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Sadie Estelle Martin Partridge papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS647f
Scope and Content The Sadie Martin Partridge papers include a narrative reminiscence of her youth and photocopies of newsclippings from 1972. In the narrative, Sadie describes the life of a well-to-do young girl in turn-of-the-century Atlanta. She emerges as a spunky, flirtatious young woman. She also describes the millinery trade in Atlanta, social activities of the time period, and her memories of the 1906 Atlanta race riot. The newsclippings feature Sadie much later in her life, when she babysat to...
Dates: 1972-1980

Sally Connally Martin scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS218f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook of invitations, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings regarding deaths, weddings, anniversaries, and social events in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1913-1925

Sam Massell papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS695
Scope and Content

This collection contains a wide variety of material on the life and career of Sam Massell, Jr. It offers an excellent look at the careers of Sam Massell both as a political figure and as a businessman. There is also information relating to the many civic, political, and business organizations in which Sam Massell was involved. There are thirteen different series with topics such as Civil Rights, speeches, political information, trips, news releases, etc.

Dates: 1889-1983, undated

Sam Massell photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS322
Scope and Content This collection documents the public life of former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell. The majority of the images in the collection depict his time as mayor; others document his career as a realtor and member of the City of Atlanta Board of Aldermen. The images also document Massell's ceremonial duties as mayor, including presiding over groundbreakings; presenting keys to the city to special visitors; and ceremonies involving MARTA and Delta Airlines. The collection features images of Massell...
Dates: 1954-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1974

Samuel Cooper Inman interview transcription

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Collection number: ahc.MSS420f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the transcription of an oral history regarding the Inman family and the Swan House in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1992

Samuel R. Belk diary

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Collection number: ahc.MSS878f
Scope and Content

The collection contains Samuel R. Belk's diary, which contains a page of recordings for every day of 1926. One page includes a newspaper clipping which mentions Samuel Belk by name. Entries focus mostly on everyday family life and religious matters from his work as a pastor at Trinity Church in Atlanta, Georgia. There are also notes on the memoranda pages at the end of the diary consisting of names, addresses, and times of day.

Dates: 1926, undated

Sarah Martha Cobb Whitner scrapbooks

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Collection number: ahc.MSS326
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of two scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings pertaining to Cobb and Whitner families as well as Atlanta events.

Dates: 1857-1900, undated

Sarah Slaughter photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS157
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection includes photographs of Atlanta during the early twentieth century. Shown are photographs of Grant Park, an aerial view of Peachtree Street and Broad Street (c.1910), and the interior of an Atlanta home. Photographs of Grant Park taken in the snow include images of Augusta Avenue, the boat dock and boat house, cannons, a driveway, the lion statue at entrance, and children.

Dates: circa 1910-1920

Seventeenth Railway Engineers ephemera

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Collection number: ahc.MSS304f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a regimental roster of the Seventeenth Engineers and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1917-1919

Shaler Hillyer papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS885
Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence from and to Shaler Hillyer. Also included is his journal, along with Captain John Freeman's estate inventory and the journals of Marian (also spelled Marion) Jean Hillyer, a descendant of Shaler Hillyer's, as a young girl documenting various trips her family took in the 1880s and 1890s.

Dates: 1797-1892, undated

Sharondale Garden Club scrapbooks

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Collection number: ahc.MSS716
Scope and Content

This collection contains scrapbooks that document the civic and social activities of the club. Scrapbooks include photographs, yearbooks, programs, and newsletters that provide details on the club's interests and projects. Of special note is a scrapbook devoted to the club's long term project of maintaining a greenspace triangle in the Garden Hills neighborhood.

Dates: 1958-1987

Sheehan-Raines scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS304
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single scrapbook that primarily contains newspaper clippings. It contains a few newspaper clippings on the Sheehan family but it mostly covers social and political news in Georgia and Paris, France.

Dates: 1894-1918

Sheffield family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS306f
Scope and Content

This collection contains speeches, a scrapbook, invitations, ribbons, and other ephemera related to Elizabeth Spalding Sheffield and her family. Of special interest is a diploma issued to her by the Winchester Junior Rifle Corps, designating her as "Marksman".

