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Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Beulah R. Inman Heinitsh interview transcription

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS531f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the transcription of an oral history regarding the Inman Family and the Swan House of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1990

Carroll Burns interview transcription

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS434f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the transcription of an oral history recording regarding the Inman Family and the Swan House in Atlanta, Georgia. The transcription is of an audio cassette identified as CT 496.

Dates: 1993

Cherokee Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS650
Scope and Content This collection contains minutes, newsletters, yearbooks, histories, and president's notebooks that document the civic and social history of the club. President's notebooks include correspondence, minutes, newsletters, reports, financial records, and membership information. Also a part of the collection are scrapbooks which illustrate the club's many projects including two scrapbooks devoted to the "Christmas Trees Around the World" project and a scrapbook devoted to the restoration project...
Dates: 1928-2019, undated

Colonial Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS722
Scope and Content

This collection contains clippings, correspondence, flower show programs, and meeting minutes that document the civic and social activities of the club. Also part of the collection are scrapbooks that detail club activities, projects, and special interests such as the Swan House, conservation, and flower arrangement.

Dates: 1941-1986, undated

Edward H. Inman, Jr. oral history transcription

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS665f
Scope and Content The Edward H. Inman Jr. Oral History Transcription, conducted by Atlanta History Center staff members Bill Bomar and Andy Ambrose in May 1997, includes Inman’s early memories of the house, its furnishings, and events that occurred while he lived there. Relatives Louise Richardson Allen and Suzanne Inman also participated in the interview, interjecting their memories at appropriate times.Topics covered include the construction of Swan House, his father’s cars and automobile...
Dates: 1997

Harper family photographs and maps

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS366
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs and maps that provide details about the Harper family. Most of the images depict Adelle Harper in her numerous roles as businesswoman and florist, author, genealogist, and mother. Also included are photographs of her husband, John, their children, and other family members at school settings, family gatherings, and in front of their various Atlanta residences. Of special note are images of Adelle and Auverne Harper at a Woman of the Year award...
Dates: 1905-1975

James Marion Self interview transcriptions

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS570f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the transcription of an oral history of Frank Self and Sarah Self Hentosh, the children of James Marion Self, regarding the Inman Family and the Swan House in Atlanta, Georgia. The transcription is taken from two audio cassette tapes identified as CT 495 and 498.

Dates: 1993-1994

Mary Mimms oral history transcription

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS365f
Scope and Content

This interview is largely about Ms. Mimms' recollections of the Inman family and the Swan House in Atlanta, Georgia. The cassette tape of interview is filed at CT-492.

Dates: 1990

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS167
Scope and Contents This collection consists of images of geographic locations in the Metropolitan Atlanta region, and several events, most probably used in promotional material published by the Chamber. The majority of the photographs are aerial views of the city, as well as Atlanta landmarks, and commercial and government buildings. The identity of the photographers who produced the images has not been determined. This collection also contains four films produced by the Chamber. They depict Atlanta's first...
Dates: 1922-1993, undated

MIldred Inman Bryant interview transcription

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS399f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the transccription of an oral history regarding the Inman family and the Swan House in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1993

Northridge Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1072
Scope and Content

This collection contains yearbooks and one scrapbook that provide information on the civic and social activities of the club. Included in the yearbooks are details on meetings and programs, civic activities, and flower shows. The scrapbook includes photos, correspondence, and clippings that further illustrate the club's interests, including the club's support of Cyclorama Restoration, Inc. to restore the Atlanta Cyclorama painting.

Dates: 1953-1980

Philip T. Shutze visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS351
Scope and Content This collection contains architectural drawings, sketches, artwork, and photos of Shutze's professional work, his travels, his personal life, and his antiques. The architectural drawings are from the firms of Norrman, Hentz & Reid; Hentz & Reid; Hentz, Reid & Adler; Hentz, Adler & Shutze; and Shutze & Armistead, as well as drawings representing historic buildings designed by other architects and firms. Among his most well known buildings are Swan House owned by Edward and...
Dates: 1820-1993, undated

Production documents from films shot at the Atlanta History Center

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS837f
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents from films and television shows shot at the Atlanta History Center's Swan House. From the TV movie Anna Nicole there is a call sheet, work forms, and specifications for changes made to the Swan House. From the movie Hunger Games: Catching Fire there is a call sheet and script copies. And from the television show Vampire Diaries there is a cover page script autographed by the main cast.

Dates: 2012

Ruby Ross Wood letter

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS557f
Scope and Content

This collection contains one letter from Billy Baldwin addressed to Lisa Reynolds, curator of the Atlanta Historical Society, later the Atlanta History Center, which verifies that Wood helped decorate the Swan House.

Dates: 1978

Samuel Cooper Inman interview transcription

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS420f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the transcription of an oral history regarding the Inman family and the Swan House in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1992

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 5
Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
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Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
African American musicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African Americans -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Architect-designed houses 1
Architectural drawing -- Georgia 1
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 1
Architecture, Domestic -- Southern States 1
Art museums -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Arts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 1
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Economic conditions 1
Botanical illustration 1
Botanical libraries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Camellias 1
Cattle -- Showing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Chattahoochee River 1
Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Clothing & dress -- 1920-1930 1
Clothing and dress -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Commercial buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Conservation of natural resources -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Counterculture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
DeKalb County (Ga.) 1
Decatur (Ga.) 1
Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms 1
Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Economic development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
England 1
Entertainers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Entertainment events -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Environmental protection -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Etchings 1
Express highways -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Florists -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Flower arrangement 1
Flower arrangement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Flowers in art 1
Fort McPherson (Ga.) 1
Fulton County (Ga.) 1
Furniture 1
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 1
Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc. 1
Gardening -- Societies, etc. 1
Gardens -- 1930-1940 1
Gardens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Hippies -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Historic buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Hunger Games (Motion picture). 1
Interior architecture 1
Interior decoration 1
Interiors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Lakes -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
McDaniel Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Meetings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Motion picture industry -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Motion picture plays 1
Murals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Museums -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Music -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Nassau Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Nature in art 1
North Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Office buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Parades -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Ponce de Leon Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Postcards -- Southern States 1
Prisons -- Georgia -- Fulton County 1
Public housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Restaurants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Retail trade -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
School integration -- Georgia 1
Schools -- Georgia -- Hapeville 1
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Scrapbooks -- Italy 1
Sidney Lanier, Lake (Ga.) 1
Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Stadiums -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Stores, Retail -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Synagogues -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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