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Cecil A. Alexander papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS24
Scope and Content

These papers consist of some personal and business papers of Cecil A. Alexander, 1907-1918, consisting of correspondence, purchase and tax notes, pamphlets, and others. Additionally, there is a memoir written by Rebecca Ella Solomons Alexander, 1854-1935.

Dates: 1854-1935

Charles Northen scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS298
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single scrapbook containing newspaper clippings. Topics collected include state and national politics; consolidation of Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Business League; Atlanta Horse Show; Atlanta Lecture Association; and religion.

Dates: 1898-1916

City of Atlanta Treasurer's report

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Collection number: ahc.MSS6f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a report from the Treasurer for the city of Atlanta for the quarter ending September 30, 1864. The report lists several categories of spending including public buildings, relief programs, stationary, incidentals, and interest.

Dates: 1865

Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia Register of Inmates

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Collection number: ahc.MSS7
Scope and Contents of the Records The collection consists of over 700 typed pages of information about residents of the Confederate Soldier’s Home of Georgia. The list of inmates represented in this collection is not comprehensive. The information was copied from three registers kept at the Home between 1901 and 1941 and each page contains vital records and history of military service. Information about each veteran includes name, date and place of birth, unit and rank, date of capture, surrender, or injury, date of entry...
Dates: undated

Cora Best Taylor Williams papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS377f
Scope and Content

This collection contains biographical information about Cora Best Taylor, who married Jesse Parker Williams. Also included are her report cards from Wesleyan Female College, her diary, newspaper clippings, and a program on the dedication and opening of Jesse Parker Williams Hospital.

Dates: 1877-1941

Cornelia Cunningham Schoolcraft Huffer drawings

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Collection number: ahc.VIS224
Scope and Content

This collection contains twenty-four original pencil sketches on drawing board by Cornelia Cunningham Schoolcraft Huffer that she used for her book, Atlanta: City of To-Day, published in 1933. The drawings include Atlanta landmarks, street scenes, and prominent buildings and houses in the city.

Dates: 1933

Creative Writing Group of the Atlanta Branch of the American Association of University Women scrapbooks

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Collection number: ahc.MSS792
Scope and Content

This collection consists of six scrapbooks which cover the activities of the organization. These scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and notices.

Dates: 1947-1985

David Crockett papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS80f
Scope and Content

This collection includes a safe deposit lease at Atlanta National Bank; a record of monetary support for Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta; a letter from the Navy League of the United States; and documents related to the Fulton Lime & Cement Company.

Dates: 1918, undated

Dr. Chapmon Powell bible

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Collection number: ahc.MSS815
Scope and Content

This collection contains a bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated out of the Original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. New York: stereotyped by A. Chandler, for "The American Bible Society." 1828. Powell paid $1.25 in an undetermined year.

Dates: 1828

Dr. Clarence Paine papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS254
Scope and Content

This collection contains ledgers, appointment books, and other patient related material belonging to Dr. Clarence M. Paine of Atlanta, Georgia. Included are the accounts of Dr. Paines's clients indicating their balances.

Dates: 1890-1902

Dr. Samuel W. Small scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS316
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised on a single scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings from The Atlanta Constitution of the by-line My Story of Atlanta, by Sam W. Small.

Dates: 1926

DuBose family collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates: 1782-2001, undated

DuBose family visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS198
Scope and Content This collection contains artwork, images, and maps collected by the DuBose family. The artwork pertains to Civil War historical sites and scenes and includes etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings. Much of the artwork was done by Wilbur G. Kurtz (1882-1967), a family friend, historian, writer, and artist. There are original photographs from the Civil War era in a variety of formats, such as cartes de visite, tintypes, and albumen prints. Photographic subject matter includes military...
Dates: 1783-2007, undated

E. Earl Patton, Jr. papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS804
Scope and Content

This collection contains newspaper clippings from political activities from 1965 to 1981, political memorabilia, and family information.

Dates: 1960-1981, undated

Edward H. Inman, Jr. oral history transcription

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Collection number: ahc.MSS665f
Scope and Content The Edward H. Inman Jr. Oral History Transcription, conducted by Atlanta History Center staff members Bill Bomar and Andy Ambrose in May 1997, includes Inman’s early memories of the house, its furnishings, and events that occurred while he lived there. Relatives Louise Richardson Allen and Suzanne Inman also participated in the interview, interjecting their memories at appropriate times.Topics covered include the construction of Swan House, his father’s cars and automobile...
Dates: 1997

Emma Muse Warren reminiscences

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Collection number: ahc.MSS363f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a photocopy of a typed letter from Emma Muse Warren (Mrs. R. H. Warren) to her brother in 1942 in which she writes about family life in Atlanta from shortly after the Civil War through the 1940s.

Dates: 1942

Fine Arts Forum scrapbooks

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Collection number: ahc.MSS800
Scope and Content

This collection consists of two scrapbooks covering the period 1949-1981. The scrapbooks contain photographs, notices, and yearbooks documenting the activities of the Fine Arts Forum.

Dates: 1949-1981

Forsythia Garden Club scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1139
Scope and Content

This collection contains one scrapbook that provides details of the social and civic activities of the club. The scrapbook includes clippings, photographs, program information, and one yearbook. Entries and awards from flower shows are also detailed. Of special interest are sketches of a garden beautification project and signpost along Peachtree Battle Avenue between Woodward Way and Dellwood Drive in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta.

Dates: 1949-1950

Francis DeGress Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS998
Scope and Content The collection primarily contains materials pertaining to the activities of Captain Francis DeGress during and after the Civil War. Some of the documents include personal accounts of battle activities by Captain DeGress, field reports, military certificates, correspondence, official records of DeGress' Battery, and ledgers documenting clothing accounts for soldiers under his command. Of special interest is a letter from Theodore Davis to Mrs. Francis DeGress describing Captain DeGress'...
Dates: 1862-1917, undated

Francis DeGress Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS195
Scope and Content

The collection contains five photographs of Francis DeGress. Most are portrait shots with the exception of one which is a group shot of eight gentlemen in uniform.

Dates: 1864, undated

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Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 3
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