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Public libraries -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Public Library documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS641f
Scope and Content

The Atlanta Public Library records include correspondence and newsclippings documenting the construction of the original library and the commissioning of a marble bust of Andrew Carnegie by sculptor Gaetano Trentanove. The records also include newsclippings regarding the controversy over the decision to demolish the original library building.

Dates: 1895-1970
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Public Library documents

Wallace family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS690
Scope and Content This collection primarily contains materials pertaining to Alexander McGhee Wallace’s involvement in the Civil War and Anne Wallace Howland’s contributions to the Carnegie Library of Atlanta. The materials include correspondence, datebooks, diaries, genealogical records, periodicals, programs, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains a scrapbook assembled in memory of Alexander McGhee Wallace, a scrapbook pertaining to Anne Wallace Howland, several certificates and diplomas...
Dates: 1836-1987, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Wallace family papers