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Berry family papers
Collection
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
Collection
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
Collection
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
Bertha Harwood (Mrs. Milton W.) Arrowood scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS816
Scope and Content
This collection consists of scrapbooks compiled by Mrs. Arrowood. The scrapbooks consist of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, letters, photographs, and notes made by Mrs. Arrowood.
Dates:
1898-1938
Bertha Y. Jones scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS155
Scope and Content
The Bertha Y. Jones scrapbooks contains ten scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings dating from 1961 to 1978. These clippings concern Tucker, Georgia, the state of Georgia, the nation, and some international news. The clippings have information concerning special events, historic places, and many famous personalities. With regard to the latter, there are clippings on local people (officials, businessmen, etc.), state officials, presidents and their families, leaders of other countries,...
Dates:
1961-1978
Beryl Bergquist papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1240
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to the professional organizations to which Beryl Bergquist was affiliated. The bulk of materials are administrative files of the Society of International Business Fellows and planning papers for the Atlanta Sports Carnival, organized by Atlanta Leukemia Research, Inc. Included are biographies of the presidents of the organizations, correspondence, finances, meeting minutes, travel notes, membership rosters, and her membership application and...
Dates:
1977-2017, undated
Beryl Knight Brown papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1090
Scope and Content
This collection contains typewritten and handwritten records of nurseries and plants that provide an inventory of Brown's garden on Knollwood Drive in Atlanta in the 1970s. Sizes, quantities, varieties, and prices paid are included in the lists. Awards and a brochure on azaleas and rhododendrons highlight Brown's interest in these plants.
Dates:
1971-1975, undated
Bessie Duke Small collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS466
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook compiled by Bessie Duke Small and miscellaneous ephemeral materials. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings primarily regarding the Democratic Party and various political events.
Dates:
1908-1961, undated
Bessie Shaw Stafford papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS352
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of personal papers of Bessie Shaw Stafford. Included in the collection are photographs, newspaper clippings, and wedding book of Elizabeth (Bessie) Shaw and George R. Stafford.
Dates:
1892-1950
Betsy Teplis papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS737f
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials pertaining to the life and education of Betsy Edith (Blumberg) Teplis. Materials include: concert and theater programs, a certificate of completion from Daniel C. O'Keefe Junior High School, a Girls High School freshman handbook, Girls High School class of 1944 fifty year reunion program (1994), and commencement announcements from the Girls High School graduation of Betsy Teplis. Also included is a Georgia School of Technology (later the Georgia Institute...
Dates:
1938-1994
Beulah R. Inman Heinitsh interview transcription
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS531f
Scope and Content
This collection contains the transcription of an oral history regarding the Inman Family and the Swan House of Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1990
Beverly Dubose, Jr. Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS515
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence to and from the Georgia Historical Commission, the Georgia National Register Board, the National Register Board, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources regarding placing the Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama on the Historic Register. The majority of the material focuses on the restoration of the Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama.
Dates:
1958-1984, undated
Bickerstaff family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS732
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence from Charles Augustus Bickerstaff, Jr., Joel Hurt Bickerstaff, and John Marshall Bickerstaff to their parents, Charles Augustus Bickerstaff and Mabel Hurt, and sister, Bright Bickerstaff West, during World War II.
Dates:
1942-1946, undated
Bill Horne Marietta Street Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS192
Scope and Content
The collection, in its original format, is a single 8mm black and white acetate film. The film captures the roadside environs along Marietta Street and other downtown roadways beginning in or near downtown Atlanta, heading northwest towards Kennesaw Mountain, and ending in the Marietta Square. Mr. Horne appears to be following the inner urban streetcar route. There are several billboards for businesses located in downtown Atlanta: Downtown Chevrolet Co., Henry Grady Hotel, Ansley Hotel,...
Dates:
1937
Bill Patterson records of the Buckhead Business Association
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1039
Scope and Content
This collection contains Buckhead Business Association letters of incorporation, organizational charts, membership lists, and meeting minutes. The collection also contains correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to the BBA's involvement in community improvement projects and Bill Patterson as president of the association.
Dates:
1970-1977, undated
Bill Smith papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS735f
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials relating to the life and work of Atlanta gay rights activist, Bill Smith. Materials include correspondence with his friend, Diane Hughes, one flier for an event sponsored by the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance, and fliers and a newsletter from local activists memorializing Smith's death in 1980. Of particular note is a letter written by the executive director of the Atlanta Community Relations Commission addressing Smith's work in the community and his...
Dates:
1970-1980
Bill Wilson photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS99
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection is comprised of original negatives, copy prints, and copy negatives created by Bill Wilson and other artists and photographers, whose works were collected by Wilson. The collection offers important documentation on a wide variety of personalities, events, and geographic locations both in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. Most of the material is captured on acetate film and color transparencies.
Dates:
1938-1984, undated
Billy Jones papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1106
Scope and Content
This collection contains magazine and news clippings collected by Mr. Jones that relate to Atlanta's gay clubs, performers, and members of the LGBTQ community. Some clippings more directly reflect Jones's participation in the community, including his judging of drag pageants. The collection also contains correspondence, personal documents, and travel brochures created and collected by Jones.
Dates:
1928-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1995
Billy Jones visual arts materials | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS419
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photos of the LGBTQ+ community, events at LGBTQ+ bars and drag venues, drag queens, female impersonators, performers, male actresses, bar owners, and others. Also included are autographed photographs of actors, many of which are inscribed to Jones. Of special note are photographs of Billy Jones as Phyllis Killer and Shirley Temple Jones, the Phyllis Killer Oscar Awards, and Jones at the Atlanta Pride Parade. Locations are unknown unless otherwise noted; however,...
Dates:
approximately 1950-2002, undated
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- Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
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- Washington Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
- American Red Cross 9
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- League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 8
- Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 8
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- Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 7
- American Society of Landscape Architects. Georgia Chapter 7
- Atlanta (Ga.). Bureau of Planning 7
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