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Antebellum and Civil War Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS645
Scope and Contents of the Records
This is a collection of documents, most of which chronicle the history of the American Civil War, particularly the Atlanta Campaign. In addition, there are several documents which reflect the history of the Antebellum South, including African American slavery. The collection includes letters, diaries, special orders, pardons, requisitions, poems, pamphlets, newspapers, personal narratives, biographies, circulars, broadsides, muster rolls, currency, bibles, research papers, and other private...
Dates:
1832-1935, undated
Anthony DeVaughn certificate and essay
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS403f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a certificate of merit from the Atlanta Society of Magicians, presented to Anthony G. DeVaughn, and an essay entitled "A Story of Magic and Magicians in Atlanta," by DeVaughn.
Dates:
1940, 1949
Antoinette Johnson Matthews papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS149
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, typed manuscripts and notes, autograph books, travel diaries, newspaper clippings, and registration forms for students in her Out of Doors School. Correspondence covers topics such as Matthews' retirement party and a reunion for former students of the Out Of Doors School as well as suggestions and orders for Matthews' book, Oakdale Road: Its History and Its People. There are also Christmas newsletters sent by...
Dates:
1880-1974, undated
Apollo Social Club, Inc. records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS713f
Scope and Content
This collection contains business documents, newsletters, correspondence, travel itineraries, and invitations relating to the Apollo Social Club. Included are the club's by-laws, letters to members, solicitation letters, financial statements, membership applications, canceled checks, and business cards. The collection contains several lists of members considered for board and committee memberships. The collection includes seventeen issues of The Scarlett...
Dates:
1972-1978, undated
Appler family papers
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Collection number: ahc.MSS950
Scope and Content
The David William Appler papers are composed mainly of the bills and receipts of David William Appler. There are also bills and receipts of Mrs. Ida Appler Vreeland, a daughter of Mr. Appler's. Finally, there are newspaper clippings, advertisements, two checkbooks, handwritten notes, and a minimal amount of correspondence.
Dates:
1912-1952, undated
Arch S. Martin papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS758f
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, and other papers of Arch S. Martin. The bulk consists of Martin’s correspondence from his time at Columbia University. There is also correspondence between Martin and the Atlanta Athletic Club from the 1980s and 1990s; a Certificate of Golf Prowess from the Atlanta Athletic Club; an April, 1991, issue of the Club Times by the Atlanta Athletic Club; and a May, 1974, issue of ...
Dates:
1900-1991, undated
Ardath Burks letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS46f
Scope and Content
This collection contains two letters sent by Ardath Burks to "My Georgia Folks". In one of the letters, two words on the second page were eliminated by military censors.
Dates:
1944-1945
Arnall T. Connell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1046
Scope and Content
This collection consists of papers related to Arnall T. Connell's tenure as a professor in the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia. Student papers written by Connell's graduate students form the largest portion of the collection. The papers cover a large array of Atlanta-related subjects, including neighborhoods and their histories, historic preservation of buildings and homes, renovation and repurposing ideas for historic...
Dates:
1894-1994, undated
Art Papers records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS942
Scope and Content
The Art Papers records summarize the activities of this Atlanta-based art-related news periodical. The conception of the paper is included with the organizational information. Minutes from various board meetings date from the late 1970s. Original formation papers illuminate how the paper came to be and other materials chronicle the evolution of the paper up to the early 1990s. Although only one (microfiche) copy of Art...
Dates:
1980-1992
Arthur and Lafayette Montgomery papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS164
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, financial records, annual reports, trade publications, scrapbooks, programs and invitations, relating to the Coca-Cola Company and the Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Company.
Dates:
1909-1979, undated
Arthur Brickman history notes
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS487f
Scope and Content
This collection contains notes about American history, particularly of the Middle Atlantic and Southern states, and in most cases are cited with reference to a text book.
Dates:
1909
Arthur C. Ford papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS112f
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, business papers, and military papers associated with Atlanta dentist Arthur C. Ford. Included are letters to Charles W. Ford from London, letters from Arthur C. Ford resigning his commission as Lieutenant in the Confederate Army, his dental license, an 1862 report declaring him unfit for military service, and various business papers. Also included is a photocopy of a letter from Inez James to Anna Jordon telling of a raid by Union forces in her family...
Dates:
1862-1976, undated
Arthur C. Inman Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS281
Scope and Content
The Arthur C. Inman Papers consist exclusively of biographical research regarding Samuel M. Inman. Arthur Inman set out to write the biography of his Grandfather, Atlanta banker and cotton broker, Samuel Inman. The research notes consist of newspaper clippings, transcriptions of newspaper reports, transcriptions of interviews, and letters. Because Arthur Inman generally refused to leave his Boston apartment, the interviews were, most often, conducted by his wife, Evelyn. However, there are...
