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William T. Smith and Associates Inc. landscape architectural drawings and poster

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS275
Scope and Content

This collection contains landscape drawings of chiefly residential properties in Atlanta and other cities in Georgia and North Carolina. Some of the drawings from 1982-1985 were created by Franklin-Smith Associates of which Smith was a landscape architect. Also part of the collection is a business poster and landscape plans for parks and a subdivision. Of special interest are drawings for the Schlaifer residence in Atlanta and the Williamson residence, Salubrity Hall, in Augusta.

Dates: 1976-2013, undated

William T. Smith and Associates Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1134
Scope and Content

This collection contains contracts, correspondence, invoices, and task lists that detail landscape projects and involvement with clients. Also a part of the collection are landscape plans and plant lists. Of special interest is a portfolio of completed landscape work for the Schlaifer residence in the Tuxedo Park neighborhood of Atlanta.

Dates: 1976-2022, undated

William T. Wilson certificate

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS381f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a certificate form appointing William Tunstall Wilson as Deputy Postmaster in Atlanta, Georgia, signed by the Secretary of State for President James Buchanan. Wilson served until 1861.

Dates: 1858

William Thomas Peek papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS271f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a spiral notebook containing reminiscences and poetry by William Thomas Peek, a traveling salesman for King Hardware Company. It also contains a check and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1938-1954

William Thombs papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS35f
Scope and Content This collection contains William Thombs’s financial and legal documents pertaining to his business in Fulton, Clayton, Henry, Fayette, and Spalding counties. Included are promissory notes of payment to William Thombs; a letter to John Adair from Samuel Mosely regarding a court case involving Thombs; and the distress sale of land and property of James Middlebrooks, in which an African American woman is offered as a levy on the sale. Also contained in this collection are the business and legal...
Dates: 1836-1891

William Toney memo book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS353f
Scope and Content

William Toney's "memo book" contains entries of plantings, crops, weather, loan payments for a plantation presumably in Jackson County, Florida. Place names such as Aspalaga and Ochusee are noted.

Dates: 1831-1850

William W. Brewton unpublished manuscript Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS804f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a 19 chapter manuscript of the unpublished Mr. Atlanta: A Life Story of Robert F. Maddox, written by William W. Brewton. Of special note are handwritten edits throughout the manuscript and calculations of the cost of printing the book in 1956.

Dates: 1956, undated

William W. McKinney papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS923f
Scope and Content

This collection contains greeting cards and postcards, newspaper clippings from The Atlanta Constitution, recipe books, family documents and correspondence, a 1936 Central Night School yearbook,The Modern Knight, a White Provision Co. cookbook, and a Georgia Management Personnel Telephone Directory from 1964.

Dates: 1936-1970, undated

William W. Thompson's Le Conte Nursery documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS940f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence on company letterhead and an envelope from William W. Thompson of Le Conte Nursery. The correspondence includes an order for 300 Spanish chestnut trees, sent to William H. Moon of Moon Nurseries in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Of interest is a description of awards and details of the Le Conte Nursery orchards included in the letterhead.

Dates: 1888

Willie B. Greene papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS953f
Scope and Contents This collection contains material about Willie Burnice Greene’s missionary career. Material includes Greene's Bible, log books, and an identification card from the Executive Committee of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States. In addition, there is a flyer; a program from a dedication ceremony; a packet about missionaries in Jeonju, South Korea. There are also two articles about Greene, one from The Korea...
Dates: 1938-1984, undated

Willie May Whaley Whitten scrapbook and bible

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS325
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of a single scrapbook that contains materials pertaining to Willie May's career as a singer. It also contains a Whitten family Bible.

Dates: 1909-1927, undated

Willis Menefee Timmons, Jr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS352f
Scope and Content

This collection contains postcards, newspaper clippings, and publications.

