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Alfred Colquitt gubernatorial primary flyer
Collection
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
Governor John M. Slaton letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS746f
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters, some original and some copies, written by Governor John M. Slaton. Most of the correspondence concerns the Leo Frank court case, Slaton's commutation of Frank's death sentence, and his subsequent failure to be reelected. There is also one letter written by Lucille Selig Frank, the wife of Leo Frank, to Slaton.
Dates:
1902-1930, 1976
Joseph Mackey Brown papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS41
Scope and Content
This collection includes correspondence and ephemera of Joseph Mackey Brown, and also for his father, Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown. The bulk of his correspondence relates to his tenure as governor, and includes pledges of support, congratulatory letters, and requests for patronage and jobs. Campaign correspondence relates to his failed gubernatorial campaign of 1910. In addition to his gubernatorial correspondence, agriculture and farming were frequent topics, as was the Georgia...
Dates:
1846-1926, undated; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1914
Kristin Oblander papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1271
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to Oblander’s career in political fundraising. Professional materials make up the bulk of the collection, including memos and other internal documents from various campaigns, financial information and donor records, fundraising event invitations, posters, and campaign mail. Represented in the collection are Oblander Group clients, including presidential, congressional, statewide, legislative, and municipal candidates, as well as party committees...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-2022, undated
Lester Maddox papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1267
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records generated during Lester Maddox's time in office as governor and lieutenant governor of Georgia and his political campaigns in 1966 and 1974, subject files, booklets, correspondence, scrapbooks, and audio recordings. Campaign papers include letters of support, volunteer lists, agendas, district organization charts, and lists of contributors. Subject files include information on a 1963 grand jury investigation of the Atlanta Police Department in which Atlanta...
Dates:
1915-2003, undated
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