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Alexander Hamilton Stephens letter to James M. Calhoun
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS580f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a letter written by Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens to James M. Calhoun, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. The letter discusses Calhoun's recent appointment to civil governor of Atlanta by General Braxton Bragg. Stephens writes that the prohibition of the sale of alcohol to soldiers is unconstitutional according to the Confederate Constitution and the Rules and Articles of the Confederacy. He also states that Calhoun’s new position as civil governor of Atlanta...
Dates:
1862 September 8
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
Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance (ALFA) documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS962f
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection is Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Atalanta newsletters that recount organization and member updates, including meeting minutes, reports, and announcements. Newsletters also include local and national news about gay, lesbian, and women's rights, advertisements for lesbian-owned businesses and arts groups, and community updates. The collection also contains several Southern Feminist Library & Archives...
Dates:
1978-1986, undated
Atlanta newspapers scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS453
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspaper clippings from the "Atlanta Constitution" and "Atlanta Journal" newspapers. The bulk of the clippings have been arranged topically and arranged in a series of scrapbooks.
Dates:
1911-1960, undated
Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1023
Scope and Content
The collection is primarily comprised of materials generated to promote the painting and solicit attendance. Also included is correspondence and invitations to special events hosted at the Atlanta Cyclorama site. There are other materials related to reports generated in advance of the restoration project and rededication of the painting and presentations in relation to interpretation at the site.
Dates:
1886-1980, undated
Bomar-Killian family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS287
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of members of the Bomar and Killian family and their close friends. It also contains images of Atlanta street scenes from the early 19th and mid 20th centuries.
Dates:
1846-1921, undated
Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia Register of Inmates
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS7
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection consists of over 700 typed pages of information about residents of the Confederate Soldier’s Home of Georgia. The list of inmates represented in this collection is not comprehensive. The information was copied from three registers kept at the Home between 1901 and 1941 and each page contains vital records and history of military service. Information about each veteran includes name, date and place of birth, unit and rank, date of capture, surrender, or injury, date of entry...
Dates:
undated
Douglas H. Davis, Sr. photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS301
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of aerial views of Atlanta and vicinity, and of Valdosta, Georgia. Included are images of Southern Railway shops; downtown Atlanta; Ponce de Leon Baseball Park; Gammon Theological Seminary; and Oglethorpe University and Georgia School of Techonology campuses. Of interest are photographs pertaining to Davis as an aviator and his early days of commercial flying.
Dates:
1929-1934, undated
DuBose family collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates:
1782-2001, undated
DuBose family visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS198
Scope and Content
This collection contains artwork, images, and maps collected by the DuBose family. The artwork pertains to Civil War historical sites and scenes and includes etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings. Much of the artwork was done by Wilbur G. Kurtz (1882-1967), a family friend, historian, writer, and artist. There are original photographs from the Civil War era in a variety of formats, such as cartes de visite, tintypes, and albumen prints. Photographic subject matter includes military...
Dates:
1783-2007, undated
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
Francis DeGress Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS998
Scope and Content
The collection primarily contains materials pertaining to the activities of Captain Francis DeGress during and after the Civil War. Some of the documents include personal accounts of battle activities by Captain DeGress, field reports, military certificates, correspondence, official records of DeGress' Battery, and ledgers documenting clothing accounts for soldiers under his command. Of special interest is a letter from Theodore Davis to Mrs. Francis DeGress describing Captain DeGress'...
Dates:
1862-1917, undated
Francis DeGress Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS195
Scope and Content
The collection contains five photographs of Francis DeGress. Most are portrait shots with the exception of one which is a group shot of eight gentlemen in uniform.
Dates:
1864, undated
George Mason Coleman scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1233
Scope and Contents
This collection contains scrapbooks that document George Mason Coleman’s career as a journalist in Atlanta. The bulk of the material is newspaper clippings of his work at Atlanta Daily World including cartoons, poems, articles, and photographs about the Civil Rights Movement, the African American community in Atlanta, legal affairs, and race relations. In addition, there is a scrapbook of correspondence from corporations and individuals praising his work as...
Dates:
1947-2006, undated
Georgia Chamber of Commerce collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS436
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of travel information pertaining to various cities throughout Georgia. Travel materials include books, pamphlets, postcards, tour maps, correspondence, and press releases. There are also organizational materials such as periodicals, publications, and special event programs.
Dates:
1957-1978, undated
Hugh Brannon papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1170
Scope and Content
This collection mostly contains documents relating the Hugh Brannon's education at Technological High School, and the neighborhood in which he lived, Inman Park. Included are examples of Brannon's classwork at William A. Bass Junior High School and at Technological High School, in courses such as mathematics, science, English, and social studies. Student assignments represented in the collection sometimes touched upon the subject of war in Europe. Brannon, a lifelong resident of Atlanta's...
Dates:
1922-2007, undated
Joshua Gilbert papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS776f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a letter from Joshua Gilbert to his family, a description of United States Army prisoner of war camps in the Civil War, one deed to a cemetery plot, and one clipping from the Atlanta Constitution with Gilbert's obituary.
Dates:
1855-1889
Kristin Oblander papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1271
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to Oblander’s career in political fundraising. Professional materials make up the bulk of the collection, including memos and other internal documents from various campaigns, financial information and donor records, fundraising event invitations, and campaign mail. Represented in the collection are Oblander Group clients, including presidential, congressional, statewide, legislative, and municipal candidates, as well as party committees and other...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-2022, undated
Lemuel P. Grant papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS100
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters to and from Grant regarding construction of railroads in Pennsylvania and throughout the southeastern United States; the defense of Atlanta during the Civil War; and personal matters. Other items in the collection include Grant’s personal diaries from 1843, 1844, and 1845, as well as account books covering railroad land transactions; railroad costs; and cash accounts. Additional items include a report on the condition of railroads around Atlanta, Georgia,...
Dates:
1838-1869
Lin family correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS849
Scope and Content
This collection consists of seventy-two letters written among the various members of the Lin family of Atlanta and their extended relatives during the Civil War. Many of the letters are to Charles B. "Bud" Lin from his mother, Amanda M. Lin, and his three sisters: Mary Ann, Susan B., and Georgia, while he was attending the Georgia Military Institute. Common topics of the letters include the latest news of different relatives serving as soldiers, the hiring of substitutes, conscription of...
Dates:
1859-1887
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