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Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Boyd Taylor's Ocmulgee Indian Mounds photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS320
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of objects, human remains, dig sites and workers at the Ocmulgee Indian Mounds later known as the Ocmulgee National Monument.

Dates: approximately 1930-1940
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Boyd Taylor's Ocmulgee Indian Mounds photographs

D. C. Colley funeral invitation

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS68f
Scope and Content

The collection contains a hand written funeral invitation for Lieutenant D. C. Colley who served in Company G, 61st Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. According to Mr. Colley's great-niece the invitation was shown door-to-door on a silver plate by a servant.

Dates: 1863
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / D. C. Colley funeral invitation

General John B. Gordon photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS318
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of the interior and exterior of General John B. Gordon's residence, Sutherland, in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, taken by commercial photographer Fred L. Howe (1857-1903) in approximately 1895. Also included are several photos of his funeral procession on Washington Street in Atlanta as his body was carried into the Georgia State Capitol building to lay in state.

Dates: approximately 1895-1904
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / General John B. Gordon photographs

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

Mildred Traver Coggin photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS314
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Mildred Traver Coggin and her family members and friends, including: Lilly Hill Traver, Charles Wesley Traver, Frances Traver, Raymond Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Hodge Havis, and unidentified individuals.

Dates: 1888-1944, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mildred Traver Coggin photographs

Mrs. Joseph Fanning photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS302
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs of Fanning family members and images of military officers of the 17th Engineer Regiment at a parade in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are images of a person identified as Major Atwood, a person identified as Major Cushing, and a person identified as the commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Other images include group portraits of family members and children at the 1914 Lincoln Fair. Of note are two funeral photographs of a person identified...
Dates: 1904-1918, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mrs. Joseph Fanning photographs

Rosalie Howell photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS335
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of the residence of Judge Clark Howell (Rosalie Howell's grandfather) and the Howell family. Also included are photographs of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation and the Evan Park Howell School in Atlanta, Georgia. Of special note are images of the graveside and floral designs from Clark Howell's funeral at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.

Dates: approximately 1868-1954
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Rosalie Howell photographs

William B. Hartsfield films

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates: approximately 1939-1960
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William B. Hartsfield films

William S. Irvine photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS321
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of buildings, streets, and monuments in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs of service stations, high schools, churches, residences, and Confederate monuments in addition to automobiles, street views, bomb proof sites, children, and family members of William S. Irvine.

Dates: 1919-1948, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William S. Irvine photographs