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Ann E. Lewis Georgia Magazine photograph and postcard collection

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS230

Scope and Content This collection contains photographs collected by Ann Lewis during her tenure as editor of Georgia Magazine. Photographs include Georgia state parks and monuments, historic sites, the Georgia coast, golf courses, and scenic vistas including the North Georgia mountains, Stone Mountain, and Callaway Gardens.

Dates: approximately 1906-1970, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association records

Collection

Collection number: ahc.MSS375

Scope and Content This collection contains organizational records and histories of the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association. Also included are historical items collected by members as well as newspaper clippings, programs, and membership information. There are files pertaining to member genealogy and biographies of Confederate soldiers.

Dates: 1866-1977

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Bill Wilson photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS99

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of original negatives, copy prints, and copy negatives created by Bill Wilson and other artists and photographers, whose works were collected by Wilson. The collection offers important documentation on a wide variety of personalities, events, and geographic locations both in Atlanta and throughout Georgia. Most of the material is captured on acetate film and color transparencies.

Dates: 1938-1984, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Delta Air Lines Public Relations Department Photographs of Atlanta, Georgia

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS107

Scope and Contents of the Records This collection is comprised of images taken by Delta Airlines corporate photographers and utilized for promotional purposes by the company. The photographs are of geographic locations in the metropolitan Atlanta region, but most of the images are of downtown Atlanta. Included are aerial views and cityscapes of downtown Atlanta, street scenes, parks, churches, shopping districts, private residences, hotels, colleges and universities, and Atlanta landmarks. Buildings include the Atlanta City...

Dates: 1953-1972

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Dorothy Orr photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS332

Scope and Content This collection contains images of Dorothy Orr and her family. Also included are photographs of students from the Ira Street School on an outing. Most photos were taken in Atlanta, Georgia, with many photos taken on Stone Mountain.

Dates: 1885-1971, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

DuBose family collection

Collection

Collection number: ahc.MSS1020

Scope and Content This collection contains primarily the personal and professional papers of Beverly Means DuBose, Jr. The bulk of the personal papers document DuBose's military service in the United States Navy. There is an assortment of training materials and periodicals issued by a variety of military agencies. Also included in this series are a few presentations given by DuBose and materials pertaining to the anti-communism movement in the United States in the early 1960s. The professional papers...

Dates: 1802-1985, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Edmund W. Hughes photographs

Collection

Collection number: ahc.VIS186

Scope and Content This collection contains images that document the metropolitan Atlanta region and photographs illustrating social events in the city. Bell and Stanton Public Relations used these photographs documenting the Atlanta area as promotional images. Most of the images were taken in the late 1960s and include the Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center, First Federal Savings and Loan building, Hartford Insurance building, Peachtree Center, and the Trust Company of Georgia. The collection...

Dates: 1958-1968

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

Hines family scrapbook

Collection

Collection number: ahc.MSS864f

Scope and Content This scrapbook was compiled by Lucy Belle Livengood to document her family. Included are photos from family trips to places such as Milledgeville, Stone Mountain, Mount Vernon, and Mr. and Mrs. Livengood's home in Spokane, Washington; as well as postcards from Mary Hines Gunsaulus' journey around Europe. The scrapbook also contains newspaper clippings with obituaries, interviews, and memorials to members of the Hines and McBride families.

Dates: 1877-1925, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. records

Collection

Collection number: ahc.MSS1192

Scope and Content This collection contains books of evidence, minutes, yearbooks, and scrapbooks that document the social and civic history of the federation. Included in the collection are flower show programs, correspondence, clippings, and histories that provide details about the federation's activities, events, interests, and members. Scrapbooks highlight community projects, gardening education, and flower shows at Stone Mountain Park as well as other locations. Several of the scrapbooks document the...

Dates: 1948-2019, undated

Found in: Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

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Ann E. Lewis Georgia Magazine photograph and postcard collection

Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association records

Bill Wilson photographs

Delta Air Lines Public Relations Department Photographs of Atlanta, Georgia

Dorothy Orr photographs

DuBose family collection

Edmund W. Hughes photographs

Hines family scrapbook

The DeKalb County Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. records

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