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The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Historic Landscape and Garden Grant Program records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1076
Scope and Content This collection contains grant applications, reports, and supporting evidence, which document organizations seeking funds to assist with restoration and preservation projects of historic landscapes and gardens. Project follow-up reports are included where available. Of special interest are applications for multiple restoration projects at Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery. Also part of the collection are program materials that provide details of the grant program committee including chairman's...
Dates: 1996-2014

The Georgia Chrysanthemum Society records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1156
Scope and Content

The majority of this collection includes flower show material such as programs, award labels, and reports. Also a part of the collection are meeting announcements, membership correspondence, and plant sale order forms. A large number of items are reproductions or sample letters and forms. Of special interest is a scrapbook highlighting flower shows and members of the society.

Dates: 1953-2004, undated

The High School Assembly Song Book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS627f
Scope and Content

This collection consist of one assembly song book which contains the words and music to a variety of songs including: "Dixie," "Home, Sweet Home," "America," "Fairest of Nations," and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing."

Dates: 1912

The Immigrant's Manual published by J. B. Derby

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS978f
Scope and Contents This manual was compiled from newspaper articles written for Northerners interested in moving to Georgia or Florida. It provides guidance on establishing oneself in the Southern industries of sheep-husbandry, gold mining, and orange-growing. Specifically, it includes government statistics, interviews with workers, starting costs, and profit analysis on each industry. At the end of the manual there are advertisements for Georgia tourist attractions, such as resorts, hotels, and railroads. The...
Dates: 1878

The Japan-America Society of Georgia directories and festival program

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1225
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of directories of members and corporate sponsors of The Japan-America Society of Georgia. It also contains a program from the Japan Week Film Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1983-2015

The Jewel Box Revue

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS796f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a booklet advertising The Jewel Box Revue. The booklet primarily contains photographs of the performers both in and out of drag; in one section the author encourages the reader to match fully-costumed performers to photos of their more conventionally-attired selves. Of particular note is mention that there was only one woman performer in the Revue, Storme DeLarverie.

Dates: approximately 1960

The Peter Francisco Smith playscript "The Great Conspiracy"

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Collection number: ahc.MSS810f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a playscript of an unpublished play titled "The Great Conspiracy" prepared by William Bailey Williford. The play describes the political tensions that led to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The script's main characters are Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, and various local citizens, servants, soldiers, and spies. The climax takes place when Booth shoots Lincoln inside Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1955

The Rochester Dahlia Society records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1100
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the civic and social activities of the society. The majority of the collection are minutes from regular and executive board meetings that include correspondence, committee reports, financial reports, and program details. Membership lists, a flower show program, and constitutions are also a part of the collection.

Dates: 1940-1971

Thelma Thompson Slayden manuscript

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS312f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a typed manuscript of the author's book Miracle in Alaska. Although her other books identify this author as Thelma Thompson, the title page of this manuscript and of the printed book identifies Thelma Thompson Slayden as the author.

Dates: 1963

Therrell House construction documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS890f
Scope and Content

This collection contains invoices, letters, and bills gathered during the construction of James Hamilton Therrell's home, located at 3201 Habersham Road in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1936-1939

Thirteen Club minutes

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS902f
Scope and Content

The collection contains minutes recorded by club member Charlie L. W. Bird. Minutes include attendence records, meeting summaries, a newspaper clipping, and Bird's correspondence with members.

Dates: 1941-1960, undated

Thomas A. Lesueur parole

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS209f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a parole of private Thomas A. Lesueur on October 8, 1862 in Alden, Virginia. Lesueur was the brother of Mrs. C. S. Gaulden. Lesueur died in 1862.

Dates: 1862

Thomas Butler King testimonial

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS709f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a testimonial written to the Honorable Thomas Butler King from the "Citizens of New York" signed by 172 individuals.

Dates: 1847 March 16

Thomas C. and Elizabeth M. Lauren scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS289
Scope and Content

This collection contains a single scrapbook primarily comprised of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1815-1950, undated

Thomas C. Nolan papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS165
Scope and Content

This collection includes correspondence, business and financial records of Thomas C. Nolan, and estate records for Quince Nolan and Abel Lemon.

Dates: 1870-1920, undated

Thomas Callahan Davison collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS926
Scope and Content

This collection contains copies of articles from scientific journals, newspaper clippings, awards, newsletters, and correspondence. There is also a pamphlet written by Davison titled Self-Examination of the Breast by Women. Included in the collection are a scrapbook of articles on the Tenth Southern Surgical Congress (1939) as well as Margaret Block's programs.

