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James Edward Jordan photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS44
Scope and Content

The collection contains portrait prints all presumably taken by James Edward Jordan. The images include portraits of unidentified children, men, and women, predominently posed in a studio setting with painted decorative backgrounds. Of note is one strip of custom postage stamps of an unidentified man.

Dates: approximately 1947-1970

Jane Swann Travel Diary

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Collection number: ahc.MSS223
Scope and Contents of the Records

The travel diary, a bound leather journal engraved “Jennie [sic] Swann, 1901,” documents Jane Swann’s summer travels through parts of the United Kingdom and Europe, June to August, 1901. Swann’s entries describe the various religious and cultural institutions she visited in cities and villages in Amsterdam, Brussels, England, France, and Scotland. Affixed and loose within the diary are commercially produced photographs and other printed material documenting her travels.

Dates: 1901

Jessie Boynton photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS288
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of the Fulton County Alms Home for African Americans; Fulton County Alms Haven Home; Boynton's farm house; and a photograph of Jessie Lee Clark.

Dates: 1977

Johnson Estates Garden Club scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1082
Scope and Content

This collection contains one scrapbook which provides details on the civic and social activities of the club. The scrapbook includes photographs, clippings, monthly reports, and correspondence. Of special note are materials regarding the club's civic work at the Highview Nursing Home (later named the Crestview Health and Rehabilitation Center).

Dates: 1966-1967

Joseph F. Buchanan photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS292
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of unidentified Atlantans posed in and around their homes.

Dates: approximately 1895

Judith Alexander papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS812
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, gallery invitations, newspaper clippings, magazines, catalogues, and photographs of individual artists and their work, in addition to snapshots of gallery interiors and special events.

Dates: 1959-1989

Kate Helen Suber Thompson scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1145
Scope and Content This collection contains a scrapbook created by Kate Thompson with materials from the Beta Chapter of the Delphian Society in Atlanta and Thompson’s daughter, Katherine. Materials include chapter documents and correspondence, as well as documents and newspaper clippings about Katherine’s education, particularly at Girls High School in Atlanta. In addition, this collection contains newspaper clippings of literary excerpts, news stories, and short pieces on motherhood. Of special note is a...
Dates: 1869-1988, undated

Kuhns family photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS319
Scope and Content

This collection contains images from the Kuhn's Photography Studio, including photographs of both the Kuhns family and clients. Many of the images are identified, however most of the tintypes remain unidentified.

Dates: approximately 1860-1929

Ladies Auxiliary of the Atlanta Scottish Association records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS964
Scope and Content

Books of minutes and expenditures (1919-1921, 1938-1979) form the bulk of the records. These materials primarily document membership, organizational structure, organizational activities, and finances. Other materials - by-laws, check stubs, correspondence, and a Burns Club newsletter - also document activities of the organization.

Dates: 1915-1979

Lawshe family photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS323
Scope and Content

This collection contains portraits of Er Lawshe's wife, children, brother, and daughter-in-law. Of special note is one carte de visite of his jewelry business at 47 Whitehall Street.

Dates: approximately 1850-1904

Lethea Turman Lochridge photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS378
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs of Lethea Turman Lochridge's friends and family, including her father, S.B. Turman. Of special note are photographs from the 1911 Southern International Poultry Show in Athens, Georgia, where Lethea and her siblings won an award, as well as a photograph of her Girls High School graduating class. This collection also includes a photograph taken by Edwin Lochridge Sr. of Charles and Mary Tway's residence on 212 15th Street, which neighbored the Lochridge...
Dates: Approximately 1868-1917, undated

Liz Throop and B. Joy Wasson papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1246
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers from Liz Throop and B. Joy Wasson's LGBTQ+ advocacy. Included are financial planning materials and insurance policies for same-sex couples. Personal items include a Valentine's Day card, B. Joy Wasson’s resume, and a drawing notebook from Throop’s freshman year of college. Of particular note are a booklet and newspaper clippings from the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987. The collection also contains hand-made protest signs and...
Dates: 1977-2013, undated

Long, Rucker, and Aiken family photographs and lithographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS32
Scope and Content

The collection documents the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social life of members of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families from 1859 through the 1970s. The images document three generations of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families and visually chronicles their rise from slavery to social and political influence. It also provides visual documentation of African American life from Reconstruction to the late 20th century.

