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Law -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Bar Association collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS383
Scope and Content

This collection contains organizational records as well as reports generated by the Atlanta Bar Association.

Dates: 1891-1976
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Bar Association collection

Austin T. Walden papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS614
Scope and Content This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Austin T. Walden. The papers are primarily office files and case briefs from his law career. Additional material includes correspondence, financial papers, membership information, political campaign documents, speeches, and marketing and outreach material from various organizations. The collection contains materials from the many organizations to which Walden belonged or defended in court, such as the NAACP, the Atlanta Negro...
Dates: 1900-1969, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Austin T. Walden papers

Eugene Muse Mitchell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS158
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, speeches and articles, student records, professional papers, and scrapbooks related to Eugene Mitchell.

Dates: 1872-1944
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Eugene Muse Mitchell papers

Gambrell family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS703
Scope and Content Most of the material in this collection focuses on Enoch Smythe Gambrell and Barmore Pepper Gambrell. The other members of the family are covered sparingly. The records relating to Enoch Smythe include newspaper clippings, correspondence, copies of speeches, and numerous published pamphlets which contain articles written by him or on related topics. There are numerous pamphlets and clippings on his speech for the American Bar Association at Runnymede in England and an audiotape of that...
Dates: 1930-1987, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Gambrell family papers

Governor John M. Slaton letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS746f
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters, some original and some copies, written by Governor John M. Slaton. Most of the correspondence concerns the Leo Frank court case, Slaton's commutation of Frank's death sentence, and his subsequent failure to be reelected. There is also one letter written by Lucille Selig Frank, the wife of Leo Frank, to Slaton.

Dates: 1902-1930, 1976
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Governor John M. Slaton letters

Stephens Mitchell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS159
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, reminiscences, financial records, postcards, school records, court records, and newspaper clippings belonging to Stephens Mitchell. Also included is a scrapbook containing newspaper articles about the Mitchell family in Atlanta, and a handwritten manuscript by author Margaret Mitchell that was published in the Atlanta Historical Bulletin.

Dates: 1921-1950, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Stephens Mitchell papers