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Adams-Cates Company Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS144
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains aerial photographs produced to assist Adams-Cates Company in the development of commercial real estate in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Aerial views of the cities of Atlanta, College Park, Decatur, East Point, Forest Park, Gainesville, Hapeville, Lithonia, Marietta, Panthersville, Sandy Springs, Smyrna, Stone Mountain, as well as dozens of images of unidentified areas in the metropolitan Atlanta region are contained in the collection. The photographs document the...
Dates:
1956-1973
Adolph Rosenberg Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS124
Scope and Contents of the Records
A varied collection, these photographs are a mixture of images of rural areas in Fulton County, images relating to Atlanta’s Jewish community, military photographs, and photographs of an elementary class. Most of the images in the collection were taken by Rosenberg, but several were not. The photographs of Fulton County include images of buildings, stores, and farms in Buckhead, Roswell, and Lebanon, Georgia, and several in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Images of Atlanta’s Jewish community...
Dates:
1945-1955, undated
Alfred Austell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS29
Scope and Content
These papers consist of various business and legal documents related to Alfred Austell's numerous business ventures. Included are land deeds, bookkeeping notes, checks, property insurance policies, bills, receipts, and photocopies of pages from Austell's letter book dealing with banking business, sale of cotton, and property acquisition and payment of personal notes. This collection also contains two pocket files, which are listed by month. The contents of these files have been left in...
Dates:
1833-1962; Majority of material found within 1833 - 1889
Calhoun family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS50
Scope and Content
The Calhoun family papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, military papers, and family history. The primary contributors to the collection are James Montgomery Calhoun and his son, William Lowndes Calhoun. Notable items in the collection include an undated Calhoun family history, a personal account of Sherman’s siege of Atlanta by Robert Henderson, a family Bible, a handwritten copy of the affidavit of James M. Calhoun regarding the surrender of Atlanta, and a floor plan of...
Dates:
1834-1960, undated
City of Atlanta Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.CityofAtlanta
Scope and Content
This collection consists of administrative records from the City of Atlanta, which have been divided into sixteen series. Records include materials pertaining to select mayors of Atlanta and correspondence and memos from the Executive Office. The collection also includes City Council and Board of Alderman legislation, minutes, and proceedings. Records also include material regarding transportation, public safety, finance, planning and community development, courts, public works, and maps....
Dates:
1848-2013, undated
Douglas H. Davis, Sr. photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS301
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs of aerial views of Atlanta and vicinity, and of Valdosta, Georgia. Included are images of Southern Railway shops; downtown Atlanta; Ponce de Leon Baseball Park; Gammon Theological Seminary; and Oglethorpe University and Georgia School of Techonology campuses. Of interest are photographs pertaining to Davis as an aviator and his early days of commercial flying.
Dates:
1929-1934, undated
Gil Robison visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS422
Scope and Contents
This collection features images collected by Gil Robison related to his personal and professional life, in particular his work with the Metropolitan Gazette. Photographs include those taken by Gerald Jones for the publication, primarily of Atlanta and Georgia political leaders, as well as the 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In many of these images, Robison is seen interviewing featured individuals, who include...
Dates:
approximately 1900-2001, undated
Gladys Palmer Hobgood Camp papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS68
Scope and Content
Lists of personnel of the civil court of Fulton County, a series of publications titled Railroad Stories, by H. A. Couch; inaugural invitations for President Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a letter from Mayor William Hartsfield on the annexation of Buckhead and Druid Hills.
Dates:
1916-1978
Grace Towns Hamilton maps and photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS35
Scope and Content
The collection contains images of Grace Towns Hamilton, her family, special events, and other public officials. The bulk of the collection features Hamilton posed with public officials including: Governor Jimmy Carter, U.S. Congressman Andrew Young, Georgia Governor George Busbee, Coretta Scott King, Atlanta University President Benjamin E. Mays, and U.S. Congressman Julian Bond. Also included are photographs of Atlanta homes of the 1960s; African-American Navy yard workers (1940s); the...
Dates:
1882-1984, undated
Henry A. Alexander, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1142
Scope and Content
This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, legal documents, and political writings, including text of speeches and letters to the editor of local newspapers that reflect Henry Alexander's activism in the Republican Party during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Legal and professional documents include Alexander’s affiliation with the American Bar Association, correspondence to the General Assembly and with the Fifth District of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs. ...
