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Alfred Austell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS29
Scope and Content
These papers consist of various business and legal documents related to Alfred Austell's numerous business ventures. Included are land deeds, bookkeeping notes, checks, property insurance policies, bills, receipts, and photocopies of pages from Austell's letter book dealing with banking business, sale of cotton, and property acquisition and payment of personal notes. This collection also contains two pocket files, which are listed by month. The contents of these files have been left in...
Dates:
1833-1962; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1889
Ambrose Everett Carroll Smith papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS843f
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence between Carroll and his parents written during the months before and after he was injured in a truck accident. It also contains inquiries written by his father, W.R.C. Smith, to find out information about his son from military leadership, American Red Cross personnel, and other Atlanta publishers. Material also includes newspaper clippings gathered by Carroll's sister that recount his homecoming as well as clippings regarding W.R.C. Smith and his...
Dates:
1918-1919, undated
Antebellum and Civil War Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS645
Scope and Contents of the Records
This is a collection of documents, most of which chronicle the history of the American Civil War, particularly the Atlanta Campaign. In addition, there are several documents which reflect the history of the Antebellum South, including African American slavery. The collection includes letters, diaries, special orders, pardons, requisitions, poems, pamphlets, newspapers, personal narratives, biographies, circulars, broadsides, muster rolls, currency, bibles, research papers, and other private...
Dates:
1832-1935, undated
Barnett Family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS106
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence and genealogical material related to the Barnett family of Georgia.
Dates:
1851-1977, undated
Carl Mills letters to James Darsey
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS793f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of letters written by Carl Mills and sent to James Darsey. The letters track the trajectory of their relationship, beginning with their courtship and ending with their ambiguous reconciliation years later. Mills primarily wrote about his travels across California and his love for Darsey, but he also commented on how political hostility affected romantic relationships within gay and lesbian couples.
Dates:
1974-1977, undated
Cobb family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS820f
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters to and from Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; his mother Sarah 'Birdie' Rootes Cobb; his wife Marion Cobb; and Marion's sister, Callie King (1826-1905). Thomas wrote about his children, his travels throughout the southern states, and the Civil War, as well as poems to his wife. Sarah, Marion, and Callie wrote about their families and home life. Included with some of the letters are photocopies and typed or handwritten transcripts. The collection also contains one...
Dates:
1843-1890, undated
Davidson Family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS78
Scope and Content
The majority of this collection consists of correspondence between John and Julia Davidson before and during the Civil War. The letters capture a sense of their courtship prior to their wedding in 1855, as well as the physical and spiritual challenges John faced as a soldier in the Confederate Army and those Julia endured in the besieged city of Atlanta. The collection contains several letters written by John Davidson to Julia’s parents who lived in Atlanta and were the proprietors of...
Dates:
1851-1970, bulk 1861-1865
DuBose family collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1020
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of the DuBose family and the historical Civil War items they collected. The personal papers pertain to geneaology, correspondence, and DuBose Jr.'s military service in the United States Navy. Also included are manuscripts and presentations written by members of the DuBose family as well as many collected from others about the Civil War.These papers document the DuBose family's interest in the Civil War. There is...
Dates:
1782-2001, undated
Francis Harwood Evans and Alice Wescott Clough papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS798f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a two-volume set of journals kept by Francis Harwood Evans during his service in World War I, along with materials he collected; a daily log kept by Alice Wescott Clough; and a copy of The Christian Index. Volume one of Evans's journals contains entries from his training in the United States Army, an announcement of his marriage to Clough, a Christmas card, a sketch of a soldier, a message from the French bank, Cox & Co., and a...
Dates:
1915-1925, undated
Fulton County records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSSFultonCounty
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records from Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors, Board of County Commissioners (known as Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues prior to 1968), Court of Ordinary, and Financial Department. The bulk of the records are from the Board of Tax Assessors, most of which are residential property record cards and real estate plat books that depict property dimensions, tax payments, and owner names. Also from the Board of Tax Assessors are tax reports; minutes from the...
Dates:
1831-1998, undated
Harry Nelson correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS930f
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence that describes daily life at Camp Gordon, Harry Nelson's observations of cultural differences between himself and southerners, and descriptions of their training. Also included are a transcription of the letters, a copy of a newspaper article on Camp Gordon, and photocopies of photos of Harry Nelson and Jane Nelson.
Dates:
1917-1918, undated
Hebrew Benevolent Congregation records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS440
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspaper clippings, pamphlets, meeting minutes, calendar of events, and some correspondence.
Dates:
1895-1987, undated
Henry C. Garrison correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS749f
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters and telegraphs addressed to and from Henry C. Garrison pertaining to the life and well being of him and his family.
Dates:
1892-1898
Holliday Family Civil War Correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS116
Scope and Content
This collection contains forty-two original letters written by A. T. Holliday to his wife, Elizabeth (Lizy). These letters were written between July 6, 1864 and September 10, 1864 during Mr. Holliday's service in the Georgia Militia in the Atlanta Campaign. Two additional letters in the collection were written by Elizabeth to A. T. Holliday during the same time period. The letters from A.T. include his reports of skirmishes along the Chattahoochee River and behind picket lines surrounding...
Dates:
1863-1864
James G. Bogle research papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1172
Scope and Content
This collection contains research materials from James G. Bogle's study of George Hewett Daniel (1817-1964), a Confederate soldier. Materials include correspondence from literary agents as well newspaper clippings of Atlanta funerals. Also included is correspondence from Daniel to his daughters and information on his family's genealogy. Of particular note are manuscript drafts of parts II and III of Bogle's book titled George Hewitt Daniel (1817-1864).
Dates:
1837-2002, undated
Jane Peacock research materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1121
Scope and Content
This collection contains manuscripts, research materials, correspondence, book layouts, design notes, and newspaper clippings. Most of the material relates to Margaret Mitchell, the book Gone With The Wind, as well as its movie adaptation, and Peacock's research.
Dates:
1966-1988, undated
John G. White, Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1055
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence written between John G. White, Jr., his mother Eva White, and his future wife Marbelle Ware, while he was deployed during World War II. Of particular note are cards produced specifically to send to servicemen, two Georgia Power newsletters, and a censored letter from White to his mother, dated July 27, 1943. There are also examples of ration books, newspaper clippings regarding White's marriage, and a clipping autographed by Carl Conway.
Dates:
1907-1910, 1942-1945, undated
John Viles Civil War correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS771f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of letters between John Vile and his wife Frances. Most of the letters were written by Frances and contain information about life on the homefront in Massachussets during the Civil War.
Dates:
1861-1862, undated
Kirkpatrick family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS779
Scope and Content
This collection contains personal letters written by and to the Kirkpatrick family, mainly Nettie Kirkpatrick and her sister Keren Kirkpatrick Lindley. Also included are many death notices for the immediate Kirkpatrick family. Tax records from the 1860s are included. Bill of sales for several slaves are also included. There are several newspaper clippings on various subjects along with several books and pamphlets.
Dates:
1778-1920, undated
Mangum family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS217f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of military records from the career of Dr. William L. Mangum as well as other family papers. Documents include military orders for Mangum to raise a cavalry company from wounded Confederate soldiers; personal letters; Confederate military passes; account pages, tax, and other receipts; and birth, marriage, and death certificates. The collection also includes weaving draft patterns from "Lizzie," possibly Mangum's sister Elizabeth, which were translated in the 1990s...
Dates:
1825-1991, undated
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