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William Crabtree papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1122
Scope and Content
This collection documents William Crabtree’s role as the Local 134 union president during litigious proceedings affecting union members. It includes court cases filed on the part of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Local 134; the city of Atlanta; and the federal government. All cases concerned discriminatory hiring practices. The collection contains grievances filed by Local 134 members concerning compensation and employment dismissal. There are statistics illustrating...
Dates:
1975-1988, undated
William Dana Thomson documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS351f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an account book containing entries for the Atlanta law firms of Lester and Thomson (1871-1874) and Chandler and Thomson (1874-1888). The collection also contains a letter from G. C. Gordon to William Thomson for a dinner honoring Atlanta's 400 first telephone subscribers; typed recollections of Thomson of his childhood, and a summons to appear in a Fulton County court.
Dates:
1871-1926
William Daniel Allen papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS800f
Scope and Content
Most of this collection contains Allen's academic materials from his education at the Institute of Applied Science, specifically his studies on fingerprint analysis. Materials include Allen's handwritten notes, a letter from instructor T. G. Cooke, a series of examination sheets, several pages of newspaper clippings, and Allen's class binder. This collection also contains several materials concerning civilian defense during World War II, informative pamphlets from the Office of Civilian...
Dates:
1941-1942, undated
William E. Brock papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS604f
Scope and Content
This collection consist of four documents relating to the military career of William E. Brock. Included are military appointments, commissions and special orders, and his physicians license from the Physician Board of Georgia.
Dates:
1861-1863
William & Eva Richards legal and financial documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS287f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a property and financial records of William and Eva Richards of Atlanta, Georgia, including a Fulton County land indenture for land lot 107 in the 17th district; the will of Rachael Francis who lists William Richards as a beneficiary; promissory notes, and a warranty deed.
Dates:
1889-1938
William Everhart Cunningham diaries
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS830f
Scope and Content
The collection contains two diaries written by William Everhart Cunningham. In his entries he describes his participation in various sports at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), his sister's move to Agnes Scott College, and his reaction to his father's death in 1908. Also included in the collection is a postcard from his father.
Dates:
1901-1909
William Fort Williams papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS900f
Scope and Content
This collection contains school items from Atlanta High School, Civil War correspondence, teaching certifications, and membership cards for various societies to which William Fort Williams belonged. Materials about and from the Williams family include a family tree and genealogy documentation, an Atlanta Cyclorama pamphlet, a court petition and legal guardianship documents, and correspondence.
Dates:
1857-1952, undated
William Fulmer Hull photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS177
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection consists of images taken by photographer Bill Hull in the course of his duties at the Atlanta Historical Society. Mr. Hull frequently photographed areas in Atlanta in support of research, exhibitions, and programs at the institution. Included are images of geographic locations in the Metropolitan Atlanta region, including Buckhead, Cabbagetown, Midtown and downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Images of geographic locations show commercial buildings, parks, and street views of important...
Dates:
1985-1996
William Grisham letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS587f
Scope and Content
One letter dated May 12, 1856, from William Grisham to his niece, Miss N. E. Watson in Canton, Georgia, about his life in Washington D.C., request for information for a young lady of his acquaintance who is seeking a position to teach females, and advice on marriage to his niece.
Dates:
1856
William H. Forsyth papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS114f
Scope and Content
This collection includes genealogical information on the Forsyth family, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other records concerning William Forsyth and his family.
Dates:
1829-1972
William H. Parkins manuscript
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS167
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a handwritten autobiographical narrative of William H. Parkins titled Hiding Out or the Adventures of a Confederate Conscript: A Thrilling Narrative of the War Between the States. A revision of his diary, commencing with the secession debates in South Carolina in 1860, continuing until Parkins crossed the picket lines in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1864. The narrative is 430 pages and ends with Parkins catching a train to New Albany,...
Dates:
1885
William H. Trimble papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS249
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, and class notes. Correspondence with family members includes letters from his mother, Lina; his wife, Grace; and his sister, Florence. The letters date 1910-1945 and include his school years through his military service in North Africa during World War II. There are newspaper clippings on topics such as his childhood in rural Hogansville, Georgia; novelist Corra Harris and her home in Bartow County, Georgia;...
Dates:
1909-1945, undated
William Harley Jones papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS803f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a document about William Harley Jones's history of injuries, his international vaccination certificate, and his United States passport. Materials also include several newspaper clippings about his death, two postcards, and a telegram from the United States consul in Nicaragua granting Jones the right to repatriation and hospitalization in Florida.
Dates:
1918-1970, undated
William Harris Bragg thesis
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS623f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a copy of the Master's Thesis written by William Harris Bragg of Milledgeville, Georgia. Bragg's thesis is on Governor Joseph E. Brown's army and its activity during the Civil War. Divided into seven chapters, the thesis covers Brown under such topic headings as state rights, the railroad bridge guard, mustering of the Georgia state line, service in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and with the Army of...
Dates:
1982
William Henry Fleming letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS921
Scope and Content
This collection consists of 32 letters and part of a 33rd letter written by Alexander H. Stephens to William "Willie" Henry Fleming. Stephens was serving in the House of Representatives when many of these letters were written, and politics is the topic of many of these letters, such as the nominations of Samuel Jones Tilden and General Ulysses S. Grant, an incident with General Gordon over a nomination, the Texas Pacific Railroad, and his own nomination as Governor of Georgia. ...
Dates:
1877-1882, undated
William Horace McEver papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS882f
Scope and Content
The collection includes financial statements, checkbooks, and a music book. The financial statements detail items such as dental procedures, clothing costs, and Westminster tuition among other items. The music book contains fight songs played by university marching bands.
Dates:
1939-1963, undated
William Huff Antebellum Atlanta billhead collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS9f
Scope and Content
This collection contains eleven receipts from William A. Huff’s work as a grocer, for a one year period from August 1859 through August 1860. The receipts are from various grocers in the Atlanta and Marietta areas from whom William Huff purchased goods. There are two receipts from Denmead and Wright, dealers in flour, grain, and millfeed, who were located in Marietta, Georgia. The other receipts are all from Atlanta merchants and consist of High, Butler and Company, General Commission...
Dates:
1859 – 1860
William J. Floyd school papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS958f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an autograph book in which teachers and classmates wrote notes to William Joseph Floyd as well as a 1931 graduation program from Booker T. Washington High School. There is also a March 1929 edition of Atlanta University Alumni Association's The Crimson and Gray from 1929.
Dates:
1929-1931
William J. Folsom Gone With the Wind Premiere Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS190
Scope and Content
The collection, in its original format, is a single reel of 16mm black and white acetate film shot by William J. Folsom during the premiere events for Gone With the Wind. The majority of the film was shot at a ball hosted by the Atlanta Junior League at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in downtown Atlanta. There are many close-up shots of principal actors from the film including Olivia De Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Ona Munson, and Laura Hope...
Dates:
1939
William J. J. Chase photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS295
Scope and Content
This collection contains images from the office of William J. J. Chase, including photographs from the awards ceremony of the 31st Annual Golf Tournament held at the Capitol City Country Club and images of club members. Of special interest is a photograph of the Warlick Building on Peachtree Street which was located directly across the street from the Flatiron Building (also known as the English American Building).
Dates:
approximately 1920-1954
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- Aaron, Hank, 1934- 7
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