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Waddell-Setze-McClatchey family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS842
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal correspondence and memorabilia of two families of two different time periods. The Waddells are the contributors of the Civil War period correspondence which demonstrate in great detail the conditions of the lives of those left at home and of the needs of the soldiers. These letters also demonstrate the role of an officer and the ability to have his wife follow his movements. The later correspondence and personal records were contributed by the Setze...
Dates: 1855-1966, undated

Wallace family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS690
Scope and Content This collection primarily contains materials pertaining to Alexander McGhee Wallace’s involvement in the Civil War and Anne Wallace Howland’s contributions to the Carnegie Library of Atlanta. The materials include correspondence, datebooks, diaries, genealogical records, periodicals, programs, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains a scrapbook assembled in memory of Alexander McGhee Wallace, a scrapbook pertaining to Anne Wallace Howland, several certificates and diplomas...
Dates: 1836-1987, undated

Wallace J. Barnard letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS19f
Scope and Content

This collection contains two letters to Colonel Wallace J. Barnard appointing him as an aide to General John B. Gordon of the United Confederate Veterans. One of them is from Wm. E. Mickle, the other from J. B. Gordon.

Dates: 1903

Wallace Putnam Reed papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS280f
Scope and Content

This collection contains research papers by Reed on electricity in Atlanta and the first gun fired in the Civil War in Atlanta. The collection also includes a letter to Reed about the history of the West End neighborhood and a sketch of Confederate General Wade Hampton.

Dates: approximately 1890

Walraven family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS820
Scope and Content

This collection contains various papers including tax receipts and bills for Cobb County, Fulton County, City of Austell, and City of Atlanta. Also included are correspondence, graduation, invitations, and programs documenting the activities of the Walraven family.

Dates: 1850-1954, undated

Walter C. Hurlier letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS582f
Scope and Content

This collection contains three letters which discuss the health of a family member, Christmas, and the movie Intolerance.

Dates: 1917, 1921, 1946

Walter G. Paschall documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS435f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a telegram requesting permission to include Seargeant Paschall in the welcome home celebration for European veterans to be broadcast over WSB; a wedding invitation for Paschall and his fiancee Eliza King; poetry; and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1945, undated

Walter Gerald Cooper papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS498f
Scope and Content

This collection contains genealogical information on Cooper and his family, and documents surrounding the history of Fulton County.

Dates: 1934-1938, undated

Walter H. Grant scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS96
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook kept by Rose Grant, wife of Walter H. Grant. It contains clippings regarding notable Atlanta citizens and adoption papers of their daughter, Louise.

Dates: 1915-1925

Walter McElreath Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS154
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, manuscripts, handwritten notes, and pamphlets. The bulk of the collection contains McElreath's writings; research; rough drafts; a play for the Atlanta Centennial celebration; manuscripts of books and articles; and newspaper notices about his publications. Also included are notes and articles about Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw. Newspaper clippings cover topics such as the Atlanta Centennial in 1948; the...
Dates: 1879-1963, undated

Walter Newman letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS252f
Scope and Content

These letters from Walter Newman of Atlanta, Georgia were written from Cambridge, Massachusetts after World War I. He wrote to his mother about his discharge from the Army and to his brother Edward. He writes of his life in the military and about his desire that Edward escort his fiance in his absence.

Dates: 1919

Walter S. Burns civil war correspondence

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Collection number: ahc.MSS603f
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains 22 letters from Walter S. Burns to his parents living in Findlay, Ohio. He writes about living conditions in the army camps, the needs of a soldier, his business matters at home, and news such as deaths of friends and family. Burns’ letters begin in Nashville, Tennessee in 1862 and continue through 1864 from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Ringgold and Atlanta, Georgia. He records fighting outside of Atlanta and the shelling of the city in his letter written on August 20,...
Dates: 1862 – 1864

Walter T. Downing letter and travel article

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Collection number: ahc.MSS689f
Scope and Content This collection contains two textual items related to the design of the Fine Arts Building for the Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895. The first is a two-page letter from Horace Bradley, head of the Fine Arts Department at the 1895 Cotton States Exposition, to Walter T. Downing praising his design work on the Fine Arts Building. The second item is a page from a montly society and travel newspaper, The Chicago 400, with a picture of the Fine...
Dates: 1895, undated

