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Henry Burr Green papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1063
Scope and Content
This collection consists of papers related to Henry Burr Green's life and family. Documents related to his military service and real estate career comprise the largest portion of the collection. The papers cover multiple facets of Green's life including his long-term involvement in the Presbyterian Church, his membership in multiple fraternities while attending Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), and his extensive involvement with the real estate community (1946-1987). Due...
Dates:
1900-1991
Henry Burr Green real estate photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS308
Scope and Content
This collection contains black-and-white photographs accumulated by Henry Burr Green in the process of conducting real estate business for Cheves-Green Enterprises, the mortgage loan, real estate, property management, and insurance company of which he was President. Most photos were taken by commercial photographer Walter M. Wright, and depict residential homes and office buildings in Atlanta, College Park, Decatur, East Point, and Marietta. Highlights include the Healey Building, Henry...
Dates:
1928-1947, undated
Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS382
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and blueprints from the Atlanta Transit System, Inc. (ATS) in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs and schematics of buses, streetcars, and trolleys used by ATS, as well as images of ATS staff. Of special note are photographs of Governor Lester Maddox (1915-2003) with William P. Maynard, president of ATS, signing a sales tax relief bill, which removed sales taxes on passenger fares. Also included is an image of Governor Maddox signing a proclamation...
Dates:
1923-1975, undated
Herbert E. Choate papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS15
Scope and Content
These papers consist of a scrapbook and research materials relative to the charter for the city of Atlanta in 1922.
Dates:
1922-1941
Herbert H. Lee Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS130
Scope and Contents of the Records
Included in this collection are slides and photographs of geographic locations, events, and transportation in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. The collection contains images of downtown Atlanta, including aerial views, government buildings, private residences, parks, street scenes, railroads, as well as photographs depicting poverty and sub-standard housing. The photographs of Herbert H. Lee are an excellent resource for those interested in the subject of urban renewal, and the post-World...
Dates:
1919- 1968, undated
Herbert Jenkins photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS43
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection consists of photographs of Police Chief Herbert Jenkins and Atlanta Police Department personnel throughout Jenkins' career. Noteworthy images of Jenkins include photographs of him as a child, a portrait taken on his first day as a police officer, and a photograph of him being sworn in by Mayor William B. Hartsfield. Other images of note include a series of photographs of the Summerhill riot of 1966, pictures of the first African American patrolmen, and portraits...
Dates:
1890s-1975, undated
Historic newspaper collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS838
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspapers that document important historic events and aspects of local, national, and international news. The collection focuses on the following subjects: the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and special events such as the Civil War Centennial.
Dates:
1886-1993
Holton Mastin diaries
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1143
Scope and Content
This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, legal documents, and political writings, including text of speeches and letters to the editor of local newspapers that reflect Henry Alexander's activism in the Republican Party during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Legal and professional documents include Alexander’s affiliation with the American Bar Association, correspondence to the General Assembly and with the Fifth District of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs....
Dates:
1960-2008, undated
Howard L. Preston Chattahoochee River research materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS175
Scope and Content
This collection includes research material gathered under a grant to study Fort Peachtree at Peachtree Creek and the Chattahoochee River. Included are notes, a copy of the Archeological Survey of Fulton and Cobb counties, and several pamphlets produced by the city of Atlanta.
Dates:
1973-1975, undated
Hubbard family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS880f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a recipe book, newspaper clippings, assorted deeds, an invitation, a photo, and a copy of Mamie Lowe Hubbard's driver's license.
Dates:
1889-1928, 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
Hugh Brannon papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1170
Scope and Content
This collection mostly contains documents relating the Hugh Brannon's education at Technological High School, and the neighborhood in which he lived, Inman Park. Included are examples of Brannon's classwork at William A. Bass Junior High School and at Technological High School, in courses such as mathematics, science, English, and social studies. Student assignments represented in the collection sometimes touched upon the subject of war in Europe. Brannon, a lifelong resident of Atlanta's...
