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Slaton, John M.

 Person

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Eliza and Waldo Jones family and genealogical papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1107
Scope and Content

Eliza Jones accumulated this collection to document the genealogy of her extended families as well that of her husband, Waldo Jones. Materials include correspondence that documents her daily life and views, financial records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and diaries. The collection also contains papers from her and Waldo Jones's extended family. Families represented include the Woolford, Grant, Slaton, Harris, Fitz-Randolph, Martin, Waldo, Winslow, Felder, and Jackson families.

Dates: 1789-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1970

Governor and Mrs. John M. Slaton visual arts collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS209
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs, albumen prints, notecards, and a platinotype collected by Governor Slaton and his wife. Images include portraits of Howell Cobb, Cary B. Wilmer, Julia King (Mrs. Henry) Grady, and James W. English, Jr. Other images include Marechal Foch and Charles Loridaus of France and Thomas Whipple Connally. There is a view of Mrs. John Marshall Slaton in the attire she wore when presented at the court of King George V and Queen Mary. There are portraits of four...
Dates: 1887, 1921-1930, undated

Governor John M. Slaton letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS746f
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters, some original and some copies, written by Governor John M. Slaton. Most of the correspondence concerns the Leo Frank court case, Slaton's commutation of Frank's death sentence, and his subsequent failure to be reelected. There is also one letter written by Lucille Selig Frank, the wife of Leo Frank, to Slaton.

Dates: 1902-1930, 1976

Grant and Slaton family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS449
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of members of the Grant and Slaton families. It also includes images of residences belonging to George W. Connor, John Thomas Grant, William Daniel Grant, John W. Grant Sr., John Marshall Slaton, and Hugh T. Inman. Of special note are portraits of Emily MacDougald (Mrs. Edward H. Inman) in her wedding dress. Locations are unknown unless otherwise noted.

Dates: approximately 1845-1955, undated

Hugh M. Dorsey, Sr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS279
Scope and Content

This collection contains six scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and ephemeral materials. Of particular interest is a copy of the speech by Dorsey to Governor Slaton in response to the motion to dismiss filed in behalf of Leo M. Frank.

Dates: 1838-1924

John W. Grant visual arts collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS208
Scope and Content This collection contains cabinet cards collected by John W. Grant. Seventeen of the mounted photographs are of classmates of Grant's from the University of Georgia (1885-1888). These images include Eugene M. Mitchell (1885), Charles F. Rice (1886), and Lucian L. Knight (1886). Another image from Grant's college years shows group of debate students posed after a debate in 1884. Other images include a boy with a chihuahua and a view of a carriage with four horses and footmen outside a...
Dates: 1884-1888, undated

Leo Frank papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS91
Scope and Content This collection primarily consists of correspondence. There are letters of sympathy and support sent to Leo Frank and Lucille Selig Frank throughout his incarceration and after his death. Letters to the Franks are often written by many of the same people and share similar content. Also included is correspondence from members of the Frank and Selig families, from Frank's attorneys, from newspaper publishers and reporters, and to Governor Slaton on behalf of Leo Frank. In addition, the...
Dates: 1912-1916, undated

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Civil rights movements -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century 1
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Clothing & dress -- 1890-1900 1
Clothing and dress -- Georgia 1
Clothing and dress -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 1
Dogs 1
Elections -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Family life -- Georgia 1
Fashion -- History -- 19th century 1
Fraternal organizations -- Georgia -- Athens 1
Fulton County (Ga.) -- History 1
Georgia -- Genealogy 1
Georgia -- History -- 1775-1865 1
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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Jews -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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Linville (N.C.) 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American 1
Ville-d'Avray (France) 1
Wedding clothing and dress 1
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