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Roswell Manufacturing Company documents
This collection documents the Roswell Manufacturing Company's rebuilding and expansion after the Civil War. Included are deeds, financial documents, and company checks. One of the contracts documents a land sale between the Roswell Manufacturing Company and its neighbor, the Laurel Mills Manufacturing Company.
Rotary Club of Atlanta records
This collection contains club yearbooks, organizational histories, and programs.
Roy Bell campaign documents
This collection documents Roy Bell's 1952 campaign for the position of city Alderman for the 4th Ward. Included are ballots and pamphlets from the Negro Voters League and the League of Women Voters, campaign postcards for other candidates, a bumper sticker, and campaign speeches. The collection also includes newspaper clippings and a draft of the 1952 act to create a new charter for the City of Atlanta.
Roy Frangiamore photographs of tornado damage in Atlanta, Georgia | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
This collection contains photographs of tornado damage in northwest Atlanta, taken March 24, 1975.
Roy LeCraw papers
This collection consists of materials removed from a group of scrapbooks and includes pamphlets, programs, invitations, political ephemera, periodicals, posters, advertisements, and some correspondence.
Roy William Wallace, Jr. papers
Royce Soble photographs
This collection contains photographs of LGBTQ+ events and nightclubs taken by Royce Soble. Images depict the annual Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade, the Easter Drag Races sponsored by the Armory, and a drag show at My Sister's Room. Of special note are photographs of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in Washington, D.C. All images were taken in Atlanta, Georgia, unless otherwise noted.
Rubie Austin Acker photographs
Ruby Ross Wood letter
This collection contains one letter from Billy Baldwin addressed to Lisa Reynolds, curator of the Atlanta Historical Society, later the Atlanta History Center, which verifies that Wood helped decorate the Swan House.
Rufus Brown Bullock Bible and letter
This collection contains a Bible that was owned by Rufus Brown Bullock. The Bible includes Bullock's signature as well as a page of family genealogy. Also included in the collection is a copy of a letter written by Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) to E. H. Kirby in which she encourages Kirby to donate the Bible to a museum collection.
Rufus E. Lester papers
These papers include a letter to Rufus Lester from James K. Aames; a letter to T. P. Ravenell from T. D. Rockwell on Savannah Volunteer Guards letterhead; a document from the Supreme Court of Georgia with a handwritten note to T. P. R. from R. E. L. (probably Rufus E. Lester).
Rupert Davol papers
This collection contains materials related to the World War II military service of Rupert Raydon Davol. The bulk of the collection is comprised of letters written by Davol to his family during wartime, updating them on his condition and well-being. The collection also includes newspaper clippings reporting Davol's wartime injuries, the awarding of the Bronze Star Medal upon return home, and his death. Davol's military registration card is also included.
Rural Route Directory of Fulton County, revised 1920-1921 edition
Rusha Wesley documents
This collection contains items relating to Rusha Wesley's activity as a school principal at Lee Street School in Atlanta, Georgia, including a membership ticket in the National Education Association, a farewell yearbook from her fellow principals, and a guest sign in book, perhaps from a going away party in her honor.
Russell Bellman Gone With the Wind Premiere Film
Ruth and Ethel Cockrell papers
Ruth and Jean Henson papers
This collection contains yearbooks and notebooks from Powder Springs High School and Cartersville High School. Of particular interest is Jean Henson's 1913 yearbook, which contains some of his earlier poetry and prose. There is also a flier for a Ridgedale Baptist Church radio program called "The Hour of Power" and Ruth's freshman year cooking notes.
Ruth Dabney Smith scrapbooks
This collection consists of four scrapbooks kept by Ruth Dabney Smith as a young musician in Atlanta, Georgia. The earliest scrapbook consists of programs of concerts and performances she attended. The majority of the other three scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings regarding Smith, her family and friends, her students, and musical performances.
Ruth Henley photographs
This collection contains black and white photographs collected by Ruth Henley of John Willis Henley inside the Fulton County Courthouse and portraits of Atlanta Journal newspaper carriers on a trip to Washington D.C., in 1910, one of whom may be Thomas Henley.
Ruth Neal scrapbook
This collection contains a scrapbook of sketches of Southern women from unidentified newspapers.
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- Piedmont Driving Club 12
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- Western and Atlantic Railroad Company 12
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- Atlanta (Ga.). City Council 11
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- First National Bank of Atlanta 11
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- 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
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- Atlanta Art Association 9
- Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.) 9
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- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 9
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- 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
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- Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs 8
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- Georgia. Militia 8
- Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891 8
- Jones family 8
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- Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883 8
- Trust Company of Georgia 8
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- Aaron, Hank, 1934- 7
- Allen, Louise Richardson, 1917-2008 7
- American Society of Landscape Architects. Georgia Chapter 7
- Atlanta (Ga.). Bureau of Planning 7
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