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Smith and Allen family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS886f
Scope and Content
This collection contains include tax returns, articles written by family members, programs, a bulletin, and newspaper clippings. Of particular note are recorded interviews with three members of the Smith family: Leroy Wingate (the uncle of Dorothy Smith Allen), Dorothy Smith Allen, and Robert Stuart Allen. The interviews detail growing up in Georgia during the Great Depression.
Dates:
1904-1997, undated
Smith family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS861
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a ledger containing the minutes of the stockholders' meetings and directors' meetings of the Flovilla Canning Company (Georgia) dating from the 1890s. Also included in the ledger is information regarding the Smith Brothers cotton crop of 1939. Other items include the Smith Brothers lumber business, guano accounts, and hay sold to the town of Jackson, Georgia. Also included in the collection are insurance policies and tax receipts belonging to Walter J. Smith...
Dates:
1893-1959, undated
Smith Family Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS140
Scope and Content
The collection includes warranty and indenture deeds, wills, promissory notes, contracts, title abstracts, and other legal documents pertaining to members of the Smith family, primarily David and Jane Smith, and their son Owen. Warranty and indenture deeds describe title transfers of land in the 14th District of Fulton County, land lots 46, 51, 77, 85, and 117 where David Smith owned property beginning in the 1880s. The property deeds date from 1859 to 1913 and include names of several...
Dates:
1859-1921, undated
Smith, Hammond, and Smith records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS458
Scope and Content
This collection contains some of the financial records and administrative files of the law firm. Included are case ledgers, cash books, real estate documents, and account books. There are also scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings on legal, banking, and civic matters.
Dates:
1865-1970, undated
Society for Georgia Archaeology Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS144
Scope and Contents of the Records
The collection is primarily correspondence pertaining to activities of the Society for Georgia Archaeology during the 1930s. James M. Mallory amassed much of the materials during his tenure as vice president for the Society. A significant portion of the correspondence relates to general administrative activities of the Society, however, there are several reports and surveys of archaeological sites throughout Georgia. Of special interest is the Fort Mountain folder, which includes...
Dates:
1932-1938
Solomon Augustus Lenfest diaries and genealogy
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS565f
Scope and Content
This collection consist of photocopies of the diaries of Solomon Augustus Lenfest written during the Nine Months Campiagn, 1862-1863, and the Hundred Days Campaign, 1864. Also included is the genealogy of the Lenfest family.
Dates:
1862-1864
Sons of Confederate Veterans collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS385
Scope and Content
This collection contains organizational records pertaining to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Included in the collection are programs, correspondence, and invitations.
Dates:
1897-1962, undated
Sope Creek Garden Club records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1191
Scope and Contents
This collection contains bound scrapbooks and club records such as awards, meeting minutes, yearbooks, and Secretary's Books, detailing the civic and social activities of the Sope Creek Garden Club. Secretary's Books include attendance logs, meeting minutes, and reports. Scrapbook materials consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, and flower show awards that illustrate the club's interests and projects. Of special note are scrapbook clippings and images of the Sope Creek historic covered...
Dates:
1948-2022, undated
South Bend Militia District documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS907f
Scope and Content
This collection contains material about the families who established the South Bend Militia District. The collection includes an account of the Gardner family and their neighbors; copies of newspaper articles and district maps; images of graves, plaques, and aerial shots; and reports on the local families and Orchard Knob Baptist Church. The collection also contains information about the petition to create the South Bend District, including a copy of the petition published in the ...
Dates:
1881-2018, undated
South Carolina Club of Atlanta records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS802
Scope and Content
This collection consists of yearbooks and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks contain notices, newspaper clippings, photographs, and correspondence.
Dates:
1938-1987
South Carolina Railroad Company ticket
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS325f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a fare ticket for the South Carolina Railroad Company.
Dates:
1873
South-Eastern Underwriters Association records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS366
Scope and Content
This collection is primarily meeting reports and other documents pertaining to the organization of the South-Eastern Underwriters Association.
Dates:
1882-1971, undated
Southeastern Elevator Company documents
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS779f
Scope and Content
This collection contains invoices and inter-office documents recording the company's work with installing elevators in Atlanta homes.
Dates:
1945-1946
Southeastern Fair Association photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS358
Scope and Content
The collection contains images of individuals associated with the 1915 Southeastern Fair. Include are photographs of Ivan E. Allen Sr., who served as vice president; Brooks Morgan, the executive councilman; and Mayor James G. Woodward, who served as executive councilman.
Dates:
approximately 1915, undated
Southeastern Fair Association records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1159
Scope and Content
This collection contains material that documents the creation, activities, and dissolution of the Southeastern Fair Association, later called the Atlanta Fair and Exposition Center, Inc. Records include bylaws, charter contracts, lease agreements with the City of Atlanta, meeting minutes, accounts, and other administrative documents that illustrate the structure, function, and operations of the organization. The collection also contains correspondence between various members of the board of...
Dates:
1915-1978, undated
Southeastern Flower Show Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1006
Scope and Contents
This collection includes material that documents the history and growth of the Southeastern Flower Show. A wide variety of flower show records are included such as invitations, programs, brochures, drawings and plans of exhibit spaces, correspondence and announcements, Atlanta Flower Show News, articles, award lists,Clippings newsletters, silent auction pamphlets, and raffle tickets. More recent years include post flower...
Dates:
1988-current
Southeastern garden clubs collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1117
Scope and Content
This collection contains programs, guidebooks, and yearbooks for garden clubs mostly from south Georgia, but also from Alabama, South Carolina, and other southern states. Material provides details of membership, meeting programs, flower shows, and constitution and by-laws. Some items document club histories, achievements, activities, and civic projects. Included in the collection are annual meeting and convention programs from The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Of special interest are...
Dates:
1929-current
Southern Association for Vascular Surgery records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1154
Scope and Content
This collection contains information regarding the founding, the membership, and the activities of the the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery. Materials document the management and growth of the association, particularly annual meetings and membership. The bulk of the collection contains membership applications and meeting minutes. Also included are annual meeting materials such as programs and invitations; financial papers; and newsletters. Of particular note are the original...
Dates:
1976-2015, undated
Southern Council on International and Public Affairs photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS357
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of two council meetings: a meeting held at McElreath Hall of the Atlanta Historical Society (later named Atlanta History Center) and a regional conference of the Southern Council on International and Public Affairs in Charleston, South Carolina. Images taken at McElreath Hall highlight Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's address to the Southern Council. Also included are American politicians Mayor Andrew Young (1932-), Governor Zell Miller (1932-2018),...
Dates:
1976 March 6; December 3-4
Southern Garden Heritage Conference records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1033
Scope and Content
This collection contains material that provides information on the conference programs and speakers. Brochures and handouts are included in the collection, which offer details on topics explored during the conferences.
Dates:
2000-2014
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