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Fitzhugh Knox, Sr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS201f
Scope and Content This collection contains one bound volume. Inside are two letters to Miss Ruth Blair, the Executive Secretary of the Atlanta Historical Society, dated March 11, 1938 and March 18, 1938, both from Fitzhugh Knox, Sr. Also included is a short manuscript titled “My Reminiscences From 1883”. The first part of the manuscript is a memoir which mentions many prominent citizens, such as Joel Chandler Harris, Carroll Payne, and Henry W. Grady; businesses, like the Merchants Bank of Atlanta, J....
Dates: 1938

Ford Motor Company photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS457
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of automobiles manufactured by Ford Motor Company between 1896 and 1955. In addition, there are photographs of Ford backhoe models and Philco-Ford Corporation’s Space and Re-Entry Systems Division with attached press releases. Also included are portraits of Ford Motor Company executives. Of special note is a conceptual plan of the Atlanta Assembly Plant at Hapeville and a photograph of Henry and Clara Bryant Ford (1866-1950) seated in the first Ford...
Dates: 1941-2005, undated

Forrest Adair papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS22
Scope and Content

These papers consist of material about the Masons and Atlanta. Papers include newspaper clippings, correspondence, a booklet, Atlanta city directories, and Masonic literature and directory.

Dates: 1859-1925

Forsythia Garden Club scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1139
Scope and Content

This collection contains one scrapbook that provides details of the social and civic activities of the club. The scrapbook includes clippings, photographs, program information, and one yearbook. Entries and awards from flower shows are also detailed. Of special interest are sketches of a garden beautification project and signpost along Peachtree Battle Avenue between Woodward Way and Dellwood Drive in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta.

Dates: 1949-1950

Four Seasons Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1053
Scope and Content

This collection contains minutes, yearbooks, and scrapbooks that document the social and civic history of the club. Minutes include financial and presidential reports. Scrapbooks provide further detail about the club's flower show participation as well as programs and civic work. Much of the material highlights the garden club activities and speaking engagements of Mrs. Isabelle L. Spearman, one of the club's founding members and past president of the Georgia Daffodil Society.

Dates: 1942-1993, undated

Frances Outlar Photograph Collection

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Collection number: ahc.VIS132
Scope and Contents of the Records Included in this collection are several photographs of Atlanta religious centers. Outlar photographed Christian churches, but also provided images of Jewish synagogues as well. The collection contains exterior views of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Central Baptist Church, Central Presbyterian Church, Christ the King Cathedral, St. Phillips Episcopal Church, Druid Hills Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, First Christian Church, First Congregational Church, First Methodist Church,...
Dates: circa 1950, 1952-1953

Francis C. Smith Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS141
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains photographs of courthouses, churches, post offices, rivers, lakes, schools, industrial areas, farms, and private residences in cities and towns across North Georgia and the Atlanta area. Included are images taken in Alpharetta, Atlanta, Ben Hill, Bolton, Crabapple, Fairburn, Morgan Falls, Newton, Roswell and Warsaw, Georgia. Among the photographs are images of the old Milton County Courthouse of Alpharetta, the Chattahoochee Industrial Park in Atlanta, Mt. Gilead...
Dates: 1948- 1955

Francis DeGress Papers

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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

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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

Francis Harwood Evans and Alice Wescott Clough papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS798f
Scope and Content This collection contains a two-volume set of journals kept by Francis Harwood Evans during his service in World War I, along with materials he collected; a daily log kept by Alice Wescott Clough; and a copy of The Christian Index. Volume one of Evans's journals contains entries from his training in the United States Army, an announcement of his marriage to Clough, a Christmas card, a sketch of a soldier, a message from the French bank, Cox & Co., and a...
Dates: 1915-1925, undated

Francis Lawton Mobley Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1008
Scope and Content The bulk of the collection is a series of letters from Lt. Francis Lawton Mobley to his wife, Rhoda Gaskins Mobley during his time of service in the Civil War. Lt. Mobley illustrates daily camp life for his wife and reports on his general health and well-being. In most letters he reports his current location and the various ailments afflicting the men in his regiment. The most common ailments mentioned were "Brain" fever, chills, measles, mumps, and diarrhea as well as battle field...
Dates: 1861-1916, undated; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1862

Frank B. Davenport photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS80
Scope and Content

Atlanta resident Frank Davenport took these photographs after the fire. One image depicts the damage done to the house of Frank and Emmagene Davenport at 345 Pine Street. Also included are wider-angle shots from an aerial perspective offering a more complete view of the damage.

Dates: 1917

Franklin Gold, Pyrite, and Power Company records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS920
Scope and Content

This collection contains business correspondence, financial records, reports and surveys of land, minutes of meetings, letters to stockholders, brochures about Georgia mining, and a newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1882-1914

Fred L. Howe Cotton States and International Exposition Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS145
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains photographs taken by Fred L. Howe at the Cotton States and International Exposition. Photographs in the collection contain images of buildings and grounds, and exhibitions featuring advances in transportation, electricity, forestry, agriculture, and art. Other photographs of exhibitions feature Confederate history, African American and Native American culture and history, and the Liberty Bell on loan from the city of Philadelphia. The collection also illustrates...
Dates: 1895

Friends of Piedmont Park, Inc. and Piedmont Park Conservancy records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS943
Scope and Content

The records include by-laws, articles of incorporation, correspondence, newsletters, meeting minutes, and clippings documenting various projects and concerns on behalf of the Park.

Dates: 1984-1990; Majority of material found within 1988 - 1989

Friends of the River collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1269
Scope and Contents These records document the efforts of the environmental and educational organization Friends of the River to preserve and protect the Chattahoochee River Corridor. Included are correspondence, financial records, membership lists, newspaper clippings, agendas, minutes, pamphlets, periodicals, publications, and subject files that highlight the work of this group and members Marcia Bansley and Claude Terry. The collection also includes organizational records from other environmental groups...
Dates: 1966-2016, undated

Fulton County, Georgia, Freedmans' bonds

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Collection number: ahc.MSS589f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of three Freedman's bonds issued by Fulton County, Georgia: to Virginia M. Jordan for the eleven year old, black, female orphan, Celia Walker; to John M.C. Reed for eleven year old, black girl named Julia; and to Larkin H. Davis for eleven year old Savannah Brown for their apprenticeship until they reach the age of eighteen.

Dates: 1866-1868

Fulton County records

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Collection number: ahc.MSSFultonCounty
Scope and Contents This collection contains records from Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors, Board of County Commissioners (known as Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues prior to 1968), Court of Ordinary, and Financial Department. The bulk of the records are from the Board of Tax Assessors, most of which are residential property record cards and real estate plat books that depict property dimensions, tax payments, and owner names. Also from the Board of Tax Assessors are tax reports; minutes from the...
Dates: 1831-1998, undated

Fulton, Gwinnett, and Walton County legal documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS128f
Scope and Content

This collection includes property deeds, abstracts of title, warranty deeds, loan deeds, bonds, resident petitions, claims court cases, wills, and insurance documents presented in the courts of Fulton, Gwinnett, and Walton counties in Georgia.

Dates: 1860-1948

G. Eric Harkness papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1088
Scope and Content

This collection contains landscape plans, pamphlets, reports, and a directory that provide details on the career of G. Eric Harkness. Materials are from a variety of projects, including commercial, residential, and government clients. Pamphlets show a wide range of interests and topics from ornamental plants to city street planning.

Dates: 1957-2006, undated

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