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William Horace McEver papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS882f
Scope and Content

The collection includes financial statements, checkbooks, and a music book. The financial statements detail items such as dental procedures, clothing costs, and Westminster tuition among other items. The music book contains fight songs played by university marching bands.

Dates: 1939-1963, undated

William Huff Antebellum Atlanta billhead collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS9f
Scope and Content This collection contains eleven receipts from William A. Huff’s work as a grocer, for a one year period from August 1859 through August 1860. The receipts are from various grocers in the Atlanta and Marietta areas from whom William Huff purchased goods. There are two receipts from Denmead and Wright, dealers in flour, grain, and millfeed, who were located in Marietta, Georgia. The other receipts are all from Atlanta merchants and consist of High, Butler and Company, General Commission...
Dates: 1859 – 1860

William J. Floyd school papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS958f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an autograph book in which teachers and classmates wrote notes to William Joseph Floyd as well as a 1931 graduation program from Booker T. Washington High School. There is also a March 1929 edition of Atlanta University Alumni Association's The Crimson and Gray from 1929.

Dates: 1929-1931

William J. Folsom Gone With the Wind Premiere Film

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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 J. J. Chase photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS295
Scope and Content

This collection contains images from the office of William J. J. Chase, including photographs from the awards ceremony of the 31st Annual Golf Tournament held at the Capitol City Country Club and images of club members. Of special interest is a photograph of the Warlick Building on Peachtree Street which was located directly across the street from the Flatiron Building (also known as the English American Building).

Dates: approximately 1920-1954

William J. Woodward petition

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Collection number: ahc.MSS575f
Scope and Content

This collection contains the petition of William J. Woodward, administrator of the estate of his father, Aaron Woodward, Sr. of Butts County, Georgia.

Dates: 1851

William Jack papers

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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 Jonathan Northen papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS259f
Scope and Content

This collection includes telegrams, speeches, and research papers by William Jonathan Northen. Included are speeches on race relations in the South, the teaching profession, agriculture, religion, immigration, and other topics. Also included is a telegram from Booker T. Washington about a speaking engagement.

Dates: 1856-1907, undated

William K. Jenkins papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS824f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence from William K. Jenkins' business partner, Arthur Lucas, as well as personal letters from Jenkins' daughter and mother. Topics of their letters range from issues with employees to everyday family life. The collection also includes financial documents such as checks, bank statements, and insurance certificates.

Dates: 1930-1943, undated

William L. Funkhouser, Jr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS47
Scope and Content

These papers consist of correspondence and military service records of William L. Funkhouser of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1899-1945, undated

William L. Monroe, Sr. family photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS234
Scope and Content This collection consists of photographs of William L. Monroe, Sr. and family members, wife Ila Smith Monroe, and children Evelyn Doris Monroe and William (Billy) L. Monroe, Jr. The majority of the images were taken in Monroe Gardens at 1896 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, adjacent to Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company. Of special interest are background features of the garden, such as the lodge, chapel, bomb shelter, and stone terracing, which provide details on the garden plan created...
Dates: 1920-1953

William M. Brooks court document

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Collection number: ahc.MSS760f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a court document requiring William M. Brooks of South Carolina to pay a fine of $100.07 to William Middleton Brook.

Dates: 1810

William M. Standard papers

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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 McElreath Branham photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS291
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Branham family members, including: Walter McElreath at age 40; J.N. McEachern and his wife; and Emmett and May McElreath, law partner and brother of Walter McElreath. Of special note is a profile image of Robert E. Lee, believed to be signed by him.

Dates: approximately 1935, undated

William McNaught Papers

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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 Moore collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS270
Scope and Content

This collection contains two ledger books from company owned by William Moore in Acworth, Cherokee County, Georgia.

Dates: 1853-1874

William N. Gantt papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS601f
Scope and Content

This collection contains an original land grant, indentures, and land warranty deeds. This collection also includes a will dated 1901.

Dates: 1869-1901

William N. Mattison Civil War correspondence

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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 Orrie Tuggle documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS355f
Scope and Content

This collection contains three handwritten historical essays titled "Let us Have Peace!"; "Local Laws Affecting Troup County"; and "Indian War of 1830," and a deed dated 1828 for land in Troup County, Georgia, Land Lot 109, District 6.

Dates: undated

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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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 123
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 119
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 66
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 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
Georgia -- Politics and government 46
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 44
Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 42
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 39
World War, 1939-1945 39
Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 38
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 37
Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 36
Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 35
Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc. 35
Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 34
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 34
Portrait photography 33
Women -- Societies and clubs 32
Gardening -- Societies, etc. 31
Georgia -- Genealogy 30
Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 28
Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Societies -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Gardens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Music -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Business records -- Georgia 25
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Landscape architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 25
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Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
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Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
Finance, Personal -- Georgia 23
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 23
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 22
Gardens -- Design 22
High schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Landscape architecture -- Georgia 22
Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
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World War, 1914-1918 22
Agriculture -- Georgia 21
Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Gay men -- 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
Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Military uniforms 17
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Community development -- 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
Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
Five Points (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
Governors -- Georgia 15
Hospitals -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
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Names
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
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 19
Coca-Cola Company 19
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 19
Emory University 18
Rich's (Retail store) 18
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 18
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 16
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Oakland Cemetery (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
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
United States. Army 15
Young, Andrew, 1932- 14
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 13
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 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
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
First National Bank of Atlanta 11
Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 11
Junior League of Atlanta 11
United States. Navy. 11
Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 10
Inman family 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
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
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
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 8
Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 8
Georgia. Militia 8
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 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 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
Confederate States of America. Army 7
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