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Augustus Robert Jones papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS571
Scope and Content This collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, ledgers, receipts, legal papers, advertisements, insurance papers, newspaper clippings, patent documents, and other papers pertaining to Augustus Robert Jones and the Jones family. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Jones's personal correspondence and financial records about the family cotton business. Also included are pocket diaries containing records of business and household purchases, printed papers such as price...
Dates: 1855-1908, undated

Austin family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1230
Scope and Contents

This collection contains Eugene and Dorethia Austin’s high school diplomas and graduation programs from Buford Colored High School, a newspaper clipping about Eugene Austin speaking at Poplar Hill Baptist Church in Buford, Georgia, and a plaque honoring his induction into the United States Supreme Court as an attorney and counselor.

Dates: 1949-1976, undated

Austin T. Walden papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS614
Scope and Content This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Austin T. Walden. The papers are primarily office files and case briefs from his law career. Additional material includes correspondence, financial papers, membership information, political campaign documents, speeches, and marketing and outreach material from various organizations. The collection contains materials from the many organizations to which Walden belonged or defended in court, such as the NAACP, the Atlanta Negro...
Dates: 1900-1969, undated

Authors' grove documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS507f
Scope and Content

This collection contains clippings related to tree planting projects, including a grove of trees comemorating famous authors that were planted in Piedmont Park. The collection also includes correspondence and a list of trees planted.

Dates: 1920-1922

Auxiliary to the Medical Association of Georgia records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS905
Scope and Content

These records consist of scrapbooks and yearbooks.

Dates: 1925-1982

Avary and Stephens family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1028
Scope and Content The papers consist of articles, advertisements, books, datebooks, legal documents, professional records, and personal correspondence of the Avary and Stephens families. There are articles from the Atlanta Journal Constitution and various magazines throughout the 1920's covering topics such as movie costumes, filet crochet, floor plans, and women's sports. Advertisements include a circular for Thomas Edison's phonograph acquired from the 1904 Louisiana...
Dates: 1884-1966, undated

Avondale Estates Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1019
Scope and Content This collection contains the records of the Avondale Estates Garden Club. The collection chiefly consists of the Club's scrapbooks which highlight its projects, awards, and anniversaries. Of particular interest are early scrapbooks from 1938-1940 which describe the Club's involvement in projects to beautify Lake Avondale as a living memorial to G.F. Willis, founder and builder of Avondale Estates, and to establish a bird sanctuary. Also included are yearbooks and history of the Club. These...
Dates: 1931-2019

Avondale Estates narrative history

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Collection number: ahc.MSS649f
Scope and Content

Longtime Avondale Estates resident Dorothy Partridge wrote this narrative history of her community for a class at Georgia State University in 1992. Partridge drew heavily from contemporary newspaper articles and advertising brochures for the community of Ingleside, later Avondale Estates. The author’s compilation of survey and reminiscences of Avondale Estates residents are also included.

Dates: 1992

Azalea Garden Club scrapbook

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1078
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook that details the social and civic activities of the club. Material includes photographs, correspondence, clippings, and programs. Of special interest are photographs of members' gardens from the Emory University area neighborhood. Additional loose photographs of Eatonton and Griffin, Georgia, from approximately 1938, are found at the end of the scrapbook.

Dates: 1938-1963; Majority of material found within 1959 - 1963

B. W. Wrenn ephemera

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Collection number: ahc.MSS385f
Scope and Content

This collection contains invitations sent by Georgia governor William Y. Atkinson and by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thompson during the Cotton States and International Exposition. The collection also contains newspaper clippings on the entertaining during the Exposition and on the death of B. W. Wrenn in New York City.

Dates: 1880-1912

Backstreet Atlanta Discotheque visual arts collection | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.

