Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1848 - 1908
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Mrs. James Morton Newspaper Clippings Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS162
Scope and Content
The collection is a mixture of newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining primarily to Georgia writers. The clippings and articles include book reviews, speaking engagements, and life events for each author. Some of the authors included in the collection are Wright Bryan, Caroline Miller, Joel Chandler Harris, Flannery O’Connor, Corbett H. Thigpen, Nunnally Johnson, Carson McCullers, Ralph McGill, and Medora Field Perkerson. There are also files pertaining to topics that influenced...
Dates:
1907-1972
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
Robert Lowry papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS738f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an invitation to Robert and Emma Lowry's 50th wedding anniversary celebration and a pamphlet and memoir book from Robert Lowry's 70th birthday banquet; both events were held at Atlanta's Capital City Club. The memoir book includes the tributes of hosts and friends as well as the comments of press and financial journals. The collection also includes a program from the world premiere of Walt Disney's film adaptation of Joel Chandler Harris's ...
Dates:
1910-1946
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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- Subject
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 2
- African Americans -- Georgia 1
- Animated films 1
- Authors, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Birthday parties 1
- Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Civil rights -- Georgia 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Farm life -- Georgia 1
- Historic buildings -- Georgia 1
- Men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Plantation life -- Georgia. 1
- Public libraries -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women 1
- Wedding anniversaries 1
- Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
- Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 1
- Women in community development -- Georgia 1 + ∧ less
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