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Ann E. Lewis Georgia Magazine photograph and postcard collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS230
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs collected by Ann Lewis during her tenure as editor of Georgia Magazine. Photographs include Georgia state parks and monuments, historic sites, the Georgia coast, golf courses, and scenic vistas including the North Georgia mountains, Stone Mountain, and Callaway Gardens.
Dates:
approximately 1906-1970, undated
Atlanta's Unspoken Past oral history transcriptions
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS994
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection is comprised of eleven interviews, transcript of each interview (edited and unedited), original audio recordings for each interview, and a CD access copy of each. The interviews with Billy Jones and Ginny Boyd are part of the Maria Helena Dolan collection (1999.142)
Dates:
1997, 2004-2005
Clippings of Civil War illustrations
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1030
Scope and Content
This collection contains pages and clippings of illustrations from Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, also called Harper's History of the Great Rebellion. Pages are dated between 1862-1868 with many undated clippings. All contain illustrations depicting Civil War scenes. Illustrations...
Dates:
1862-1867, undated
Cornelius Hanleiter Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS109
Scope and Content
The collection includes five bound volumes of Cornelius Hanleiter’s war diary from 1861 – 1865, along with correspondence, including a letter from Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. The collection also contains sketches of Hanleiter’s outpost in Savannah, and other documents relating to his service in the Army of the Confederacy. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to the careers of C.R. Hanleiter, Lemuel P. Grant, Colonel Tom Harvard, Anton L. Kontz, and Jonathan...
Dates:
1825-1944, undated, (bulk 1861-1865)
Francis Lawton Mobley Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1008
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection is a series of letters from Lt. Francis Lawton Mobley to his wife, Rhoda Gaskins Mobley during his time of service in the Civil War. Lt. Mobley illustrates daily camp life for his wife and reports on his general health and well-being. In most letters he reports his current location and the various ailments afflicting the men in his regiment. The most common ailments mentioned were "Brain" fever, chills, measles, mumps, and diarrhea as well as battle field...
Dates:
1861-1916, undated; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1862
Georgia Bicentennial Commission documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS833f
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents pertaining to the Georgia Bicentennial Celebration, and includes a budget report, event programs, meeting minutes, plaque design plans, and speech drafts. There is also correspondence between Mrs. Joseph R. Lamar (Clarinda) and other members of the executive board with the English Speaking Union in London inviting the descendants of the original 71 trustees to the celebration. In addition, there are pamphlets with information on the English Speaking Union...
Dates:
1921-1934
Henry A. Alexander, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1142
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:
1900-1973, undated
James Smith statement
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS317f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a statement originating in Savannah, Georgia from L. J. B. Fairchild to James Smith, Esq. executor of the estate of Mrs. Sapialo Evans, regarding dispositions from the estate.
Dates:
1854
King family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS753
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence between various members of the King family and payment receipts on the accounts of many of the family members.
Dates:
1858-1918
Mathews and Joor family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS219f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of personal letters from Ann (Mathews) Joor, the daughter of John Mathews, about the death of "Edward" and from William Joor about a troublesome slave. There are receipts from William Joor and Jonathan Cooper about the transfer of the slave from Savannah, Georgia, to Charleston, South Carolina. Also included are business letters between John Mathews and his cousin, Optimus Hughes, about the sale of James Island.
Dates:
1816-1848, undated
Ransone family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS863f
Scope and Content
This collection documents the lives of three generations of the Ransone family. It contains high school and college graduation programs, World War II ration documents, insurance receipts, and business cards. Also included are the books Songs of a Day by Frank L. Stanton and Around the World in Sixty Days by Robert Hecht. The collection includes pamphlets for Atlanta attractions such as Stone Mountain and the Lyric Theatre,...
Dates:
1887-1973, undated
William R. Mitchell Jr. photograph collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS222
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photographs documented and collected by William R. Mitchell, Jr that appeared in his books, lectures, and architectural studies. The photographs were taken in various Georgia cities including Atlanta, Savannah, Thomasville, Roswell, and Albany. The images are of residential homes and apartments, furnished interiors, historic buildings, parks, streetscapes, churches, and Edward Vason Jones's 19th Century America exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Dates:
1889-1986, undated
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