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Research Atlanta Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS993
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection consists of the records of Research Atlanta, Inc. The records document the administrative history and research activities of the organization from its inception in 1971 to 1992. The records include correspondence, publications, clippings, research notes, and reports regarding the activities and projects in which Research Atlanta was involved. The bulk of the collection consists of the research files in Series II, which document the various topics analyzed by the organization....
Dates:
1930-1997 Bulk: 1970-1992
Resurgens Atlanta documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS659
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Resurgens Atlanta’s operations, committee membership, and executive board activities. Material includes by-laws, meetings notes and minutes, attendance records, and correspondence from members and prospective members that contain applications, resumes, and invitations to social events. In addition, there are financial records such as bank statements and invoices that detail administrative costs, no-show fees, and bills. Of particular note are booklets and...
Dates:
1970-1986, undated
Reuben and Sarah Schumpert diary
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS813f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a diary started by Reuben Schumpert on July 30, 1861. In it he records his experience joining the 11th Battalion, Sumpter Light Artillery. Sarah Schumpert, his stepmother, began writing in the diary on July 3, 1864. In her entries she reflects upon domestic life during the Civil War, including details of the loss of her stepson and of her husband's military service. Of particular note are two medicinal recipes.
Dates:
1861-1865
Reverend James Mitchell letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS456f
Scope and Content
This collection contains copies of two letters from the Reverend James Mitchell to Max Nordau, assistant to Theodore Herzel, founder of the Zionist movement, on his own work to restore the Jews to the Holy Land.
Dates:
1897
Reverend John Wesley Stipe Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS685f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of genealogical information about John Wesley Stipe as well as typewritten and handwritten memoirs of his childhood, the days of his first marriage, Civil War service, and career as a Methodist Episcopal circuit pastor. His typewritten memoirs describe life in rural antebellum Georgia including such activities as justice courts, log rolling, and corn shucking. Of particular interest are two handwritten journal entries, written in the style of a newspaper series,...
Dates:
1864-2003, undated; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1961
Reverend Richard Colden Ketchum letters
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS198f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of two letters sent to Ketchum about Georgia's Ordinance of Secession. The first is from an unidentified individual who has travelled from Alabama to Georgia in order to sway the vote of the state legislature. His letter praises the passage of Alabama's Ordinance of Secession, and discusses the nobility of the cause. The second letter, from R. Campbell, is strongly opposed to secession. Campbell urges Ketchum to read a newspaper article entitled "South Carolina...
Dates:
1861 January 13
Reviewers Study Club documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS616f
Scope and Content
This collection consist of the minutes of the Reviewers 1934-1935, a program from 1961-1962, and a printed history of the club which list the members of 1955-1956.
Dates:
1934-1962
Reynolds family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS284f
Scope and Content
This collection contains an 1877 account book belonging to Thomas S. Reynolds, a printer in Atlanta, Georgia; an 1890 letter from Thomas Reynolds to his daughter in Brunswick, Georgia; a report card belonging to Mattie Reynolds from McDonough Street Female School; an indenture for John Reynolds to serve as apprentice in a chair making company in 1819; and other documents relating to the Reynolds family of Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1819-1890
Rhodes family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS13f
Scope and Content
The collection consists of family papers, including the Last Will and Testaments of A.G. Rhodes (18 October, 1928) and his wife Amanda Wilmot Rhodes (24 December, 1926). Included are worksheets documenting the dispersal of bequests and legal documents that reference their estate. In his Last Will and Testament, A.G. Rhodes left money to numerous relatives and to the A.G. Rhodes Home for Incurables and Peachtree Christian Church.
Dates:
1927-1937
Rhodes Furniture Company records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS430
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of the business records for the Rhodes Furniture Company. Included in the collection are financial records, acquisition papers, correspondence, ledgers, and cash books. There are also pension plan and tax return records.
Dates:
1900-1965, undated
Richard Anderson Landscape Architect Inc. drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS404
Scope and Contents
This collection contains landscape drawings, plant lists, concept and site plans, and surveys that provide details of work done by Richard Anderson Landscape Architect Inc., as well as earlier work with Daugherty/Anderson and Associates. The work of a few other architects is included such as Edward L. Daugherty and E. S. Draper. The majority of projects are of residential landscapes.
