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Public schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Agnes "Annie" Moore scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS927f
Scope and Content

This scrapbook documents Agnes Moore Nabers' senior year at Commercial High School. It contains newspaper clippings pertaining to Commercial High School, photographs of students and faculty, short poems and signatures from students and faculty, pressed flowers, and calling cards. Also included are lists of clubs, Moore's report card, and a graduation program.

Dates: 1919-1920

Allen Jones photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS451
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of photographs of Allen Oscar Jones, including photos of his childhood, trips to Europe and Texas, Jones with friends and family, as well as class portraits. Locations depicted in the photographs include Lakewood Park, Moreland Elementary School, Little Five Points, Houston and Galveston, Texas, and unspecified locations in Europe. The bulk of the collection is from Jones’ childhood in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s.

Dates: approximately 1940-1980

APPLE Corps, Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1252
Scope and Contents This collection serves as an example of a grassroots neighborhood organization which was formed to improve the quality of public schools. The collection contains records that document the founding, history, and activities of APPLE Corps, Inc. Included in the collection are administrative files, annual reports, Board of Directors meeting minutes, financial records, presentations, and workshop materials. Publications of APPLE Corps represented in the collection include its newsletter,...
Dates: 1974-2003, undated

Atlanta Community Relations Commission documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1228
Scope and Contents

This collection contains minutes, reports, and other items generated by the Atlanta Community Relations Commission. These items document the Commission's establishment; relations with Atlanta Public Services; and reports on housing, discrimination, and race relations. Of particular interest is correspondence pertaining to segregation in schools, real estate, and employment.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1966-1968

Bazoline E. Usher papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1239
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers pertaining to Bazoline Usher’s career in Atlanta Public Schools and her community involvement. Included are two scrapbook, one that documents her retirement; and one with photos and cards from her 100th birthday celebration, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, Friendship Baptist Church event programs, and information about the Girl Scouts. Of particular note are interviews with Usher saved on cassettes and an oral history transcript from the Black...
Dates: 1921-2005, undated

Belle Rogers McConnell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS839
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials that document the teaching career of Belle R. McConnell. Materials include hearing test results, lesson plans, activity materials, copies of speeches and reports, McConnell's teaching certificates, news clippings, and correspondence with colleagues and former students.

Dates: 1905-1971, undated

Betsy Teplis papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS737f
Scope and Content This collection contains materials pertaining to the life and education of Betsy Edith (Blumberg) Teplis. Materials include: concert and theater programs, a certificate of completion from Daniel C. O'Keefe Junior High School, a Girls High School freshman handbook, Girls High School class of 1944 fifty year reunion program (1994), and commencement announcements from the Girls High School graduation of Betsy Teplis. Also included is a Georgia School of Technology (later the Georgia Institute...
Dates: 1938-1994

Boys' High School collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS364
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the Boys High School. The bulk of the collection is newspaper clippings and class reunion documents such as programs and minutes.

Dates: 1907-1947, undated

Daisy F. Smith collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS459
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook with newspaper clippings, correspondence, invitations, and memorabilia during Daisy Smith's school years in Atlanta Public Schools and Girls' High School.

Dates: 1910-1920, undated

Daniel O. Dougherty, Jr.'s photographs of Atlanta public schools

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS300
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of class photographs from early Atlanta schools, including Calhoun Street School; Calhoun School; Hunter's School for Boys; and Ivy Street School.

Dates: approximately 1881-1904, undated

Emma Lou Cole papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS86
Scope and Content Material related to the Eberhart family, including a scrapbook of late 19th Century advertisements, cards and magazine clippings, and one of newspaper clippings (which includes a history of Grady Hospital); and numerous items relating to apartment rental in Atlanta.Material related to the Eberhart family, including a scrapbook of late 19th Century advertisements, cards and magazine clippings, and one of newspaper clippings (which includes a history of Grady Hospital); and numerous items...
Dates: 1856-1970, undated

Herman L. Turner papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1226
Scope and Contents

This collection contains mostly correspondence and press clippings from Reverend Turner's latter years in ministry, with a focus on the 1957 "Ministers' Manifesto" and similar materials connected to the second statement issued the following year. Additional material includes speeches, publications and other writings from Turner's earlier professional and social affiliations.

Dates: 1934-1966, undated

H.J. Carr & Co. photographs and postcard

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS3
Scope and Content

This collection contains photos of commercial buildings, including hotels, office buildings, parking garages, a theatre, manufacturing buildings, a YMCA, educational facilities and railroad facilities. The architects involved on these construction projects include G. Lloyd Preacher, Ivey & Crook, and Neel Reid. Photographers include Edgar Orr, Rogers & Farmer, Fishbaugh & Lee, Francis E. Price, and Reeves Studio.

Dates: 1909-1932, undated

Hughs family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS121
Scope and Content

This collection contains family histories, scrapbooks, clippings, and correspondence about the Hughs family. Of particular note are three manuscripts; Lucile Smith Hughs' “My Pot Pourri of Ninety Years" about the West End area of Atlanta; Albert S. Mead's “Five Hundred Miles A-Foot” chronicling his trip through the North Georgia mountains; and Mother Mary Monica's “Some Family Memories” about Antebellum Atlanta.

Dates: 1858-1974, undated

Kate Helen Suber Thompson scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1145
Scope and Content This collection contains a scrapbook created by Kate Thompson with materials from the Beta Chapter of the Delphian Society in Atlanta and Thompson’s daughter, Katherine. Materials include chapter documents and correspondence, as well as documents and newspaper clippings about Katherine’s education, particularly at Girls High School in Atlanta. In addition, this collection contains newspaper clippings of literary excerpts, news stories, and short pieces on motherhood. Of special note is a...
Dates: 1869-1988, undated

Kingsbery family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS794
Scope and Content The Kingsbery family papers have been arranged by family member, then further categorized by type of document, e.g., personal correspondence, business correspondence, etc. Sanford Kingsbery's personal correspondence, work and sales receipts, business records, and a license issued by the Internal Revenue Service, authorizing his occupation as a miller, are included. This collection also contains the business and personal correspondence of Edwin Kingsbery. Joseph Kingsbery's personal...
Dates: 1835-1967, undated

Mary Butt Griffith Dobbs papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS111
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials related to the Griffith family, Mary Griffith Dobbs, and the Griffith School of Music in Atlanta. Items includes articles, a scrapbook, music periodicals and booklets, and ephemera from the Griffith School of Music.

Dates: 1913-1965, undated

Mary Butt Griffith Dobbs photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS299
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of Dobbs' family members, including Mary B. Griffith Dobbs and John H. Dobbs, as well as photographs of Griffith School of Music. Other photographs include images of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.

Dates: 1912-1927, undated

Mary E. Womack papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1040
Scope and Content This collection contains materials generated by Mary E. Womack in her work with the Campaign for Responsible Parenthood in the Atlanta Public Schools. Materials include: correspondence and meeting materials related to the campaign; Adolescent Sexuality Series brochures and correspondence from Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University; a 1987 article by Dr. Alonzo Crim and Mary E. Womack; scholarly articles on sex education, teenage pregnancy, and teenage parenting; and a 1979 issue of...
Dates: 1971-1987, undated

Mary Frances Shindelbower papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS898f
Scope and Content

This collection contains papers from Mary Shindelbower's college years and teaching career. Included are newspapers from and about the Georgia State College for Women, college handbooks, newspapers from other schools, pamphlets from teacher conferences, teacher handbooks, teacher forms, church programs, World War II ration books, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1905-1972, undated