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Ruth Smith Wrench scrapbook and marriage certificates
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS338
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook of items of interest to Ruth Smith Wrench. It includes such events as the Rickenbacker plane crash in Morrow, Georgia, and the founding of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit (Trappist) in Conyers. It also includes national news such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and trial and the death of John Dillinger. A folder contains two marriage certificates.
Dates:
1934-1949
Ruth Wichelhausen papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS930
Scope and Content
The Ruth Wichelhausen papers have been arranged in five series. Series have been designated for Correspondence, Legal Documents, Personal Papers, Medical Papers, and Otto Wichelhausen's Papers. The correspondence has been further subdivided into three subseries: family, friends, and professional correspondence. The correspondence covers the period 1928-1993 and is both incoming and outgoing. The family correspondence is of special interest because most of it concerns Jewish life in Nazi...
Dates:
1908-1995, undated
S. H. Kress and Co. collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS390
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the S. H. Kress Company.
Dates:
1932-1952
Sadie Estelle Martin Partridge papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS647f
Scope and Content
The Sadie Martin Partridge papers include a narrative reminiscence of her youth and photocopies of newsclippings from 1972. In the narrative, Sadie describes the life of a well-to-do young girl in turn-of-the-century Atlanta. She emerges as a spunky, flirtatious young woman. She also describes the millinery trade in Atlanta, social activities of the time period, and her memories of the 1906 Atlanta race riot. The newsclippings feature Sadie much later in her life, when she babysat to...
Dates:
1972-1980
Sage family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS599
Scope and Content
This collection contains annual accounting ledgers, correspondence, United States Navy flight logs, and a scrapbook. Dr. Daniel Y. Sage's account ledgers cover his medical practice, 1931-1940. Correspondence consists of reports sent by the Creditors Mercantile and Adjustment Agency, a collections agency, following up on claims submitted by Dr. Sage. Also included are Daniel Y. Sage, Jr.'s Naval flight logs, 1941-1945, when he was stationed at Pensacola, Florida, where he received...
Dates:
1923-1945
Sale, Simmons, and Matheson family photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS6
Scope and Content
This collection documents four generations of the Sale, Simmons, and Matheson families. Examination of the images indicates they were probably taken during the same photographic session with the exception of VIS 6.6.
Dates:
1852-1853
Sally A. Parker photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS143
Scope and Contents of the Records
The photographs in this collection depict geographic locations and people in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia. Buildings include the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Hunter Street, the Georgia State Capitol building, Marvin Cemetery (formerly Cold Springs Cemetery), and the residences of William Cobb, Frederick Koch, Edwin W. Marsh, and Augustus Pitt. The collection includes several images of the Margaret Mitchell burial plot at Oakland Cemetery. Images of people include Fred...
Dates:
1948-1949
Sally Connally Martin scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS218f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a scrapbook of invitations, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings regarding deaths, weddings, anniversaries, and social events in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1913-1925
Sally Eugenia Brown papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS43
Scope and Content
These papers consist of ephemera such as greeting card, receipts, postcards, newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook.
Dates:
1888-1927, undated
Sally Eugenia Brown photograph album
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS238
Scope and Content
The photograph album documents the travels of Sally Eugenia Brown from approximately 1890-1902. Identified photographs show the “Eden Fair” (location unknown) in September 1900; Mount Washington in New Hampshire; Saratoga, New York; and “Storyman Camp” (location unknown) in 1902. The remaining images include exterior views of building and homes, railroad trains and stations, streetcars, ships, and scenes of natural waterfalls. Of note are three albumen prints of Brown and her family.
Dates:
approximately 1890-1902
Sally F. White papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1128
Scope and Content
This collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, research materials, manuscripts, records, and other documents from Sally F. White's work with various public service organizations. The bulk consists of material regarding White's work with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as well as other archival material from the 1996 Olympics and Paralympics. The collection also contains documents created by the Atlanta Fashion Group during the United States Bicentennial in...
Dates:
1949-2010, undated
Sally Fanny Gleaton papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.mss1208
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials that document Sally Fanny Gleaton's career in women's suffrage advocacy. The bulk of papers are from the National League of Women Voters, which include annual convention pamphlets, financials, rosters, and receipts from hotels. Other items include a scrapbook, newspapers and clippings, a "Votes for Women" banner, greeting cards, and correspondence between Gleaton and other leaders and members of the women's suffrage movement.
Dates:
1907-1935, undated
Sally Garrison's account of the Atlanta Campaign
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS173f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a photocopy of Sally Garrison's handwritten account of her recollections of her experiences during the Atlanta Campaign. Her account spans from 1863 to 1864 and includes details of the following; conditions in Atlanta right before the raid, the Battle of Peachtree Creek, the shelling of the city, the surrender of Atlanta, and her experience as an exile fleeing to Macon, then to Dawson, Georgia until the end of the war. It was written at the request of the Thurza...
Dates:
1863-1864
Sally Parris scrapbook
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS303
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a single scrapbook containing newspaper clippings. The majority of the articles pertain to agriculture, politics, and personalities.
Dates:
1893-1903
Sally Spalding Funkhouser photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS380
Scope and Content
This collection contains portrait photographs of the Spalding and Foster families, including Sally Funkhouser's father, John Schaffner Spalding, Spalding Foundry Company president and deacon of Atlanta's Second Baptist Church. Of note is a portrait of her grandfather, Albert Theodore Spalding (1831-1921), who was deacon of the Second Baptist Church prior to John. Included are portraits of relatives and friends, such as Ellen Rinhoff, John Spalding's cousin, and Tom McGuire. There is also a...
Dates:
approximately 1865-1895, undated
Sam Carter papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS67
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence pertaining to the book The Siege of Atlanta, 1864, by Sam Carter, published by St. Martin's Press in 1973. It also contains a copy of the manuscript.
Dates:
1943-1973
Sam Massell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS695
Scope and Content
This collection contains a wide variety of material on the life and career of Sam Massell, Jr. It offers an excellent look at the careers of Sam Massell both as a political figure and as a businessman. There is also information relating to the many civic, political, and business organizations in which Sam Massell was involved. There are thirteen different series with topics such as Civil Rights, speeches, political information, trips, news releases, etc.
Dates:
1889-1983, undated
Sam Massell photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS322
Scope and Content
This collection documents the public life of former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell. The majority of the images in the collection depict his time as mayor; others document his career as a realtor and member of the City of Atlanta Board of Aldermen. The images also document Massell's ceremonial duties as mayor, including presiding over groundbreakings; presenting keys to the city to special visitors; and ceremonies involving MARTA and Delta Airlines. The collection features images of Massell...
Dates:
1954-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1974
Sam P. Jones photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS327
Scope and Content
This collection contains portraits of Reverend Sam P. Jones, as well as his immediate and extended family. Photographs depict family and friends in front of "The Cottage," Jones' residence in Cartersville, Georgia; celebrations such as Sam Jones' 50th birthday; Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, where Jones held revival meetings. Other photographs include portraits Tom Dunham, Jones' secretary, and the Jones family cook, Mat McCoy. Of particular note is a group portrait of Foreign...
Dates:
1870-1953, undated
Sam White probate court report
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS717f
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a handwritten copy of a report made to the probate court of Hancock County, Mississippi, in 1853. In it, the guardian of Thomas Doby's children, Sam White, states the approximate date and place of death of two of Doby's children, Raphael and Eliza. White also reports the "death by accidental burning" of a slave child, Octave, who belonged to the Doby children.
Dates:
February 1853
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