Dates:
1922-2007, undated
Hugh M. Dorsey, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS279
Scope and Content
This collection contains six scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and ephemeral materials. Of particular interest is a copy of the speech by Dorsey to Governor Slaton in response to the motion to dismiss filed in behalf of Leo M. Frank.
Dates:
1838-1924
Hughs family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS121
Scope and Content
This collection contains family histories, scrapbooks, clippings, and correspondence about the Hughs family. Of particular note are three manuscripts; Lucile Smith Hughs' “My Pot Pourri of Ninety Years" about the West End area of Atlanta; Albert S. Mead's “Five Hundred Miles A-Foot” chronicling his trip through the North Georgia mountains; and Mother Mary Monica's “Some Family Memories” about Antebellum Atlanta.
Dates:
1858-1974, undated
Indian Creek Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS668
Scope and Content
This collection contains yearbooks, histories, flower show programs, and project reports that document the activities of the club. Scrapbooks provide details of meetings, social events, and numerous civic projects of the club. Of special interest is the club's history of the section of Lenox Road that was known as Indian Creek Acres by the resident members. Also of note is a report for a civic project to save the landmark Buckhead tree on which the original buck's head was hung, and gave...
Dates:
1939-1984
Inman Park Restoration, Inc. documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS650f
Scope and Content
The records include intra-neighborhood communications, minutes, by-laws, and promotional and publicity materials.
Dates:
1971-1974
International Cotton Exposition collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS697f
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of souvenir cards, invitations, and articles pertaining to the International Cotton Exposition. Also included in the collection is a picture guide to Atlanta and the exposition. Articles are from The Century Magazine, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, and The Daily Graphic. They are about the significance of the exposition and summmarize the participants and...
Dates:
1880-1946
Irene Richards Sterrett baby book
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS798
Scope and Content
This baby book was kept by Natalie Taylor Sterrett. It includes photographs, notes, newspaper clippings and some school work.
Dates:
1913-1923
Irene Rose Smillie papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS193
Scope and Content
This collection consists of Irene Rose Smillie's papers and those of her parents. Included in the collection are Irene Smillie's will, as well as a codicil to that will; a Bible containing Crandell family history; and a short, handwritten Crandell family tree. The collection also includes a letter from Hety and Mary Silvey dated 1850 about the wedding day of Irene Smillie's parents, Harriet F. Crandell and Robert Thomas Smillie and an invitation addressed to Harriet and Robert Smillie to...
Dates:
1850-1950, undated
Irene Toy Sherard photograph collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS229
Scope and Content
This collection contains two albums of black and white photographs. The images are of Irene Sherard, her family and her friends. Most of the images are undated and are taken in outdoor settings. The subjects of the images appear to be young men and women participating in group activities in playful outdoor settings. Locations of the photographs include Brookhaven, Grant Park, Lithia Springs, and Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia. Some of the images have captions written by Irene Sherard....
Dates:
approximately 1900-1925
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- Hartsfield, William Berry 18
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- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 15
- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 13
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- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 12
- Georgia Institute of Technology 12
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 12
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 11
- Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 11
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 10
- Young, Andrew, 1932- 10
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- Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 9
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- Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
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- Agnes Scott College 6
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 6
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 6
- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 6
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Slaton, John M. 6
- Southeastern Fair (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
- Underground Atlanta, Inc. 6
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- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 5
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- Boy Scouts of America . National Council 4
- Busbee, George, 1927-2004 4
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- Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Delta Air Lines 4
- Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 4
- Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 4
- Georgia. Department of Transportation 4
- Grant family 4
- Inman, Edward H., 1881-1931 4
- Junior League of Atlanta 4
- Key, James Lee, 1867-1939 4
- Kuhns Photographic Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Lakewood Fairgrounds (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
- League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 4
- Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 4
- Loew's Grand Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
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