costs, and Westminster tuition among other items. The music book contains fight songs played by university marching bands.
Dates:
1939-1963, undated
William Huff Antebellum Atlanta billhead collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS9f
Scope and Content
This collection contains eleven receipts from William A. Huff’s work as a grocer, for a one year period from August 1859 through August 1860. The receipts are from various grocers in the Atlanta and Marietta areas from whom William Huff purchased goods. There are two receipts from Denmead and Wright, dealers in flour, grain, and millfeed, who were located in Marietta, Georgia. The other receipts are all from Atlanta merchants and consist of High, Butler and Company, General Commission...
Dates:
1859 – 1860
William J. Floyd school papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS958f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an autograph book in which teachers and classmates wrote notes to William Joseph Floyd as well as a 1931 graduation program from Booker T. Washington High School. There is also a March 1929 edition of Atlanta University Alumni Association's The Crimson and Gray from 1929.
Dates:
1929-1931
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
William J. J. Chase photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS295
Scope and Content
This collection contains images from the office of William J. J. Chase, including photographs from the awards ceremony of the 31st Annual Golf Tournament held at the Capitol City Country Club and images of club members. Of special interest is a photograph of the Warlick Building on Peachtree Street which was located directly across the street from the Flatiron Building (also known as the English American Building).
Dates:
approximately 1920-1954
William J. Woodward petition
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS575f
Scope and Content
This collection contains the petition of William J. Woodward, administrator of the estate of his father, Aaron Woodward, Sr. of Butts County, Georgia.
Dates:
1851
William Jack papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS925
Scope and Content
This collection contains forty-six letters regarding the Civil War. Each accompanied by a typed transcription. Included are a sixteen page letter describing the Battle of Chancellorsville, a hand drawn pencil sketch of camp, and letters regarding the Atlanta Campaign, particularly the Battle of Peachtree Creek.
Dates:
1862-1865, undated
William Jonathan Northen papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS259f
Scope and Content
This collection includes telegrams, speeches, and research papers by William Jonathan Northen. Included are speeches on race relations in the South, the teaching profession, agriculture, religion, immigration, and other topics. Also included is a telegram from Booker T. Washington about a speaking engagement.
Dates:
1856-1907, undated
William K. Jenkins papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS824f
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence from William K. Jenkins' business partner, Arthur Lucas, as well as personal letters from Jenkins' daughter and mother. Topics of their letters range from issues with employees to everyday family life. The collection also includes financial documents such as checks, bank statements, and insurance certificates.
Dates:
1930-1943, undated
William L. Funkhouser, Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS47
Scope and Content
These papers consist of correspondence and military service records of William L. Funkhouser of Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1899-1945, undated
William L. Monroe, Sr. family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS234
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photographs of William L. Monroe, Sr. and family members, wife Ila Smith Monroe, and children Evelyn Doris Monroe and William (Billy) L. Monroe, Jr. The majority of the images were taken in Monroe Gardens at 1896 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, adjacent to Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company. Of special interest are background features of the garden, such as the lodge, chapel, bomb shelter, and stone terracing, which provide details on the garden plan created...
Dates:
1920-1953
William M. Brooks court document
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS760f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a court document requiring William M. Brooks of South Carolina to pay a fine of $100.07 to William Middleton Brook.
Dates:
1810
William M. Standard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1031
Scope and Content
This collection consists of diaries; correspondence; military records and certificates; newspaper clippings; land deeds; and ephemera pertaining to William M. Standard. The collection also contains a school essay written by Standard's great-great-grandson, Ron Currens, and a 1961 map of Civil War battlefields on which Currens marked the route his ancestor followed during the war. Of particular interest are over 200 letters exchanged between Standard and his wife, Jane, as well...
Dates:
1846-1970, undated
William McElreath Branham photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS291
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of Branham family members, including: Walter McElreath at age 40; J.N. McEachern and his wife; and Emmett and May McElreath, law partner and brother of Walter McElreath. Of special note is a profile image of Robert E. Lee, believed to be signed by him.
Dates:
approximately 1935, undated
William McNaught Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS156
Scope and Content
The collection is primarily a series of correspondence and documents relating to William McNaught’s business interests; and a limited collection of personal correspondence between family members. The business records document ordinary business activities as well as the effects of the Civil War on his commerce. Several letters document the difficulties collecting funds from debtors after the Civil War. During the Civil War William McNaught with a group of investors formed the Fulton Exporting...
Dates:
1836-1911
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