Frank C. Dunham photographs
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs taken by Frank C. Dunham that document several locations mostly in Atlanta and across Georgia. The bulk of the collection features images of churches, schools, medical facilities, historic residences, stores, company warehouses and offices, apartments, universities, banks, and landmarks. Notable locations include Lenox Square; Piedmont Hospital; Georgia Military Academy; Stone Mountain; Catholic Shrine of Immaculate Conception; Etowah Indian Mounds; the Old Governor’s Mansion; and Brasstown Bald. Also featured are images of Dunham’s family and friends. All photographs were taken in Atlanta, Georgia, unless otherwise noted. Quotation marks in the inventory are used to note Dunham's original language.
Dates
- 1958-1969, undated
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
Frank C. Dunham (1913-2007) was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Frank Cromie Dunham (1879-1922) and Lavenia Kercheval Dunham (?-1937). He attended Fulton High School and Georgia School of Technology (later Georgia Institute of Technology). In 1939 he married Edith G. Valerie (1918-2011), and the couple had two children: Nancy Dunham (approximately 1951-1983) and John Lee Dunham (1946- ). Dunham served as the Vice Chancellor for Facilities for the University System of Georgia.
Extent
2406 image(s) (2,310 black and white negatives, 67 color negatives, and 29 black and white photographic prints)
Language
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff and by Dunham's original language.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1992
Bias in Description
As archivists, we acknowledge our role as stewards of information. We choose how individuals and organizations are represented and described in our archives. We are not neutral, and bias is reflected in our descriptions, which may not accurately convey the racist or offensive aspects of collection materials. Archivists make mistakes and might use poor judgment. In working with this collection, we often re-use language used by the former owners of the material. This language provides context but often includes bias and prejudices reflective of the time in which it was created. The Kenan Research Center’s work is ongoing to implement reparative language where Library of Congress subject terms are inaccurate and obsolete.
Kenan Research Center welcomes feedback and questions regarding our archival descriptions. If you encounter harmful, offensive, or insensitive terminology or descriptions, please let us know by emailing reference@atlantahistorycenter.com. Your comments are essential to our work to create inclusive and thoughtful description.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2026.
- Aerial photographs
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Aerial photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Apartment houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia
- Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia
- Automobile dealerships -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Baptist church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Business enterprises -- Georgia
- Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Catholic church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Church buildings -- Georgia
- Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Elementary school facilities -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Elementary schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Factories -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Government facilities -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- High schools -- Georgia
- High schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Houses -- Georgia
- Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Methodist church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Office buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Presbyterian church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Public schools -- Georgia
- Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Stores & shops -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Universities and colleges -- Georgia
- Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Title
- Frank C. Dunham photographs
- Subtitle
- ahc.VIS475
- Author
- Ariana Lee
- 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