Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Harvey Johnson scrapbooks
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS287
Scope and Content
This collection contains a series of three scrapbooks primarily containing newspaper clippings. Some of the articles include topics such as the Lewis Redwine case, General E. Kirby Smith, Judge Lumpkin, and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Dates:
1889-1893, undated
J. Forsythe Gordy papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS492
Scope and Content
This collection contains newsletters and materials pertaining to the growth and development of the City of Atlanta, Georgia. There are also pamphlets, copies of legislation, and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1951-1981, undated
Joe McTyre Photograph Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS106
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection is comprised of images taken by Atlanta Journal- Constitution journalist Joe McTyre, and images of other Atlanta photojournalists. The photographs in the collection include images of prominent individuals in government, business, entertainment, sports, and others who were the subject of news events. Also included are photographs of the physical environment of Atlanta, and in rural Georgia towns. The remaining photographs relate to news coverage of events such as airplane...
Dates:
1889-1985, undated
John A. White papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS358f
Scope and Content
This collection contains a New Testament given to Lieut. John A. White while at Camp Gordon by his mother, Mrs. B. J. White, a resolution from the Atlanta City Council honoring White on his death, and a letter from Alexander Allison to Milton Allison on farming conditions in Troup County, Georgia.
Dates:
1850, 1966
John J. Eagan papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS71
Scope and Content
This collection includes personal correspondence, biographical sketches, news clippings, business records, personal financial records, and property records of John Eagan.
Dates:
1846-1977, undated
John J. Woodside Family Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS250
Scope and Content
This collection contains the business records from Woodside Storage Company and also admission records from the Home for the Friendless. These are a variety of papers and documents that reflect the character of each member of the Woodside Family. The several cash books from Woodside Storage contain the business records of John J. Woodside, Sr. in the last few years of his life. The admissions books from the Home for the Friendless are records kept by Margaret Woodside during the years she...
Dates:
1889-1950
Kirkwood Neighbors Organization records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1037
Scope and Content
This collection consists of executive committee records, including bylaws and articles of incorporation, regarding the incorporation of the Kirkwood Neighbors Organization (KNO); executive committee correspondence on neighborhood concerns, such as zoning, public safety, transportation issues, and education; KNO meeting agendas and minutes; subcommittee activities and special projects, such as streetscape improvements for Kirkwood commercial district, oral history projects, green space...
Dates:
1993-2009, 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, posters, and campaign mail. Represented in the collection are Oblander Group clients, including presidential, congressional, statewide, legislative, and municipal candidates, as well as party committees...
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
Lester Maddox papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1267
Scope and Contents
The collection contains records generated during Lester Maddox's time in office as governor and lieutenant governor of Georgia and his political campaigns in 1966 and 1974, subject files, booklets, correspondence, scrapbooks, and audio recordings. Campaign papers include letters of support, volunteer lists, agendas, district organization charts, and lists of contributors. Subject files include information on a 1963 grand jury investigation of the Atlanta Police Department in which Atlanta...
Dates:
1915-2003, undated
Long, Rucker, and Aiken family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS468
Scope and Content
The collection contains papers from the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social lives of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families, prominent African American families in Atlanta, Georgia. There are documents from Jefferson Long's congretional career. From Henry Rucker and the Rucker family there is documentation of their social life, businesses, family finances, land and estate management, court cases, and Henry Rucker’s political career in the Republican Party. Rucker...
Dates:
1810-1988, undated
MacDougall Family Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS228
Scope and Content
The Papers of Robert and Margaret MacDougall consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings and scrapbook pages, and brochures and other printed materials. Many of these papers concern MacDougall’s work as an engineer, work as an administrator of the Works Progress Administration and his activities working with the city of Atlanta, particularly in the development of the expressways through the city and the bond issues to finance the projects. A second portion of these papers concern the...
Dates:
1924-1977
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1077
Scope and Content
This collection contains business documents generated and collected by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The bulk of the material is meeting minutes created by the Chamber and its various councils. There are also publications of the Chamber, administrative and institutional records, and various documents describing the establishment of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), airports in Atlanta, and the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission. Material...
Dates:
1883-2012, undated
Nancy Downing scrapbook on Eleonore Raoul Greene
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS932f
Scope and Content
Downing created this scrapbook as a memorial to Eleonore Raoul Greene. It contains copies of her suffrage exercises, thank you letters, newspaper articles, and letters documenting her work with the Atlanta League of Women Voters.
Dates:
1964-1977, undated
Raymond Rosenfeld papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1258
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents written and collected by Raymond Rosenfeld during his doctoral studies at Emory University and his work at the Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc. (CCAA). The bulk of the documents from CCAA are reports and evaluations conducted by the Research Evaluation Center on social services in Atlanta. There is also research pertaining to his dissertation about Atlanta Public Schools desegregation such as articles, reports, and surveys. In addition, there are...
Dates:
1966-1973, undated
Research Atlanta Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS993
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection consists of the records of Research Atlanta, Inc. The records document the administrative history and research activities of the organization from its inception in 1971 to 1992. The records include correspondence, publications, clippings, research notes, and reports regarding the activities and projects in which Research Atlanta was involved. The bulk of the collection consists of the research files in Series II, which document the various topics analyzed by the organization....
Dates:
1930-1997 Bulk: 1970-1992
Robert Foster Jr. Maddox papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS143
Scope and Contents
This collection documents Robert Foster Jr. Maddox’s political and banking career as well as Maddox family history. The bulk of the collection are scrapbooks, many from Maddox's years as Mayor of Atlanta.
Dates:
1861-1965
Robert Lee Avary papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS16
Scope and Content
This collection consists of business papers, Methodist church papers, political papers, family records, and materials relating to Confederate veterans.
Dates:
1881-1958
Roy LeCraw papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS504
Scope and Content
This collection consists of materials removed from a group of scrapbooks and includes pamphlets, programs, invitations, political ephemera, periodicals, posters, advertisements, and some correspondence.
Dates:
1907-1973; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1949