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William A. Huff business ephemera
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS176f
Scope and Content
This collection contains business correspondence, canceled notes, receipts and invoices of William A. Huff of Macon, Georgia. Most of the invoices are from High, Butler and Company and Carroll & High of Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1859-1860
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
William A. Manning photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS313
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of William A. Manning, Sr and his family. It also includes images of street scenes in Atlanta.
Dates:
approximately 1907-1939
William Albert Crouse papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS609f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a transcription of a diary kept by William Albert Crouse from May to August of 1864. It also contains a letter dated January 22, 1865, from Augustus H. McFarland to William’s wife Margaret Crouse. The diary contains daily records of the weather, personal health, meals and general conditions inside Andersonville Prison. According to Crouse the prisoners’ rations generally consisted of cornbread or corn flakes most days, but were occasionally supplemented by bacon or...
Dates:
1864
William Allen Fuller Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS92
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection contains a series of letters concerning the William Fuller’s involvement in the “Great Locomotive Chase” and correspondence between William Fuller and members of his family. In the years following the locomotive chase, several individuals claimed some involvement in the event and others exaggerated their involvement.Many of the letters Captain Fuller received requested confirmation of the events reported and the extent of their involvement. In time, Captain Fuller composed a...
Dates:
1862-1905
William Alvoy document
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS328f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a document in Latin dated November 7, 1724. Inscribed on the back is "Mr. William Alvoy's dominions to his copyhold estate in Smithwell Court by the death of his brother Gabrial Alvoy."
Dates:
1724
William Asbury McCormack collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS224f
Scope and Content
This collection contains photocopies of letters, invoices, newspaper clippings and photographs relating to William Asbury McCormack, a wrought-iron worker and assistant editor of the Cherokee Independent in Rome, Georgia.
Dates:
1926-1929
William B. Chisholm's scrapbook of Jefferson Davis
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS57f
Scope and Content
This scrapbook contains news articles and poems about Confederate States President Jefferson Davis. The articles were written about appearances he made across the South and his death.
Dates:
1886
William B. Hartsfield films
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content
The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates:
approximately 1939-1960
William B. Hartsfield papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS811
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to Hartsfield. Also, there are technical publications and articles concerning the growth of the Atlanta airport as well as the city's highways. Articles on flouridation and the Chattahoochee River Basin are also included. The collection has various awards and personal effects such as greeting cards, a checkbook, the Hartsfield coat of arms, and letters.
Dates:
1943-1970, undated
William B. Hartsfield photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS4
Scope and Content
This collection consists of images of William B. Hartsfield, often with others, taken during his later years as Mayor. Also included are pictures of him with family or friends following the end of his political career.
Dates:
1950-1971, undated
William B. Miles account book
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS236f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an account book containing construction figures and material descriptions of buildings in Atlanta and elsewhere, including the Georgia State Capitol Building; Inman Building; Austell Building; Fulton County Court House Annex; and the police station and stables.
Dates:
1885-1889
William B. Reeves collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS282f
Scope and Content
Accumulated by collector William B. Reeves, this collection contains a reward poster and two letters to Charles Dickson, the sheriff of Jonesboro, Georgia. The reward poster is dated December 20, 1910 and offers a fifty dollar reward for James P. Lovelace who deserted from the U.S. Army on December 13, 1910 from Fort Riley, Kansas. One of the letters is from C.W. Mangum, the Fulton County sheriff, and gives the name of a black prisoner in the Fulton County jail that Charles Dickson was...
Dates:
1910-1913
William B. Robinson legal document
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS703f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a legal document in which William B. Robinson of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, appoints John M. Boving as his attorney to act on his behalf to investigate the seizure, cutting and taking, of his timber from land belonging to him in the neighborhood of Atlanta and prosecute the responsible party which was the Confederate States of America.
Dates:
1864 March 11
William B. Stanley Civil War letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS336f
Scope and Content
This collection contains typed transcriptions of letters written by W. B. Stanley of the 22nd Georgia Regiment (Henry Volunteers) who lived in Henry County south of Atlanta.
Dates:
1862-1863
William Berry Hartsfield collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS530
Scope and Content
This collection contains pages from a scrapbook; a copy of a letter addressed to "William;" a thank you card from Mrs. William B. Hartsfield; and two programs pertaining to William B. Hartsfield. Also included are newspaper clippings that cover Hartsfield's elections, activities in office, death, and funeral and memorial services.
Dates:
1938-1971
William Burke papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS724f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of three letters; two envelopes; one certificate declaring intent to become a United States citizen; and an abstract of a marriage record pertaining to William Burke. All materials except the envelopes have transcriptions. Two of the letters were written to Burke during the Civil War, one from Georgia by John Bailey and the other from Petersburg, Virginia, by John Welsh. The letters describe camp conditions; casualties; weather; lack of pay; and concerns about the...
Dates:
1849-1864, undated
William C. Pauley landscape architecture drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS184
Scope and Content
This collection contains the landscape architecture drawings and topographical surveys by William C. Pauley from 1914 to 1973. Projects are mainly from the southeast, but a few early projects are from Massachusetts. Much of the work consists of residential plans, but some are of schools, colleges, parks, cemeteries, and commercial projects. Notable Georgia projects include the Bankshaven estate of Newnan, Georgia, Joel Hurt Memorial Park of Atlanta, and the Robert W. Woodruff residence in...
Dates:
1914-1973, undated
William C. Pauley papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1091
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents which provide details of residential and commercial work by landscape architect William C. Pauley. Materials include plant lists, correspondence, and specifications. Projects are mainly from the Southeastern states and most of the work consists of residential clients from Georgia. Parks, cemeteries, and a hotel are included in Pauley's commercial clients. Of special interest are documents for East View Cemetery in Rome, Georgia, and Lincoln Memorial Park...
Dates:
1922-1953, undated
William C. Poole property documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS173
Scope and Content
This collection contains land titles, quit-claim deeds, indentures, affidavits, abstract titles, tax returns, warranty deeds, real estate bonds, sworn declarations from the files of William Poole. Most pertain to land lots in southwest Atlanta and West End.
Dates:
1831-1923, undated
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