Performing arts -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Alliance Theatre visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS464
Scope and Contents
This collection contains images of productions, events, advertisements, actors, and administrative staff of the Alliance Theatre. Also included are headshots and resumes of actors who were involved in some of the performances at the theater. Of particular note are images of opening events and performances of some of the company’s past productions including Cyrano De Bergerac, Julius...
Dates:
1968-1990, undated
Atlanta Arts Alliance records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS584
Scope and Content
This collection contains material about the founding and early operations of the Atlanta Arts Alliance. Material includes meeting minutes, correspondence between members of the Alliance, press releases about the Atlanta Memorial Cultural Center, financial records, and issues of the magazine Atlanta Arts and other articles. Topics include fundraising efforts, financial planning (particularly raising money for the Memorial Arts Center), and community outreach....
Dates:
1961-1986, undated
Atlanta Ballet records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS963
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials created by the Atlanta Ballet to document outreach, development, education, research, and programing efforts. Topics include marketing and public relations, advertising, fundraising, volunteers, research and performance of specific ballets, costumes, and special events. Specific programs and groups documented by the collection include the Atlanta Ballet Guild, Atlanta Ballet II, the Atlanta Ballet Board, the Atlanta Ballet School, the Cleveland Ballet, the...
Dates:
1955-2002, undated
Atlanta Music Club photographs and video
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS245
Scope and Content
The collection consists of images of club members and performers, club member meetings, and concerts and events produced by the Atlanta Music Club. A variety of images of events are represented in the collection such as color and black and white images from the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra's 26th Annual Young Artists' Concerto Concert (2000); the club's Spring Promenade (1982); the All-Star Concert Series (1985) and a fashion show (1993). There are a small number of unidentified...
Dates:
1950-2001, undated
Atlanta Music Festival Association records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS332
Scope and Content
This collection contains records from the Atlanta Music Festival Association and Metropolitan Opera performances in Atlanta. Included in the collection are correspondence, donor gift records, ticket office operations manuals and ticket sales data mostly from the mid-1980s until the end of the Metropolitan Opera tour in 1986. The collection also contains annual reports, scrapbooks, librettos, newspaper clippings, publications, repertoires, seating charts, and ticket order forms from the New...
Dates:
1902-1986, undated
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra visual arts materials | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS452
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) in Atlanta, Georgia, from the 1920s through the 1990s. The photographs document orchestra directors, musicians, personnel, guest musicians, concerts, and activities. Locations depicted in the photographs include Peachtree Street, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, the Woodruff Arts Center, the Swan House at Atlanta History Center, Chastain Park, Carnegie Hall in New York, and unidentified locations.
Dates:
approximately 1920-1999, undated
Charlotte and Alvin Ferst, Jr. papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1038
Scope and Content
This collection contains reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, and memoranda from organizations in which either Alvin or Charlotte Ferst were active during their professional and civic careers. Among these organizations are the High Museum of Art, the Museum Trustees Association, Rich's Department Store, Central Atlanta Progress, TransFact Inc., the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and the United Way. The collection also contains personal correspondence from Charlotte and Alvin Ferst,...
Dates:
1954-2009, undated
Choral Guild of Atlanta records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1251
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records that document the activities, practices, and performances of the Choral Guild of Atlanta. Included in the collection are board proceedings, financial records, chorus member handbooks, clippings and articles, organizational history, itineraries, performance announcements, schedules, and programs. Also a part of the collection are administrative binders that detail CGA's mission, history, by-laws, meeting minutes, member handbooks, budgets, timeline, and...
Dates:
1939-2018, undated
Diamond Lil photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS486
Scope and Contents
This collection contains portraits of Diamond Lil, as well as images of performances at unidentified bars or venues.
Dates:
approximately 1970-1980
Edmund W. Hughes photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS186
Scope and Content
This collection contains images that document the metropolitan Atlanta region and photographs illustrating social events in the city. Bell and Stanton Public Relations used these photographs documenting the Atlanta area as promotional images. Most of the images were taken in the late 1960s and include the Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center, First Federal Savings and Loan building, Hartford Insurance building, Peachtree Center, and the Trust Company of Georgia. The collection...
Dates:
1958-1968
Frances A. Pici visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS418
Scope and Contents
This collection contains color slides and videos of LGBTQ+ activist events, performances, and sports. Included are images of two Atlanta lesbian softball teams, the Lorlei Ladies and the Tower Hotshots, as well as materials related to the Red Dyke Theatre and Lucina's Music performance venues. Also included are two activist events related to the Equal Rights Amendment (labeled as a picnic) and a gay rights march, both in Atlanta, Georgia. The videos depict performances by members of the Red...
Dates:
approximately 1975-1990
Joseph M. Body photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS543
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs taken by Joseph M. Body of aerial views in Atlanta as well as theatres in Atlanta, Decatur, Athens, and Macon, Georgia. Theatres depicted include Cascade Theatre, Euclid Theatre, and Little Five Points Theatre in Atlanta; Decatur Theatre in Decatur; Palace Theatre in Athens; Capitol Theatre and Ritz Theatre in Macon. Also included are photographs of the Body and Fuller families, as well as the Fuller family residence on Oak Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
approximately 1940-1949
Judy Body papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS902
Scope and Content
This collection contains material collected by Harriet Fuller Body and her daughter, Judy Body. Items include sheet music relating to opera, waltzes, and sonatas. Also, newspaper and magazine reviews of operas and performing arts as well as pictures and portraits of opera and theatrical performers from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Two scrapbooks containing poems, postcards and newspaper clippings are also included. Several items relating to Atlanta are included, such as a newspaper from...
Dates:
1890-1985, undated
Sam Massell photographs | Note: this collection is out for digitization and currently unavailable.
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