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Collection number: ahc.VIS225
Scope and Content

This collection contains snapshot photographs of staff and patrons inside the nightclub during special events and regular business hours. Included are professional publicity photographs of drag performers and entertainers that include Jimmy James, Cynthia Manley, Bubba McNeely, Jane Doe, and Gladys Knight. Also included are advertising flyers for special events.

Dates: 1982-2002, undated

Barkley & King family Civil War correspondence

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Collection number: ahc.MSS681f
Scope and Content

The letters from Martin Barkley and George R. Barkley to their family members at the beginning of the war describe the hard living conditions, the health and wellbeing of the soldiers. Towards the end of the war the letters describe the demoralized attitudes of the soldiers, the regular occurrence of soldiers deserting their duties, and the significant loss of life. The letter from Edward King to his aunt, Elizabeth Barkley describes the hardships towards the end of the war.

Dates: 1862-1864

Barnard C. Wagner letters

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Collection number: ahc.MSS359f
Scope and Content

This collection contains transcriptions and copies of two letters from Wagner, a soldier in the 2nd Battery, Heavy Artillery, Conderate States Army, to Emma Dasher regarding events associated with the Atlanta Campaign in July 1864.

Dates: 1864

Barnett Family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS106
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence and genealogical material related to the Barnett family of Georgia.

Dates: 1851-1977, undated

Barnett family visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS471
Scope and Contents

This collection includes portraits, maps, landscapes, and photo albums related to the Barnett family. Included are photographs of Samuel Barnett, Sarah Carter Barnett, Samuel MacDonald Carter, Sarah Jeter Carter, Pauline Carter Maben, Mary MacDonald Barnett, Elizabeth Wingfield Barnett, and Samuel Carter Barnett. The collection also includes photographs of the family’s travels, friends, residences, and school activities.

Dates: approximately 1830-1978, undated

Barrie Naismith Jeffcoat vs. Professional Golfers' Association of America court records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1250
Scope and Contents This collection contains the official legal records of the lawsuit Barrie Naismith vs. Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA). Included are affidavits, correspondence, depositions, drafts, legal research, pleadings, and PGA-published material. This collection documents the discrimination Barrie Naismith Jeffcoat faced as a female athlete who was not allowed to become a member of the PGA until pursuing legal action. She was represented by R. Lawrence Ashe (1940- ), a civil rights...
Dates: 1974-1981, undated

Barrington King letter

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Collection number: ahc.MSS199f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a letter from R. King, possibly Ralph B., to Barrington King, Sr. R. King writes about a scarlet fever outbreak on his farm in "South Hampton" and how a third of his slaves are unable to work due to illness. In the event of his death, R. King asks Barrington to advise "Fred" on farming and business. He attempts to repair his relationship with Barrington, and asks him to lend "Fred" $200 with interest for the year.

Dates: 1864 June 1

Bartram Trail collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS867
Scope and Content This collection contains three reports regarding the Bartram Trail. One report, the Bartram Heritage Report, is the culmination of the Bartram Heritage Studies that were proposed to the U.S. Department of the Interior. The main objective of this report was the establishment of a Bartram National Scenic Trail. The other two studies are of the scenic trail during the early 1980s. The reports contain various information including biographical data on William Bartram, maps of his travels,...
Dates: 1978-1982

Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1023
Scope and Content

The collection is primarily comprised of materials generated to promote the painting and solicit attendance. Also included is correspondence and invitations to special events hosted at the Atlanta Cyclorama site. There are other materials related to reports generated in advance of the restoration project and rededication of the painting and presentations in relation to interpretation at the site.

Dates: 1886-1980, undated

Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama restoration records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS540
Scope and Content

This collection contains log books, progress reports, a copy of a master's thesis on panoramic paintings, temperature and humidity readings, and dedication ceremony programs and press releases.

Dates: 1978-1982

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 122
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 74
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 73
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Women -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Societies and clubs 67
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Gardening -- Georgia -- Atlanta 54
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African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
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Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 17
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Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
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Department stores -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
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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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