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Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Arnall T. Connell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1046
Scope and Content This collection consists of papers related to Arnall T. Connell's tenure as a professor in the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia. Student papers written by Connell's graduate students form the largest portion of the collection. The papers cover a large array of Atlanta-related subjects, including neighborhoods and their histories, historic preservation of buildings and homes, renovation and repurposing ideas for historic...
Dates: 1894-1994, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Arnall T. Connell papers

Atlanta Urban Design Commission records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1272
Scope and Contents This collection contains administrative records and documentation of the creation of AUDC through meeting minutes, reports, newspaper articles, and correspondence. The records also contain data collected about historic nominations of properties and neighborhoods, and records from the Cooperation of Olympic Development in Atlanta (CODA). Historic nomination forms include the nominee's history, correspondence, meeting minutes from the commission, and nomination and acceptance packets. The bulk...
Dates: 1973-2008, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Urban Design Commission records

Atlanta Urban Design Commission visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS443
Scope and Contents This collection contains images, historic property surveys, and maps which depict Atlanta and its neighborhoods. AUDC generated these materials, gathered by trained volunteers and unidentified photographers, to document and study the neighborhoods and important structures to gauge their historic significance. Materials depict residences, commercial buildings, streetscapes, religious structures, schools, cemeteries, industrial sites, parks, and government buildings. Also included are city...
Dates: 1912-2005, undated (bulk 1973-1995)
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Urban Design Commission visual arts materials

Ben Shute watercolors for First National Bank of Atlanta

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS444
Scope and Contents This collection includes copies of watercolors of a variety of locations around Atlanta, including the First National Bank of Atlanta, the commissioner of the work; Georgia Capitol; Grady Memorial Hospital; Piedmont Park; Emory University; Peachtree Street; Muse's Department Store; First Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia; and the Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia. Also included are interleaving pages for each painting with descriptive information. Please note this collection contains...
Dates: 1959
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Ben Shute watercolors for First National Bank of Atlanta

Brookwood Hills Garden Club photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS276
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of the park in Brookwood Hills including the playground, picnic and pool areas during restoration work by the club. Images show playground structures, picnic tables, planters, stone steps, as well as trees, shrubs, and other plants. Also a part of the collection are photographs of the club's Christmas decorations inside Rhodes Memorial Hall, Atlanta, Georgia. Of particular interest are club members and children shown during park workdays and events.

Dates: 1974-1982, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Brookwood Hills Garden Club photographs

Brookwood Hills Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS648
Scope and Content

This collection contains minutes, reports, yearbooks, and correspondence that document the civic and social activities of the club. Minutes also include membership and financial reports. Scrapbooks detail the club's programs, flower shows, and civic projects. Three of the scrapbooks are devoted to the club's restoration of Brookwood Hills Park in the 1970s.

Dates: 1938-1988, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Brookwood Hills Garden Club records

Cotten Alston photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS247
Scope and Content This collection contains aerial and street views of the Buckhead, downtown, and Midtown areas of Atlanta, Georgia. Included are images of Buckhead restaurants such as OK Cafe and Buckhead Diner. Also featured are the Atlanta History Center's Swan House, Lenox Square Mall, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Underground Atlanta, the Georgia Dome, The Fox Theatre, High Museum of Art, The Varsity, Piedmont Park, and Clark College (later named Clark Atlanta University). Other images include...
Dates: 1972-1998, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Cotten Alston photographs

Cotton States and International Exposition collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1022
Scope and Content This collection is comprised primarily of materials created in preparation of and during the Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895. The bulk of the collection is programs and publications that detail daily events and highlight exposition participants. Of particular interest is a series of souvenirs collected by individuals that attended the exposition as well as postcards and a pass issued for an employee of the Atlanta Journal with his...
Dates: 1895-1896, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Cotton States and International Exposition collection

Deep Dene Garden Club scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1189
Scope and Content

This collection contains one bound scrapbook created by the Deep Dene Garden Club that details the civic and social activities of the club. Material includes poems, yearbooks, correspondence, clippings, drawings, and photographs that illustrate the club's garden interests and projects. The scrapbook clippings focus on flower arrangment and home decor.