Walter T. Downing visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS200
Scope and Content This collection contains images created or collected by Walter T. Downing. These images include lithographs, collotypes, photographs, and photographic reproductions of architectural details and sculptures from books and serials. The books include Lacy's Dramatic Costumes and Die Tapezierkunst which contains reproduced sketches of tapestries and window decorations. Also included are images of architectural details...
Dates: 1865-1899, undated

War Act broadside

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Collection number: ahc.MSS474f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a broadside of an act "Recognizing the existence of a state of war between the United States and the Confederate States of America and concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods." It is signed by Howell Cobb, president of the Congress, Jefferson Davis, and Robert Toombs, Secretary of State.

Dates: 1861 May 6

War savings bond certificate

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Collection number: ahc.MSS753f
Scope and Content

This collection contains one certificate for the purchase of war savings bonds to sponsor the United States military efforts during World War II. This particular bond was sold to build a new cruiser, called Atlanta, in 1943.

Dates: 1943

Warren Woodliff documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS642f
Scope and Content

The Warren Woodliff papers include a description of Cumming (Forsyth County), Georgia and an appointment of Warren Woodliff as overseer of the public road.

Dates: 1872-1875

Washington Seminary records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS28
Scope and Content

These papers consist of catalogues (organized chronologically), invitations, programs, newspaper clippings, Memories, and a history of Washington Seminary.

Dates: 1878-1978

Watts Gunn papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS960
Scope and Content

The Watts Gunn Papers, donated in his memory in 1999 by his wife, include newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to his golf career which spanned more than seven decades. Also included are programs from his many inductions into halls of fame, a rules card from Muirfield, Scotland, and certificates of achievement.

Dates: 1923-1993, undated

Way family documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS370f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a certificate from Georgia Tech verifying the enrollment of Harold Way, a 1906 yearbook from Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he graduated, and a letter granting commission to him as a Captain in the United States Army in 1918. Also included is a certificate from the American Red Cross belonging to Jeannette Way, Harold's wife.

Dates: 1898-1918

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 123
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Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 82
Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 79
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 75
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 74
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Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 67
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 67
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 54
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
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Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 50
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Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
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Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
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Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Slavery -- Georgia 20
Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 19
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
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Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Military uniforms 17
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Daguerreotypes 16
Gay activists 16
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Plants, Ornamental -- Georgia 16
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West End (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
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Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
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Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 32
Atlanta Historical Society 31
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
Georgia Institute of Technology 24
Hartsfield, William Berry 24
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Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 21
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 20
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 19
Coca-Cola Company 19
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Emory University 18
Rich's (Retail store) 18
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 18
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 16
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
University of Georgia 16
Atlanta History Center 15
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 15
C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
Garden Club of Georgia. 15
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 15
United States. Army 15
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 14
Young, Andrew, 1932- 14
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 13
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 13
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 12
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 12
Atlanta Public Schools 12
Georgia Power Company 12
Georgia School of Technology 12
Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 12
Piedmont Driving Club 12
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 12
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 12
Agnes Scott College 11
Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 11
Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 11
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 11
Atlanta Water Works (Ga.) 11
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 11
First National Bank of Atlanta 11
Inman family 11
Junior League of Atlanta 11
United States. Navy. 11
Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 10
Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 10
Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Massell, Sam 10
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 10
Washington Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 9
American Red Cross 9
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Atlanta Pride Committee 9
Atlanta Pride Festival 9
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 9
Commercial High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Connally, Joseph E. Brown, 1875-1920 9
Democratic Party (Ga.) 9
Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 9
Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 9
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 9
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 9
Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
United Daughters of the Confederacy 9
Atlanta Art Association 8
Atlanta Public Library 8
Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 8
Georgia. Militia 8
Jones family 8
Jones, Bobby 8
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 8
Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 8
League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 8
Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Trust Company of Georgia 8
Woodruff, Robert Winship 8
Aaron, Hank, 1934- 7
Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 7
Atlanta (Ga.). Bureau of Planning 7
Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Atlanta Journal (Firm) 7
Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (Ga.) 7
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Boys High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Carnegie Library of Atlanta 7
Citizens and Southern National Bank 7
Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 7
Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia 7
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