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Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS130
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. The bulk of the personal papers pertain to the Kurtz and Fuller families and Wilbur's early adult life in Greencastle, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. The personal papers also contain a series of diaries written by Wilbur and correspondence between Kurtz and Fuller family members.The professional papers and research papers consist primarily of the research materials and notes compiled by Wilbur...
Dates:
1814-1993, undated
Wilbur G Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS197
Scope and Content
This collection contains the family photographs of the Kurtz and Fuller families as well as visual materials Kurtz created and collected during the course of his career. Family photographs pertain to Kurtz and Fuller families as well as a few images from Annie Pye Kurtz prior to her marriage to Wilbur Sr. Also included are images of Wilbur Sr. and friends during his time in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of this collection is photographic materials which support the research and field work...
Dates:
1859-1972, undated
Wiley Albert Cash papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1216
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Wiley A. Cash’s finances, state records, legal contracts, and family correspondence. Financial records include household and business expenses, especially with Evens Implement Company, Wofford Oil Company, and C.P. Suber General Merchandise; legal records include documentation about a family dispute about estate inheritance and a land contract with neighbor George McIntosh. The collection also contains a genealogy of the Cash family and a 1928 Emory University...
Dates:
1899-1978, undated
Wiley family Bible
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS470
Scope and Content
This collection contains a single family Bible. It includes family genealogy.
Dates:
1869
Wilhelmina "Billie" Bluet Drummond papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS95f
Scope and Content
This collection contains material related to Wilhelmina Drummond's military service in France during World War I. Included is a French automobile drivers license issued to Drummond; and a contract signed by Drummond to serve with American Women's Hospitals. Also included is typed correspondence in French from the American Committee for Devastated France, Inc., instructing Drummond to report to their offices to be assigned to a destination in France to work as a ambulance driver and mechanic....
Dates:
1918-1920
Willcox family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1148
Scope and Content
This collection contains family correspondence; a copy of the Atlanta Journal and other newspaper clippings; eyesight and speedwriting examination sheets; a composition notebook; a notepad; and a recipe book containing handwritten recipes, newspaper and magazine clippings, and a pamphlet with dietary recommendations from the Atlanta branch of Pat Walker’s Figure Perfection Salons, International. This collection also contains materials pertaining to specific...
Dates:
1923-1986, undated
Willette C. Elrod graduation scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS534f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a graduation book "A Girl's Commencement: Rosebud Memories" kept by Willette C. Elrod upon her graduation from Commercial High School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1919
William A. Bass High School documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1193
Scope and Content
This collection contains editions of the student newspapers The Aerial and The Ambassador. Articles cover important school matters as well as current events. The newspapers also contain short works of fiction, jokes, and a long-running gossip column called "Campus Cliques." Additional material includes Parent Teacher Association pamphlets, commencement programs, and graduation programs.
Dates:
1924-1951
William A. Huff business ephemera
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS176f
Scope and Content
This collection contains business correspondence, canceled notes, receipts and invoices of William A. Huff of Macon, Georgia. Most of the invoices are from High, Butler and Company and Carroll & High of Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1859-1860
William A. Manley World War II scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS869f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook complied by William A. Manley's father, George T. Manley, in remembrance of his son. It contains letters from William to his mother and his aunt Burnette "Birdie" Manley Fox (1900-?), as well as three letters that George Manley wrote to his son. Topics of the letters include everyday life and concern for William's safety. Newspaper clippings reporting William as missing in action are also included. Of particular note are letters expressing sympathy after...
Dates:
1943-1944, undated
William A. Manning photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS313
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of William A. Manning, Sr and his family. It also includes images of street scenes in Atlanta.
Dates:
approximately 1907-1939
William Albert Crouse papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS609f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a transcription of a diary kept by William Albert Crouse from May to August of 1864. It also contains a letter dated January 22, 1865, from Augustus H. McFarland to William’s wife Margaret Crouse. The diary contains daily records of the weather, personal health, meals and general conditions inside Andersonville Prison. According to Crouse the prisoners’ rations generally consisted of cornbread or corn flakes most days, but were occasionally supplemented by bacon or...
Dates:
1864
William Allen Fuller Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS92
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection contains a series of letters concerning the William Fuller’s involvement in the “Great Locomotive Chase” and correspondence between William Fuller and members of his family. In the years following the locomotive chase, several individuals claimed some involvement in the event and others exaggerated their involvement.Many of the letters Captain Fuller received requested confirmation of the events reported and the extent of their involvement. In time, Captain Fuller composed a...
Dates:
1862-1905
William Alvoy document
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS328f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a document in Latin dated November 7, 1724. Inscribed on the back is "Mr. William Alvoy's dominions to his copyhold estate in Smithwell Court by the death of his brother Gabrial Alvoy."
Dates:
1724
William Asbury McCormack collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS224f
Scope and Content
This collection contains photocopies of letters, invoices, newspaper clippings and photographs relating to William Asbury McCormack, a wrought-iron worker and assistant editor of the Cherokee Independent in Rome, Georgia.
Dates:
1926-1929
William B. Chisholm's scrapbook of Jefferson Davis
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS57f
Scope and Content
This scrapbook contains news articles and poems about Confederate States President Jefferson Davis. The articles were written about appearances he made across the South and his death.
Dates:
1886
William B. Hartsfield films
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content
The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates:
approximately 1939-1960
William B. Hartsfield papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS811
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to Hartsfield. Also, there are technical publications and articles concerning the growth of the Atlanta airport as well as the city's highways. Articles on flouridation and the Chattahoochee River Basin are also included. The collection has various awards and personal effects such as greeting cards, a checkbook, the Hartsfield coat of arms, and letters.
Dates:
1943-1970, undated
William B. Hartsfield photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS4
Scope and Content
This collection consists of images of William B. Hartsfield, often with others, taken during his later years as Mayor. Also included are pictures of him with family or friends following the end of his political career.
Dates:
1950-1971, undated
William B. Miles account book
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS236f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an account book containing construction figures and material descriptions of buildings in Atlanta and elsewhere, including the Georgia State Capitol Building; Inman Building; Austell Building; Fulton County Court House Annex; and the police station and stables.
Dates:
1885-1889
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