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Robert Memminger Campbell civil war diary

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS51f
Scope and Content The collection consists of Robert Memminger Campbell’s diary, with entries spanning from 10 May 1862 to 26 July 1862. In the diary, Campbell describes life while stationed in Camp Jackson, Virginia, his journey through Virginia, and his encampment outside of Richmond. He records in great detail observations on the weather, rations, the countryside, his thoughts on the validity of the Confederacy, reports of battles and illnesses, descriptions of his Company’s bivouacs, interactions with...
Dates: 10 May 1862 - 26 July 1862

Robert Rothberg photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS374
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs taken by F & L Photo Service and collected by Robert Rothberg of various downtown Atlanta buildings and businesses in the early 1930s. Notable scenes include the Alonzo F. Herndon (1858-1927) Crystal Palace barber shop on Peachtree Street, the Hurt Building, the J. P. Allen & Company department store, Chevrolet Motor Company, Moline Plow Company, King Hardware Company, and the Henry Grady Hotel.

Dates: Approximately 1930-1935

Robert S. Lowrance, Jr. records of the North Fulton High School Special Choir

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Collection number: ahc.MSS801
Scope and Content

This collection consists of scrapbooks, citations, certificates, and other materials documenting the activities of the North Fulton High School Special Choir. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, notices, brochures, and correspondence.

Dates: 1944-1985

Robert S. Paden photographs and drawing

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS439
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of five generations of the Smith-Steele-Medlock-Davenport family gathered for Elizabeth Hawkins Smith's 93rd birthday. Also included is a watercolor drawing of Jasper Smith (1836), Martha Ellen Smith Paden's brother, who died during the American Civil War. Of special note are photographs of “Auntie Gracie” and Wilkes Smith, two formerly enslaved people who worked for the Smith family. Robert S. Paden took the photograph of Wilkes Smith.

Dates: approximately 1895-1925, undated

Robert Schley documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS555f
Scope and Content

This collection contains receipts, bills, and accounts of Robert Schley and others.

Dates: 1839-1871

Robert W. Miller essay "Extraordinary People: All Saints' and the Civil Rights Movement"

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Collection number: ahc.MSS884f
Scope and Content This essay "Extraordinary People: All Saints' and the Civil Rights Movement" was delivered to the congregation of All Saints' Episcopal Church. In it Miller discusses how three parishioners; Elbert Tuttle, a judge and the chief judge of the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; Ralph McGill, a columnist, editor, and publisher of The Atlanta Journal Constitution; and Reverend Frank Ross, the senior minister at the All Saints' Episcopal Church,...
Dates: 2013

Robert Wigham Letter

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Collection number: ahc.MSS131f
Scope and Content This collection contains two copies and two transcripts of a letter written by Robert Wigham from Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England to his cousin Isaac Hall in New York. In his letter, Wigham tells Hall that he is sorry to hear of his wife’s recent death. Wigham then goes on to explain various aspects of England’s viewpoint of the American Civil War. These viewpoints include: that the North is fighting to preserve the union as opposed to fighting for the end of slavery, the South should...
Dates: 1861

Robertson family letters

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS513f
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters from the widowed Thomas B. Robertson to his mother Harriet in DeKalb County, concerning the future of his children; and letters to his children.

Dates: 1882-1950

Robinson and Stockard family papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1288
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers produced and collected by the Robinson and Stockard families. Included are correspondence, letterheads, programs, reports, magazines, and guidebooks. The collection also contains a catalogue for the Georgia Military Academy; a scrapbook containing letters and telegrams gifted to Laura Clapp Robinson from the Atlanta Child’s Home; and Dr. Charles Cecil Stockard Jr.’s Emory University roll books for his ophthalmology course. Of particular note is an Office of...
Dates: 1882-1977, undated

Roderick Gaspero Shaw collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS305f
Scope and Content

This collection contains copies of letters from Roderick Gaspero Shaw, a soldier in Company A, 4th Florida Infantry, CSA, to his sister and uncle. Also included is a letter to relatives about his death in Marietta, Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign.

Dates: 1864

Roderick Perry papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.mss806
Scope and Content

This collection contains letters written by Roderick Perry and his family and friends of Warsaw, Kentucky. Also included are letters to soldiers requesting help from Kate Perry, Perry's adjutant handbook, and business cards of merchants supplying goods to prisioners of war.

Dates: 1841 - 1926

Roland M. Frye papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1222
Scope and Contents

This collection contians letters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, and emphemera that document Roland Mushat Frye Sr's work integrating schools and universities in Atlanta, Georgia. The bulk of the collection focuses on his work with Help Our Public Education (HOPE) and the Southern Presbyterian Church.

