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Wallace Putnam Reed papers
Collection
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
Collection
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 S. Burns civil war correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS603f
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains 11 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
War Act broadside
Collection
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
Webb Family letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS452f
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains 18 letters and 5 of the envelopes in which the letters were sent. Some are photocopies and some are original letters. Nine of the letters are from Robert R. Webb to his wife Elisabeth A. Webb dating from September 15, 1861 to May 15, 1862. Written first from Camp McDonald then later from his station at Portsmouth, Virginia and a General Hospital in Petersburg, Virginia, the letters deal mostly with matters of money. Robert R. Webb directs his wife in paying debts and...
Dates:
1861 – 1888, 1908
Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS130
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. The bulk of the personal papers pertain to the Kurtz and Fuller families and Wilbur's early adult life in Greencastle, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. The personal papers also contain a series of diaries written by Wilbur and correspondence between Kurtz and Fuller family members.The professional papers and research papers consist primarily of the research materials and notes compiled by Wilbur...
Dates:
1814-1993, undated
Wilbur G Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS197
Scope and Content
This collection contains the family photographs of the Kurtz and Fuller families as well as visual materials Kurtz created and collected during the course of his career. Family photographs pertain to Kurtz and Fuller families as well as a few images from Annie Pye Kurtz prior to her marriage to Wilbur Sr. Also included are images of Wilbur Sr. and friends during his time in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of this collection is photographic materials which support the research and field work...
Dates:
1859-1972, undated
William Albert Crouse papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS609f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a transcription of a diary kept by William Albert Crouse from May to August of 1864. It also contains a letter dated January 22, 1865, from Augustus H. McFarland to William’s wife Margaret Crouse. The diary contains daily records of the weather, personal health, meals and general conditions inside Andersonville Prison. According to Crouse the prisoners’ rations generally consisted of cornbread or corn flakes most days, but were occasionally supplemented by bacon or...
Dates:
1864
William Allen Fuller Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS92
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection contains a series of letters concerning the William Fuller’s involvement in the “Great Locomotive Chase” and correspondence between William Fuller and members of his family. In the years following the locomotive chase, several individuals claimed some involvement in the event and others exaggerated their involvement.Many of the letters Captain Fuller received requested confirmation of the events reported and the extent of their involvement. In time, Captain Fuller composed a...
Dates:
1862-1905
William B. Hartsfield films
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content
The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates:
approximately 1939-1960
William B. Stanley Civil War letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS336f
Scope and Content
This collection contains typed transcriptions of letters written by W. B. Stanley of the 22nd Georgia Regiment (Henry Volunteers) who lived in Henry County south of Atlanta.
Dates:
1862-1863
William Burke papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS724f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of three letters; two envelopes; one certificate declaring intent to become a United States citizen; and an abstract of a marriage record pertaining to William Burke. All materials except the envelopes have transcriptions. Two of the letters were written to Burke during the Civil War, one from Georgia by John Bailey and the other from Petersburg, Virginia, by John Welsh. The letters describe camp conditions; casualties; weather; lack of pay; and concerns about the...
Dates:
1849-1864, undated
William E. Brock papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS604f
Scope and Content
This collection consist of four documents relating to the military career of William E. Brock. Included are military appointments, commissions and special orders, and his physicians license from the Physician Board of Georgia.
Dates:
1861-1863
William H. Parkins manuscript
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS167
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a handwritten autobiographical narrative of William H. Parkins titled Hiding Out or the Adventures of a Confederate Conscript: A Thrilling Narrative of the War Between the States. A revision of his diary, commencing with the secession debates in South Carolina in 1860, continuing until Parkins crossed the picket lines in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1864. The narrative is 430 pages and ends with Parkins catching a train to New Albany,...
Dates:
1885
William J. Folsom Gone With the Wind Premiere Film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS190
Scope and Content
The collection, in its original format, is a single reel of 16mm black and white acetate film shot by William J. Folsom during the premiere events for Gone With the Wind. The majority of the film was shot at a ball hosted by the Atlanta Junior League at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in downtown Atlanta. There are many close-up shots of principal actors from the film including Olivia De Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Ona Munson, and Laura Hope...
Dates:
1939
William Jack papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS925
Scope and Content
This collection contains forty-six letters regarding the Civil War. Each accompanied by a typed transcription. Included are a sixteen page letter describing the Battle of Chancellorsville, a hand drawn pencil sketch of camp, and letters regarding the Atlanta Campaign, particularly the Battle of Peachtree Creek.
