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W. A. Pangborn papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS168
Scope and Content

This collection contains scrapbooks, correspondence, and classroom material related to the study and appreciation of William Shakespeare.

Dates: 1780-1969

W. C. Sims slave receipt

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS260f
Scope and Content

This collection contains two photo copies of a receipt for the "loan" of an enslaved man named George, belonging to W. C. Sims of Troup County, Georgia, to the Confederate States for military defense in the vicinity of Troup County. The receipt is dated July 2, 1864.

Dates: 1864

W. F. Schulz railroad proposals

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS836f
Scope and Content

This collection documents proposed changes to the Western & Atlantic Railroad route in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are a report on Union Station terminal revisions, blueprints for a potential railroad, and a proposal of specifications for a section of tracks between Piedmont Avenue and Forsyth Street.

Dates: 1916, 1927

W. M. Scott Realty Company scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS312
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a single scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings. The clippings are primarily ads for property for sale by the firm.

Dates: 1906-1914, undated

W. M. Terrell medical notebook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS346f
Scope and Content

A bound notebook belonging to W. M. Terrell of the Atlanta Medical College containing class notes.

Dates: 1884-1885

W. Millege White's photographs of Southern Bell Telephone Company

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS345
Scope and Content

This collection contains White's photographs of the construction of the Southern Bell Telephone Company building, also known as the Ivy-Walnut Exchange building. Photographs include interior and exterior images documenting the stages of development of the second portion of the building at 27 Auburn Avenue. The building was designed by noted Atlanta architect P. Thornton Marye.

Dates: 1920 June 15 - 1921 January 15

W. T. Clinton and Moore, Marsh, and Company ledgers and scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS755
Scope and Content

This collection consists of two ledger books: one belonging to W. T. Clinton and one belonging to W. M. Moore of Moore, Marsh, and Company. Also included is a scrapbook belonging to W. T. Clinton which also contains a ledger at the back of the scrapbook.

Dates: 1876-1881, undated

Wachovia Bank and Trust Company olympics preparation documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1177
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials created by the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company in preparation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Materials include business reports for the years leading up to the Olympics as well as employee parking applications and plans for managing traffic during the games. Of particular note are the Wachovia manager and employee guides for conduct, dress, and procedures for the Olympics.

Dates: 1974-1998, undated

Waddell-Setze-McClatchey family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS842
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal correspondence and memorabilia of two families of two different time periods. The Waddells are the contributors of the Civil War period correspondence which demonstrate in great detail the conditions of the lives of those left at home and of the needs of the soldiers. These letters also demonstrate the role of an officer and the ability to have his wife follow his movements. The later correspondence and personal records were contributed by the Setze...
Dates: 1855-1966, undated

Wallace family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS690
Scope and Content This collection primarily contains materials pertaining to Alexander McGhee Wallace’s involvement in the Civil War and Anne Wallace Howland’s contributions to the Carnegie Library of Atlanta. The materials include correspondence, datebooks, diaries, genealogical records, periodicals, programs, and newspaper clippings. This collection also contains a scrapbook assembled in memory of Alexander McGhee Wallace, a scrapbook pertaining to Anne Wallace Howland, several certificates and diplomas...
Dates: 1836-1987, undated

Wallace J. Barnard letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS19f
Scope and Content

This collection contains two letters to Colonel Wallace J. Barnard appointing him as an aide to General John B. Gordon of the United Confederate Veterans. One of them is from Wm. E. Mickle, the other from J. B. Gordon.

Dates: 1903

Wallace Putnam Reed papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS280f
Scope and Content

This collection contains research papers by Reed on electricity in Atlanta and the first gun fired in the Civil War in Atlanta. The collection also includes a letter to Reed about the history of the West End neighborhood and a sketch of Confederate General Wade Hampton.

Dates: approximately 1890

Walraven family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS820
Scope and Content

This collection contains various papers including tax receipts and bills for Cobb County, Fulton County, City of Austell, and City of Atlanta. Also included are correspondence, graduation, invitations, and programs documenting the activities of the Walraven family.