Dates: 1899-1983, undated; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1953

Thomas Cobb Jackson document

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS558f
Scope and Content

This collection contains authorizations for Thomas Cobb Jackson to practice law in the Fifth Circuit Court of the United States, the District Court of the United States, and Fulton County Superior Court.

Dates: 1888

Thomas Deaton papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS951f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Thomas Deaton's financial, legal, and personal papers, the bulk of which pertain to the Civil War. Financial records include deeds of purchase for land and enslaved persons, as well as affidavits of sales. Also included is a diary he wrote while working at a Confederate hospital in which he recorded personal notes, information about meetings, records of the weather, and copied obituaries. Correspondence documents Deaton’s sale of grain to the Confederate Army.

Dates: 1838-1873, undated

Thomas E. Foster papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS90
Scope and Content

This collection contains business, financial, and organizational records gathered by Thomas E. Foster. Most items document his participation in various Atlanta social, civic, and business clubs. Materials include meeting minutes, memos, rosters, handbooks, correspondence, directories, and newsletters.

Dates: 1940-1963, undated

Thomas Eugene Avery papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS811f
Scope and Content This collection contains an unpublished autobiography about Avery's grade school years in Atlanta Public Schools during the Great Depression. The text is arranged as a collection of short stories. Avery wrote about studying in segregated school, church, and everyday life in the 1930s. The collection also includes two newspaper articles; one of them outlines Avery's academic successes, and in the other Avery describes his confusion and discomfort leading up to a metastatic prostate cancer...
Dates: 1944, 1996, undated

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 122
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 118
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 91
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social life and customs 82
Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 80
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 74
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 73
Scrapbooks -- Georgia 69
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 67
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 66
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 54
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 52
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 52
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 51
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 50
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 48
Georgia -- Politics and government 48
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 48
Atlanta (Ga.) 47
Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 46
Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 45
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 44
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 40
Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 40
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 40
World War, 1939-1945 39
Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 37
Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 36
Gardening -- Georgia -- Societies, etc. 35
Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 35
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 34
Portrait photography 33
Women -- Societies and clubs 33
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Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 30
Georgia -- Genealogy 30
Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 30
Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Societies -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Business records -- Georgia 26
Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Gardens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
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African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Landscape architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 25
Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
Finance, Personal -- Georgia 23
Landscape architecture -- Georgia 23
Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 23
Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
World War, 1914-1918 23
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 22
Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Gardens -- Design 22
High schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Agriculture -- Georgia 21
Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Slavery -- Georgia 20
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 19
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 17
Military uniforms 17
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Daguerreotypes 16
Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Gay activists 16
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Plants, Ornamental -- Georgia 16
Stone Mountain (Ga.) 16
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German 1
 
Names
Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 32
Atlanta Historical Society 31
Georgia Institute of Technology 26
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
Hartsfield, William Berry 24
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Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 21
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 21
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 20
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Coca-Cola Company 20
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Rich's (Retail store) 19
Emory University 18
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 18
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 16
Garden Club of Georgia. 16
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Atlanta History Center 15
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 15
C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 15
United States. Army 15
University of Georgia 15
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 14
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 14
Young, Andrew, 1932- 14
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 13
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 13
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 13
Atlanta (Ga.). Police Department 12
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 12
Atlanta Public Schools 12
Georgia School of Technology 12
Inman, Emily Caroline MacDougald, 1881-1965 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 Water Works (Ga.) 11
First National Bank of Atlanta 11
Georgia Power Company 11
Inman family 11
Junior League of Atlanta 11
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 11
United States. Navy. 11
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968 10
Atlanta Music Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 10
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 10
Fox Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) 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
American Red Cross 9
Atlanta Art Association 9
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Atlanta Pride Committee 9
Atlanta Pride Festival 9
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 9
Commercial High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Connally, Joseph E. Brown, 1875-1920 9
Democratic Party (Ga.) 9
Fowler, Wyche, 1940- 9
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 9
Jones, Bobby 9
Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Atlanta Public Library 8
Biltmore Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 8
Georgia. General Assembly 8
Georgia. Militia 8
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
Jones family 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
Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 8
Trust Company of Georgia 8
United Daughters of the Confederacy 8
Woodruff, Robert Winship 8
Aaron, Hank, 1934- 7
Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 7
American Society of Landscape Architects. Georgia Chapter 7
Atlanta (Ga.). Bureau of Planning 7
Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Atlanta Crackers (Baseball team) 7
Atlanta Journal (Firm) 7
Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (Ga.) 7
Atlanta University 7
Atlanta Urban League 7
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
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