Atlanta History Center
Organization
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta City Council Proclamation for the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS943f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a proclamation signed by the Atlanta City Council on September 16, 2013 in honor of the 150th anniversary of the January 1, 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was signed by president of the Atlanta City Council President, Ceasar C. Mitchell (1968-), and fifteen other council members.
Dates:
16 September 2013
Austin T. Walden papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS614
Scope and Content
This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Austin T. Walden. The papers are primarily office files and case briefs from his law career. Additional material includes correspondence, financial papers, membership information, political campaign documents, speeches, and marketing and outreach material from various organizations. The collection contains materials from the many organizations to which Walden belonged or defended in court, such as the NAACP, the Atlanta Negro...
Dates:
1900-1969, undated
Buckhead Men's Garden Club of Atlanta, Inc. records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1036
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, rosters, minutes, membership, and financial records of the club. Also included is the club's monthly newsletter, The Good Earth Boys, which highlights their activities. Material also documents the club's operation of three successive greenhouses.
Dates:
1960-2013, undated
Cascade Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1087
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents that provide a history of the social and civic activities of the club. Materials include clippings, correspondence, histories, minutes, and yearbooks. Scrapbooks offer more details on programs, projects, and club interests on a wide variety of gardening topics. Of special interest are scrapbook images of Cascade Road from approximately 1939.
Dates:
1933-2001, undated
Corona Collective manuscript materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1206
Scope and Contents
This collection contains physical material collected by the Atlanta History Center that documents the early moments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Papers include correspondence, public health information, periodicals, event invitations, and other ephemera. There are menus from Manuel's Tavern and Southern Belle that adjusted their policies to accommodate new public health guidelines, and neighborhood newsletters and correspondence that show how the shutdown affected Atlantans. Of particular note...
Dates:
2020-2021, undated
Cottage Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1044
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials that document the history of the club, including meeting minutes and reports, flower show programs and awards, yearbooks, clippings, and correspondence. Scrapbooks also detail the social and civic activities of the club.
Dates:
1954-2014
Darlene Roth papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1210
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Darlene Roth's professional work at the History Group, Inc., the Atlanta History Center, and Darlene Roth and Associates, Inc. The bulk of papers are historical surveys and reports about the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area that she completed as research assessments for corporate clients such as MARTA, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and the Atlanta Urban Design Commission. Papers include records, reports, surveys, notes, maps, and correspondence....
Dates:
1854-2004, undated
Hale family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1265
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal papers and family records of Sheffield Hale. Personal documents include correspondence, writings, publications, newspapers, articles, and records reflecting his non-profit work and legal career. Of particular note are articles and blog posts regarding his work related to the movement to remove Confederate monuments. Family papers include research on family members and associated families of Sheffield Hale. There are copies of original documents,...
Dates:
1779-2020, undated; Majority of material found in 1953-2020
Historic newspaper collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS838
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspapers that document important historic events and aspects of local, national, and international news. The collection focuses on the following subjects: the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and special events such as the Civil War Centennial.
Dates:
1886-1993
Peachtree Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS681
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains minutes, committee reports, financial statements, membership information, and correspondence that documents the civic and social activities of the club. Materials from Presidents Brenda Dreyer and Dean Smith comprise a substantial section of the collection from the years 1999 to 2003. Also in the collection are scrapbooks as well as GCA manuals and meeting programs from the GCA Annual and Zone Meetings beginning with 1932. A large amount of material details the GCA...
Dates:
1923-2022, undated
Pine Tree Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS726
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials documenting the club's history. Included are minutes, scrapbooks and project reports that detail the club's civic and social activities. A significant amount of material illustrates the club's involvement in the Atlanta History Center Boxwood Memorial Garden.
Dates:
1938-2015, undated
Sally F. White papers
Collection
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
Series III: Personal and business papers, 1889-1993, undated
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials compiled by Harvey Smith Jr. about his personal and professional life. Included are certificates, correspondence, personal and professional financial records, invitations, papers from his service in the united States Marine Corps before and after World War II, and educational records. Additionally there are plays, poems, article clippings, event programs, donation records, real estate deeds, unfinished memoirs, and personal inventories. The series also contains...
Dates:
1889-1993, undated
Veterans History Project oral history collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1010
Scope and Content
This collection consists of transcripts of oral history interviews as well as documents, photographs, and other materials related to the service of veterans and civilians interviewed as part of the Veterans History Project. Also included are documents created during the interview process, such as biographical data forms and audio-video recording logs. Materials in the collection include originals and reproductions of service records and military correspondence, photographs, newspaper...
Dates:
1914-2021, undated; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1973
Voices Across the Color Line oral history recordings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS180
Scope and Contents of the Records
The bulk of these oral histories deal with the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. Specific events mentioned include the student movement centering on Atlanta University; The Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR); creation and publication of the Atlanta Enquirer newspaper; the organization of the Atlanta Committee of Cooperative Action (ACCA), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and activities to desegregate city buses and restaurants. Other topics that are discussed...
Dates:
2005-2006
Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS990
Scope and Content
The bulk of these oral histories deal with the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. Specific events that are mentioned include the student movement centering around Atlanta University; The Committee On Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR); creation and publication of the Atlanta Enquirer newspaper; the organization of the Atlanta Committee of Cooperative Action (ACCA), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and activities to desegregate city buses and restaurants. Other topics that...
Dates:
2005-2006
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- Collection 15
- Archival Record 1
- Subject
- Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
- Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Financial statements -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 2
- Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc. 2
- Law firms -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Voting -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 2
- Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- Abstracts of title -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Administration of estates -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Advertising and women 1
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American 1
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Veterans -- United States 1
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African Americans -- History 1
- Albany (Ga.) 1
- American poetry 1
- Americus (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Newspapers 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 1
- Bankruptcy -- Georgia 1
- Beaufort County (S.C.) 1
- Birmingham (Ala.) 1
- Black lives matter movement 1
- Book collecting -- Georgia 1
- Book collectors 1
- Book donations 1
- Bookplates 1
- Botanical illustration 1
- Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- COVID-19 (Disease) 1
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Campaign paraphernalia 1
- Cascade Heights (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Chamblee (Ga.) 1
- Chattanooga (Tenn.) 1
- Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Communicable diseases -- Prevention 1
- Conservation of natural resources -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Costume -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cotton industry -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cotton manufacture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- DeKalb County (Ga.) 1
- Decatur (Ga.) 1
- Decorative arts -- Georgia 1
- Dressmaking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- East Point (Ga.) 1
- Elections -- Georgia 1
- Emancipation Proclamation 1
- Endangered plants -- Georgia 1
- Environmental protection -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Epidemics 1
- Fashion -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fashion -- History -- 19th century 1
- Flower arrangement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Flowers in art 1
- Gainesville (Ga.) 1
- Gardening -- Societies, etc. 1
- Gardens -- Conservation and restoration -- Georgia 1
- Georgia -- Economic conditions 1
- Georgia -- Race relations 1
- Georgia -- Social conditions 1
- Greenhouse gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Interior decoration 1
- Invitation cards -- Georgia 1
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American 1
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Veterans -- United States 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans -- United States 1
- Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Law -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Legal instruments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Local history 1
- Merchants -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Monuments -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 -- Veterans -- United States 1
- Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American 1
- Oral histories 1
- Oral history 1
- Pandemics -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Patriotic societies 1
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal narratives, American 1
- Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Veterans -- United States 1 + ∧ less
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