Dates: 1940-1990; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1949
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Deep Dene Garden Club scrapbook

Dr. Amey Chappell visual arts collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS46
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs, prints, and postcards collected by Dr. Amey Chappell. The images depict people in Atlanta, Georgia, or unidentified areas in Georgia. Included in the collection is one printed panorama view of the May 21, 1917 Atlanta Fire; one Currier and Ives lithograph depicting the capture of Atlanta during the Civil War; one postcard depicting the Tallulah Apartment at 87 Washington Street, circa 1905; one souvenir postcard booklet of Atlanta; and twelve...
Dates: 1865-1945
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Dr. Amey Chappell visual arts collection

Edward L. Daugherty visual arts material

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS207
Scope and Content This collection contains drawings of projects including private gardens, corporate clients, schools, cultural institutions, large developments, parks, and cemeteries. Notable projects are the Atlanta Historical Society (Atlanta History Center), Atlanta Botanical Garden, Coca-Cola Headquarters Complex, Piedmont Hospital, Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and a large cross section of private residences in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. Also a part...
Dates: 1928-2013, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Edward L. Daugherty visual arts material

Elizabeth Meriwether landscape plan for the Botanical Gardens Park, Fulton County, Georgia

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS426
Scope and Contents This collection contains a landscape plan of the Fulton County Botanical Gardens Park (also known as the Fulton County Botanical Garden) likely drawn by the landscape architect for the botanical garden, William L. Monroe (1892-1965). The plan includes features such as an ampitheater, azalea and alpine garden, cover crop areas, cypress plantings, bog garden, school house, and Mirror Lake. Of special interest are the dimensions and boundaries of the garden including River Camp Road, Gordon...
Dates: 1941
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Elizabeth Meriwether landscape plan for the Botanical Gardens Park, Fulton County, Georgia

Elizabeth Meriwether records of the Fulton County Botanical Garden Commission

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS10f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, budgets, minutes, and a roster of members of the Fulton County Botanical Garden Commission. Correspondence includes discussion of the development of both the botanical garden and an airport in the same vicinity, now known as Fulton County Airport-Brown Field.

Dates: 1946-1952, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Elizabeth Meriwether records of the Fulton County Botanical Garden Commission

Fred L. Howe Cotton States and International Exposition Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS145
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains photographs taken by Fred L. Howe at the Cotton States and International Exposition. Photographs in the collection contain images of buildings and grounds, and exhibitions featuring advances in transportation, electricity, forestry, agriculture, and art. Other photographs of exhibitions feature Confederate history, African American and Native American culture and history, and the Liberty Bell on loan from the city of Philadelphia. The collection also illustrates...
Dates: 1895
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Fred L. Howe Cotton States and International Exposition Photographs

Friends of Piedmont Park, Inc. and Piedmont Park Conservancy records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS943
Scope and Content

The records include by-laws, articles of incorporation, correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes, and clippings documenting various projects and concerns on behalf of the Park.

Dates: 1984-1990; Majority of material found within 1988 - 1989
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Friends of Piedmont Park, Inc. and Piedmont Park Conservancy records

G. Eric Harkness visual arts material

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS240
Scope and Content

This collection contains landscape drawings and photographic prints that landscape architect G. Eric Harkness produced between 1954 and 1994. A variety of projects are represented such as city planning, commercial and residential properties, parks and urban renewal developments. Of special interest are drawings and plans for Alpine Village of Helen, Georgia.

Dates: 1954-1994, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / G. Eric Harkness visual arts material

Georgia Bicentennial Memorial Forest scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1059
Scope and Content

This collection consists of one scrapbook concerning the Memorial Forest project carried out by the Atlanta Public Schools. Included in the scrapbooks are photos, correspondence, and clippings providing details of the project.

Dates: 1932-1934
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Georgia Bicentennial Memorial Forest scrapbook

Iris Garden Club photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS253
Scope and Content This collection contains photographic prints and negatives that document the social and civic activities of the club. Meetings, floral arrangements, and garden scenes are part of the material. Some of the floral arrangements were from club members' participation in local flower shows. Also included are photographs of the club's landscaping project at the Iris Garden and Woodland Glen in Winn Park, Atlanta. Of special interest are photographs of the club's Orchard Terrace project at the...
Dates: approximately 1930-1963, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Iris Garden Club photographs

J.E. Mellett Jr. photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahcVIS369
Scope and Content

This collection contains black and white photographs of construction scenes in downtown Atlanta by J.E. "Ned" Mellett Jr. They were submitted to the 1949 Atlanta Historical Society Historical Photographic Exhibition in partnership with the Dixie Camera Club under the category "construction." Additional photographs include scenes of Atlanta Zoo and activities such as tennis, baseball, and swimming in Piedmont Park, Grant Park, and Lakewood Park.

Dates: 1949-1950
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / J.E. Mellett Jr. photographs

John Pattillo visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS463
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs collected by John Patillo of Atlanta buildings and street scenes, schools, churches, residences, and portraits. Buildings and residences include Atlanta City Hall, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, First National Bank, Georgia State Captiol, the Carnegie Library, as well as residences in the Peachtree Park neighborhood. Also in the collection are images of churches such as St. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church and the Cathedral of St. Philip; and...
Dates: approximately 1852-1970, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / John Pattillo visual arts materials