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Kathryn W. Kemp photographs of the Little Five Points neighborhood

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS476

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs taken by Kathryn W. Kemp of the Little Five Points neighborhood in 1986, primarily of businesses on Euclid and Moreland Avenues. Businesses featured include the Little Five Points Pawn Shop, Major Furniture Company, Junkman’s Daughter, Wax ‘N’ Facts record store, the Eighteen Ninety Lighting Company, Sevanada Natural Foods Market, the Academy office building, and the Little Five Points Community Pub. Also included are images of the Little Five Points Branches of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, and Citizens and Southern National Bank.

Dates

  • 1986

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Kathryn W. Kemp (1940- ) attended La Marque High School in La Marque, Texas, and went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in 1980 and her master’s degree in 1982, both from the University of New Orleans in Louisiana. She received her Ph.D. from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1993. She held positions as a lecturer at Georgia State University, an archivist for the Atlanta Historical Society (later Atlanta History Center), and as a professor of history at Clayton State University. Kemp authored God’s Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola and was a contributor to the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Additional biographical information about Dr. Kathryn W. Kemp has not been determined.

Extent

45 color slide(s)

Language

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

This collection has been digitized and is available at: https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/p17222coll48

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 1993

Bias in Description

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Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2025.

Title
Kathryn W. Kemp photographs of the Little Five Points neighborhood
Author
Kate Daly
Date
January 2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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