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Ben Shute watercolors for First National Bank of Atlanta

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS444
Scope and Contents This collection includes copies of watercolors of a variety of locations around Atlanta, including the First National Bank of Atlanta, the commissioner of the work; Georgia Capitol; Grady Memorial Hospital; Piedmont Park; Emory University; Peachtree Street; Muse's Department Store; First Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia; and the Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia. Also included are interleaving pages for each painting with descriptive information. Please note this collection contains...
Dates: 1959

Benjamin Conley papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS75
Scope and Content

This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, financial documents, and legal documents of Benjamin Conley.

Dates: 1826-1891, undated

Benjamin E. Mays photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS40
Scope and Content The images consist of portraits of Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, primarily at public events such as graduation ceremonies or committee meetings during his tenure as the president of Morehouse College. Other photographs consist of Mays with other individuals or groups, including faculty members. Most of the group photographs are identified by event only and include general faculty or administrators posed in cap and gown, consisting of Benjamin E. Mays; Charles E. Merrill, Chairman, Board of Trustees,...
Dates: approximately 1947-1981

Benjamin Elliot Crane collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS341
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of essays, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a manuscript of Crane's biography.

Dates: 1849-1885

Benjamin H. Hill speech

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Collection number: ahc.MSS460f
Scope and Content

This handwritten address to the Georgia branch of the Southern Historical Society discusses the Reconstruction period and includes reminiscences of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. The speech was delivered in Atlanta on February 18, 1874.

Dates: 1874

Benjamin J. Wilson Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS208
Scope and Content The papers of Benjamin J. Wilson consist primarily of business records from Alabama and Georgia. The bulk of the collection contains receipts and letters written as part of his business in and around Atlanta in the years 1864 and 1896. There are some personal records and family information with one folder of miscellaneous clippings collected by his wife. Other family members mentioned in these papers include his sons: John B. Wilson (1875-1881), Robert E. Wilson, Will Wilson (d. 1898) Philip...
Dates: 1850-1896

Benjamin J. Wilson Photograph and Map Collection

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Collection number: ahc.VIS142
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection of photographs consist of three generations of Wilson family members, including the images of grandchildren: Caverly, Bessie and Benjamin Wilson Tye; the children of Carrie Wilson Tye and John L. Tye. There are also several unidentified photos. An additional oversize file contains a map, property survey of Fulton County, near Westend, pertaining to the Riddle v. Wilson court case that is part of MSS 208.

Dates: circa 1870-1930

Benjamin Mart Bailey papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS30
Scope and Content

These papers consist of Army documents, correspondence, and newspaper clippings from General Bailey's military career, personal life, and academic and military education.

Dates: 1881-1978; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1940

Benjamin T. Hunter papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS179f
Scope and Content This collection contains Benjamin T. Hunter's diary, in which he wrote extensively about the weather, his school, hunting, Civil War battles, drilling and camp life with the local militia, the cost of items he had purchased, and various activities he pursued in his workshop. Also included are military documents in which Hunter is ordered to arrest deserters. There are letters from J. DeWitt Burkhead regarding a teaching position in Athens, Georgia. The collection also contains papers...
Dates: 1861-1869

Benning family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS60
Scope and Content

These papers consist of correspondence between various members of the Benning family, personal documents, genealogy of the Benning family, and business papers from Hong Kong, New York and Atlanta.

Dates: 1862-1963, undated

Benning family photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS343
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of the Benning family and the construction of the English-American (Flatiron) Building in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1893-1961, undated

Benton family Leo Frank papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1167
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents pertaining to the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan and the murder trial of Leo Frank. Newspaper articles and a dissertation describe the details of the trial and Frank's lynching as well as new witness for the case and the push for a pardon for Frank in the 1980s. Also included are genealogy papers on the Phagan family.

Dates: 1891-2015

Benton Rapid Express, Inc. freight tariff report

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Collection number: ahc.MSS828f
Scope and Content

The collection contains a Benton Rapid Express, Inc. proportional freight tariff supplemental listing of class and commodity rates between Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1936-1938

Berman Family Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS28f
Scope and Content

Included in this collection is a certificate of naturalization for Augustus Berman and a reissued marriage license for Augustus and Gertrude Berman. Also included is a letter of acknowledgement to Gertrude Berman from Mrs. Abe Fitterman, President of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, for the donation of a sewing machine, and a Georgia medical license issued to Louis C. Rouglin.

