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William W. Brewton unpublished manuscript Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS804f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a 19 chapter manuscript of the unpublished Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox, written by William W. Brewton. Of special note are handwritten edits throughout the manuscript and calculations of the cost of printing the book in 1956.

Dates: 1956, undated

William W. McKinney papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS923f
Scope and Content

This collection contains greeting cards and postcards, newspaper clippings from The Atlanta Constitution, recipe books, family documents and correspondence, a 1936 Central Night School yearbook,The Modern Knight, a White Provision Co. cookbook, and a Georgia Management Personnel Telephone Directory from 1964.

Dates: 1936-1970, undated

William W. Thompson's Le Conte Nursery documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS940f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence on company letterhead and an envelope from William W. Thompson of Le Conte Nursery. The correspondence includes an order for 300 Spanish chestnut trees, sent to William H. Moon of Moon Nurseries in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Of interest is a description of awards and details of the Le Conte Nursery orchards included in the letterhead.

Dates: 1888

Willie B. Greene papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS953f
Scope and Contents This collection contains material about Willie Burnice Greene’s missionary career. Material includes Greene's Bible, log books, and an identification card from the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States. In addition, there is a flyer; a program from a dedication ceremony; a packet about missionaries in Jeonju, South Korea. There are also two articles about Greene, one from The Korea...
Dates: 1938-1984, undated

Willie May Whaley Whitten scrapbook and bible

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS325
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a single scrapbook that contains materials pertaining to Willie May's career as a singer. It also contains a Whitten family Bible.

Dates: 1909-1927, undated

Willis Menefee Timmons, Jr. papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS352f
Scope and Content

This collection contains postcards, newspaper clippings, and publications.

Dates: 1860-1958, undated

Wilmer L. and Cornelia Jackson Moore papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS161
Scope and Content

This collection contains clippings, correspondence, and scrapbooks related to the life of the Moores. Included in the collection are diaries of Mrs. Moore as well as two wedding books from the Moore's wedding in 1895.

Dates: 1864-1950

Wilmoth Cappleman poetry

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Collection number: ahc.MSS577f
Scope and Content

This collection contains an album of three poems written by relatives and friends of Ms. Wilmoth Cappleman who created the beaded cover.

Dates: 1848-1850

Wilson and Tye family photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS307
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Wilson and Tye family members, including Benjamin J. Wilson; Elizabeth H. Wilson; John L. Tye, Sr.; John L. Tye, Jr.; Carrie Wilson; and Mary Potts Wilson. Of note is a photograph of the Wilson family home at 266 Gordon Street (renamed Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard) in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: approximately 1870-1890, undated

Wilson family documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS761f
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents pertaining to the Wilson family from 1825-1899. Documents include a marriage license, land lot certificates, military discharge certificates, receipts, geneological papers, a letter, and a will.

Dates: 1825-1880

Wilson Lumpkin letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS543f
Scope and Content

This collection contains four letters and transcriptions written to Annis Hopkins by Wilson Lumpkin during their courtship. In the letters Lumpkin discussed issues in the legislature and his ideas on marriage.

Dates: 1820

Wimberly-Peters Family Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS3
Scope and Content

These are the personal and business papers of the Wimberly and Peters families, 1818-1951.

Dates: 1818-1951

Winecoff Hotel collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS324
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the Winecoff Hotel fire of 1946 that killed 119 individuals. The scrapbook contains newspaper accounts of the fire and aftermath. The remainder of the material is transcripts of testimony given during courts cases involving victims of the fire.

Dates: 1946

Winifred Glover Klein papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1223
Scope and Contents

This collection documents Winifred Klein's clothing and needlepoint hobby, the bulk of which is Victorian fashion magazines and items relating to her needlework projects. Papers include postcards, drawings, fashion magazines, needlework patterns, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1869-1920, 1986, undated

Winship-Flournoy Family Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS209
Scope and Content The bulk of this collection consists of papers and copies of letters, receipts, and other documents amassed by Martha Pearson Cook Winship and her daughter: Anna Eliza Flournoy. The files largely consist of genealogy on the Winship and Flournoy families with sources of information that include newspaper clippings, tributes from United Daughters of the Confederacy, and correspondence. Personal papers in the collection include correspondence, and scrapbook materials. Of particular note is: the...
Dates: 1822-1951

W.M. Edwards Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS120
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection contains images of businesses located in Atlanta’s commercial district, including the Ivan-Allen Marshall Company, and Belle Isle-Street Company. Images of store exteriors include those located on Auburn Avenue, Whitehall Avenue, Marietta Street, Peachtree Street, and Ivy Street.

Dates: 1923

Woman's Auxiliary of the Scottish Rite Hospital documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS643f
Scope and Content

The Woman's Auxiliary records include the constitution and by-laws, meeting minutes, reports, and newsclippings.

Dates: 1923-1930

Woman's Council of National Defense (Georgia) collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS377
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a single scrapbook and bank book for the Woman's Council of National Defense. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Dates: 1917-1918, undated

Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society Society and Allen Christian Endeavor League Sunday School Convention program

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Collection number: ahc.MSS979f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a program from the 21st session of the W. H. & F. M. Society and Allen Christian Endeavor (A.C.E.) League’s Sunday School Convention, which was held at St. John African American Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Norwood, Georgia. The program lists daily itineraries for the three-day conference as well as district fees for pastors.

Dates: 1934

Woman's Missionary Union of Edgewood Baptist Church documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS897f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the treasurer's book for the Woman's Baptist Missionary Union Atlanta Auxiliary which documented financial transactions from 1917 to 1921. The collection also includes a petition for the formation of a religious association under the name of the Edgewood Baptist Church in 1911, as well as the judge's approval of the petition.

Dates: 1911-1921

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 123
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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 91
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
Scrapbooks -- Georgia 69
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 67
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 67
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 54
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 52
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 50
Atlanta (Ga.) 47
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 47
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 47
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Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
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Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 39
World War, 1939-1945 39
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Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 35
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Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 34
Portrait photography 33
Women -- Societies and clubs 32
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Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
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Landscape architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 25
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Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
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Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
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Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
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
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
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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