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Herbert T. Jenkins papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS546
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Herbert T. Jenkins' career as the longest-serving police chief of Atlanta. Papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, committee minutes, speeches, publications, and annual reports of the Atlanta Police Department and Fulton County Police Department. In addition are speeches, attendance reports, and planning materials related to Jenkins' participation in conferences as an attendee and speaker. Of particular note are documents pertaining to his work with civl...
Dates:
1800-1983, undated
Horace T. Ward papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1264
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the professional and personal papers of the Honorable Horace Taliaferro Ward. Records include articles and newspaper clippings, awards, court case documents, and event programs. Also included are speeches and publications from organizations of which Ward was a member such as the National Bar Association. Additionally, there is correspondence with Ward's mother, Minnie Harrison, and records from Ward's wife, Ruth LeFlore Ward. Of particular interest is correspondence...
Dates:
1939-2016, undated
Hugh Anderson Haralson Letterbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS110
Scope and Content
The collection consists of an indexed letter book of Hugh A. Haralson and correspondence addressing personal and professional topics. Author name and corresponding page number arrange the letter book index alphabetically. The collection documents issues concerning the average Southern citizen during the antebellum years. Some issues discussed include agriculture in Coweta County, Georgia, pension laws, states’ rights, land claims, Indian affairs, legislation, land grants and sales, slavery,...
Dates:
1849 - 1850
James Kolloch Hines Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS767
Scope and Content
This collections includes a diary, newspaper clippings, legal papers, and letters.
Dates:
1873-1967
Janet Rechtman papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS839f
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents from the Atlanta Women’s Poetry Workshop (AWPW) as well as articles and poetry written by Janet Rechtman and other Atlantans. Materials include feminist newsletters, AWPW correspondence regarding grant applications and non-profit tax laws, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax exemption documents, AWPW member ephemera, a poetry booklet from the Atlanta Jewish Community Center, and a poetry reading poster advertisement from the Atlanta neighborhood Little Five...
Dates:
1976-1980, undated
Jason Greer Bloodworth court records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS809
Scope and Content
The collection contains civil court case summons issued by Jason Greer "J. G." Bloodworth, Justice of the Peace for the 1026th district of Fulton County, Georgia.
Dates:
1905-1908
John Wallace Malone letter to Senators Harry F. Byrd and Walter F. George
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS963f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter that John Wallace Malone wrote to United States senators Harry F. Byrd (1887-1966) of Virginia, and Walter F. George (1878-1957) of Georgia. Both Democratic senators supported racial segregation. In the letter, Malone uses racist rhetoric to argue that "Southern people do not hate Negroes" and that the Federal government should allow states to make decisions regarding race relations. To support his argument, he references instances of supposed racial harmony...
Dates:
1948 March 1
Judge George Hillyer papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS906
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the papers of the Hillyer family. It is divided into seven different series, keeping the papers of each individual in a separate series. Series I is Judge George Hillyer's materials, and it is divided into five subseries consisting of legal papers and court cases, publications, civic duty and railroads, speeches, and personal papers. Series II is of Judge Joseph W. Fields. Series III belonged to Junius Hillyer. Series IV is the correspondence of the Hillyer...
Dates:
1835-1985, undated
Lesbian and Gay Pride Week proclamations
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS799f
Scope and Content
This collection contains three government-issued proclamations. The first was issued by Maynard Jackson, former Mayor of Atlanta, proclaiming that June 21-27, 1993 was "Lesbian and Gay Pride/Human Rights Week" in the City of Atlanta. The second was issued by Mary Davis, member of the Atlanta City Council, also proclaiming that June 21-27, 1993 was "Lesbian and Gay Pride Week" in Atlanta. She further proclaimed that June 28, 1993 was "Stonewall Anniversary Day" in the City of Atlanta. The...
Dates:
1993
Madison Bell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1098
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, booklets, and newspapers, the majority of which were collected by, or pertain to, the life and work of Madison Bell. The correspondence spans Bell's adult life; most are addressed from family and friends. Documents relate to his family and his career. The booklets pertain to Georgia law, Bell himself, and Georgia's secession from the Union. Items of particular note are a muster roll from the 30th Georgia Cavalry Battalion, posters advertising...