Dates: 1901-1952

Bernard C. Johnson papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS463f
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents relating to conservation, or rationing of gasoline and civil defense during World War II; and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1943-1949

Bernard L. Solari Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS147
Scope and Contents of the Records

These photographs depict the aftermath of a fire at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta. Included are photographs of the exterior of the building, interior light fixtures, the lobby area, theatre seating, and the theatre stage area, all damaged by the fire.

Dates: February 1978

Berry family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1024
Scope and Content This collection contains articles, certificates, correspondence, deeds, a ledger, military records, and school assignments. The majority of the records consist of deeds dated 1832-1887 of properties purchased by John Marshall Berry in Rome, Georgia. Included are deeds for one half of a commercial lot bought by Charles H. Smith, former mayor of Rome, Georgia, and one for 22 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. There is a merchant ledger dated 1864-1869 perhaps belonging to John Marshall Berry...
Dates: 1832-1965, undated

Berry O. Pyron Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS111
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of photographs of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, and include images of Terminal Station, Underground Atlanta, and Loew’s Grand Theatre. Photographs of Terminal Station were taken in 1971 shortly before it closed and include images of the front façade and architectural details. Photographs of Underground At businesses that were in the area. Photographs of Loew’s Grand Theatre were taken on the day it caught fire in 1978 and include images of the fire in progress and...
Dates: 1968-1978

Berryman Edwards Woodruff, Jr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS830
Scope and Content

Collection consists of financial records, personal memorabilia, marriage and divorce records, correspondence, brochures, and other printed material.

Dates: 1955 - 1972

Bertha Gossett papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS421
Scope and Content

This collection is consists of reports, programs, correspondence, invitations, and periodicals from a variety of patriotic organizations.

Dates: 1935-1985, undated

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 123
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Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 82
Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 79
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 75
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 74
Scrapbooks -- Georgia 69
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 67
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 66
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 53
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 52
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Atlanta (Ga.) 47
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 47
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Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Slavery -- Georgia 20
Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 19
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Military uniforms 17
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Daguerreotypes 16
Gay activists 16
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Plants, Ornamental -- Georgia 16
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
West End (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
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Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 32
Atlanta Historical Society 31
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
Georgia Institute of Technology 24
Hartsfield, William Berry 24
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Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 21
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 19
Coca-Cola Company 19
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 19
Emory University 18
Rich's (Retail store) 18
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 18
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 16
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
University of Georgia 16
Atlanta History Center 15
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 15
C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
Garden Club of Georgia. 15
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 15
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
United States. Army 15
Young, Andrew, 1932- 14
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 13
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 13
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 13
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 12
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 12
Atlanta Public Schools 12
Georgia Power Company 12
Georgia School of Technology 12
Piedmont Driving Club 12
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 12
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 12
Agnes Scott College 11
Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 11
Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 11
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 11
Atlanta Water Works (Ga.) 11
First National Bank of Atlanta 11
Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 11
Junior League of Atlanta 11
United States. Navy. 11
Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 10
Inman family 10
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 10
Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 10
Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Massell, Sam 10
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 10
Washington Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 9
American Red Cross 9
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Atlanta Pride Committee 9
Atlanta Pride Festival 9
Commercial High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Connally, Joseph E. Brown, 1875-1920 9
Democratic Party (Ga.) 9
Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 9
Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 9
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 9
Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
United Daughters of the Confederacy 9
Atlanta Art Association 8
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 8
Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 8
Georgia. Militia 8
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
Jones family 8
Jones, Bobby 8
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 8
Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 8
League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 8
Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Trust Company of Georgia 8
Woodruff, Robert Winship 8
Aaron, Hank, 1934- 7
Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 7
Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Atlanta Journal (Firm) 7
Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (Ga.) 7
Atlanta Public Library 7
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Boys High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Carnegie Library of Atlanta 7
Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 7
Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia 7
Confederate States of America. Army 7
Daughters of the American Revolution 7
English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
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