Businessmen -- Law and legislation -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Georgia Retail Merchants Association records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS946
Scope and Content
The records of the Georgia Retail Merchants Association include three bound volumes, as well as some loose newspaper clippings, and other material. The first volume is a scrapbook including press clippings, correspondence, event programs, brochures, official rosters, and annual reports, which chronicle the growth of the Georgia Retail Merchants Association. The clippings, originally intended to be incorporated into the scrapbook, document the social functions held by the association, which...
Dates:
1914-1974
Madison Bell papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1098
Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, booklets, and newspapers, the majority of which were collected by, or pertain to, the life and work of Madison Bell. The correspondence spans Bell's adult life; most are addressed from family and friends. Documents relate to his family and his career. The booklets pertain to Georgia law, Bell himself, and Georgia's secession from the Union. Items of particular note are a muster roll from the 30th Georgia Cavalry Battalion, posters advertising...
Dates:
1844-1896, 1945-1951, 1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1853 - 1896
William McElreath Branham photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS291
Scope and Content
This collection contains images of Branham family members, including: Walter McElreath at age 40; J.N. McEachern and his wife; and Emmett and May McElreath, law partner and brother of Walter McElreath. Of special note is a profile image of Robert E. Lee, believed to be signed by him.
Dates:
approximately 1935, undated