Dates: 1954-2022, undated

Rosalie Davis Bailey papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS31
Scope and Content These papers consist of correspondence between Mrs. Bailey, various members of her family and her friends; and also personal and business papers. Correspondence relates to the divorce of Laurie Webster (Rosalie's sister) and her husband, Atlanta attorney J. Prince Webster, as well as other family matters such as financial planning for Rosalie and Laurie through their father, Charles A. Davis. Other items include menus and invitation lists for parties; financial records of Rosalie; documents...
Dates: 1915-1940, undated

Rosalie Howell papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS119
Scope and Content The bulk of the materials in the Rosalie Howell papers document Howell's career as a Red Cross nurse during World War I and her subsequent world travel. Items include a scrapbook; correspondence with former patients; official Red Cross documents; clippings concerning her receipt of the Croix de Guerre from the French government; and travel books, postcards, and ephemera (primarily from the United Kingdom). The collection has material about, or created by, other members of the Howell family;...
Dates: 1880-1970, undated

Rosalie Howell photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS335
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of the residence of Judge Clark Howell (Rosalie Howell's grandfather) and the Howell family. Also included are photographs of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation and the Evan Park Howell School in Atlanta, Georgia. Of special note are images of Clark Howell's funeral at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta and a photo album related to Rosalie Howell's career as a Red Cross nurse during World War I.

Dates: approximately 1880-1963

Rosalyn Minsk scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS918f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook from Rosalyn Minsk's senior year of high school that includes report cards, a graduation announcement, school programs, newspaper articles, notes from classmates and teachers, a pin and award for speed typing, and photographs of Rosalyn and her classmates.

Dates: 1935-1984, undated

Rose Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS707
Scope and Contents

This collection includes minutes, histories, and yearbooks of the Rose Garden Club, documenting both the Club's social and civic activities. Also included in the collection are numerous scrapbooks which provide a detailed history of the Club's activities including material documenting the civic work with Hillside. Additional material from Club President Mrs. Thomas Howell Scott (1938-1939), adds insight to member's activities and interests.

Dates: 1928-2026, undated

Rosemary Garden Club photographs

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Collection number: ahc.VIS403
Scope and Contents

This collection contains images of identified club members attending meetings, programs, and field trips. A large number of photographs were taken at members' homes and include table settings and floral arrangements. Also a part of the collection are images of Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain; Atlanta Botanical Garden; and Oakland Cemetery where members visited on field trips.

Dates: approximately 1970-1992, undated

Rosemary Garden Club records

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1051
Scope and Content This collection includes minutes, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and correspondence that document the club's social and civic activities. Minutes include financial reports as well as membership information. Scrapbooks provide further information on programs, projects, and members and their families, such as Dr. Louie D. Newton, a well known Atlanta minister, and his wife. An additional scrapbook from Mrs. Sherwood (Lula Belle) L. Astin, club president in 1934, provides further details of the...
Dates: 1933-1993, undated

Ross Ingram Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS165
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains snapshots of various neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia as well as portraits of members of the Weaver and Drake families as well as some of their extended families. Most of the snapshots of Atlanta were taken in the 1960s, but the family portraits are from an earlier period, and were evidently purchased by Mr. Ingram. The neighborhoods included in this collection are Ansley Park, Buttermilk Bottoms, Grant Park, Inman Park, Lower Midtown, Pittsburgh, and West End. The...
Dates: circa 1885-1969, undated, bulk 1964-1969

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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History 122
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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
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 53
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government 52
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Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta 51
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Neighborhoods -- Georgia -- Atlanta 48
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs 48
Atlanta (Ga.) 47
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Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta 41
Peachtree Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 41
World War, 1939-1945 39
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Clothing and dress -- History -- 19th century 36
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Transportation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 35
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Buckhead (Atlanta, Ga.) 33
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Ansley Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 21
Civic improvement -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
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Lawyers -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Segregation -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Theaters -- Georgia -- Atlanta 21
Architects -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
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Gay men -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
Slavery -- Georgia 20
Urban renewal -- Georgia -- Atlanta 20
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African American women -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Community development -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
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Druid Hills (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
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Grant Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 19
Mayors -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
Schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta 19
African American families -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Architecture, Domestic -- Georgia 18
Real estate business -- Georgia -- Atlanta 18
Housing -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
Military uniforms 17
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Stone Mountain (Ga.) 17
Universities and colleges -- Georgia -- Atlanta 17
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Gay bars -- Georgia -- Atlanta 16
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Chinese 1
German 1
 
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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- 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
Atlanta Urban League 7
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.) 7
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