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Atlanta City Council Proclamation for the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS943f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a proclamation signed by the Atlanta City Council on September 16, 2013 in honor of the 150th anniversary of the January 1, 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was signed by president of the Atlanta City Council President, Ceasar C. Mitchell (1968-), and fifteen other council members.
Dates:
16 September 2013
Eliza and Waldo Jones family and genealogical papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1107
Scope and Content
Eliza Jones accumulated this collection to document the genealogy of her extended families as well that of her husband, Waldo Jones. Materials include correspondence that documents her daily life and views, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and diaries. The collection also contains papers from her and Waldo Jones's extended family. Families represented include the Woolford, Grant, Slaton, Harris, Fitz-Randolph, Martin, Waldo, Winslow, Felder, and Jackson families.
Dates:
1789-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1970
Lester Maddox papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1267
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records generated during Lester Maddox's time in office as governor and lieutenant governor of Georgia and his political campaigns in 1966 and 1974, subject files, booklets, correspondence, scrapbooks, and audio recordings. Campaign papers include letters of support, volunteer lists, agendas, district organization charts, and lists of contributors. Subject files include information on a 1963 grand jury investigation of the Atlanta Police Department in which Atlanta...
Dates:
1915-2003, undated
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