Dates: 1863-1970

Sidney Root papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS908f
Scope and Content

This collection contains autobiographic and biographic materials on Sidney Root as well as transcriptions of letters and newspaper articles written by Root. Materials include the manuscripts for Root's unpublished autobiography, Memorandum of My Life and genealogy papers on the Root family. Of particular note is a manuscript of a biography of Root by Walter McElreath, one of the founders of the Atlanta Historical Society.

Dates: 1863-1897, undated

Simon Terrace Neighborhood Club collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS494
Scope and Content

This collection contains a single scrapbook compiled by the neighborhood club. Included in the scrapbook are photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and announcements. The scrapbook includes material from 1976 to 1982.

Dates: 1978

South Bend Militia District documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS907f
Scope and Content This collection contains material about the families who established the South Bend Militia District. The collection includes an account of the Gardner family and their neighbors; copies of newspaper articles and district maps; images of graves, plaques, and aerial shots; and reports on the local families and Orchard Knob Baptist Church. The collection also contains information about the petition to create the South Bend District, including a copy of the petition published in the ...
Dates: 1881-2018, undated

South Carolina Club of Atlanta records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS802
Scope and Content

This collection consists of yearbooks and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain notices, newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: 1938-1987

Southeastern Elevator Company documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS779f
Scope and Content

This collection contains invoices and inter-office documents recording the company's work with installing elevators in Atlanta homes.

Dates: 1945-1946

Southeastern Fair Association photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS358
Scope and Content

The collection contains images of individuals associated with the 1915 Southeastern Fair. Include are photographs of Ivan E. Allen Sr., who served as vice president; Brooks Morgan, the executive councilman; and Mayor James G. Woodward, who served as executive councilman.

Dates: approximately 1915, undated

Southeastern Fair Association records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1159
Scope and Content This collection contains material that documents the creation, activities, and dissolution of the Southeastern Fair Association, later called the Atlanta Fair and Exposition Center, Inc. Records include bylaws, charter contracts, lease agreements with the City of Atlanta, meeting minutes, accounts, and other administrative documents that illustrate the structure, function, and operations of the organization. The collection also contains correspondence between various members of the board of...
Dates: 1915-1978, undated

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 120
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Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 34
Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 30
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Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 27
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Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
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Chattahoochee River 9
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Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 9
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Marietta Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
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Broad Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
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Hartsfield, William Berry 18
Atlanta Historical Society 17
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 15
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 13
Rich's (Retail store) 13
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Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 12
Georgia Institute of Technology 12
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 12
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 11
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 11
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 10
Young, Andrew, 1932- 10
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 9
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 9
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 8
Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 8
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 8
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Coca-Cola Company 8
Emory University 8
Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 8
Georgia Power Company 8
Massell, Sam 8
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 7
Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 7
Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Atlanta History Center 7
Atlanta Water Works (Ga.) 7
Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Hurt Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Piedmont Driving Club 7
Agnes Scott College 6
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 6
Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 6
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 6
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
Slaton, John M. 6
Southeastern Fair (Atlanta, Ga.) 6
Underground Atlanta, Inc. 6
Zoo Atlanta 6
Atlanta (Ga.) 5
Atlanta (Ga.). Bureau of Planning 5
Atlanta Public Schools 5
Atlanta Regional Commission 5
Atlanta Urban League 5
Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
Democratic Party (Ga.) 5
DuBose, Beverly M., 1918-1986 5
English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
First National Bank of Atlanta 5
Forward Atlanta Commission 5
Georgia School of Technology 5
Georgia State University 5
Georgia. General Assembly 5
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 5
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 5
Ku Klux Klan, 1915- 5
Lewis, John, 1940-2020 5
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 5
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 5
United States. Navy. 5
University of Georgia 5
Allen family 4
American Red Cross 4
Atlanta (Ga.). Board of Aldermen 4
Atlanta Art Association 4
Atlanta Falcons (Football team) 4
Atlanta Housing Authority 4
Atlanta Memorial Arts Center 4
Atlanta Pride Festival 4
Atlanta Urban Design Commission (Ga.) 4
Boy Scouts of America . National Council 4
Busbee, George, 1927-2004 4
Candler Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Central Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Delta Air Lines 4
Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 4
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 4
Georgia. Department of Transportation 4
Grant family 4
Inman, Edward H., 1881-1931 4
Junior League of Atlanta 4
Key, James Lee, 1867-1939 4
Kuhns Photographic Studio (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Lakewood Fairgrounds (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 4
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 4
Loew's Grand Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Miller, Zell, 1932-2018 4
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