Forward Atlanta Commission
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Allen family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1014
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards and ceremony programs, and scrapbooks collected by the Allen family. The bulk of the collection pertains to Ivan Allen, Sr. and Ivan Allen, Jr.'s business, civic, and political affairs. Ivan Allen, Sr.'s state senate campaign and election, and Ivan Allen, Jr.'s mayoral campaign and election, and both father and son's work with various charities and civic minded associations are included. Of note are the numerous...
Dates:
1899-2004, undated
Manning, Selvage, and Lee Forward Atlanta Campaign Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS113
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection of public relations photographs contains images of the city of Atlanta that were created for the Forward Atlanta campaign in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and were meant to showcase the city. Some images were probably taken in support of other public relations activities of Bell and Stanton, but are not identified as such. Included are aerial views of downtown Atlanta, Midtown, and the Peachtree Center area, which highlight the city’s skyline and infrastructure. Other...
Dates:
circa 1960-1970
Marie Dodd Ivan Allen family collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1161
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents from Marie Dodd’s personal life as well as from her time working at the Ivan Allen Company. Business material includes a Fielder and Allen Co. catalogue, an Ivan Allen-Marshall Co. catalogue, the “Road to 100,000” incentive packet, company font and logo templates, and pricing manuals. There are also documents about Ivan Allen Jr., his accomplishments, and awards he received during his years as mayor of Atlanta and afterward. This collection also contains a...
Dates:
1900-1993, undated
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1077
Scope and Content
This collection contains business documents generated and collected by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The bulk of the material is meeting minutes created by the Chamber and its various councils. There are also publications of the Chamber, administrative and institutional records, and various documents describing the establishment of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), airports in Atlanta, and the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission. Material...
Dates:
1883-2012, undated
WRFG records of the Living Atlanta oral history project
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS637
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection consists of tape recorded interviews of Atlantans used to create fifty programs titledLiving Atlanta: Atlanta Life from World War I through World War II, and the programs themselves, which aired on WRFG Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. The programs were composed of excerpts from the interviews connected by music and explanatory narration. During the course of the project, hundreds of Atlantans were interviewed, resulting in approximately...
Dates:
1977-1980, undated
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- Industries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- Strikes and lockouts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- Aerial photographs 1
- Aerial views -- 1960-1970 1
- African American baseball players 1
- African American businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American household employees -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American politicians -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- African American universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Airports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Economic conditions 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 1
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 1
- Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Avondale Estates (Ga.) 1
- Baseball teams -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Blues (Music) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Business records -- Georgia 1
- Butler Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Cityscapes 1
- Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
- Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Cotton textile industry -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Country music -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Dalton (Ga.) 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Distilling, Illicit -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Economic development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Elections -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Fires -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Fund raising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Gardens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Hurt Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Industry -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Jews -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Labor disputes -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Manufacturers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography 1
- Medical care -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Medicine -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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- Music -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Georgia 1
- Office buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Peachtree Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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- Political campaigns -- Georgia 1
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- Roads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Stone Mountain (Ga.) 1
- Street railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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