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Interior decoration

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Florence Inman photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS389
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of Focal Point Inc.'s awards and recognitions, the staff and workshop, and the moldings they designed and manufactured. Examples of moldings and decorative medallions are shown after they were manufactured in the Focal Point workshop, or installed in residences and historic properties. Of special note are images of Focal Point co-founders, Florence Inman and Jerry Garrison, as well as custom-made designs for Atlanta's Fox Theatre, historic properties at...
Dates: 1970-1990, undated

Grant and Slaton family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS449
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of members of the Grant and Slaton families. It also includes images of residences belonging to George W. Connor, John Thomas Grant, William Daniel Grant, John W. Grant Sr., John Marshall Slaton, and Hugh T. Inman. Of special note are portraits of Emily MacDougald (Mrs. Edward H. Inman) in her wedding dress. Locations are unknown unless otherwise noted.

Dates: approximately 1845-1955, undated

Harvey Smith Jr. visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS450
Scope and Contents This collection contains works collected by Harvey M. Smith Jr. and his original designs. Materials in this collection by Smith are illustrated works with a focus on the human figure, the natural world, decorative arts and designs and paintings by Claud J. Herndon. The collected works further include photographic prints and negatives of the Smith and Robertson families, and residences; photographs of Claud Herndon (1912-1980); and photography from Smith’s research on the history of...
Dates: 1648-1991, undated; Majority of material found in 1830-1991

Philip T. Shutze visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS351
Scope and Content This collection contains architectural drawings, sketches, artwork, and photos of Shutze's professional work, his travels, his personal life, and his antiques. The architectural drawings are from the firms of Norrman, Hentz & Reid; Hentz & Reid; Hentz, Reid & Adler; Hentz, Adler & Shutze; and Shutze & Armistead, as well as drawings representing historic buildings designed by other architects and firms. Among his most well known buildings are Swan House owned by Edward and...
Dates: 1820-1993, undated

Series I: Research records, 1692-1992, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents This series contains research on Alabama and Georgia history, Robertson and Smith family histories, the history of textiles, nineteenth century newspapers, museums and libraries, potpourri, nineteenth century pamphlets and speeches, Thomas Sheraton, and a study of pain and pleasure. The bulk of the collection are Smith’s hand-written notes and notecards on these subjects. Of particular note are eighteenth century documents about the trade of enslaved persons, an Almanac from 1730, and a...
Dates: 1692-1992, undated

Series III: Personal and business papers, 1889-1993, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents This series contains materials compiled by Harvey Smith Jr. about his personal and professional life. Included are certificates, correspondence, personal and professional financial records, invitations, papers from his service in the united States Marine Corps before and after World War II, and educational records. Additionally there are plays, poems, article clippings, event programs, donation records, real estate deeds, unfinished memoirs, and personal inventories. The series also contains...
Dates: 1889-1993, undated