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Augusta Arsenal Journal
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS855
Scope and Content
This collection consists of one journal of the Augusta Arsenal. Under the Unites States, the ledger includes an account of the early tarriffs on various goods, wages for camp people, including the wash women, budget of the post treasury, furloughs of soldiers, post orders, and other information about the general operating of the arsenal. Under the Confederacy, the ledger was used to keep inventory of the tools and contents at the arsenal including the Carriage Shop, the Carpenter Shop, the...
Dates:
1834-1866
Barkley & King family Civil War correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS681f
Scope and Content
The letters from Martin Barkley and George R. Barkley to their family members at the beginning of the war describe the hard living conditions, the health and wellbeing of the soldiers. Towards the end of the war the letters describe the demoralized attitudes of the soldiers, the regular occurrence of soldiers deserting their duties, and the significant loss of life. The letter from Edward King to his aunt, Elizabeth Barkley describes the hardships towards the end of the war.
Dates:
1862-1864
Barnard C. Wagner letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS359f
Scope and Content
This collection contains transcriptions and copies of two letters from Wagner, a soldier in the 2nd Battery, Heavy Artillery, Conderate States Army, to Emma Dasher regarding events associated with the Atlanta Campaign in July 1864.
Dates:
1864
Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1023
Scope and Content
The collection is primarily comprised of materials generated to promote the painting and solicit attendance. Also included is correspondence and invitations to special events hosted at the Atlanta Cyclorama site. There are other materials related to reports generated in advance of the restoration project and rededication of the painting and presentations in relation to interpretation at the site.
Dates:
1886-1980, undated
Benjamin Elliot Crane collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS341
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of essays, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a manuscript of Crane's biography.
Dates:
1849-1885
Benjamin J. Wilson Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS208
Scope and Content
The papers of Benjamin J. Wilson consist primarily of business records from Alabama and Georgia. The bulk of the collection contains receipts and letters written as part of his business in and around Atlanta in the years 1864 and 1896. There are some personal records and family information with one folder of miscellaneous clippings collected by his wife. Other family members mentioned in these papers include his sons: John B. Wilson (1875-1881), Robert E. Wilson, Will Wilson (d. 1898) Philip...
Dates:
1850-1896
Benjamin T. Hunter papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS179f
Scope and Content
This collection contains Benjamin T. Hunter's diary, in which he wrote extensively about the weather, his school, hunting, Civil War battles, drilling and camp life with the local militia, the cost of items he had purchased, and various activities he pursued in his workshop. Also included are military documents in which Hunter is ordered to arrest deserters. There are letters from J. DeWitt Burkhead regarding a teaching position in Athens, Georgia. The collection also contains papers...
Dates:
1861-1869
Berry family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1024
Scope and Content
This collection contains articles, certificates, correspondence, deeds, a ledger, military records, and school assignments. The majority of the records consist of deeds dated 1832-1887 of properties purchased by John Marshall Berry in Rome, Georgia. Included are deeds for one half of a commercial lot bought by Charles H. Smith, former mayor of Rome, Georgia, and one for 22 Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia. There is a merchant ledger dated 1864-1869 perhaps belonging to John Marshall Berry...
Dates:
1832-1965, undated
Bomar-Killian family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS760
Scope and Content
These papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1837-1926, undated
Bomar-Killian family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS287
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of members of the Bomar and Killian family and their close friends. It also contains images of Atlanta street scenes from the early 19th and mid 20th centuries.
Dates:
1846-1921, undated
Bruce Elmore letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS673f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a letter written by Bruce Elmore on July 29, 1864, near Atlanta, Georgia, to his wife, Libbie. The letter provides a firsthand description of the Atlanta Campaign, describing sharpshooter fire, changes in Union leadership after the death of General James McPherson, and an attack involving the 15th, 16th, and 17th Corps. He also thanks his wife for the cigars she sent, asks about the farm, and expresses the hope that he will soon send money home.
Dates:
1864 July 29
C. Mortimer Mason papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1054
Scope and Content
The bulk of the personal papers of C. Mortimer Mason pertain to a cotton claim owned by the descendants of Thomas J. and Richard R. Holmes of Hinds County, Mississippi. The collection also contains geneological research materials gathered by Newel Mason to show lineage for entry into the Daughters of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Colonial Dames. Lastly, there is a small amount of personal letters, newspaper clipping, and legal certificates and...
Dates:
1891-1960, undated
Calhoun family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS50
Scope and Content
The Calhoun family papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, military papers, and family history. The primary contributors to the collection are James Montgomery Calhoun and his son, William Lowndes Calhoun. Notable items in the collection include an undated Calhoun family history, a personal account of Sherman’s siege of Atlanta by Robert Henderson, a family Bible, a handwritten copy of the affidavit of James M. Calhoun regarding the surrender of Atlanta, and a floor plan of...
Dates:
1834-1960, undated
Campaign card of B. M. Zettler and calling card of W. H. Harrison
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS126f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a campaign card of B. M. Zettler and a calling card of W. H. Harrison, both Civil War veterans.
