Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
Southern Voice photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS415
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images used for stories published by Southern Voice newspaper. Images include businesses, individuals, organizations, demonstrations and events, and photographs related to political issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender communities. Of particular note are demonstrations associated with ACT UP and the Cobb Citizens Coalition, as well as images of the Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade and Atlanta Black Pride....
Dates:
approximately 1968-2010, bulk dates approximately 1990-2010
Southern Voice records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1016
Scope and Content
This collection contains editorial planning records and subject files for stories published by Southern Voice. These files include editorial planning meeting notes, story assignments, camera-ready art, and subject files on national and regional issues of crime, health, lifestyle, and politics concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender community. The camera-ready art consists of photographs and graphics used in conjunction with published...
Dates:
1982-2007 undated
Subseries I: Bureau of Planning records, 1909-1979, undated
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Bureau of Planning records document the efforts of the City of Atlanta government and Metropolitan Planning Comnmission (later named Atlanta Regional Commission) to peacefully integrate Atlanta neighborhoods in the 1950s and 1960s as African Americans sought to purchase homes in neighborhoods occupied by white residents. In 1952, Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield set up the West Side Mutual Development Committee (WSMDC), a bi-racial citizens committee that worked with civic groups, real...
Dates:
1909-1979, undated
Walter McElreath Papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS154
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, certificates, manuscripts, handwritten notes, and pamphlets. The bulk of the collection contains McElreath's writings; research; rough drafts; a play for the Atlanta Centennial celebration; manuscripts of books and articles; and newspaper notices about his publications. Also included are notes and articles about Gertrude Stein and George Bernard Shaw. Newspaper clippings cover topics such as the Atlanta Centennial in 1948; the...
Dates:
1879-1963, undated
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
William B. Hartsfield films
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS194
Scope and Content
The films in this collection depict the 1939 premiere of the Gone with the Wind, hosted by the City of Atlanta; Hartsfield’s 1940 mayoral campaign; Hartsfield with Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell selling war bonds in downtown Atlanta during World War II; footage highlighting his six-term career as mayor; and amateur footage of Hartsfield with unidentified individuals fishing...
Dates:
approximately 1939-1960
William Berry Hartsfield collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS530
Scope and Content
This collection contains pages from a scrapbook; a copy of a letter addressed to "William;" a thank you card from Mrs. William B. Hartsfield; and two programs pertaining to William B. Hartsfield. Also included are newspaper clippings that cover Hartsfield's elections, activities in office, death, and funeral and memorial services.
Dates:
1938-1971
William Fulmer Hull photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS177
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection consists of images taken by photographer Bill Hull in the course of his duties at the Atlanta Historical Society. Mr. Hull frequently photographed areas in Atlanta in support of research, exhibitions, and programs at the institution. Included are images of geographic locations in the Metropolitan Atlanta region, including Buckhead, Cabbagetown, Midtown and downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Images of geographic locations show commercial buildings, parks, and street views of important...
Dates:
1985-1996
WRFG records of the Living Atlanta oral history project
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS637
Scope and Content
The bulk of this collection consists of tape recorded interviews of Atlantans used to create fifty programs titledLiving Atlanta: Atlanta Life from World War I through World War II, and the programs themselves, which aired on WRFG Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. The programs were composed of excerpts from the interviews connected by music and explanatory narration. During the course of the project, hundreds of Atlantans were interviewed, resulting in approximately...
Dates:
1977-1980, undated