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Rhodes family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS13f
Scope and Content
The collection consists of family papers, including the Last Will and Testaments of A.G. Rhodes (18 October, 1928) and his wife Amanda Wilmot Rhodes (24 December, 1926). Included are worksheets documenting the dispersal of bequests and legal documents that reference their estate. In his Last Will and Testament, A.G. Rhodes left money to numerous relatives and to the A.G. Rhodes Home for Incurables and Peachtree Christian Church.
Dates:
1927-1937
Rhodes Furniture Company records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS430
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of the business records for the Rhodes Furniture Company. Included in the collection are financial records, acquisition papers, correspondence, ledgers, and cash books. There are also pension plan and tax return records.
Dates:
1900-1965, undated
Richard Anderson Landscape Architect Inc. drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS404
Scope and Contents
This collection contains landscape drawings, plant lists, concept and site plans, and surveys that provide details of work done by Richard Anderson Landscape Architect Inc., as well as earlier work with Daugherty/Anderson and Associates. The work of a few other architects is included such as Edward L. Daugherty and E. S. Draper. The majority of projects are of residential landscapes.
Dates:
1921-2017
Richard Clarke records of Atlanta Police Department
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1227
Scope and Contents
This collection contains administrative records and police publications created and accumulated by Richard Clarke, mostly during his time as Administrative Assistant to Atlanta Chief of Police George Napper (1939-2020). Records include correspondence, monthly reports, crime statistics, and departmental plans. Additional records pertain to Atlanta Police Department initiatives to curb burglaries and other crimes through environmental design, the adoption of buiding security codes, and through...
Dates:
1968-1982, 1995, undated
Richard Dees Funderburke research papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1242
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research materials produced by Richard Dees Funderburke throughout his academic and professional career. The majority of the collection includes newspaper articles that feature specific architects that were active during the victorian era in the southeastern United States, specifically Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Also included are notes, photocopied images, article drafts, and book proposals authored by Funderburke throughout his...
Dates:
1975-2020, undated
Richard Kavanaugh papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS729f
Scope and Content
This collection mostly contains personal and business correspondence relating to Kavanaugh's management of Cruise magazine.
Dates:
1973-2007, undated
Richard Kavanaugh photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS420
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Richard Kavanaugh's personal life and professional career. The personal images are primarily in the photo albums and depict parties at Kavanaugh's residence on East Morningside Drive in Atlanta, Georgia. Albums also highlight Kavanaugh with friends, including many of them in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Many the photo albums also contain images related to Kavanaugh's professional career as an editor for ...
Dates:
approximately 1960-2007
Richard Shryock letter to J.B. Campbell
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS50f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a letter from Duke University professor Richard Shryock, the author of Georgia and the Union in 1850, published in 1926, to J. B. (John Bulow) Campbell of Marietta, Georgia. In the letter, Mr. Shryock requested information about Mr. Campbell's grandfathers one of whom, David C. Campbell, was one of the editors of the Federal Union and the other, Richard M. Orme, was editor of the Southern Recorder, both Milledgeville newspapers.
Dates:
1929 June 7
Richards family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS176
Scope and Content
This collection contains the diaries and typewritten transcripts of the diaries of Samuel P. Richards. Journals of Irene Richards, Sarah V. Richards, and Dora Richards. There is also correspondence, family history, a Bible, and scrapbooks containing various information. These papers chronicle daily events in Atlanta and prices and availability of goods. They also describe the shelling and evacuation of the city and also the travels of S.P. Richards to New York City as a refugee in 1864, and...
Dates:
1842-1945, undated
Rich's Department Store new employee training documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS791f
Scope and Content
This collection contains training materials for new female Rich's hires. Specifically, material includes booklets on the chemistry and care of Nylon and other fabrics, as well as tips on how to sell these and other products. The documents include store policy and procedures, and one entry blank for a Deering, Milliken & Co., Inc. retail sales personnel contest. Of special note are three Elizabeth Arden wellness pamphlets that provide tips on diet, skincare, and exercise for women.
Dates:
1946-1953, undated
Rich's, Inc. records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1245
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records of the downtown Atlanta flagship store and retail stores throughout the Southeastern United States. Included in the collection are annual reports, biographical materials of founding members and executives, business history, employee publications, employee training materials, lists of officers and directors, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, and scrapbooks, as well as materials on store openings and expansions, promotions, and special events....
Dates:
1877-1988, undated
Rick Beard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS730
Scope and Content
These papers consist of research for the dissertation correspondence.
Dates:
1890-1980, undated
Riverside West Garden Club scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS715
Scope and Content
This collection contains one scrapbook describing the civic and social activities of the club. Material includes photographs, correspondence, a yearbook, and clippings. Of special interest are documents describing the club's work to restore the grounds of the Crossroads Atlanta Primitive Baptist Church on Mount Vernon Highway and Powers Ferry Road in Sandy Springs.
Dates:
1974-1975
Roan family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1202
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents created and collected by the Roan family. Materials include school documents from various Atlanta and DeKalb institutions; work papers from Judge Roan and Tattie Mae Roan; military and travel papers from Charles Roan; and music and theater programs. The bulk of the material is contained within three scrapbooks, primarily consisting of news clippings, but also including photographs and other ephemera. One of the scrapbooks documents Margaret Zattau Roan's...
Dates:
1913-1971, undated
Robert A. Meek scrapbooks of the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS808
Scope and Content
These scrapbooks contain letters, flyers, photographs, maps, and newspaper clippings about the American Civil War and meetings of the Civil War Round Table of Atlanta.
Dates:
1960-1989
Robert Carr war correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS756f
Scope and Content
This collection primarily contains letters from Robert Carr to his sister, Virginia (1844-1927), and his mother, Sarah. The letters document his time in the Battery F, First Ohio Light Artillery, including a firsthand account of his involvement in Civil War engagements such as the Battle of Shiloh and the United States Army’s capture of John Hunt Morgan. The collection also contains letter from Ripley, Ohio during World War II. The soldier mentioned in the letter is presumably a descendant...
Dates:
1861-1876, 1943, undated
Robert D. Klein Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS127
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection is comprised of images of buildings in the commercial district of downtown Atlanta, and in an outlying area which is presently known as Midtown. The collection includes views of the Empire Building on Broad Street (later named Citizens and Southern National Bank Building), the Hurt Building on Hurt Plaza, Rich’s Department Store on Broad Street, the Ruralist Press Building located on Hunter Street, and Peachtree Apartments (later named Hotel Peachtree Manor) located on...
Dates:
circa 1920 -1925
Robert E. Campbell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1237
Scope and Contents
The Robert E. Campbell papers consist of military documents, travel articles about Europe, family papers, publications, National Bank of Georgia documents, newspaper articles, and copies of the Georgia State University newspaper Georgia State Signal. Newspapers document the women's suffrage movement, John F. Kennedy's assassination, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's death, the first moon landing, and the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. Records from...
Dates:
1915-2005, undated
Robert E. Shivers documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS675f
Scope and Content
This collection contains directory report of alumni from Boys High School for their 50th reunion, and a newspaper clipping.
Dates:
1949, 1974
Robert E. Stowers letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS458f
Scope and Content
This letter describes Robert E. Stowers' recollections of life in Atlanta, Georgia, during the 1920s.
Dates:
1983
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