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Banks and Banking -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Albertype Company Atlanta souvenir album

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS213
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photogravures of locations in and around Atlanta during the early 20th century, including the Georgia State Capitol; Piedmont Hotel; Ansley Hotel; Winecoff Hotel; Second Baptist Church of Atlanta; Carnegie Library; First Baptist Church; and the First United Methodist Church.

Dates: approximately 1915
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Albertype Company Atlanta souvenir album

Alston and Glenn family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1262
Scope and Contents This collection contains papers from the Alston and Glenn families of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. These families were joined by marriage when Jack Glenn married Anne Amanda Alston in 1935. The Alston family papers include correspondence and legal documents pertaining to several generations of Alstons. Correspondence features discussions regarding finances, land plot purchases, education, historical society applications, and legal documents such as wills and estate planning. Also...
Dates: 1612-2017, undated; Majority of material found in 1900-1975
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Alston and Glenn family papers

Arthur and Lafayette Montgomery papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS164
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, financial records, annual reports, trade publications, scrapbooks, programs and invitations, relating to the Coca-Cola Company and the Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Company.

Dates: 1909-1979, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Arthur and Lafayette Montgomery papers

Atlanta Federal Savings and Loan Association history

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS526f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a typewritten history of the initial beginning of the Atlanta Federal Savings and Loan Association, also known as the Atlanta Federal Savings.

Dates: 1987
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Federal Savings and Loan Association history

Ben Shute watercolors for First National Bank of Atlanta

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS444
Scope and Contents This collection includes copies of watercolors of a variety of locations around Atlanta, including the First National Bank of Atlanta, the commissioner of the work; Georgia Capitol; Grady Memorial Hospital; Piedmont Park; Emory University; Peachtree Street; Muse's Department Store; First Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia; and the Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia. Also included are interleaving pages for each painting with descriptive information. Please note this collection contains...
Dates: 1959
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Ben Shute watercolors for First National Bank of Atlanta

Capital City Bank cancelled checks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS130f
Scope and Content

This collection contains three cancelled checks from the Capital City Bank and one check from the Lowry Banking Company of Atlanta. All checks were signed by Morris Hirsch.

Dates: 1898-1900
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Capital City Bank cancelled checks

Charles and Annie Haden papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS108
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and business papers of Charles J. Haden and his wife, Annie Bates, including correspondence, land grants, clippings, maps, speeches, and printed material. Topics include genealogy, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the state Democratic Party, the Cherokee Slate Company, and the Cyclorama. Of particular note is a speech by Haden on cotton production in the South and the effects of various New Deal policies on southern economy, the Atlanta Convention...
Dates: 1847-1966, undated; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1950
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Charles and Annie Haden papers

Cunningham family photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS373
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs of the Cunningham family, as well as photographs of Gussie Swafford Cunningham's father, John Augustus Swafford, and her cousin, Ray Swafford (1889-1917), pictured in front of the Maddox-Rucker Banking Company in Atlanta, Georgia. Also included are photographs of a Georgia Power Company line crew, which features Julian Cunningham's father-in-law, Major Holland Collins (1883-1966). There are also photographs of Ella Swafford's father, David Terrell Duncan,...
Dates: Approximately 1890-1923, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Cunningham family photographs

Florence W. Brine manuscripts

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS515f
Scope and Content

This collection contains three manuscripts: "Arrogant Atlanta" retells a British newspaper account of a visit to Atlanta around 1880; "Atlanta's Heart" discusses the building of the Georgia Railroad Depot in 1864 and the activities of the Beethoven Society which was located in the building; and "David Howard" a profile of a former enslaved man and his entrepreneurial activities in post-bellum Atlanta.

Dates: approximately 1935
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Florence W. Brine manuscripts

Haverty family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS904
Scope and Content This collection documents the Haverty family, Haverty's Furniture Company, and associated professional organizations. The papers consist of business correspondence, family letters, financial records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, speeches, travel journals, and writings. Included in the collection are speeches from Haverty's and American Retail Federation meetings and conventions, as well as first person narratives from Rawson Haverty Sr. highlighting his travels to Europe and family...
Dates: 1810-2007, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Haverty family papers

Haverty family visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS367
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs, negatives, and maps that document the Haverty family, Haverty's Furniture Company, and associated professional organizations. Included in the collection are images of J. J. Haverty, Clarence Haverty, and Rawson Haverty Sr.'s children, as well as the weddings of Clare Haverty to Frank Ridley Jr., Betty Haverty to Alex Smith, and Rawson Haverty to Margaret Munnerlyn. Photographs feature J. J. Haverty's home Villa Clare, along with Clarence and Elizabeth...
Dates: 1842-2006
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Haverty family visual arts materials

James Warren English scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1151
Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook with newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs, pamphlets, and advertisements related to the Fourth National Bank of Atlanta as well as first class train tickets. Of special note are marketing materials aimed at female customers, including advertisements for the bank's department for women and a newspaper article about its first female bank teller, Jennie Armstrong.

Dates: 1902-1940, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / James Warren English scrapbook

Joseph Brown photographs of downtown Atlanta

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS214
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of downtown Atlanta, Georgia taken by Joseph Brown, a citizen of Atlanta. Included are images of buildings such as the Equitable Building, Hurt Building, Trust Company building, and William Oliver building. Other photographs include images of Forsyth Theatre, Oakland Cemetery, Central City Park and Peachtree Street.

Dates: 1969-1974
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Joseph Brown photographs of downtown Atlanta

Robert E. Campbell papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1237
Scope and Contents The Robert E. Campbell papers consist of military documents, travel articles about Europe, family papers, publications, National Bank of Georgia documents, newspaper articles, and copies of the Georgia State University newspaper Georgia State Signal. Newspapers document the women's suffrage movement, John F. Kennedy's assassination, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's death, the first moon landing, and the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. Records from...
Dates: 1915-2005, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Robert E. Campbell papers

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
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Robert Foster Jr. Maddox papers

Thomas "Tommy" Hills papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1263
Scope and Contents This collection includes banking records of Wachovia and SunTrust banks and interviews Thomas Hills collected for Georgia State University as a graduate student. The bulk of the material includes bank publications, annual reports, pamphlets, correspondence, minutes, brochures, and articles. Of particular note are documents pertaining to the merger of Wachovia Bank with First Union Bank in 2001 as well as two bank stock certificates. The intereviews Hills conducted are with with business and...
Dates: 1861-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1965-2001
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Thomas "Tommy" Hills papers

Wachovia Bank and Trust Company olympics preparation documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1177
Scope and Content

This collection contains materials created by the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company in preparation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Materials include business reports for the years leading up to the Olympics as well as employee parking applications and plans for managing traffic during the games. Of particular note are the Wachovia manager and employee guides for conduct, dress, and procedures for the Olympics.

Dates: 1974-1998, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Wachovia Bank and Trust Company olympics preparation documents