H.E. Shindelbower papers
Scope and Content
This collection mostly contains periodicals and booklets from the early 1940s. Materials include several editions of Georgia Power's Kilowatt News, Southern Bell's guide to telephone etiquette, and the WSB War Review of 1942. This collection also contains a catalogue from the Home Builders Plan Service and building specification forms for a home at 3181 Sewell Rd SW, later renamed Benjamin Mays Drive, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates
- 1942-1951, undated
Creator
- Shindelbower, H. E. (Harry Elkin) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
Harry Elkin (H.E.) Shindelbower (1910-1995) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Harry Shindelbower (1881-1928) and Ophelia Bridges (1880-1958). He and his wife, Mary Frances (1912-2000), lived in Adair Park, a neighborhood in Southwest Atlanta. Shindelbower worked for Chevrolet until registering for the Selective Service in 1940 as a private in the United States Army. He served at Fort McPherson for the duration of World War II. Additional biographical information about H.E. Shindelbower has not been determined.
Extent
2 folder(s)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically according to titles supplied by staff.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2006
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2019.
- Building -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Fort McPherson (Ga.)
- Georgia Power Company
- Rich's (Retail store)
- Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
- WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply -- Georgia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States
- Title
- H.E. Shindelbower papers
- Author
- Hallie Lonial
- Date
- February 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository