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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
Reginald Earle Looker papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS691f
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Reginald Earle Looker. The bulk of the personal papers pertains to R. E. Looker "Look" and Antonina "Nina", and includes correspondence between family, friends, and colleagues in the publishing industry. The personal papers also contain items from R. E. Looker's memorial service in 1976 and newspaper clippings from British newspapers collected in 1967 during Looker and Antonina's six-month stay in England....
Dates:
1928-1980
Roan family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1202
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents created and collected by the Roan family. Materials include school documents from various Atlanta and DeKalb institutions; work papers from Judge Roan and Tattie Mae Roan; military and travel papers from Charles Roan; and music and theater programs. The bulk of the material is contained within three scrapbooks, primarily consisting of news clippings, but also including photographs and other ephemera. One of the scrapbooks documents Margaret Zattau Roan's...
Dates:
1913-1971, undated
Robert Carr war correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS756f
Scope and Content
This collection primarily contains letters from Robert Carr to his sister, Virginia (1844-1927), and his mother, Sarah. The letters document his time in the Battery F, First Ohio Light Artillery, including a firsthand account of his involvement in Civil War engagements such as the Battle of Shiloh and the United States Army’s capture of John Hunt Morgan. The collection also contains letter from Ripley, Ohio during World War II. The soldier mentioned in the letter is presumably a descendant...
Dates:
1861-1876, 1943, undated
Robert E. Campbell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1237
Scope and Contents
The Robert E. Campbell papers consist of military documents, travel articles about Europe, family papers, publications, National Bank of Georgia documents, newspaper articles, and copies of the Georgia State University newspaper Georgia State Signal. Newspapers document the women's suffrage movement, John F. Kennedy's assassination, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's death, the first moon landing, and the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. Records from...
Dates:
1915-2005, undated
Roy William Wallace, Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS844
Scope and Content
The collection contains material pertaining to the cases in which Wallace served as judge advocate (trial correspondence and proceedings), materials relating to Wallace's Marine service, including payrolls, notice of relief from active duty, home address roster of staff officers, Marine dance invitation, etc., drafts of the historical monograph, The New Britain Campaign, personal items relating to business, notes on the trials at which he served, letters to...
Dates:
1922-1952, undated
Rupert Davol papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS739f
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials related to the World War II military service of Rupert Raydon Davol. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters written by Davol to his family during wartime, updating them on his condition and well-being. The collection also includes newspaper clippings reporting Davol's wartime injuries, the awarding of the Bronze Star Medal upon return home, and his death. Davol's military registration card is also included.
Dates:
1940-1988, undated; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1945
Samuel Russell and Julia Colquitt Bridges papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1165
Scope and Content
This collection contains genealogy records, letters, programs, and newspaper clippings about the Bridges family, primarily Samuel Russell, Jr. Included are the military papers of Samuel Russell Bridges from World War II. Of particular note is Mrs. Bridges' guest book which was signed by President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924).
Dates:
1907-1991, undated
Samuel Venable Mason letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS454f
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters from Mason to his mother and describe his military activities and surroundings. Other correspondents include Elizabeth Venable Mason, and Ensign Richard Barksdale Harwell. The collection also contains a poem about the 361st Regiment.
Dates:
1944-1945
Suggested Scheme for the Camouflage of a Manufacturing Plant
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS634f
Scope and Content
This collection consist of a report entitled “Suggested Scheme for the Camouflage of a Manufacturing Plant” by Daniel H. Boden, Preston S. Stevens, Willard N. Lamberson, and Clarence W. Baughman, in response to a problem submitted for Course in Civilian Camouflage at the Evening School of Applied Science, Georgia School of Technology. The report designed camouflage for a road machinery manufacturing plant located in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains.
Dates:
1942
U.S.S. Atlanta bond subscribers signatures
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS527f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a ledger of signatures of bond subscribers for the U.S.S. Atlanta (CL- 104) in 1943.
