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Abbie M. Brooks diaries and church invitation

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS39f
Scope and Content This collection contains two diaries of Abigail M. Brooks, which date from 1865 and 1870 along with typed transcriptions of both. In addition, there is an invitation to attend church which dates from 1858. In the 1865 diary, Brooks describes life in rural Tennessee, near Nashville, where she teaches in a one room school house. Later in the year, Abigail moves to Edgefield, Tennessee, also near Nashville, and starts her own school. She describes life in Edgefield, trials with her students,...
Dates: 1858-1870
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Abbie M. Brooks diaries and church invitation

Atlanta City Council Proclamation for the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

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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
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta City Council Proclamation for the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

Eliza and Waldo Jones family and genealogical papers

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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
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Eliza and Waldo Jones family and genealogical papers

Ku Klux Klan collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1238
Scope and Contents This collection contains material generated by the national organization, as well as local chapters, primarily the Realm of Georgia, of the Ku Klux Klan. Included are periodicals such as Kourier Magazine and The Imperial Knight-Hawk; financial, business, and membership papers; flyers and notices about Klan activities; and publications about ideology. Rhetoric throughout the collection is racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Catholic,...
Dates: 1916-1998, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Ku Klux Klan collection

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