Dates: 1860-1958, undated

Wilmer L. and Cornelia Jackson Moore papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS161
Scope and Content

This collection contains clippings, correspondence, and scrapbooks related to the life of the Moores. Included in the collection are diaries of Mrs. Moore as well as two wedding books from the Moore's wedding in 1895.

Dates: 1864-1950

Wilmoth Cappleman poetry

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS577f
Scope and Content

This collection contains an album of three poems written by relatives and friends of Ms. Wilmoth Cappleman who created the beaded cover.

Dates: 1848-1850

Wilson and Tye family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS307
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Wilson and Tye family members, including Benjamin J. Wilson; Elizabeth H. Wilson; John L. Tye, Sr.; John L. Tye, Jr.; Carrie Wilson; and Mary Potts Wilson. Of note is a photograph of the Wilson family home at 266 Gordon Street (renamed Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard) in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: approximately 1870-1890, undated

Wilson family documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS761f
Scope and Content

This collection contains documents pertaining to the Wilson family from 1825-1899. Documents include a marriage license, land lot certificates, military discharge certificates, receipts, geneological papers, a letter, and a will.

Dates: 1825-1880

Wilson Lumpkin letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS543f
Scope and Content

This collection contains four letters and transcriptions written to Annis Hopkins by Wilson Lumpkin during their courtship. In the letters Lumpkin discussed issues in the legislature and his ideas on marriage.

Dates: 1820

Wimberly-Peters Family Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS3
Scope and Content

These are the personal and business papers of the Wimberly and Peters families, 1818-1951.

Dates: 1818-1951

Winecoff Hotel collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS324
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the Winecoff Hotel fire of 1946 that killed 119 individuals. The scrapbook contains newspaper accounts of the fire and aftermath. The remainder of the material is transcripts of testimony given during courts cases involving victims of the fire.

Dates: 1946

Winifred Glover Klein papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1223
Scope and Contents

This collection documents Winifred Klein's clothing and needlepoint hobby, the bulk of which is Victorian fashion magazines and items relating to her needlework projects. Papers include postcards, drawings, fashion magazines, needlework patterns, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1869-1920, 1986, 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 79
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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 53
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 52
Scrapbooks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 52
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 50
Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 50
Georgia -- Politics and government 48
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 48
Atlanta (Ga.) 47
Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies, etc. 47
Education -- Georgia -- Atlanta 45
Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 44
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 44
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 40
Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 39
World War, 1939-1945 39
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia -- Atlanta 37
Business records -- Georgia -- Atlanta 36
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 32
Gardening -- Societies, etc. 31
Georgia -- Genealogy 30
Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 29
Piedmont Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 29
Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
Societies -- Georgia -- Atlanta 27
City planning -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Family life -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Gardens -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
Music -- Georgia -- Atlanta 26
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Business records -- Georgia 25
Gay community -- Georgia -- Atlanta 25
Landscape architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 25
Churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
Civil rights -- Georgia -- Atlanta 24
Children -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
Finance, Personal -- Georgia 23
Sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta 23
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 23
World War, 1914-1918 23
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 22
Baseball -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Gardens -- Design 22
High schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Landscape architecture -- Georgia 22
Portraits, American -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Railroads -- Georgia -- Atlanta 22
Agriculture -- Georgia 21
Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Account books -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Slavery -- Georgia 20
Urban beautification -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Advertising -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 19
Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Landscape architecture -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Construction -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 17
Military uniforms 17
Photography -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Daguerreotypes 16
Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Gay activists 16
Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Plants, Ornamental -- Georgia 16
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
West End (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 15
Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 15
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Chinese 1
German 1
 
Names
Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 32
Atlanta Historical Society 31
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
Georgia Institute of Technology 25
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
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
Garden Club of Georgia. 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
Lee, Robert E., (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 13
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003 13
Atlanta City Hall (Atlanta, Ga.) 12
Atlanta Municipal Airport (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 (Ga.). Police Department 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
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
Boys High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
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