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Celestine Sibley collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS260
Scope and Content
This collection contains the setting copy and reader's galleys for A Place Called Sweet Apple, 1967; reader's pages for A Place Called Sweet Apple; setting copy and reader's galleys for The Sweet Apple Gardening Book, 1972; and reader's pages for The Sweet Apple Gardening Book.
Dates:
1967-1972
Celia Bressler Richheimer essay
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS288f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a twelve-page essay written by Celia Bressler, a sixth grade student at Walker Street School in Atlanta, Georgia titled "Causes That Led to the War Between the States". It was awarded first place in an essay contest held by the Atlanta Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Dates:
1915
Celia Bressler's Girls' High scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS38f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook created by Girls' High School graduate Celia Bressler. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, her report cards, photographs, graduation programs, greeting cards, and handwritten notes to her from her classmates recounting events from their school days.
Dates:
1920
Central Atlanta Progress, INC. Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS139
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains images of Atlanta’s physical landscape, including buildings, streets, residences, office parks, retail stores, shopping malls, interstates, and railroads in neighborhoods within the city. Many of the photographs were probably used in presentations to business leaders and task forces that worked on projects related to economic development, transportation, housing, and urban design. The images illustrate the growth of the city, and changes that have occurred in the...
Dates:
1960- 1981, undated
Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS591
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection consists primarily of the records of Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. The collection includes a small amount of material (1929-1952) from predecessor organizations: Central Atlanta Improvement Association, Greater Atlanta for Annexation, Inc, and the Central Marietta Street Association. The collection also includes early correspondence regarding the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad and the construction of viaducts and bridges in downtown Atlanta in the 1920s and...
Dates:
1924-1994, undated
Central Presbyterian Church records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS354
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of the records created by the Central Presbyterian Church. Included in the records are minutes, church histories, photographs, and programs.
Dates:
1858-1969
Chandler-Watson wedding invitation
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS55f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an invitation for the wedding between Beth Imogene Chandler, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone Lewis Chandler, and Reverend Theodore John Watson, Jr. on August 29, 1964. The couple married in the Cathedral of St. Phillip. Ms. Chandler was the first African American woman married in a predominantly white church in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1964
Charles A. Sheldon Jr. sheet music
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS901f
Scope and Content
The collection contains a book of sheet music composed by Dr. Charles "Chas" Sheldon Jr. titled "Organ Suite No. 2." There is a note on the first page dedicating the piece to Joseph Ragan.
Dates:
approximately 1915
Charles and Annie Haden papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS108
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and business papers of Charles J. Haden and his wife, Annie Bates, including correspondence, land grants, clippings, maps, speeches, and printed material. Topics include genealogy, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the state Democratic Party, the Cherokee Slate Company, and the Cyclorama. Of particular note is a speech by Haden on cotton production in the South and the effects of various New Deal policies on southern economy, the Atlanta Convention...
Dates:
1847-1966, undated; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1950
Charles and Nina Netherton collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS462
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook titled "Opera, Vol II" compiled by Nina Morrison Netherton on visits of the Metropolitan Opera to Atlanta. It includes photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, and other ephemeral materials.
Dates:
1940-1980, undated
Charles Augustus Bickerstaff papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS62
Scope and Content
These papers include correspondence, printed material, and newspaper clippings. The printed material includes programs for the premiere of the movie Gone With the Wind and other event programs, and also banking. Of special interest are biographical materials on John K. Ottley and a copy of A Brief History of the Ten, an exclusive study club. The newspaper clippings pertain to Mother's Day, Atlanta history and other topics.
Dates:
1908-1960
Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS134
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains photographs of banks, businesses, theaters, clubs, hotels, and grocery stores in downtown Atlanta, including two structures, the Atlanta Theater and the Equitable Building that were built by engineer and developer Joel Hurt. The collection also contains photographs of the Candler Building, the Century Building, the Empire Building, the English-American Building, and the Piedmont Hotel. Among the images are photographs taken by Tracy Mathewson, Edwards and Sons, and...
Dates:
circa 1893 - 1923
Charles Bird papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS509f
Scope and Content
This material contains correspondence, texts of speeches, essays, verses, clippings, and student publications from Charles Bird's days as a student at Tech High in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1922-1926
Charles D. Anderson papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS807f
Scope and Content
The collection consists of materials from Atlanta LGBT organizations, including the Armory, Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus, Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Arts Festival, and Hotlanta River Expo. Materials include calendars, theatre programs, pamphlets, a restaurant menu, and two handwritten poems. The collection also includes programs for LGBT theatre productions including Angels in America and Straight from the Heart. Materials also...
Dates:
1983-1998, undated
Charles D. Horn field book
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS165f
Scope and Content
This collection includes the field book for the design of the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Georgia, including sketches.
Dates:
1886
Charles E . Troutt Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS116
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains photographs taken by commercial photographer Charles E. Troutt, presumably for his clients. Included are images of commercial buildings, government buildings, private residences, private clubs, colleges and universities, aerial views, and street scenes in various neighborhoods in Atlanta.
Dates:
1951-1969, undated
Charles Edward Dudley letter
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS716f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a letter written by Dudley to George Tibbits, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Dudley offers his opinion on an unidentified tariff; United States government appropriations for roads and canals; hostility toward the Bank of the United States; and his concerns about "nullifiers." Of particular interest are his comments pertaining to Indian removal and the "unnecessary excitement" expressed by northern states on that issue. He...
Dates:
23 February 1831
Charles F. Rice Scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS307
Scope and Content
This collection consists of two scrapbooks kept by Charles F. Rice from 1893-1912. Topics in the books include national and international politicians, world's fairs and expositions, and elections. Information on elections includes newspaper articles from the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal about local and state-wide Democratic and Republican elections from 1902-1906. Images and printed biographies of...
Dates:
1893-1912
Charles Frederick Naegele papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS246f
Scope and Content
This collection contains autobiographical sketches of Naegele, as well as his correspondence to Walter C. Hill.
Dates:
1934-1941
Charles Frederick Swint Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS968f
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence between Charles F. Swint and governors Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946), Herman Talmadge (1913-2002), and Lester Maddox (1915-2003) about Swint's contributions to their political campaigns; and Eugene Talmadge's appointment of Swint to the 1946 Georgia Democratic State Convention as a delegate. There is also a letter from Herman Talmadge to a constituent and brochures, flyers, and receipts pertaining to the Eugene Talmadge's monument; racial segregation;...
Dates:
1896-1970, undated
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- Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 13
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- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 12
- Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 12
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- Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 11
- Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 11
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- Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 11
- Junior League of Atlanta 11
- United States. Navy. 11
- Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
- Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
- Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
- Inman family 10
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 10
- Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967 10
- Massell, Sam 10
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 10
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- Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 9
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
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- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 9
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- Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 9
- Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 9
- Lane Brothers Photo News Service (Atlanta, Ga.) 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 Symphony Orchestra 8
- Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 8
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- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
- Jones family 8
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- League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 8
- Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 8
- Woodruff, Robert Winship 8
- Aaron, Hank, 1934- 7
- Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 7
- American Red Cross 7
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- Atlanta Journal (Firm) 7
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- Garrett, Franklin M. (Franklin Miller), 1906-2000 7
- Georgia State University 7
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