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Albertype Company Atlanta souvenir album

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS213
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photogravures of locations in and around Atlanta during the early 20th century, including the Georgia State Capitol; Piedmont Hotel; Ansley Hotel; Winecoff Hotel; Second Baptist Church of Atlanta; Carnegie Library; First Baptist Church; and the First United Methodist Church.

Dates: approximately 1915

Albin Jackson letter

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Collection number: ahc.MSS592f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a personal letter from Mr. Albin Jackson date October 2, 1880 asking Mr. Rumstead to examine his books about a possible accounting mistake of monies paid for a sister's tuition.

Dates: 1880

Alert Americans Association broadside "Martin Luther King...At Communist Training School”

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS964f
Scope and Contents Alert Americans Association published this broadside, "Martin Luther King...At Communist Training School,” on page four of The Augusta Courier. The boradside depicts a photo of a group of men in a class at the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee. Myles Horton founded the school in 1932; it was a center for adult education on labor rights and African American citizenship. As an integrated space, the school hosted civil rights leadership...
Dates: 1963 July 8

Alex M. Hitz papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS854
Scope and Content

This collection contains many of Alex Hitz's business and personal papers. Included are sociel security records, tax return, military records, and general business papers, both private practice and city commission. Hitz also assembled a "Compilation of the State's Grantees to All Land Lots in Fulton County." A family history and genealogy records are also included. The collection also contains Hitz's collection of programs from various Atlanta Theaters.

Dates: 1893-1972

Alex P. Gaines photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS18
Scope and Content

This collection consists or unidentified subjects. Some sitters appear in more than one image, but there is no known family history associated with the collection.

Dates: 1840-1870, undated

Alex W. Smith, Jr. papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS966
Scope and Content Correspondence, military service documents, and United States Army manuals form the bulk of this collection. The correspondence documents the service of an officer in the U.S. Army in the United States and France during World War I. The collection also contains copies of Army issued newspapers, The Stars and Stripes, The Hour Glass of the Seventh Division, and The Pontanezen Duckboard. Also...
Dates: 1905-1936, undated

Alexander Campbell King collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS311
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a guest book used in the King family's home for parties, correspondence, and a speech.

Dates: 1937-1977, undated

Alexander family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS5f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence of Daniel and Lee Alexander to public officials on the nomination of Judge G. Harrold Carswell to the United States Supreme Court and the desegregation of public schools. Also included are programs of the Northwest Unitarian Church, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center, and the Atlanta Ballet. Also included is a flyer advertising a rally against the Vietnam War, and a coloring book of Atlana scenes.

Dates: 1947-1971, undated

Alexander H. Stephens letter to Emma Denzler

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Collection number: ahc.MSS248f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a hand-written letter by former Vice President of the Confederate States of America, Alexander H. Stephens to Emma Danzler on August 9, 1877.

Dates: 1877

Alexander Hamilton Stephens letter to James M. Calhoun

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Collection number: ahc.MSS580f
Scope and Content This collection contains a letter written by Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens to James M. Calhoun, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. The letter discusses Calhoun's recent appointment to civil governor of Atlanta by General Braxton Bragg. Stephens writes that the prohibition of the sale of alcohol to soldiers is unconstitutional according to the Confederate Constitution and the Rules and Articles of the Confederacy. He also states that Calhoun’s new position as civil governor of Atlanta...
Dates: 1862 September 8

Alexander Pope land grant

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS710f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a land grant awarded to Alexander Pope of Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, for 160 acres. The document is signed by U. S. President John Quincy Adams.

Dates: 1828 April 10

Alexander-Rhyne documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS511f
Scope and Content

This collection contains World War II scrapbooks, clippings, three items of correspondence, report cards, and certificates. A large portion of the material, including a "baby book" pertains to Albert H. Rhyne, Jr.

Dates: 1922-1970

Alexander Stephens Clay correspondence

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS61f
Scope and Content

This collection contains copies of correspondence written to United States Senator from Georgia Alexander Clay Stephens from constituents and associates. Most of the letters are requesting favors for military or political appointments.

Dates: 1901

Alexander Weldon Mitchell memorandum book

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Collection number: ahc.MSS239f
Scope and Content

The memorandum book of Alexander Weldon Mitchell contains entries on goods bought; diary entries; and other unidentified notations.

Dates: 1846-1849

Alfred Austell letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS472f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of three letters written by Alfred Austell to his sister. Austell writes about sending a check in the mail; travel plans; the decrease in property values; how family members are doing; and responds to his sister's letters.

Dates: 1863-1876

Alfred Austell papers

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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

Alfred Colquitt gubernatorial primary flyer

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Collection number: ahc.MSS975f
Scope and Contents This political flyer is from the first Georgia gubernatorial primary after the state ratified a new post-Reconstruction constitution in 1877. In it, "colored men interested in the welfare of their race" urge Black Georgians to vote for Alfred Colquitt (1824-1894) over Thomas Norwood (1830-1913) because "Governor Colquitt is the first Democratic Governor that has ever given the colored people their full rights in Georgia." Colquitt, the incumbent and Democratic nominee, ultimately won the...
Dates: approximately 1880

Alfred Neff letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS831
Scope and Content

These files contain many of the letters E.W.S. Neff wrote his son, Alfred. These letters provide insight into life in the 1800's as well as amusing stories about Mr. Neff's adventures "on the job."

Dates: 1878-1880, undated

Alfred Rolf letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS684f
Scope and Content The collection contains twenty-three letters written by Corporal Alfred Rolf to his parents and brother in Quebec. Between June and September 1864, Rolf traveled through northwestern Georgia, writing from Lost Mountain, Marietta and at a location described as “Chavotia River.” He wrote that he was wounded during fighting on July 28, 1864, was captured and escaped. In April 1865, he wrote from Raleigh, North Carolina and mentioned the surrender of General Robert E. Lee to General Ulysses...
Dates: 1864-1867

Alfred S. Jenkins grocery store documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS742f
Scope and Content

This collection contains receipts, business licenses, and contracts from Alfred S. Jenkins' grocery and butcher store. Also included are a druggists' certificate and a letter of appreciation from the Fulton County Medical Board for his son, Matthew K. Jenkins, a doctor and pharmacist.

Dates: 1882-1956

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 123
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864 74
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Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
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World War, 1914-1918 21
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Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
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Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
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Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 18
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Portraits, American -- 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
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Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Daguerreotypes 16
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Atlanta Historical Society 31
Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 31
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
Hartsfield, William Berry 24
Georgia Institute of Technology 23
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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
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 19
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 18
Emory University 18
Rich's (Retail store) 18
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 17
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 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
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 15
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
United States. Army 15
Young, Andrew, 1932- 14
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 13
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 13
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 12
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 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 City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
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
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
American Red Cross 8
Atlanta Art Association 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
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 Public Library 7
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Condon, Linnie, 1844-1909 7
Confederate States of America. Army 7
Daughters of the American Revolution 7
English-American Building (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Garrett, Franklin M. (Franklin Miller), 1906-2000 7
Georgia State University 7
Georgia. General Assembly 7
Henry Grady Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
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