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Societies -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Apollo Social Club, Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS713f
Scope and Content This collection contains business documents, newsletters, correspondence, travel itineraries, and invitations relating to the Apollo Social Club. Included are the club's by-laws, letters to members, solicitation letters, financial statements, membership applications, canceled checks, and business cards. The collection contains several lists of members considered for board and committee memberships. The collection includes seventeen issues of The Scarlett...
Dates: 1972-1978, undated

Atkins Park Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS837
Scope and Content

This collection consists of minutes, financial papers, and scrapbooks that document the social and civic activities of the club. Minutes include reports and membership information. Scrapbooks provide further detail on the club's programs, civic projects, as well as flower shows both hosted and attended.

Dates: 1929-2004

Atlanta Advertising Club scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS803
Scope and Content

This collection consists of two scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, and pamphlets related to Atlanta Advertising Club activities during the presidency of Wilbur G. Kurtz, Jr.

Dates: 1958-1959

Atlanta Federation of Women's Clubs records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS393
Scope and Content

The bulk of this collection is comprised of organizational scrapbooks and year books. Other materials include newspaper clippings, programs, and club organizational records.

Dates: 1898-1951, undated

Atlanta Scottish Association records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS949
Scope and Content The bulk of the records consist of administrative and financial materials - minutes, ledgers, check stubs, secretary's warrant books, and membership dues - from 1912-1951. These materials, along with meeting announcements and correspondence, document ASA's meetings, financial activities and social activities. The correspondence is primarily between members of A.A. Craig and William Purdie. The printed material consists of bulletins of Scottish or Scottish society related news. Finally,...
Dates: 1912-1990, undated; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1950

Atlanta Woman's Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS353
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of records that provide details on the history of the club. Included in the collection are yearbooks, scrapbooks, pressbooks, newspaper clippings, and programs pertaining to the club's social and civic activities. Of special interest are materials that provide details on the historic Wimbish House.

Dates: 1895-1986, undated

Atlanta Women's Network records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS710
Scope and Contents This collection contains records documenting the establishment and operation of the Atlanta Women's Network. Areas of the organization documented include the Board of Directors, committee creation and work, luncheon and other event planning, and business operations. The bulk of papers consist of correspondence and memos, meeting minutes, marketing ephemera, newsletters and publications, and rosters and directories. Of particular note are articles of incorporation, by-laws, and surveys on...
Dates: 1978-1989, undated

Atlanta Writers' Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS513
Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence, newsletters, programs, yearbooks, membership lists, and a published history of the Atlanta Writers' Club.

Dates: 1925-1982

Bessie Shaw Stafford papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS352
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of personal papers of Bessie Shaw Stafford. Included in the collection are photographs, newspaper clippings, and wedding book of Elizabeth (Bessie) Shaw and George R. Stafford.

Dates: 1892-1950

Buckeye Woman's Club scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS795
Scope and Content

This collection consists of two scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain invitations, newspaper clippings, photographs, yearbooks, and notices related to the Buckeye Woman's Club activities.

Dates: 1913-1962

Cottage Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1044
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the history of the club, including meeting minutes and reports, flower show programs and awards, yearbooks, clippings, and correspondence. Scrapbooks also detail the social and civic activities of the club.

Dates: 1954-2014

Darlington Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1052
Scope and Content

This collection contains minutes and a history of the club. Minutes include membership and financial information, as well as correspondence. Also part of the collection is a rezoning petition that the club developed to protect a neighborhood residential property for sale in 1961.

Dates: 1947-1971

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

Dogwood District records of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1058
Scope and Content

This collection contains awards, publications, flower show brochures, and histories that document the social and civic history of the club. Also included in the collection are director's reports that offer annual reports, financial records, meeting minutes, and newsletters. One scrapbook provides details on The Garden Club of Georgia conventions and activities of member garden clubs.

Dates: 1948-2011, undated

Harvey Johnson scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS287
Scope and Content

This collection contains a series of three scrapbooks primarily containing newspaper clippings. Some of the articles include topics such as the Lewis Redwine case, General E. Kirby Smith, Judge Lumpkin, and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Dates: 1889-1893, undated

Hugh B. Adams scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS244
Scope and Content

The images consist of photographs taken by Adams of outings of social clubs in Lenox Woods in Atlanta and Vinings, Georgia. The images are mounted in three loose scrapbooks. Of special interest are photographs taken for Miss Sallie Fannie Grant of the Everyday Tuesday Club at Vinings, in May 1887. Adams also captures some unidentified members of the Dixie Club at Vinings, in May 1889.

Dates: 1887-1891

Katharine Hinton Wootten scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS330
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of four scrapbooks that contain cards, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The majority of the materials pertain to Atlanta events.

Dates: 1884-1917, undated

Kentucky Club of Atlanta records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS519
Scope and Content

This collection contains yearbooks, minutes, financial records, reports, programs, newspapers, and the constitution and by-laws for the Kentucky Club of Atlanta. Also included are manuscript drafts of historical sketches of the club.

Dates: 1927-1986

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

Litterbug No Project documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS766f
Scope and Content The collection contains photocopies of correspondence, articles, and other documents of the Litterbug No Project. The bulk is Rush’s correspondence with government officials and private organizations. Also included is a copy of Rush's sworn declaration acknowledging his role in conceiving the project; a copy of a proclamation by Mayor Maynard Jackson proclaiming August 30, 1975, as “Litter Bug No Project Day;” copies of newspaper articles pertaining to the project; and copies of two...
Dates: 1975-1977, undated