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Parks -- Georgia -- DeKalb County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Druid Hills Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1021
Scope and Content

This collection consists of histories, minutes and yearbooks that document the club's civic and social activities. The collection also includes scrapbooks which further document the club's interests and special projects, as well as activities of members such as Marie S. Nicholson and Francis King.

Dates: 1929-2015, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Druid Hills Garden Club records

Harry J. Baldwin landscape architectural drawings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS188
Scope and Content The collection includes drawings that document Baldwin's landscape architecture career from university course work in 1947 through projects executed in 2003. The projects include country clubs, hospitals, medical facilities, marinas, multi-family residential, parks, public housing, religious, schools, single-family residential, urban development and urban renewal. Projects of special interest to Atlanta and the Southeast include Atlanta Athletic Country Club, Falcon Training Center, MARTA...
Dates: 1947-2003, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Harry J. Baldwin landscape architectural drawings

Harry J. Baldwin papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS999
Scope and Content The collection includes files that document Baldwin's landscape architecture career. The Project Records contain correspondence and other materials related to projects completed by Baldwin and Associates and show Baldwin's collaboration with such practitioners as African American architect Leon G. Allain and female landscape architect Edith Harrison Henderson. The Professional Papers contain Baldwin's coursework at the University of Georgia, professional correspondence, registration...
Dates: 1947-2001, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Harry J. Baldwin papers

Park Pride landscape architectural drawings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS348
Scope and Content This collection contains various types of landscape architectural drawings that document a history of park planning by Park Pride. Drawings include hand-colored renderings, pencil sketches, design and conceptual plans as well as master plans that provide details of park vision plans. Also a part of the collection are plans that highlight community input and priorities. Many of the drawings were created by Walt Ray, landscape architect and former director of park visioning for Park...
Dates: 1979-2021, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Park Pride landscape architectural drawings

Park Pride records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1158
Scope and Content

This collection contains minutes, clippings, and a report providing details of Atlanta parks prior to the creation of Park Pride. Also included in the collection are conceptual and master park plans and visioning reports which document the work of Park Pride and the communities with which they partner. Periodicals published by Park Pride as well as conference materials from annual meetings hosted by Park Pride are also a part of the collection.

Dates: 1905-2022, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Park Pride records

The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1192
Scope and Content This collection contains books of evidence, minutes, yearbooks, and scrapbooks that document the social and civic history of the federation. Included in the collection are flower show programs, correspondence, clippings, and histories that provide details about the federation's activities, events, interests, and members. Scrapbooks highlight community projects, gardening education, and flower shows at Stone Mountain Park as well as other locations. Several of the scrapbooks document the...
Dates: 1948-2023, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. records