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DuBose family collection
Collection
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
Collection
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
Larry Benton manuscripts
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS874f
Scope and Content
This collection contains two autobiographical manuscripts written by Lawrence "Larry" Benton. Most of the names of people and places in the documents are pseudonyms. The first manuscript covers his education and time working as an engineer in Atlanta in the 1930s and 40s. Specifically, he writes about his time at the Georgia School of Technology with his friends George, Jack, and Fitzie; his work as an engineer at a co-op; and his many romantic interests. The second autobiography covers...
Dates:
approximately 1965, 2001
Photographs of the Christening of the SS John B. Gordon
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS309
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of the christening of the SS John B. Gordon. Included are photographs of individuals involved in the ceremony, including: Reverend G. Borthern Jones; McWhorter Milner; Annabell Allen; Miss Carl Wohlford; Frank Poole; Mrs. Charles I. Allan (spelled Allen in the captions on the photos); Mrs. Edwin L. Jones; and Ellen Beasley.
Dates:
1943 Nov. 16
Raymond B. Nixon Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS148
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection of photographs, taken by Harold J. Terhune, depicts the christening and launch of the S.S. Henry W. Grady on October 22, 1943 in Brunswick, Georgia during World War II. The Henry W. Grady was a liberty ship. Included are photographs of the christening of the ship, the launch of the ship to sea, and various speakers and guests, including Mrs. Henry W. Grady III (sponsor) with son Henry W. Grady IV, Mrs. Eugene Black (co-sponsor) and Michael Black, Mrs. Frederica Ward, and...
Dates:
22 October 1943
U.S.S. Atlanta collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS221
Scope and Contents of the Records
The artificial collection documents through a booklet, correspondence, an invitation, programs, war savings bonds and other printed material the efforts of Atlantans, among them Margaret Mitchell, to support and commemorate the third and fourth iterations of the U.S.S. Atlanta, primarily between 1941 and 1946. To a lesser extent, the activities of these two naval cruisers are documented through a printed summary and naval communications. The collection does not contain material related to...
Dates:
1941-1946, 1979, undated
U.S.S. Atlanta visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS76
Scope and Contents of the Records
The artificial collection, ranging from 1891 to 1982, documents the efforts of prominent Atlantans, among them Margaret and Stephens Mitchell and Mayor William B. Hartsfield, to support and commemorate various iterations of the U.S.S. Atlanta, primarily during the early 1940s, through photographic and albumen prints, lithographs, and a postcard. The bulk of the collection contains visual materials (black and white photographs, one lithograph, and one postcard) related to U.S.S. Atlanta, the...
Dates:
1891-1982, bulk 1944
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- DuBose, Beverly M., 1918-1986 2
- DuBose, Beverly Means, 1886-1953 2
- DuBose, Duffie (Frances Henley Woodruff), 1919-2015 2
- Dubose, Beverly Means 2
- Georgia. Militia 2
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 2
- Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 2
- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 2
- Allen family 1
- Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Benton, Larry (Lawrence Raymond) 1
- Black, Augusta Evans Grady 1
- Civil War Centennial Commission of Illinois 1
- Civil War Round Table, Atlanta 1
- Confederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau 1
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
- Dodson, John W. 1
- Georgia (Ironclad) 1
- Georgia School of Technology 1
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 1
- Henry W. Grady (Liberty ship) 1
- John B. Gordon (Liberty ship) 1
- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 1
- Junior League of Atlanta 1
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- Nixon, Raymond B. (Raymond Blalock) 1
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- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 1
- Tennessee. Civil War Centennial Commission 1
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- United States. Naval Construction Battalion, 57th 1
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