Dates:
1921-2017
Richard Clarke records of the Atlanta Police Department
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1227
Scope and Contents
This collection contains administrative records and police publications created and accumulated by Richard Clarke, mostly during his time as Administrative Assistant to Atlanta Chief of Police George Napper (1939-2020). Records include correspondence, reports, directories, crime statistics, training materials, and departmental plans. Additional records pertain to Atlanta Police Department (APD) initiatives to curb burglaries and other crimes through environmental design, the adoption of...
Dates:
1906-2019, undated
Richard Dees Funderburke research papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1242
Scope and Contents
This collection contains research materials produced by Richard Dees Funderburke throughout his academic and professional career. The majority of the collection includes newspaper articles that feature specific architects that were active during the victorian era in the southeastern United States, specifically Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Also included are notes, photocopied images, article drafts, and book proposals authored by Funderburke throughout his...
Dates:
1975-2020, undated
Richard Kavanaugh papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS729f
Scope and Content
This collection mostly contains personal and business correspondence relating to Kavanaugh's management of Cruise magazine.
Dates:
1973-2007, undated
Richard Kavanaugh photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS420
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Richard Kavanaugh's personal life and professional career. The personal images are primarily in the photo albums and depict parties at Kavanaugh's residence on East Morningside Drive in Atlanta, Georgia. Albums also highlight Kavanaugh with friends, including many of them in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia. Many the photo albums also contain images related to Kavanaugh's professional career as an editor for ...
Dates:
approximately 1960-2007
Richard Shryock letter to J.B. Campbell
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS50f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a letter from Duke University professor Richard Shryock, the author of Georgia and the Union in 1850, published in 1926, to J. B. (John Bulow) Campbell of Marietta, Georgia. In the letter, Mr. Shryock requested information about Mr. Campbell's grandfathers one of whom, David C. Campbell, was one of the editors of the Federal Union and the other, Richard M. Orme, was editor of the Southern Recorder, both Milledgeville newspapers.
Dates:
1929 June 7
Richards family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS176
Scope and Content
This collection contains the diaries and typewritten transcripts of the diaries of Samuel P. Richards. Journals of Irene Richards, Sarah V. Richards, and Dora Richards. There is also correspondence, family history, a Bible, and scrapbooks containing various information. These papers chronicle daily events in Atlanta and prices and availability of goods. They also describe the shelling and evacuation of the city and also the travels of S.P. Richards to New York City as a refugee in 1864, and...
Dates:
1842-1945, undated
Rich's Department Store new employee training documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS791f
Scope and Content
This collection contains training materials for new female Rich's hires. Specifically, material includes booklets on the chemistry and care of Nylon and other fabrics, as well as tips on how to sell these and other products. The documents include store policy and procedures, and one entry blank for a Deering, Milliken & Co., Inc. retail sales personnel contest. Of special note are three Elizabeth Arden wellness pamphlets that provide tips on diet, skincare, and exercise for women.
Dates:
1946-1953, undated
Rich's, Inc. records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1245
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records of the downtown Atlanta flagship store and retail stores throughout the Southeastern United States. Included in the collection are annual reports, biographical materials of founding members and executives, business history, employee publications, employee training materials, lists of officers and directors, newspaper clippings, publicity materials, and scrapbooks, as well as materials on store openings and expansions, promotions, and special events....
Dates:
1877-1988, undated
Rick Beard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS730
Scope and Content
These papers consist of research for the dissertation correspondence.
Dates:
1890-1980, undated
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 122
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- Girls High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 32
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- Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949 26
- Hartsfield, William Berry 24
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 22
- Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 21
- Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority 21
- Coca-Cola Company 20
- Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 20
- Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga.) 19
- Garden Club of Georgia. 19
- Rich's (Retail store) 19
- Emory University 18
- Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 18
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 18
- Atlanta Chamber of Commerce 16
- Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
- Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 16
- Swan House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
- Tullie Smith House (Atlanta, Ga.) 16
- Atlanta (Ga.). Fire Department 15
- Atlanta History Center 15
- Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894 15
- C. W. Motes (Atlanta, Ga.) 15
- United States. Army 15
- University of Georgia 15
- 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
- Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 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
- Olympic Games. (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Technological High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
- Woodruff, Robert Winship 9
- 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 Civic Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
- Atlanta Crackers (Baseball team) 7
- Atlanta Lesbian and Gay History Thing (Ga.) 7
- Atlanta University 7
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