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Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur and Lafayette Montgomery papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS164
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, financial records, annual reports, trade publications, scrapbooks, programs and invitations, relating to the Coca-Cola Company and the Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Company.

Dates: 1909-1979, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Arthur and Lafayette Montgomery papers

Atlanta Baseball Corporation documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1067
Scope and Content

Collection materials consist of business and legal records, including a 1933 lease, a 1947 certificate of residence change, meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence, and memos.

Dates: 1932-1951
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Baseball Corporation documents

Atlanta Crackers Photograph Collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS103
Scope and Contents of the Records The majority of this collection consists of members of the Atlanta Crackers baseball team and players from the Nashville Vols. Most of the images were taken at Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta, Georgia, and most are identified. Included are images of Buddy Bates, Charles Bicknell, Robert Boring, James Callaway, Ray Cattano, Paul Cave, Charles Cottier, Jack Daniels, John DeMerit, Frank DiPrima, Richard Grabowski, Robert Heartsfield, Rober Hartman, Ev Joyner, Charles King, Clyde King, Mike...
Dates: 1956-1958, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Crackers Photograph Collection

Braves baseball players photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS223
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of 159 baseball players who played for the Boston Braves, the Boston Bees, the Milwaukee Braves, and the Atlanta Braves baseball clubs. The majority of the images are professional publicity photographs of individual players. Included in the collection are baseball photographs of Chipper Jones as a child in the 13-year-old Babe Ruth League and at the 1989 Florida States Tournament.

Dates: 1913-1989, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Braves baseball players photograph collection

Fitzhugh Knox, Sr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS201f
Scope and Content This collection contains one bound volume. Inside are two letters to Miss Ruth Blair, the Executive Secretary of the Atlanta Historical Society, dated March 11, 1938 and March 18, 1938, both from Fitzhugh Knox, Sr. Also included is a short manuscript titled “My Reminiscences From 1883”. The first part of the manuscript is a memoir which mentions many prominent citizens, such as Joel Chandler Harris, Carroll Payne, and Henry W. Grady; businesses, like the Merchants Bank of Atlanta, J....
Dates: 1938
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Fitzhugh Knox, Sr. papers

Francis E. Price photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS2
Scope and Content This collection includes photographs of people, places, and events taken by Atlanta Constitution photographer Francis E. price. Most of the images were probably produced for news stories in the newspaper. Included are photographs of President Theodore Roosevelt; Democratic party leader William Jennings Bryan; Georgia Poet Laureate and Atlanta Constitution columnist Frank L. Stanton; Atlanta...
Dates: 1906-1928, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Francis E. Price photograph collection

J. Richardson Jones film Film

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS179
Scope and Contents of the Records The collection, in its original format, contains a series of sixty-five reels of primarily silent black and white nitrate film commissioned by Eugene M. White to promote the prosperous African-American communities in Atlanta during the 1930s. The footage documents a variety of activities including sporting events, homecoming, golf, motorcycle racing, occupational activities, and baseball. Included in the footage is the Atlanta Black Crackers baseball team playing a game at Ponce De Leon Park...
Dates: circa 1938
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / J. Richardson Jones film Film

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

Lucinda Bunnen photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS395
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs taken for Movers and Shakers in Georgia by Lucinda Bunnen and Frankie Coxe. The collection includes images of notable political, business, cultural, and arts figures between 1976-1978 in Georgia. Also included are photographs of events such as Jimmy Carter's presidential election, a Decatur Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) planning meeting, the Ramblin' Raft Race on the Chattahoochee River, an Atlanta...
Dates: approximately 1976-1978
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lucinda Bunnen photographs

Lucy Stockard photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS446
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of Lucy Stockard and her activities with the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard of Atlanta, a veterans organization. There are also several photos of Ponce de Leon Park (also known as Spiller Field) in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Confederate Soldiers' Home, also known as the Confederate Veterans' Home. Many of the photographs include additional information on the backside of the photos, and several were taken by Atlanta...
Dates: approximately 1910-1950, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lucy Stockard photographs

Manning, Selvage, and Lee Forward Atlanta Campaign Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS113
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection of public relations photographs contains images of the city of Atlanta that were created for the Forward Atlanta campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and were meant to showcase the city. Some images were probably taken in support of other public relations activities of Bell and Stanton, but are not identified as such. Included are aerial views of downtown Atlanta, Midtown, and the Peachtree Center area, which highlight the city’s skyline and infrastructure. Other...
Dates: circa 1960-1970
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Manning, Selvage, and Lee Forward Atlanta Campaign Photographs

Marion Johnson photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS33
Scope and Content This collection documents the Atlanta urban environment, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s, through cityscapes, aerial views and scenes of individual buildings as the city underwent a period of building and growth. The arrival of the city's first professional sports team, the Atlanta Braves, is documented. Also included in the collection are scenes pertaining to Southern politics including local, state and presidential races. A wide variety of Georgia agriculture and industry is...
Dates: 1938-1975
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Marion Johnson photographs

Mary E. Budden scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS843
Scope and Content

This collection consists of one scrapbook kept by Mary E. Budden as a young woman in Atlanta. The scrapbook mainly contains newspaper clippings from Atlanta, Georgia, area newspapers regarding the Atlanta Crackers baseball team.

Dates: 1934-1936
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mary E. Budden scrapbook

McDonald Valentine papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS781f
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents relating to Valentine's military and baseball coaching careers. Of particular note are newspaper articles about his tutoring programs and his former students.

Dates: 1973-1989, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / McDonald Valentine papers

Stephan Prothero sports publications collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS888
Scope and Content

This collection consists of sports programs (baseball, football, and basketball), media guides and newspapers, predominantly from the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology, but also including, among others, Louisiana State University, Georgia Southern University, the University of Tennessee, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Atlanta Braves.

Dates: 1926-1993
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Stephan Prothero sports publications collection

Steve B. Campbell Atlanta Fire Department Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS166
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of photographs of fire stations and personnel of the Atlanta Fire Department. Also included are photographs of notable fires in Atlanta during the 20th century. Most of the photographs are group portraits of fire companies taken between 1890 and 1928, and include images of fire stations number 1 through 20. Individual firemen are identified in many of the photographs. There are also photographs of fire companies affiliated with the aforementioned stations....
Dates: 1882 – 1972
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Steve B. Campbell Atlanta Fire Department Photographs

Virginia Paul scrapbook about Larry Miller

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS7f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook assembled by Virginia Paul on the career of Atlanta Crackers pitcher Larry Miller. Ms. Paul was fifteen years old when she assembled the scrapbook. Ms. Paul became Mrs. Charles Bastedo.

Dates: 1949
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Virginia Paul scrapbook about Larry Miller

William Fulmer Hull photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS177
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection consists of images taken by photographer Bill Hull in the course of his duties at the Atlanta Historical Society. Mr. Hull frequently photographed areas in Atlanta in support of research, exhibitions, and programs at the institution. Included are images of geographic locations in the Metropolitan Atlanta region, including Buckhead, Cabbagetown, Midtown and downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Images of geographic locations show commercial buildings, parks, and street views of important...
Dates: 1985-1996
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William Fulmer Hull photographs

WRFG records of the Living Atlanta oral history project

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS637
Scope and Content The bulk of this collection consists of tape recorded interviews of Atlantans used to create fifty programs titledLiving Atlanta: Atlanta Life from World War I through World War II, and the programs themselves, which aired on WRFG Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. The programs were composed of excerpts from the interviews connected by music and explanatory narration. During the course of the project, hundreds of Atlantans were interviewed, resulting in approximately...
Dates: 1977-1980, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / WRFG records of the Living Atlanta oral history project