Dates:
1895-1927
Arthur L. Harris, Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS143f
Scope and Content
This collection contains 2 folders with several papers of Arthur L. Harris Jr. and his wife, Carol. The first folder of the collection contains documents of Carol Harris and includes; two Christmas cards, a lyric sheet for “camp Song” by George R. Green, a 1938-1939 Association for Youth Aliyah London calendar, two photos of a Peachtree Garden Club parade float, three photos of a floral contest, seven miscellaneous and unlabeled photos of people and landscapes, four blank postcards from the...
Dates:
1927-1949
Arthur Montgomery photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS87
Scope and Contents
These photographs depict the facilities, employees, and marketing efforts of the Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Company during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Also included are personal photographs of the Montgomery family. The collection is an excellent source for those interested in the operations of the soft drink company during this time period. Included are exterior and interior photographs of bottling plants in Atlanta, delivery trucks, vending machines, and billboards, signs,...
Dates:
1850 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1955
Artimesia W. Tucker testimony
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS653f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an Ante bellum document requesting Clifford Anderson and Elcania W. Tucker to transcribe and notarize the testimony of Artimesia W. Tucker in the legal case of Green J. Blake against the Southern Mutual Insurance Company. The collection also contains the handwritten transcription of her testimony dated June 5, 1855. The case was scheduled to appear before Judge James Jackson of the Superior Court of Clarke County, Georgia in June of 1855. Due to demonstrated...
Dates:
1855
Asa Hartz poem
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS495f
Scope and Content
This bound volume, a copy of A new treatise on the use of globes, by Thomas Keith, 1832, bears a holographic copy of a satirical poem on the subject of prisoner-of-war exchanges during the Civil War. It is written in the form of a letter to Asa Hartz (pen name of Major George McKnight (1833-1869)), who was held at Johnson's Island, a prison for Confederate officers in Ohio. The author's identity is uncertain, but someone named Philip Stinchcomb wrote his name and the date 1856 on the fly...
Dates:
approximately 1864
Atanta Law School records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS833
Scope and Content
This collection contains commencement exercise programs, annual announcement, bulletins, and annual catalogs of the Atlanta Law School.
Dates:
1887-1994, undated
Atkins Park Garden Club photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS259
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of homes built in the early 20th century in the Atkins Park neighborhood, Atlanta, Georgia. A variety of architectural styles are represented including Georgian Revival, American Craftsman, and English Tudor. The photographs also provide details of landscape styles as well as popular shrubs and ornamental plants used in front yard gardens. Of special note are two images of the neighborhood stone entrance gateways.
Dates:
1988
Atkins Park Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS837
Scope and Content
This collection consists of minutes, financial papers, and scrapbooks that document the social and civic activities of the club. Minutes include reports and membership information. Scrapbooks provide further detail on the club's programs, civic projects, as well as flower shows both hosted and attended.
Dates:
1929-2004
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- Atlanta Historical Society 32
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- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 25
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- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 17
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- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 16
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- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
- Rich's (Retail store) 16
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 16
- Emory University 15
- Garden Club of Georgia. 15
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 15
- Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
- University of Georgia 15
- Atlanta History Center 14
- Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 14
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 14
- Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 14
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- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 13
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- Young, Andrew, 1932- 13
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- Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 12
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- Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 12
- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 12
- Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 12
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 11
- Agnes Scott College 10
- Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 10
- Atlanta Water Works (Ga.) 10
- Georgia Power Company 10
- Georgia School of Technology 10
- Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald 10
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 10
- Washington Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
- Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 9
- Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Commercial High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Connally, Joseph E. Brown, 1875-1920 9
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 9
- Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 9
- Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Inman family 9
- Piedmont Driving Club 9
- Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 9
- Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- United States. Navy 9
- Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 8
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- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Democratic Party (Ga.) 8
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 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
- Junior League of Atlanta 8
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 8
- King, Martin Luther, Jr. 8
- Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 8
- Massell, Sam 8
- United Daughters of the Confederacy 8
- Woodruff, Robert Winship 8
- Aaron, Hank, 1934- 7
- American Red Cross 7
- Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Atlanta Pride Committee 7
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- Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 7
- Daughters of the American Revolution 7
- English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Garrett, Franklin M. (Franklin Miller), 1906-2000 7
- Georgia. General Assembly 7
- Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- High Museum of Art 7
- Mitchell, Eugene Muse 7
- Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 7
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 7
- Wren's Nest (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 6
- Atlanta Crackers (Baseball team) 6
- Atlanta Falcons (Football team) 6
- Atlanta Journal (Firm) 6
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