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Buttermilk Bottom (Atlanta, Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

David Messer photograph collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS237
Scope and Content The images in this collection consist of photographs of the construction of the Atlanta Civic Center taken by David James Messer, Sr. Photographs include black and white interior and exterior images of the auditorium of the convention center and the exhibit building for the City of Atlanta. Messer produced monthly images to document the stages of the Atlanta Civic Center's development. The collection depicts views of the initial groundbreaking in 1965 to the completion of the convention...
Dates: 1965-1968

Minnie Hite Moody manuscript

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS160
Scope and Content

This collection consists of the typed original manuscript for Death is a Little Man, a novel about the Buttermilk Bottom section of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1936

Series IV: Planning and Development Committee records, 1957-1973

 Series
Scope and Contents This series contains committee meeting minutes from the Planning and Development Committee which reviewed and evaluated living conditions in Atlanta neighborhoods to ensure their suitability for citizens. The Planning and Development Committee also took considerations from the Department of Planning and Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board on urban renewal matters. The committee originally reviewed redevelopment of areas that included Butler Street, Atlanta University Center,...
Dates: 1957-1973