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Gallivanters Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS701
Scope and Content

This collection consists of records of membership, financial statements, questionnaires, and other other forms used in conducting the business of the club.

Dates: 1952-1991, undated

Gambrell family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS703
Scope and Content Most of the material in this collection focuses on Enoch Smythe Gambrell and Barmore Pepper Gambrell. The other members of the family are covered sparingly. The records relating to Enoch Smythe include newspaper clippings, correspondence, copies of speeches, and numerous published pamphlets which contain articles written by him or on related topics. There are numerous pamphlets and clippings on his speech for the American Bar Association at Runnymede in England and an audiotape of that...
Dates: 1930-1987, undated

George and Pansey Slappey scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS318
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a single scrapbook pertaining primarily to newsworthy events in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1944

George C. Spence papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS814
Scope and Content

This collection contains a guest book which belonged to the Spence family and George C. Spence's military health card from 1905. The guest book contains the names of the numerous people, many from Atlanta families, who visited the Spence home during the period from 1913-1918.

Dates: 1905, 1913-1918, undated

George Gilman Smith, Jr. reminiscence

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Collection number: ahc.MSS314f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a 28-page autobiography of George Gilman Smith, Jr. about his life in Antebellum Atlanta. Mr. Smith lived with his parents in Atlanta from 1847-1854.

Dates: 1910

George Washington Collier papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS602f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a handwritten autobiography of George Washington Collier and includes Collier family history. Included is a transcription of the writings.

Dates: 1813-1903

Georgia Mineral Society papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS574
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection includes: committee meeting minutes, annual reports, and treasurer’s reports, activity reports, announcements of meetings, field trip reports, and news clippings, programs and publicity files.

Dates: 1935-1992

Gladys McHugh Swords collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS864
Scope and Content

This collection contains various materials saved by Gladys Swords including newspaper clippings of weddings and miscellaneous topics of interest to her. Also in the collection are programs from several churches in Atlanta, Georgia. There are correspondence and personal papers relating to Gladys Swords as well. All of these materials were placed at random between the pages of an otherwise empty scrapbook.

Dates: 1923-1948, undated

Governor John M. Slaton letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS746f
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters, some original and some copies, written by Governor John M. Slaton. Most of the correspondence concerns the Leo Frank court case, Slaton's commutation of Frank's death sentence, and his subsequent failure to be reelected. There is also one letter written by Lucille Selig Frank, the wife of Leo Frank, to Slaton.

Dates: 1902-1930, 1976

Grady Hospital Student Doctors Account of the Winecoff Hotel Fire

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Collection number: ahc.MSS92f
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains a transcript of the comments of four doctors who served as student doctors under Dr. Charles Holloway at Grady Hospital. These four witnessed the fire and assisted patients both at the scene and in the emergency room. The first doctor interviewed was unnamed and arrived at the hospital emergency room at four in the morning. His account includes details on how the hospital’s lack of space and small staff made it difficult to handle the large amount of fire victims...
Dates: 1946

Habersham Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS667
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials which detail the social and civic activities of the club and provide details on programs and projects. Included in the collection are clippings, articles, correspondence, and flower show ephemera. Of special interest are scrapbook items concerning member Louise B. Hastings, past president of The Garden Club of Georgia, well known lecturer, author, and wife of Donald M. Hastings, owner of H. G. Hastings Co.

Dates: 1928-2018, undated

Hardware store ledger

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Collection number: ahc.MSS790
Scope and Content

This collection consists of one ledger. The ledger contains day by day lists of checks issued for work done, money deposited, and merchandise sold to other hardware stores and to individuals.

Dates: 1894-1897

Harold H. Martin research material

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Collection number: ahc.MSS253f
Scope and Content

This collection contains inter-office communications and preliminary drafts in preparation for a Newsweek cover story of Atlanta in March, 1954. The article covered the history and growth, especially the business development of the city. The research and writing was performed by Bill Emerson of the Atlanta Newsweek staff.

Dates: 1954

Henry A. Alexander, Sr. papers

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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

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

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

Ivan Allen, Sr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS25
Scope and Content

These papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and guide books, books, reports pertaining to the Atlanta historical Society, and documents relating to the civil projects of Ivan Allen, Sr.

Dates: 1854-1969, undated

J. Thomas Hutcheson scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS793
Scope and Content

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and programs of the Atlanta Philharmonic Society and some musical events in Atlanta.

Dates: 1930-1933

James Kolloch Hines Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS767
Scope and Content

This collections includes a diary, newspaper clippings, legal papers, and letters.

Dates: 1873-1967

Jennie Meta Barker research papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS53
Scope and Content These papers consist primarily of newspaper clippings collected by Jennie Meta Barker about Atlanta and it's history. Most clippings relate broadly to Atlanta, but particular subjects include history, the arts, politics and government, business and organizations, notable Atlantans, and Georgia geography. In addition to clippings, there are also reports, pamphlets, publications, and correspondence relating to these topics. The collection also contains notes and chapters that Barker wrote...
Dates: approximately 1820-1967, undated; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1967

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Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
Atlanta Historical Society 5
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Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 4
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Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 4
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Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Inman, Edward H., 1881-1931 3
Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 3
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 3
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 3
Rich's (Retail store) 3
Slaton, John M. 3
Alexander, Henry A. (Henry Aaron), 1874-1967 2
American Bar Association 2
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DeGress, Francis, 1840-1883 2
DuBose Family 2
DuBose, Beverly Means, 1886-1953 2
DuBose, Duffie (Frances Henley Woodruff), 1919-2015 2
Dubose, Beverly Means 2
Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 2
Frank, Lucille Selig, 1888-1957 2
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Georgia Historical Commission 2
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Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 2
McElreath, Walter 2
Spalding, Mary Connally, 1877-1953 2
United States. Navy. 2
University of Georgia 2
1900 Study Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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Adair family 1
Adair, George Washington, 1823- 1
Adair, Jack, 1913-1974 1
Adams family 1
Adams, Charles Clyde, 1900-1959 1
Adams, Charles Matthew, 1871-1945 1
Adams, Nancy Ann Holt, 1860-1942 1
Adkins, Ursula Adelaide 1
Alabama State University 1
Alexander, Cecil A., 1918-2013 1
Alexander, Rebecca Ella Solomons, 1854-1938 1
Allen family 1
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 1
American Association of University Women. Atlanta Branch. Creative Writing Group 1
Anderson, Zachery T. 1
Architects Norris and Lynch, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga) 1
Ard, Joseph U. 1
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Armstrong, Adolphus 1
Arnold, Tallulah Clarke 1
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Austell & Camp (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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Avery, Benjamin F., 1840- 1
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Bain, Donald 1
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Ballard, Levi 1
Barker, George 1
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Barnwell, Posey 1
Barnwell, Robert W. 1
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