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Robert Wigham Letter

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS131f
Scope and Content This collection contains two copies and two transcripts of a letter written by Robert Wigham from Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England to his cousin Isaac Hall in New York. In his letter, Wigham tells Hall that he is sorry to hear of his wife’s recent death. Wigham then goes on to explain various aspects of England’s viewpoint of the American Civil War. These viewpoints include: that the North is fighting to preserve the union as opposed to fighting for the end of slavery, the South should...
Dates: 1861

Robertson family letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS513f
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters from the widowed Thomas B. Robertson to his mother Harriet in DeKalb County, concerning the future of his children; and letters to his children.

Dates: 1882-1950

Roderick Gaspero Shaw collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS305f
Scope and Content

This collection contains copies of letters from Roderick Gaspero Shaw, a soldier in Company A, 4th Florida Infantry, CSA, to his sister and uncle. Also included is a letter to relatives about his death in Marietta, Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign.

Dates: 1864

Roderick Perry papers

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Collection number: ahc.mss806
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters written by Roderick Perry and his family and friends of Warsaw, Kentucky. Also included are letters to soldiers requesting help from Kate Perry, Perry's adjutant handbook, and business cards of merchants supplying goods to prisioners of war.

Dates: 1841 - 1926

Roland M. Frye papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1222
Scope and Contents

This collection contians letters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, and emphemera that document Roland Mushat Frye Sr's work integrating schools and universities in Atlanta, Georgia. The bulk of the collection focuses on his work with Help Our Public Education (HOPE) and the Southern Presbyterian Church.

Dates: 1954-2022, undated

Rosalie Davis Bailey papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS31
Scope and Content These papers consist of correspondence between Mrs. Bailey, various members of her family and her friends; and also personal and business papers. Correspondence relates to the divorce of Laurie Webster (Rosalie's sister) and her husband, Atlanta attorney J. Prince Webster, as well as other family matters such as financial planning for Rosalie and Laurie through their father, Charles A. Davis. Other items include menus and invitation lists for parties; financial records of Rosalie; documents...
Dates: 1915-1940, undated

Rosalie Howell papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS119
Scope and Content The bulk of the materials in the Rosalie Howell papers document Howell's career as a Red Cross nurse during World War I and her subsequent world travel. Items include a scrapbook; correspondence with former patients; official Red Cross documents; clippings concerning her receipt of the Croix de Guerre from the French government; and travel books, postcards, and ephemera (primarily from the United Kingdom). The collection has material about, or created by, other members of the Howell family;...
Dates: 1880-1970, undated

Rosalie Howell photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS335
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of the residence of Judge Clark Howell (Rosalie Howell's grandfather) and the Howell family. Also included are photographs of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation and the Evan Park Howell School in Atlanta, Georgia. Of special note are images of the graveside and floral designs from Clark Howell's funeral at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta.

Dates: approximately 1868-1954

Rosalyn Minsk scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS918f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook from Rosalyn Minsk's senior year of high school that includes report cards, a graduation announcement, school programs, newspaper articles, notes from classmates and teachers, a pin and award for speed typing, and photographs of Rosalyn and her classmates.

Dates: 1935-1984, undated

Rose Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS707
Scope and Content

This collection includes minutes, histories, and yearbooks of the Rose Garden Club, documenting both the Club's social and civic activities. Also included in the collection are numerous scrapbooks which provide a detailed history of the Club's activities including material documenting the civic work with Hillside. Additional material from Club President Mrs. Thomas Howell Scott (1938-1939), adds insight to member's activities and interests.

Dates: 1928-2011, undated

Rosemary Garden Club photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS403
Scope and Contents

This collection contains images of identified club members attending meetings, programs, and field trips. A large number of photographs were taken at members' homes and include table settings and floral arrangements. Also a part of the collection are images of Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain; Atlanta Botanical Garden; and Oakland Cemetery where members visited on field trips.

Dates: approximately 1970-1992, undated

Rosemary Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1051
Scope and Content This collection includes minutes, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and correspondence that document the club's social and civic activities. Minutes include financial reports as well as membership information. Scrapbooks provide further information on programs, projects, and members and their families, such as Dr. Louie D. Newton, a well known Atlanta minister, and his wife. An additional scrapbook from Mrs. Sherwood (Lula Belle) L. Astin, club president in 1934, provides further details of the...
Dates: 1933-1993, undated

Ross Ingram Photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS165
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains snapshots of various neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia as well as portraits of members of the Weaver and Drake families as well as some of their extended families. Most of the snapshots of Atlanta were taken in the 1960s, but the family portraits are from an earlier period, and were evidently purchased by Mr. Ingram. The neighborhoods included in this collection are Ansley Park, Buttermilk Bottoms, Grant Park, Inman Park, Lower Midtown, Pittsburgh, and West End. The...
Dates: circa 1885-1969, undated, bulk 1964-1969

Roswell Manufacturing Company documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS865f
Scope and Content

This collection documents the Roswell Manufacturing Company's rebuilding and expansion after the Civil War. Included are deeds, financial documents, and company checks. One of the contracts documents a land sale between the Roswell Manufacturing Company and its neighbor, the Laurel Mills Manufacturing Company.

Dates: 1865-1911

Rotary Club of Atlanta records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS410
Scope and Content

This collection contains club yearbooks, organizational histories, and programs.

Dates: 1922-1974, undated

Roy Bell campaign documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS857f
Scope and Content

This collection documents Roy Bell's 1952 campaign for the position of city Alderman for the 4th Ward. Included are ballots and pamphlets from the Negro Voters League and the League of Women Voters, campaign postcards for other candidates, a bumper sticker, and campaign speeches. The collection also includes newspaper clippings and a draft of the 1952 act to create a new charter for the City of Atlanta.

Dates: 1952-1953, undated

Roy Frangiamore photographs of tornado damage in Atlanta, Georgia

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Collection number: ahc.VIS304
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of tornado damage in northwest Atlanta, taken March 24, 1975.

Dates: 1975 March 24

Roy LeCraw papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS504
Scope and Content

This collection consists of materials removed from a group of scrapbooks and includes pamphlets, programs, invitations, political ephemera, periodicals, posters, advertisements, and some correspondence.

Dates: 1907-1973; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1949

Roy William Wallace, Jr. papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS844
Scope and Content The collection contains material pertaining to the cases in which Wallace served as judge advocate (trial correspondence and proceedings), materials relating to Wallace's Marine service, including payrolls, notice of relief from active duty, home address roster of staff officers, Marine dance invitation, etc., drafts of the historical monograph, The New Britain Campaign, personal items relating to business, notes on the trials at which he served, letters to...
Dates: 1922-1952, undated

Ruby Ross Wood letter

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Collection number: ahc.MSS557f
Scope and Content

This collection contains one letter from Billy Baldwin addressed to Lisa Reynolds, curator of the Atlanta Historical Society, later the Atlanta History Center, which verifies that Wood helped decorate the Swan House.

Dates: 1978

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 123
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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 66
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 65
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 52
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 52
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Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 19
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Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
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Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
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Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Daguerreotypes 16
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Gay activists 16
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
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Plants, Ornamental -- Georgia 16
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
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Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
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Names
Atlanta Historical Society 32
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
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
United States. Army 15
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 14
Young, Andrew, 1932- 14
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
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 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
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
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
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 9
Democratic Party (Ga.) 9
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
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
American Red Cross 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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