Dates: 1859-1979, undated

Lucinda Bunnen photographs

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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

Luckie family photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS20
Scope and Content

This collection documents four generations of the Luckie family, very early members of Atlanta's free African American community.

Dates: 1860-1940, undated

Lullwater Garden Club yearbook

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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

Marie S. Nicholson visual arts material

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Collection number: ahc.VIS251
Scope and Content This collection contains slides, photographs, and films that document the tulip and garden club related activities of Marie Nicholson and the Tulip Study Club. Color slides provide details of Marie Nicholson's garden and tulip varieties as well as tulip arrangements. Also included in the collection are two architectural drawings by William C. Pauley for a tulip show in the Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia. Of special interest are films documenting Nicholson's East Lake garden in...
Dates: 1934-1965, undated

Marsha P. Webb papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1069
Scope and Content This collection contains flower show programs, award books of evidence, publicity articles, and correspondence that provide a history of Marsha Webb's career as a national flower show judge and internationally known flower arranger. Also included are documents that detail her involvement with numerous organizations such as the The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., the Atlanta Botanical Garden, National Garden Clubs, Inc., and WAFA (World Association of Flower Arrangers). Of special interest are...
Dates: 1939-2013, undated

Mary Butt Griffith Dobbs papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS111
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials related to the Griffith family, Mary Griffith Dobbs, and the Griffith School of Music in Atlanta. Items includes articles, a scrapbook, music periodicals and booklets, and ephemera from the Griffith School of Music.

Dates: 1913-1965, undated

Mary Butt Griffith Dobbs photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS299
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Dobbs' family members, including Mary B. Griffith Dobbs and John H. Dobbs, as well as photographs of Griffith School of Music. Other photographs include images of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.

Dates: 1912-1927, undated

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Hartsfield, William Berry 5
Atlanta Dogwood Festival 3
Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 3
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Coca-Cola Company 3
Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 3
Peachtree Garden Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Poole, Paul 3
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 3
Women's Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta 3
Yarn, Jane Hurt, 1924- 3
Young, Andrew, 1932- 3
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 2
Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 2
American Federation of Musicians 2
Ansley Park Garden Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Atlanta History Center 2
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2
Atlanta Tulip Flower Show Association 2
Atlanta Urban League 2
Atlanta's Woman of the Year Organization (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Bedard, L'Ella Griffith 2
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Brady, Auverne Harper, 1908-2010 2
Burns Club of Atlanta (Ga.) 2
Busbee, George, 1927-2004 2
Cherokee Garden Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Cherry, John 2
Colonial Flower Shop (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 2
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Dobbs, Mary Butt Griffith 2
Emory University 2
Flower Arrangers Club of Georgia 2
Fort, Marie Johnson 2
Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 2
Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Garden Club of Georgia. 2
Gardens for Peace (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Griffith School of Music (Atlanta, Ga) 2
Griffith, Mary Burke 2
Griffith, William Butts 2
Grigsby, Emily Bourne, 1922-2020 2
Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992 2
Harper family 2
Harper's Flowers (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Harper, Adelle Bartlett, 1885-1974 2
Harris, Joe Frank 2
Hatcher, Thurston 2
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 2
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 2
Kuhns Photographic Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 2
Nicholson, Marie S. 2
Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Reid, J. Neel (Joseph Neel), 1885-1926 2
Rich's (Retail store) 2
San Francisco Opera 2
Second Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Shutze, Philip Trammell 2
Sibley, Celestine 2
Spelman College 2
Swan Woods (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Tuskegee Institute 2
Woodberry Hall School for Girls (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Wren's Nest (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Aaron, Hank, 1934- 1
Abbey, Jessie Harris 1
Abbey, Lucile 1
Abbey, Theo 1
African Association of Georgia 1
Aiken family 1
Aiken, Lucy Rucker 1
Aiken, Walter Henry, 1893-1965 1
Aldredge, John 1
Aldridge, Mamie 1
Alexander Gallery (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Alexander, Dorothy, 1904-1986 1
Alexander, Judith, 1931-2004 1
Alexander, Wellington, Jr., Rev. 1
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 1
Almand, Ed, Mrs. 1
Almon, Leroy 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Tau Omega Chapter (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 1
Alston, Philip H., 1911-1988 1
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States 1
American Institute of Architects 1
Amos, Moses, Dr. 1
Anderson, Ann Rucker 1
Anderson, Charles W., Jr. 1
Anderson, Linda 1
Andrews, Lina 1
Andrews, Lisa 1
Arnett, Bill 1
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