Atlanta Water Works (Ga.)
Organization
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Adams-Cates Company Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS144
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains aerial photographs produced to assist Adams-Cates Company in the development of commercial real estate in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Aerial views of the cities of Atlanta, College Park, Decatur, East Point, Forest Park, Gainesville, Hapeville, Lithonia, Marietta, Panthersville, Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Stone Mountain, as well as dozens of images of unidentified areas in the metropolitan Atlanta region are contained in the collection. The photographs document the...
Dates:
1956-1973
Arnall T. Connell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1046
Scope and Content
This collection consists of papers related to Arnall T. Connell's tenure as a professor in the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia. Student papers written by Connell's graduate students form the largest portion of the collection. The papers cover a large array of Atlanta-related subjects, including neighborhoods and their histories, historic preservation of buildings and homes, renovation and repurposing ideas for historic...
Dates:
1894-1994, undated
Atlanta Water Works photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS280
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of the construction and the expansion of Atlanta's second water works station located on Hemphill Avenue. Included are images of the construction of pipes to bring water from the Chattahoochee River. Photographs also consist of images of construction workers extending the water pipeline on Marietta Street and Walton Street; pipeline crossing under the Seaboard Air Line railroad yards near Chattahoochee Avenue; and the exterior of the Hemphill Avenue...
Dates:
1887-1924, undated
City of Atlanta Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.CityofAtlanta
Scope and Content
This collection consists of administrative records from the City of Atlanta, which have been divided into sixteen series. Records include materials pertaining to select mayors of Atlanta and correspondence and memos from the Executive Office. The collection also includes City Council and Board of Alderman legislation, minutes, and proceedings. Records also include material regarding transportation, public safety, finance, planning and community development, courts, public works, and maps....
Dates:
1848-2013, undated
George M. Traylor papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS429f
Scope and Content
This collection contains receipts from companies such as M. Rich Brothers (Rich's); Western Union; and Hunnicutt and Bellingrath Company.
Dates:
1892-1896
Howard L. Preston Chattahoochee River research materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS175
Scope and Content
This collection includes research material gathered under a grant to study Fort Peachtree at Peachtree Creek and the Chattahoochee River. Included are notes, a copy of the Archeological Survey of Fulton and Cobb counties, and several pamphlets produced by the city of Atlanta.
Dates:
1973-1975, undated
Joseph C. Fisch Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS172
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection contains photographs of Atlanta, Georgia, including federal and state buildings, retail stores and businesses, streets, expressways, churches, hospitals, colleges and residences. Included are photographs of the Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta City Hall, Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta Naval Air Station, Carnegie Library, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, The Journal Building, Terminal and Union Stations, Cathedral of St. Philip, Christ the King Cathedral, Glenn Memorial Church, Emory...
Dates:
1954, 1963
Joseph S. Reynolds Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS203
Scope and Content
This collection includes correspondence and financial documents involving Joseph S. Reynolds and his family. Reynolds correspondents mostly included mortgage brokers, attorneys, property managers, and insurance agents in Georgia and several Southeastern and Midwestern states. The content of these typed letters relate to the maintenance, finance, and sale of Mr. Reynolds properties. Included among the letters is a business proposition from H.A. Etheridge of Atlanta, who was seeking investors...
Dates:
1911-1923, undated
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
Tucker Family Bills and Correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS205
Scope and Content
The majority of this collection includes monthly invoices, bills and other financial transactions initiated by Sarah Tucker after the death of her husband, Henry Holcombe Tucker. Almost all of the transactions involved businesses in downtown Atlanta. The collection provides insight into the lifestyle and monthly financial responsibilities of a wealthy widow in Atlanta during the 1890s. Included among Ms. Tucker’s purchases are groceries, dry goods, building supplies, labor, utility bills,...
Dates:
1877-1899, undated
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
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- Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
- Express highways -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Atlanta (Ga.) 2
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Economic conditions 2
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 2
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Chattahoochee River 2
- City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Economic development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Entertainment events -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Fulton County (Ga.) 2
- Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Public utilities -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Stores, Retail -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- 10th Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Actresses -- Georgia 1
- Aerial photographs 1
- Aerial views -- 1950-1960 1
- Affirmative action programs -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American musicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American police -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- 1930-1940 1
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Air -- Pollution 1
- Airplanes -- Piloting 1
- Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Almshouses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Apartment houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Apartments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Archaeological surveying -- Georgia -- Cobb County 1
- Archaeological surveying -- Georgia -- Fulton County 1
- Architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Art museums -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Arts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Pictorial works 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 1
- Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Avondale Estates (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Bedford Pine (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Belvedere Park (DeKalb County, Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Bridges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Brunswick (Ga.) 1
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Candler Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Castleberry Hill (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Cattle -- Showing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cemeteries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Central business districts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Chamblee (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Chastain Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Citizens' associations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- City halls -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- City planning -- Citizen participation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cityscapes 1
- Cityscapes -- 1950-1960 1
- Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
- Civilian review boards (Police administration) 1
- Clayton County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Clayton County (Ga.) -- History 1
- Cobb County (Ga.) 1
- College Park (Ga.) 1
- Community health services -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Counterculture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Court records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Court records -- Georgia -- Fulton County 1
- Crime -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- DeKalb County (Ga.) 1
- DeKalb County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Decatur (Ga.) 1
- Decatur (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Doraville (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Douglas County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
- Drive-in theaters -- Georgia 1
- Drive-in theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Drug Addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Dry-goods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Dwellings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- East Atlanta (Atlanta, Ga.) 1 + ∧ less
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