Dates: 1850-1954, undated

Walter C. Hurlier letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS582f
Scope and Content

This collection contains three letters which discuss the health of a family member, Christmas, and the movie Intolerance.

Dates: 1917, 1921, 1946

Walter G. Paschall documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS435f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a telegram requesting permission to include Seargeant Paschall in the welcome home celebration for European veterans to be broadcast over WSB; a wedding invitation for Paschall and his fiancee Eliza King; poetry; and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1945, undated

Walter Gerald Cooper papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS498f
Scope and Content

This collection contains genealogical information on Cooper and his family, and documents surrounding the history of Fulton County.

Dates: 1934-1938, undated

Walter H. Grant scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS96
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook kept by Rose Grant, wife of Walter H. Grant. It contains clippings regarding notable Atlanta citizens and adoption papers of their daughter, Louise.

Dates: 1915-1925

Walter McElreath Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS154
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, manuscripts, handwritten notes, and pamphlets. The bulk of the collection contains McElreath's writings; research; rough drafts; a play for the Atlanta Centennial celebration; manuscripts of books and articles; and newspaper notices about his publications. Also included are notes and articles about Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw. Newspaper clippings cover topics such as the Atlanta Centennial in 1948; the...
Dates: 1879-1963, undated

Walter Newman letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS252f
Scope and Content

These letters from Walter Newman of Atlanta, Georgia were written from Cambridge, Massachusetts after World War I. He wrote to his mother about his discharge from the Army and to his brother Edward. He writes of his life in the military and about his desire that Edward escort his fiance in his absence.

Dates: 1919

Walter S. Burns civil war correspondence

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS603f
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains 22 letters from Walter S. Burns to his parents living in Findlay, Ohio. He writes about living conditions in the army camps, the needs of a soldier, his business matters at home, and news such as deaths of friends and family. Burns’ letters begin in Nashville, Tennessee in 1862 and continue through 1864 from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Ringgold and Atlanta, Georgia. He records fighting outside of Atlanta and the shelling of the city in his letter written on August 20,...
Dates: 1862 – 1864

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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 83
Flower shows -- Georgia -- Atlanta 83
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 74
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 73
Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 71
Scrapbooks -- Georgia 69
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Georgia -- Atlanta 66
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 55
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 53
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 53
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 53
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 52
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 51
Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 50
Georgia -- Politics and government 49
Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 48
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 48
Atlanta (Ga.) 47
Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 46
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 45
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 42
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
Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 33
Portrait photography 33
Women -- Societies and clubs 33
Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 32
Gardening -- Societies, etc. 31
Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 31
Georgia -- Genealogy 30
City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 29
Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 28
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Gardens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Societies -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Business records -- Georgia 26
Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Music -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Landscape architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 25
Landscape architecture -- Georgia 25
Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
Agriculture -- Georgia 23
Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 23
Finance, Personal -- Georgia 23
High schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 23
World War, 1914-1918 23
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 22
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Gardens -- Design 22
Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 19
Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 19
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Slavery -- Georgia 19
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Stone Mountain (Ga.) 18
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Historic buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Midtown (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Military uniforms 17
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Politicians -- Georgia 17
Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
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Language
French 2
Chinese 1
German 1
 
Names
Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 32
Atlanta Historical Society 31
Georgia Institute of Technology 27
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
Hartsfield, William Berry 24
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Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 23
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 22
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 21
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
Coca-Cola Company 20
Garden Club of Georgia. 20
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Rich's (Retail store) 19
Emory University 18
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 17
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 16
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 16
Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 15
Atlanta Braves (Baseball team) 15
Atlanta History Center 15
C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
United States. Army 15
University of Georgia 15
Young, Andrew, 1932- 15
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 14
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Ga.) 13
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 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
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 12
Piedmont Driving Club 12
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 12
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 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
Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 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
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
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 9
Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
Woodruff, Robert Winship 9
Atlanta Crackers (Baseball team) 8
Atlanta Journal (Firm) 8
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
League of Women Voters of Atlanta/Fulton County 8
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 8
Trust Company of Georgia 8
United Daughters of the Confederacy 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 Botanical Garden 7
Atlanta Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
Atlanta Falcons (Football team) 7
Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (Ga.) 7
Atlanta University 7
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