Dates:
undated
Captain Evan P. Howell Civil War Letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS169f
Scope and Content
This collection contains transcriptions and photostats of two Civil War letters written in Atlanta, Georgia by Captain Evan P. Howell to his wife. The first letter, written on July 28, 1864, states that there is light fighting during the day and Yankee attacks on the city each night. He also informs her that one of his grandfather’s slaves has joined him and is now taking care of him. The next letter, written on August 4, 1864, discusses the heavy fire he is experiencing, his health, and the...
Dates:
1864
Captain Francis L. and Elizabeth P. Edmondson papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1109
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents that provide professional and personal details about Captain Francis and Elizabeth Edmondson and the Edmondson family. Material includes United States Navy correspondence and publications documenting Edmondson's navy career. Personal interests of Francis and Elizabeth are illustrated through Civil War history clippings, publications from civic organizations, and Cyclorama Restoration, Inc. correspondence. Also a part of the collection are Elizabeth...
Dates:
1878-2008, undated
Captain George A. Flagg transportation ledger
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS845
Scope and Content
This collection contains one ledger, titled "Report of Personal Transportation," which was kept by Captain George A. Flagg, Assistant Quartermaster of the Union Army at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The ledger contains the date and the number of the order, the name of the soldier traveling, destination, who ordered the travel, and any remarks.
Dates:
1864-1865
Captain James Robert McMichael Civil War diary and letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS234f
Scope and Content
This collection includes a typed transcription of a diary of Captain James Robert McMichael written while a prisoner-of-war. The collection also contains typed transcriptions of letters received while in prison at Fort Delaware, names of units of fellow prisoners, and their signatures, a poem by Captain Jas. R. McCallum of Knoxville, Tennessee; and a tally of Confederate officers sent from Fort Delaware on board the USS Crescent to Morris Island.
Dates:
1864-1865
Carrie Berry papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS29f
Scope and Content
This collection contains four items including an original diary kept by Carrie Berry from 1864-1866; an original diary kept by her from 1868-1874; a friendship book published in 1870, which is titled Mental Photographs an Album for Confessions or Tastes, Habits, and Convictions; and a letter written to Carrie Berry and Blanche Hardin from Clement A. Evans dated 2 February 1872, which was written while Carrie was a student at the North Georgia Female Academy. In the diary kept from 1864-1866,...
Dates:
1864-1874; 1897
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
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- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 12
- Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 10
- Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 8
- Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 5
- Confederate States of America. Army 5
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 5
- Georgia. Militia 5
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 5
- United Daughters of the Confederacy 5
- Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia 4
- Gable, Clark, 1901-1960 4
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 4
- Junior League of Atlanta 4
- Leigh, Vivien 4
- Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum. 3
- Atlanta Historical Society 3
- Civil War Round Table, Atlanta 3
- Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's Legion 3
- Confederate States of America. Navy 3
- Daughters of the American Revolution 3
- De Havilland, Olivia 3
- DuBose, Beverly M., 1918-1986 3
- Fuller family 3
- Fuller, William Allen 3
- Grant, Lemuel Pratt 3
- Hood, John Bell 3
- Kurtz, Annie Laurie Fuller, 1884-1946 3
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 3
- Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 3
- Atlanta (Ga.). Department of Parks and Recreation 2
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- Avary, Myrta Lockett 2
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- Brown family 2
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- Carnegie, Andrew 2
- Cobb family 2
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 6th 2
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 7th 2
- Daniel, George Hewitt 2
- Davidson family 2
- 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
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877 2
- Grant family 2
- Hall family 2
- Hampton, Wade 2
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 2
- Howell, Evan P. (Evan Park) 2
- Jackson, Stonewall 2
- Johnston, Albert Sidney 2
- Jones family 2
- Kerksis, Sydney C. 2
- Killian family 2
- Kurtz, Wilbur, 1912-1991 2
- Ladies' Memorial Association 2
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
- Loew's Grand Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Lombard, Carole 2
- Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 2
- Marsh, John R. (John Robert) 2
- Morgan, John Hunt 2
- Pomeroy, Charles R., Jr. 2
- Richards, Samuel P. 2
- Selznick, David O. 2
- Smith family 2
- Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization) 2
- Spalding, Mary Connally, 1877-1953 2
- Stanley, Henry S. 2
- United States. Army 2
- United States. Army of the Cumberland 2
- United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865) 2
- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1861-1865) 2
- United States. Navy. 2
- Wren's Nest (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Aircraft Warning Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Akin, Warren, 1811-1877 1
- Alexander, Cecil A., 1918-2013 1
- Alexander, Rebecca Ella Solomons, 1854-1938 1
- Allen family 1
- Allen, Dwight S., 1843-1908 1
- American Red Cross 1
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- Andersonville Prison 1
- Andervount, Jacob 1
- Andrews, Charles H. (Charles Haynes), 1835-1905 1
- Andrews, Lewis H. 1
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- Ard, Joseph U. 1
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