Dates:
1844-1896, 1945-1951, 1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1853 - 1896
Police and Crime scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS306
Scope and Content
This collection consists of three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings pertaining to the police and criminal activities in Atlanta, Georgia, 1901-1905.
Dates:
1901-1905
Research Atlanta Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS993
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection consists of the records of Research Atlanta, Inc. The records document the administrative history and research activities of the organization from its inception in 1971 to 1992. The records include correspondence, publications, clippings, research notes, and reports regarding the activities and projects in which Research Atlanta was involved. The bulk of the collection consists of the research files in Series II, which document the various topics analyzed by the organization....
Dates:
1930-1997 Bulk: 1970-1992
Richard Clarke records of Atlanta Police Department
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1227
Scope and Contents
This collection contains administrative records and police publications created and accumulated by Richard Clarke, mostly during his time as Administrative Assistant to Atlanta Chief of Police George Napper (1939-2020). Records include correspondence, monthly reports, crime statistics, and departmental plans. Additional records pertain to Atlanta Police Department initiatives to curb burglaries and other crimes through environmental design, the adoption of buiding security codes, and through...
Dates:
1968-1982, 1995, undated
Series I: Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board records, 1920-1974
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains committee meeting minutes from the Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board regarding city changes, such as the establishment of a municipal market located in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, city charter amendments, and review of applications and petitions to change zoning ordinances. These requests include changing a residential district to a business district; street name changes, such as the Harwick Road to Mystic Place; and granting special use permits so that...
Dates:
1920-1974
Series II: Board of County Commissioners, 1880-1995, undated
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains documentation from the Fulton County Board of County Commissioners from before and after it changed its name from Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenues in 1968. The department oversees Fulton County government. The bulk of materials in this series are minute books from regular and special sessions that document resolutions, committee management, and petitions. Each volume contains an index at the front. Also in the series are subject files collected by the...
Dates:
1880-1995, undated
Series II: Board of Zoning Adjustment records, 1923-1997, undated
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains committee meeting minutes from the Board of Zoning Adjustment’s review of applications and appeals for zoning variances. Types of variances included requests for new building projects or home renovations; special use permits; district rezoning, such as rezoning a house to operate business; and lot resizing. Of particular note is an application from the Westminster School Inc. to build schools and boarding buildings and the Atlanta Merchandise Mart’s appeal against the...
Dates:
1923-1997, undated
Series III: Zoning Review Board records, 1954-1984
Series
Scope and Contents
This series contains committee meeting minutes from the Zoning Review Board’s review of rezoning petitions and special use permits, as well as discussions about city zoning ordinance changes. The series contains rezoning petitions for personal property, a residential or industrial area, or streets. Also included are special use permits filed for additions to businesses and building structure. Minutes also document special meetings where the public discussed specific topics such as proposed...
Dates:
1954-1984
Southern Voice photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS415
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images used for stories published by Southern Voice newspaper. Images include businesses, individuals, organizations, demonstrations and events, and photographs related to political issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender communities. Of particular note are demonstrations associated with ACT UP and the Cobb Citizens Coalition, as well as images of the Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade and Atlanta Black Pride....
Dates:
approximately 1968-2010, bulk dates approximately 1990-2010
Southern Voice records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1016
Scope and Content
This collection contains editorial planning records and subject files for stories published by Southern Voice. These files include editorial planning meeting notes, story assignments, camera-ready art, and subject files on national and regional issues of crime, health, lifestyle, and politics concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender community. The camera-ready art consists of photographs and graphics used in conjunction with published...
Dates:
1982-2007 undated
Southline Press, Inc. records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1015
Scope and Content
This collection contains corporate records of Southline Press, and includes advertising and administrative records, published articles, and research files. Advertising records include advertising copy, sales records, advertising rates, and sales invoices. Administrative records contain budgets, contracts, reader surveys, and correspondence of Southline publisher Todd Evans. The remainder of the collection consists of drafts and copies of articles published in...
Dates:
1959-1988, undated; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1988
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