Dates:
1900-1973, undated
Howard L. Preston Chattahoochee River research materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS175
Scope and Content
This collection includes research material gathered under a grant to study Fort Peachtree at Peachtree Creek and the Chattahoochee River. Included are notes, a copy of the Archeological Survey of Fulton and Cobb counties, and several pamphlets produced by the city of Atlanta.
Dates:
1973-1975, undated
Kristin Oblander papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1271
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to Oblander’s career in political fundraising. Professional materials make up the bulk of the collection, including memos and other internal documents from various campaigns, financial information and donor records, fundraising event invitations, and campaign mail. Represented in the collection are Oblander Group clients, including presidential, congressional, statewide, legislative, and municipal candidates, as well as party committees and other...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980-2022, undated
Leo Frank papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS91
Scope and Content
This collection primarily consists of correspondence. There are letters of sympathy and support sent to Leo Frank and Lucille Selig Frank throughout his incarceration and after his death. Letters to the Franks are often written by many of the same people and share similar content. Also included is correspondence from members of the Frank and Selig families, from Frank's attorneys, from newspaper publishers and reporters, and to Governor Slaton on behalf of Leo Frank. In addition, the...
Dates:
1912-1916, undated
Lesbian and Gay Pride Week proclamations
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS799f
Scope and Content
This collection contains three government-issued proclamations. The first was issued by Maynard Jackson, former Mayor of Atlanta, proclaiming that June 21-27, 1993 was "Lesbian and Gay Pride/Human Rights Week" in the City of Atlanta. The second was issued by Mary Davis, member of the Atlanta City Council, also proclaiming that June 21-27, 1993 was "Lesbian and Gay Pride Week" in Atlanta. She further proclaimed that June 28, 1993 was "Stonewall Anniversary Day" in the City of Atlanta. The...
Dates:
1993
Map collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS290
Scope and Content
This collection includes city maps of Atlanta and its suburbs, as well as plat maps drawn to facilitate the purchase of new homes in neighborhoods and subdivisions in Fulton, DeKalb and Cobb counties. The maps illustrate the physical growth of the city of Atlanta and the creation of neighborhoods in and around the city in the latter half of the 19th century through the late 20th century.
Dates:
1853-1991, undated
Philip T. Shutze visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS351
Scope and Content
This collection contains architectural drawings, sketches, artwork, and photos of Shutze's professional work, his travels, his personal life, and his antiques. The architectural drawings are from the firms of Norrman, Hentz & Reid; Hentz & Reid; Hentz, Reid & Adler; Hentz, Adler & Shutze; and Shutze & Armistead, as well as drawings representing historic buildings designed by other architects and firms. Among his most well known buildings are Swan House owned by Edward and...
Dates:
1820-1993, 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
Van Buren Colley Photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS149
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection of photographs includes pictures of Atlanta and rural areas in the metropolitan Atlanta region, including Adamsville, and Alpharetta, and other areas of Fulton County. Included are street scenes in downtown Atlanta, and private residences, such as the interior of the home of Civil War collector Beverly DuBose on 2737 Peachtree Street, the home of Lemuel P. Grant in Grant Park, and farmland on Dunwoody Road. The collection is comprised of photographs of churches, including the...
Dates:
circa 1873-1970, undated, bulk 1953-1970
Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS130
Scope and Content
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. The bulk of the personal papers pertain to the Kurtz and Fuller families and Wilbur's early adult life in Greencastle, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. The personal papers also contain a series of diaries written by Wilbur and correspondence between Kurtz and Fuller family members.The professional papers and research papers consist primarily of the research materials and notes compiled by Wilbur...
Dates:
1814-1993, undated
Wilbur G Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS197
Scope and Content
This collection contains the family photographs of the Kurtz and Fuller families as well as visual materials Kurtz created and collected during the course of his career. Family photographs pertain to Kurtz and Fuller families as well as a few images from Annie Pye Kurtz prior to her marriage to Wilbur Sr. Also included are images of Wilbur Sr. and friends during his time in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of this collection is photographic materials which support the research and field work...
Dates:
1859-1972, undated
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