Kenan Research Center Finding Aids

This collection contains a letter from Duke University professor Richard Shryock, the author of Georgia and the Union in 1850, published in 1926, to J. B. (John Bulow) Campbell of Marietta, Georgia. In the letter, Mr. Shryock requested information about Mr. Campbell's grandfathers one of whom, David C. Campbell, was one of the editors of the Federal Union and the other, Richard M. Orme, was editor of the Southern Recorder, both Milledgeville newspapers.

These papers consist of research for the dissertation correspondence.

This collection contains one scrapbook describing the civic and social activities of the club. Material includes photographs, correspondence, a yearbook, and clippings. Of special interest are documents describing the club's work to restore the grounds of the Crossroads Atlanta Primitive Baptist Church on Mount Vernon Highway and Powers Ferry Road in Sandy Springs.

This collection documents Robert Foster Jr. Maddox’s political and banking career as well as Maddox family history. The bulk of the collection are scrapbooks, many from Maddox's years as Mayor of Atlanta.

This collection contains a journal Robert G. Pruitt used to document his The Atlanta Constitution paper route; a book on the health center for the elderly Kingsford Atlanta Inn News from 1977 to 1979, edited by his sister, Georgia Pruitt; and a Certificate of Recognition for the Kingsford Atlanta Inn.

This collection consists of business papers, Methodist church papers, political papers, family records, and materials relating to Confederate veterans.

This collection contains photographs taken by F & L Photo Service and collected by Robert Rothberg of various downtown Atlanta buildings and businesses in the early 1930s. Notable scenes include the Alonzo F. Herndon (1858-1927) Crystal Palace barber shop on Peachtree Street, the Hurt Building, the J. P. Allen & Company department store, Chevrolet Motor Company, Moline Plow Company, King Hardware Company, and the Henry Grady Hotel.

This collection consists of scrapbooks, citations, certificates, and other materials documenting the activities of the North Fulton High School Special Choir. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, notices, brochures, and correspondence.

This collection contains photographs of five generations of the Smith-Steele-Medlock-Davenport family gathered for Elizabeth Hawkins Smith's 93rd birthday. Also included is a watercolor drawing of Jasper Smith (1836), Martha Ellen Smith Paden's brother, who died during the American Civil War. Of special note are photographs of “Auntie Gracie” and Wilkes Smith, two formerly enslaved people who worked for the Smith family. Robert S. Paden took the photograph of Wilkes Smith.

This collection contains images of the residence of Judge Clark Howell (Rosalie Howell's grandfather) and the Howell family. Also included are photographs of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation and the Evan Park Howell School in Atlanta, Georgia. Of special note are images of the graveside and floral designs from Clark Howell's funeral at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.

This collection documents the Roswell Manufacturing Company's rebuilding and expansion after the Civil War. Included are deeds, financial documents, and company checks. One of the contracts documents a land sale between the Roswell Manufacturing Company and its neighbor, the Laurel Mills Manufacturing Company.

This collection consists of materials removed from a group of scrapbooks and includes pamphlets, programs, invitations, political ephemera, periodicals, posters, advertisements, and some correspondence.

This collection contains black and white photographs collected by Ruth Henley of John Willis Henley inside the Fulton County Courthouse and portraits of Atlanta Journal newspaper carriers on a trip to Washington D.C., in 1910, one of whom may be Thomas Henley.