Carnegie, Andrew
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1835 - 1919
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta Public Library documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS641f
Scope and Content
The Atlanta Public Library records include correspondence and newsclippings documenting the construction of the original library and the commissioning of a marble bust of Andrew Carnegie by sculptor Gaetano Trentanove. The records also include newsclippings regarding the controversy over the decision to demolish the original library building.
Dates:
1895-1970
Myrta Lockett Avary photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS279
Scope and Content
The collection contains images collected by Avary, including images of Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus Memorial Association members, and portraits of Myrta Avary. Also included are exterior views of Bulloch Hall and Barrington Hall in Roswell, Georgia, and the Wren's Nest in Atlanta, Georgia. Of note are images of a ceremony transferring possession of the Wren's Nest from Mrs. Joel Chandler Harris to the Uncle Remus Memorial Association. Other photographs include Joel Chandler Harris...
Dates:
1870-1917, undated
Wallace family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS690
Scope and Content
This collection primarily contains materials pertaining to Alexander McGhee Wallace’s involvement in the Civil War and Anne Wallace Howland’s contributions to the Carnegie Library of Atlanta. The materials include correspondence, datebooks, diaries, genealogical records, periodicals, programs, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains a scrapbook assembled in memory of Alexander McGhee Wallace, a scrapbook pertaining to Anne Wallace Howland, several certificates and diplomas...
Dates:
1836-1987, undated
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- Public libraries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 2
- African Americans -- Georgia 1
- Authors, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Farm life -- Georgia 1
- Historic buildings -- Georgia 1
- Men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Plantation life -- Georgia. 1
- Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women 1
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 1
- Women in community development -- Georgia 1 + ∧ less
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