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Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.)

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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS412
Scope and Contents This collection contains items collected by the Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (ALGHT). Photographs include staff and events at bars and nightclubs such as the Tower Lounge and Sweet Gum Head; ALGHT's table at the Atlanta Pride Festival, where "The Time of Our Lives," an exhibition about LGBTQ+ history in Atlanta between the 1940s and 1990s, was on display; Olympics Out of Cobb protests, including one at the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) headquarters; drag queens such...
Dates: approximately 1975-2001, undated

Cobb Citizens Coalition records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1211
Scope and Contents This collection contains records created by the Cobb Citizens Coalition (CCC) that document the organization's efforts to remove Olympic events from Cobb County because of its anti-gay legislation. Papers include financial records, marketing and advertising ephemera, publications and research, correspondence, and event planning documentation. There are also records created by organizers, the bulk of which belonged to Elaine Hill, including meeting notes, awards, and correspondence. In...
Dates: 1980-2007, undated

Dr. Louis Elsas 1996 Olympic Games gender verification records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1213
Scope and Contents This collection contains records from Dr. Louis J. Elsas testing of female athletes in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, that the International Olympic Commitee required to verify gender. The bulk of material is testing and survey results, some of which include comments by the tested athletes. The purpose of these tests was to exclude cisgender males from female-only competition while preserving the dignity and careers of intersex and transgender female athletes. Other...
Dates: 1988-2002, undated

Maria Helena Dolan papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1196
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials collected by Maria Helena Dolan that document her work in LGBTQ+ and feminist organizations, her personal life, events she attended, her work at MARTA, as well her various other interests, including gardening, arts, and travel. Specific causes documented include AIDS awareness and safe sex, domestic violence, civil rights, and LGBTQ+ rights. Organizations represented include Atlanta History Center, Charis Books & More, Pride, ACLU, and Atlanta Lesbian...
Dates: 1970-2007, undated

Noel Lytle and David Mayersky photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS421
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs documenting the response to the 1993 Cobb County Board of Commissioners' anti-gay resolution. Photographs include members the Cobb Citizens Coalition (CCC) addressing the Board of Commissioners, protesting the resolution at rallies, and marching in the 1994 Atlanta Pride Parade; anti-gay counter protesters; members of Olympics Out of Cobb County (OOCC), which sought to move the Olympics out of Cobb County in response to the resolution; and signs...
Dates: 1988-2001, undated

Sally F. White papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1128
Scope and Content This collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, research materials, manuscripts, records, and other documents from Sally F. White's work with various public service organizations. The bulk consists of material regarding White's work with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as well as other archival material from the 1996 Olympics and Paralympics. The collection also contains documents created by the Atlanta Fashion Group during the United States Bicentennial in...
Dates: 1949-2010, undated

Wachovia Bank and Trust Company olympics preparation documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1177
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials created by the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company in preparation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Materials include business reports for the years leading up to the Olympics as well as employee parking applications and plans for managing traffic during the games. Of particular note are the Wachovia manager and employee guides for conduct, dress, and procedures for the Olympics.

Dates: 1974-1998, undated

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Gay activists 4
Gay rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
Cobb County (Ga.) 3
Protest movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
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Gay pride celebrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Georgia 2
Homosexuality -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention 1
Administration of estates -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Athletes -- Medical examinations 1
Athletics -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
Costume -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Drag queens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Drag shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Dressmaking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Employees -- Training of -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Exhibitions -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Fashion -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Fashion -- History -- 19th century 1
Feminism -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Financial statements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gardening -- Georgia 1
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gay liberation movement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
Gay pride parades -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Gays -- Political activity 1
Georgia -- Politics and government 1
Homophobia 1
Intersex athletes 1
Lesbian bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Lesbian community -- Georgia 1
Lesbian feminism 1
Lesbianism -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Lesbians -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History 1
Lesbians' writings, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Management guides 1
Marietta, (Ga.) 1
Medical records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Meetings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Professional sports 1
Public relations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Second-wave feminism -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Signs and signboards -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Sports for women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Sports gynecology 1
Traffic flow -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Women -- Political activity -- Georgia 1
Women athletes -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Women's rights 1
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