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Christmas cards

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Idalia Ferguson Correspondence

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS106f
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains one card and three letters sent to Idalia Ferguson from family and family friends. The first item is a Christmas card sent in 1933 from Lucille in Ocala, Florida. Also included is a letter written at the William Sloan House in New York by her son Edgar on December 12, 1933. He informs his mother that he is having a good trip despite the cold weather. The next letter was written on July 7, 1961 and is from Idalia’s cousin, Kate. Her letter discusses the arrangements...
Dates: 1933, 1961, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Idalia Ferguson Correspondence

Margaret Shepherd visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS516
Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection contains images of ballet dancers wearing costumes and costume design sketches by Margaret Shepherd. There are also drawings and greeting cards of Atlanta scenes designed by Shepherd. Also included are images of Jack Ramsey, the set designer for the Atlanta Civic Ballet, and Christmas cards designed by her husband, Judson O'Donald Shepherd. Of special note is a bookplate created for Margaret Foster, designed prior to her marriage.

Dates: 1918-1992, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Margaret Shepherd visual arts materials

Martha Lumpkin Compton papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS139
Scope and Content This collection contains two scrapbooks, a diary, correspondence, newspaper clippings, Atlanta Board of Aldermen resolutions, and a recipe book. The two scrapbooks contain poems, genealogical notes, letters, greeting cards, and notes from family members and friends including “Cousin Naomi,” Augustus Alden, “Sister Anna L. A.,” Danny Boykins, Allie Alden, and Wilson Lumpkin. There are newspaper clippings on topics such as the 1888 Southern Baptist Convention, a 50th anniversary article on...
Dates: 1840-1959, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Martha Lumpkin Compton papers

Tate family greeting cards

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS765f
Scope and Content

The collection contains 31 greeting and holiday cards to and from members of the Tate family. There is also an envelope and a bank receipt from 1928.

Dates: 1928, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Tate family greeting cards