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Atlanta (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Francis DeGress Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS195
Scope and Content

The collection contains five photographs of Francis DeGress. Most are portrait shots with the exception of one which is a group shot of eight gentlemen in uniform.

Dates: 1864, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Francis DeGress Photographs

George C. Spence family photographs and silhouettes

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS231
Scope and Content This collection contains one scrapbook of 127 images. These snapshots are mainly of the immediate family of George C. Spence, Sr. and range in date from approximately 1870 to 1945. Subjects include George C. Spence, Sr.; his mother, Cornelia; his sisters, Eudora, Mary, and Eleanor; and his brother, Nat Spence. There are several childhood photographs of George C. Spence, Jr. and his sister Maryanne, as well as photographs of his stepmother, Elizabeth Norman Spence. The images depict the...
Dates: Approximately 1870-1942
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / George C. Spence family photographs and silhouettes

Harry Winster Ligon papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS823
Scope and Content

This collection contains patents, diagrams, papers, and correspondence related to inventions by Harry W. Ligon between 1908 and 1930. These papers include petitions and patents with accompanying diagrams for cotton ginning machines and related valves. Also included is a petition for a game or amusement device.

Dates: 1908-1930, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Harry Winster Ligon papers

Hebrew Benevolent Congregation records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS440
Scope and Content

This collection contains newspaper clippings, pamphlets, meeting minutes, calendar of events, and some correspondence.

Dates: 1895-1987, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Hebrew Benevolent Congregation records

Henry Burr Green papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1063
Scope and Content This collection consists of papers related to Henry Burr Green's life and family. Documents related to his military service and real estate career comprise the largest portion of the collection. The papers cover multiple facets of Green's life including his long-term involvement in the Presbyterian Church, his membership in multiple fraternities while attending Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), and his extensive involvement with the real estate community (1946-1987). Due...
Dates: 1900-1991
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Henry Burr Green papers

Herbert H. Lee Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS130
Scope and Contents of the Records Included in this collection are slides and photographs of geographic locations, events, and transportation in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. The collection contains images of downtown Atlanta, including aerial views, government buildings, private residences, parks, street scenes, railroads, as well as photographs depicting poverty and sub-standard housing. The photographs of Herbert H. Lee are an excellent resource for those interested in the subject of urban renewal, and the post-World...
Dates: 1919- 1968, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Herbert H. Lee Photographs

Hudson, Lou, 1944-2014

 Person

International Cotton Exposition collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS697f
Scope and Content This collection is comprised of souvenir cards, invitations, and articles pertaining to the International Cotton Exposition. Also included in the collection is a picture guide to Atlanta and the exposition. Articles are from The Century Magazine, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, and The Daily Graphic. They are about the significance of the exposition and summmarize the participants and...
Dates: 1880-1946
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / International Cotton Exposition collection

Irene Rose Smillie papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS193
Scope and Content This collection consists of Irene Rose Smillie's papers and those of her parents. Included in the collection are Irene Smillie's will, as well as a codicil to that will; a Bible containing Crandell family history; and a short, handwritten Crandell family tree. The collection also includes a letter from Hety and Mary Silvey dated 1850 about the wedding day of Irene Smillie's parents, Harriet F. Crandell and Robert Thomas Smillie and an invitation addressed to Harriet and Robert Smillie to...
Dates: 1850-1950, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Irene Rose Smillie papers

J. Richardson Jones film Film

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS179
Scope and Contents of the Records The collection, in its original format, contains a series of sixty-five reels of primarily silent black and white nitrate film commissioned by Eugene M. White to promote the prosperous African-American communities in Atlanta during the 1930s. The footage documents a variety of activities including sporting events, homecoming, golf, motorcycle racing, occupational activities, and baseball. Included in the footage is the Atlanta Black Crackers baseball team playing a game at Ponce De Leon Park...
Dates: circa 1938
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / J. Richardson Jones film Film

Jack Spalding collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS360
Scope and Content

This collection is primarily comprised of scrapbooks that contain columns written by Jack Spalding as editor of The Atlanta Journal.

Dates: 1934-1978, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Jack Spalding collection

Jackson P. Dick papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS255
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, certificates, and ephemeral materials pertaining to the Dick family. Included in the collection is newspaper clippings, diaries, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous programs.

Dates: 1890-1972
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Jackson P. Dick papers

James M. Wright Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS211
Scope and Content The bulk of the James M. Wright papers, circa 1964, consists of handwritten research on note cards, handwritten manuscripts, typescripts, and galleys of his book, The License System of the City of Atlanta (1964). Box 4 contains subject files containing articles, pamphlets, reports, surveys, and other printed material related to public utilities, taxation, religion, slavery, and transportation. Information about Wright’s background in education and employment is contained in the folder...
Dates: 1896-1964
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / James M. Wright Papers

Jennie Clarke photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS350
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of the Clarke family, images of the Atlanta Terminal Station in 1969, and a photograph of a 1940 lynching near Marietta, Georgia.

Dates: 1869-1969, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Jennie Clarke photographs

John Isham Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS232
Scope and Content This collection consists of six diaries written by John Isham and his wife, Maria Louisa “Lou”, during the years 1878 to 1892. At the conclusion of the diaries there is one page dated February 1893, most probably written by his daughter. John Isham died on 1 August 1892. The daily entries usually begin with observations of the weather and temperature, followed by comments about daily events. In addition, Isham and his wife give a great deal of attention to the news and gossip around Atlanta....
Dates: 1855-1893
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / John Isham Papers

Joshua Gilbert papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS776f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a letter from Joshua Gilbert to his family, a description of United States Army prisoner of war camps in the Civil War, one deed to a cemetery plot, and one clipping from the Atlanta Constitution with Gilbert's obituary.

Dates: 1855-1889
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Joshua Gilbert papers

Lester Maddox Cafeteria

 Organization

Margaret Mitchell House Archives

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS978
Scope and Content

The Margaret Mitchell House Archives contains, correspondence, publications, and manuscript material pertaining to Margaret Mitchell, her family, and her publisher, Harold S. Latham; the publication of Gone With the Wind and the movie premiere in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1848-2002, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Margaret Mitchell House Archives

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

 Organization

Martin Stupich Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS115
Scope and Contents of the Records The photographs in this collection were created during two survey grants sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The images in the first grant documented the development of Atlanta’s rapid transit system (MARTA) from 1977- 1978, and photographs from the second grant (1979-1981) illustrate Atlanta’s role as a center of transportation. The photographs from the first NEA project depict downtown Atlanta prior to the construction of MARTA, employees involved in the creation of...
Dates: 1955 – 1981, bulk 1977-1981
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Martin Stupich Photographs