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Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

City of Atlanta Records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.CityofAtlanta
Scope and Content This collection consists of administrative records from the City of Atlanta, which have been divided into sixteen series. Records include materials pertaining to select mayors of Atlanta and correspondence and memos from the Executive Office. The collection also includes City Council and Board of Alderman legislation, minutes, and proceedings. Records also include material regarding transportation, public safety, finance, planning and community development, courts, public works, and maps....
Dates: 1848-2013, undated

Civil War Round Table of Atlanta records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS380
Scope and Content

This collection is primarily comprised of organizational records for the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta. Included in the collection is membership applications, meeting minutes, organizational documents, chapter newsletters, and correspondence.

Dates: 1950-1995

Collier Hills Civic Association documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1178
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents from meetings of the Collier Hills Civic Association. Materials include meeting minutes, directories, newspaper clippings, and neighborhood newsletters. Of particular note is a 2005 presentation about the pros and cons of approving the Atlanta BeltLine.

Dates: 1990-2009, undated

Creative Writing Group of the Atlanta Branch of the American Association of University Women scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS792
Scope and Content

This collection consists of six scrapbooks which cover the activities of the organization. These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and notices.

Dates: 1947-1985

Daughters of the American Revolution Atlanta Chapter records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS512
Scope and Content

This collection contains minute books, reports, treasurer's records, membership lists, correspondence, annual histories, a scrapbook, and other materials that document the activities of the club. Also included is Volume 1, Number 1, of The American Monthly, a DAR publication. Of particular interest is a visitor's register from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Building at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895.

Dates: 1891-1964; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1944

Daughters of the American Revolution collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS426
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials from the Atlanta Chapter, Joseph Habersham Chapter, Fielding Lewis Chapter, Sarah McIntosh Chapter, and the Baron DeKalb Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Included in the collection is scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, programs, and membership rosters. There are also DAR magazines and other ephemeral items.

Dates: 1898-1964, undated

DuBose family collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates: 1782-2001, undated

DuBose family visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS198
Scope and Content This collection contains artwork, images, and maps collected by the DuBose family. The artwork pertains to Civil War historical sites and scenes and includes etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings. Much of the artwork was done by Wilbur G. Kurtz (1882-1967), a family friend, historian, writer, and artist. There are original photographs from the Civil War era in a variety of formats, such as cartes de visite, tintypes, and albumen prints. Photographic subject matter includes military...
Dates: 1783-2007, undated

Emma E. Latimer scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS291
Scope and Content

This collection contains a partial scrapbook pertaining to the Latimer family. Included in the scrapbook are photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, class rosters, and receipts.

Dates: 1867-1932

Fine Arts Forum scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS800
Scope and Content

This collection consists of two scrapbooks covering the period 1949-1981. The scrapbooks contain photographs, notices, and yearbooks documenting the activities of the Fine Arts Forum.

Dates: 1949-1981

Friends of the Library collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS499
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence and some organizational records. The bulk of the materials were gathered by Franklin Garrett and pertain to his involvement in the organization. Other materials include newspaper clippings and newsletters.

Dates: 1975-1983

Georgia Power Company records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS363
Scope and Content This collection contains annual reports, Board of Directors' minutes, a property inventory, and notes on the Hatton Shoals development on the Tugaloo River. Also included are loose-leaf pages to the Georgia Power Company's Atlanta Transportation System series of franchises and ordinances, as well as booklets and manuals associated with the Transportation System and its employees. Annual reports cover the company's interests in the Railway, Electric, Gas, Steam Heat, and Operating...
Dates: 1903-1975, undated

Georgia Retail Merchants Association records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS946
Scope and Content The records of the Georgia Retail Merchants Association include three bound volumes, as well as some loose newspaper clippings, and other material. The first volume is a scrapbook including press clippings, correspondence, event programs, brochures, official rosters, and annual reports, which chronicle the growth of the Georgia Retail Merchants Association. The clippings, originally intended to be incorporated into the scrapbook, document the social functions held by the association, which...
Dates: 1914-1974

Grand Jurors Association of Fulton County records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1248
Scope and Contents This collection contains administrative documents from the Grand Jurors Association of Fulton County. Included are by-laws, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, and membership rosters. Of special interest is a poll conducted in 1967 where members voted on the induction of female grand jurors. Included in the poll are specific comments that express members' opinions. Some remarks express discriminatory language that some may find offensive. Also included are City of Atlanta...
Dates: 1944-1994, undated

Hardware Association of Atlanta minute book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS277
Scope and Content

This collection contains the Hardware Association of Atlanta minute book that include Articles of Organization as well as minutes. The minutes primarily document pricing agreements among the members.

Dates: 1875-1880

Hardwick family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS909f
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents from John Wesley and Betsy Mae Hardwick. Materials include club membership cards, a Masonic degree, and a Girl Scout handbook. The bulk of the membership cards are from two Masonic temples, the Yaarab Shrine and the Piedmont Lodge. Of particular note is Betsy Mae Hardwick's notebook that she used to record the Girl Scout badges that she earned.

Dates: 1912-1947, undated

Hilda Gumm papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS927
Scope and Content

This collection contains papers of the Decatur Branch of the Atlanta School of Ballet, Hilda Gumm's instructional materials, sheet music, music books, and music marked with choreographic notes by Hilda Gumm.

Dates: 1903-1957, undated

Inman Park Restoration, Inc. documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS650f
Scope and Content

The records include intra-neighborhood communications, minutes, by-laws, and promotional and publicity materials.

Dates: 1971-1974

James E. Williams papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS329
Scope and Content This collection documents Williams family members and their businesses, including letters, bills, and receipts. There are three bound books: a checkbook from 1854, Williams company account book from 1859, and a scrapbook from 1904-1905. There are also several Confederate bond receipts and checks, letters from the field, a parole, monthly subsistence papers, a land indenture, and a broadside of a speach James's WIlliams gave in Atlanta. Other items include a fire insurance policy dated...
Dates: 1820-1905, undated

Kiwanis Club of Atlanta photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS249
Scope and Content This collection consists of portraits of Kiwanis Club of Atlanta members, including portraits of the club's former presidents, vice presidents, and chairmen such as: George Hunt, the first president who served in 1918; J. Sherrard Kennedy, the fifth president and Chairman of the International Committee on Community Programs; and George West, Chairman of the Entertainment Committee in the early twentieth century. Most of the photographs are in black and white. There are also group photos of...
Dates: 1918-1995, undated