Dates:
1862-1865, undated
William M. Standard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1031
Scope and Content
This collection consists of diaries; correspondence; military records and certificates; newspaper clippings; land deeds; and ephemera pertaining to William M. Standard. The collection also contains a school essay written by Standard's great-great-grandson, Ron Currens, and a 1961 map of Civil War battlefields on which Currens marked the route his ancestor followed during the war. Of particular interest are over 200 letters exchanged between Standard and his wife, Jane, as well...
Dates:
1846-1970, undated
William McNaught Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS156
Scope and Content
The collection is primarily a series of correspondence and documents relating to William McNaught’s business interests; and a limited collection of personal correspondence between family members. The business records document ordinary business activities as well as the effects of the Civil War on his commerce. Several letters document the difficulties collecting funds from debtors after the Civil War. During the Civil War William McNaught with a group of investors formed the Fulton Exporting...
Dates:
1836-1911
William N. Mattison Civil War correspondence
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS680f
Scope and Content
The collection consists of letters from William N. Mattison to his wife. The letters describe the hard living conditions of the soldiers, the battle locations of their regiment, and his task of recovering soldiers from hospitals and returning them to the regiments. His regiment moved often. His letters indicate that he was stationed at Camp Hampton Rickean; Camp Wappoo, South Carolina; Marietta, Georgia; Corinth, Mississippi; West Point, Mississippi; Sattillo, Mississippi; near Harrison,...
Dates:
1861-1864
William P. Cole papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS67f
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, business records, tax receipts, promissory notes, bill-heads, invoices, and financial statements of people and businesses related to the Cole and Coryell families of Campbell County, Georgia.
Dates:
1860-1923, undated
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- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 12
- Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 10
- Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 8
- Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 5
- Confederate States of America. Army 5
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 5
- Georgia. Militia 5
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 5
- United Daughters of the Confederacy 5
- Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia 4
- Gable, Clark, 1901-1960 4
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 4
- Junior League of Atlanta 4
- Leigh, Vivien 4
- Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum. 3
- Atlanta Historical Society 3
- Civil War Round Table, Atlanta 3
- Confederate States of America. Army. Cobb's Legion 3
- Confederate States of America. Navy 3
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- De Havilland, Olivia 3
- DuBose, Beverly M., 1918-1986 3
- Fuller family 3
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- Grant, Lemuel Pratt 3
- Hood, John Bell 3
- Kurtz, Annie Laurie Fuller, 1884-1946 3
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
- Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 3
- Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 3
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- Brown family 2
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- Cobb family 2
- Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 6th 2
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- Daniel, George Hewitt 2
- Davidson family 2
- DeGress, Francis, 1840-1883 2
- DuBose Family 2
- DuBose, Beverly Means, 1886-1953 2
- DuBose, Duffie (Frances Henley Woodruff), 1919-2015 2
- Dubose, Beverly Means 2
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877 2
- Grant family 2
- Hall family 2
- Hampton, Wade 2
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 2
- Howell, Evan P. (Evan Park) 2
- Jackson, Stonewall 2
- Johnston, Albert Sidney 2
- Jones family 2
- Kerksis, Sydney C. 2
- Killian family 2
- Kurtz, Wilbur, 1912-1991 2
- Ladies' Memorial Association 2
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
- Loew's Grand Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Lombard, Carole 2
- Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 2
- Marsh, John R. (John Robert) 2
- Morgan, John Hunt 2
- Pomeroy, Charles R., Jr. 2
- Richards, Samuel P. 2
- Selznick, David O. 2
- Smith family 2
- Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization) 2
- Spalding, Mary Connally, 1877-1953 2
- Stanley, Henry S. 2
- United States. Army 2
- United States. Army of the Cumberland 2
- United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865) 2
- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1861-1865) 2
- United States. Navy. 2
- Wren's Nest (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Aircraft Warning Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Akin, Warren, 1811-1877 1
- Alexander, Cecil A., 1918-2013 1
- Alexander, Rebecca Ella Solomons, 1854-1938 1
- Allen family 1
- Allen, Dwight S., 1843-1908 1
- American Red Cross 1
- Anderson, Zachery T. 1
- Andersonville Prison 1
- Andervount, Jacob 1
- Andrews, Charles H. (Charles Haynes), 1835-1905 1
- Andrews, Lewis H. 1
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- Ard, Joseph U. 1
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