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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 120 Collections and/or Records:

Paul R. Jones papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS856
Scope and Content

This collection contains material relating to the endeavors of Paul R. Jones. Included in the contents are newspaper clippings, personal and political correspondence, and programs and awards from the many organizations with which he was involved.

Dates: 1964-1982

Peachtree-Cherokee Trust records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS54
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials regarding the creation and management of the Peachtree-Cherokee Trust, the publication and promotion of Architecture of Neel Reid in Georgia by James H. Grady, and documents detailing the life and work of Reid. Papers include legal documents, correspondence, book reviews and publicity, financial records, research notes, articles, and clippings.

Dates: 1963-1975, undated

Percy H. Perkins, Jr. architectural drawings and photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS254
Scope and Content

The collection consists of architectural drawings of projects designed by Perkins and images of himself and family members. A variety of projects are presented in the collection such as the construction of the administration building of the Fulton County Airport (1950-1951); Salvation Army School for officer training (1966); and Lake Shore Shopping Center in Gainesville, Georgia (1963). Of special interest is a black and white print of Perkins at his drawing board in his office.

Dates: 1937-1975, undated

Police and Crime scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS306
Scope and Content

This collection consists of three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings pertaining to the police and criminal activities in Atlanta, Georgia, 1901-1905.

Dates: 1901-1905

Powell family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS8
Scope and Content

This collection contains fifteen images documenting three generations of the Powell family. George T. Powell and Ned T. Powell are also represented. The carte-de-visite and cabinet cards were produced by C. W. Motes and Kuhns, both post-Civil War Atlanta photographers.

Dates: approximately 1845-1955

Property appraisals

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS610f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the property appraisals, tax returns, and related information for two Atlanta, Georgia businesses. One business is Joe's Laundry owned by Jew Shiu Dun, and the other is Chinese Kitchen owned by Leon Quan.

Dates: 1968-1971

Real Estate Business in Atlanta records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS751
Scope and Content

This collection includes correspondence to Robert W. Barnwell, two bound books containing lists of properties for sale, numerous brochures of properties for sale by the Massell Realty Company, printed materials, and a broadside.

Dates: 1915-1950

Redpath Chautauqua collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS335
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of photocopies of materials from the Redpath Bureau pertaining to events hosted in Atlanta, Georgia. The files include daily reports, correspondence, telegrams, etc.

Dates: 1926-1929

Reynolds family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS284f
Scope and Content

This collection contains an 1877 account book belonging to Thomas S. Reynolds, a printer in Atlanta, Georgia; an 1890 letter from Thomas Reynolds to his daughter in Brunswick, Georgia; a report card belonging to Mattie Reynolds from McDonough Street Female School; an indenture for John Reynolds to serve as apprentice in a chair making company in 1819; and other documents relating to the Reynolds family of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1819-1890

Richards family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS176
Scope and Content This collection contains the diaries and typewritten transcripts of the diaries of Samuel P. Richards. Journals of Irene Richards, Sarah V. Richards, and Dora Richards. There is also correspondence, family history, a Bible, and scrapbooks containing various information. These papers chronicle daily events in Atlanta and prices and availability of goods. They also describe the shelling and evacuation of the city and also the travels of S.P. Richards to New York City as a refugee in 1864, and...
Dates: 1842-1945, undated

Rich's, Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1245
Scope and Contents This collection contains records of the downtown Atlanta flagship store and retail stores throughout the Southeastern United States. Included in the collection are annual reports, biographical materials of founding members and executives, business history, employee publications, employee training materials, lists of officers and directors, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, and scrapbooks, as well as materials on store openings and expansions, promotions, and special events....
Dates: 1877-1988, undated

Robert S. Lowrance, Jr. records of the North Fulton High School Special Choir

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS801
Scope and Content

This collection consists of scrapbooks, citations, certificates, and other materials documenting the activities of the North Fulton High School Special Choir. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, notices, brochures, and correspondence.

Dates: 1944-1985

Samuel Cooper Inman interview transcription

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS420f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the transcription of an oral history regarding the Inman family and the Swan House in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1992

Sarah Martha Cobb Whitner scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS326
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of two scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings pertaining to Cobb and Whitner families as well as Atlanta events.

Dates: 1857-1900, undated

Shaler Hillyer papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS885
Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence from and to Shaler Hillyer. Also included is his journal, along with Captain John Freeman's estate inventory and the journals of Marian (also spelled Marion) Jean Hillyer, a descendant of Shaler Hillyer's, as a young girl documenting various trips her family took in the 1880s and 1890s.

Dates: 1797-1892, undated

Sheffield family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS306f
Scope and Content

This collection contains speeches, a scrapbook, invitations, ribbons, and other ephemera related to Elizabeth Spalding Sheffield and her family. Of special interest is a diploma issued to her by the Winchester Junior Rifle Corps, designating her as "Marksman".

Dates: 1863-1970

South Carolina Club of Atlanta records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS802
Scope and Content

This collection consists of yearbooks and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain notices, newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: 1938-1987

Student Aid Foundation Records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1
Scope and Contents of the Records

These records comprise the minutes, correspondence, reports, pamphlets, yearbooks of the Student Aid Foundation from 1908-1977.

Dates: 1908-1977

Susan Ann Clarke Hayes family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS13
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Susan Ann Clarke Hayes and her descendants.

Dates: approximately 1860-1914

Tenth Street School World War I Memorial papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS774
Scope and Content

The collections consists of the papers found in the box put in the Memorial.

Dates: 1920-1922, 1969, undated