Dates:
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
Veterans History Project oral history collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1010
Scope and Content
This collection consists of transcripts of oral history interviews as well as documents, photographs, and other materials related to the service of veterans and civilians interviewed as part of the Veterans History Project. Also included are documents created during the interview process, such as biographical data forms and audio-video recording logs. Materials in the collection include originals and reproductions of service records and military correspondence, photographs, newspaper...
Dates:
1914-2021, undated; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1973
Virginia Broome Waterer papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS940
Scope and Content
This collection includes documents from the education, personal life, and career of Virginia Marion Broome Waterer. Materials include report cards; school certificates and programs; newspaper clippings; membership cards; church bulletins; newsletters; a plan for the Virginia-Highland Civic Association; a history of the residence at 900 Arlington Place; and programs from the New Era Study Club. Of particular note are papers regarding her work in the Women's Service Pilots (WASP) during World...
Dates:
1912-1999, undated
Waddell-Setze-McClatchey family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS842
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal correspondence and memorabilia of two families of two different time periods. The Waddells are the contributors of the Civil War period correspondence which demonstrate in great detail the conditions of the lives of those left at home and of the needs of the soldiers. These letters also demonstrate the role of an officer and the ability to have his wife follow his movements. The later correspondence and personal records were contributed by the Setze...
Dates:
1855-1966, undated
Walter G. Paschall documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS435f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a telegram requesting permission to include Seargeant Paschall in the welcome home celebration for European veterans to be broadcast over WSB; a wedding invitation for Paschall and his fiancee Eliza King; poetry; and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1945, undated
War savings bond certificate
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS753f
Scope and Content
This collection contains one certificate for the purchase of war savings bonds to sponsor the United States military efforts during World War II. This particular bond was sold to build a new cruiser, called Atlanta, in 1943.
Dates:
1943
Westbrook family ration books
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS893f
Scope and Content
The collection contains eight World War II ration books belonging to members of the Westbrook family. There are two ration books for each family member: William Love Westbrook, Margaret Stone Westbrook, William Lawrence Westbrook, and Charles Holt Westbrook. Half of the books were signed by Margaret Westbrook.
Dates:
undated
William A. Manley World War II scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS869f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook complied by William A. Manley's father, George T. Manley, in remembrance of his son. It contains letters from William to his mother and his aunt Burnette "Birdie" Manley Fox (1900-?), as well as three letters that George Manley wrote to his son. Topics of the letters include everyday life and concern for William's safety. Newspaper clippings reporting William as missing in action are also included. Of particular note are letters expressing sympathy after...
Dates:
1943-1944, undated
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- United States. Navy. 7
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- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 4
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 4
- Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 3
- Allen, Ivan, III, 1938-1992 3
- Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 3
- American Red Cross 3
- Forward Atlanta Commission 3
- Georgia School of Technology 3
- Junior League of Atlanta 3
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 3
- Rich's (Retail store) 3
- Allen, Irene Beaumont, 1890-1972 2
- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 2
- Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992 2
- Atlanta (Light cruiser : CL-51) 2
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- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 2
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- DuBose, Beverly Means, 1886-1953 2
- DuBose, Duffie (Frances Henley Woodruff), 1919-2015 2
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- Fielder and Allen (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
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- Haverty, Rawson (James Rawson), 1920-2007 2
- Ivan Allen-Marshall Company (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
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- Albert, Allen D. (Allen Diehl), 1901-1972 1
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- Allen, Leven C. (Leven Cooper), 1894-1979 1
- Allen, William Daniel 1
- Alston family 1
- Alston, A. H. (Augustus Holmes), 1847-1918 1
- Alston, Anna Ott, 1845-1928 1
- Alston, Cotten (Robert Cotten, III), 1945- 1
- Alston, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1880-1962 1
- Alston, Philip H., 1911-1988 1
- Alston, Robert C. (Robert Cotten), 1873-1938 1
- Alston, Robert C., 1917-1979 1
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- Apostolu family 1
- Apostolu, Leonard Matthew 1
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