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Voting -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred Colquitt gubernatorial primary flyer

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS975f
Scope and Contents This political flyer is from the first Georgia gubernatorial primary after the state ratified a new post-Reconstruction constitution in 1877. In it, "colored men interested in the welfare of their race" urge Black Georgians to vote for Alfred Colquitt (1824-1894) over Thomas Norwood (1830-1913) because "Governor Colquitt is the first Democratic Governor that has ever given the colored people their full rights in Georgia." Colquitt, the incumbent and Democratic nominee, ultimately won the...
Dates: approximately 1880

Georgia 2020, 2021 political campaign collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS949f
Scope and Contents This collection contains physical and digital documents from the 2020 and 2021 political campaigns in Georgia. Physical papers include mailers from candidate campaigns, the Democratic Party of Georgia, and the Georgia Republican Party; absentee voting information; material from Planned Parenthood, Fair Fight Political Action Committee (PAC), and Ways to Vote; and postcards encouraging voter participation. Digital files are educational presentations and resource packets prepared for...
Dates: 2020-2021

Kristin Oblander papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1271
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials pertaining to Oblander’s career in political fundraising. Professional materials make up the bulk of the collection, including memos and other internal documents from various campaigns, financial information and donor records, fundraising event invitations, posters, and campaign mail. Represented in the collection are Oblander Group clients, including presidential, congressional, statewide, legislative, and municipal candidates, as well as party committees...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1980-2022, undated

Official Ballot, State of Georgia Democratic White Primary

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS40f
Scope and Content

This collection contains an election ballot for the White Primary of the Democratic Party of Georgia in September 1934. It was for Wilkes County. Included on the ticket were, among others, Eugene Talmadge (Governor); Howell Cobb (Attorney General); and Richard B. Russell (Chief Justice).

Dates: 1934 September 12

Sally Fanny Gleaton papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.mss1208
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials that document Sally Fanny Gleaton's career in women's suffrage advocacy. The bulk of papers are from the National League of Women Voters, which include annual convention pamphlets, financials, rosters, and receipts from hotels. Other items include a scrapbook, newspapers and clippings, a "Votes for Women" banner, greeting cards, and correspondence between Gleaton and other leaders and members of the women's suffrage movement.

Dates: 1907-1935, undated