Skip to main content

Universities and colleges -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Ella Parker composition book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS929f
Scope and Content

This composition book contains assignments completed by Ella Parker as coursework at Wesleyan Female College. Included are short works of fiction, essays, and drawings. Of particular note are a series of essays on the life of Paul the Apostle, an essay on womanhood in Shakespeare, and several drawn maps of Paul's missionary journeys.

Dates: 1889-1890

John Pattillo visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS463
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs collected by John Patillo of Atlanta buildings and street scenes, schools, churches, residences, and portraits. Buildings and residences include Atlanta City Hall, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, First National Bank, Georgia State Captiol, the Carnegie Library, as well as residences in the Peachtree Park neighborhood. Also in the collection are images of churches such as St. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church and the Cathedral of St. Philip; and...
Dates: approximately 1852-1970, undated

Junius Hillyer memoirs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS156f
Scope and Content This collection contains the memoirs of Junius Hillyer, a political leader and judge. In his memoirs titled Memoirs of the Early Life and Times of Judge Junius Hillyer he describes his family genealogy; his boyhood and schooling, including his years at the University of Georgia, and growing up in Georgia. He also records his opinions on slavery. He believed that slavery "is the normal condition of the negro race." He talks about the customs of his times and the...
Dates: 1937

Oscar S. Davis papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS829
Scope and Content This collection includes a lease, 1928 sales contract, warranty deed, affidavits, tax returns, newspaper clippings, and correspondence pertaining to the sale of 84-86 Whitehall Street and 111-115 Hunter Street in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 26, 1928. The properties were known as the Davis property and sold to W.T. Grant Realty Corporation. Also included are Oscar S. Davis' University of Georgia mementos, including 1884-1894 commencement programs, advertisements for a lecture, an 1888...
Dates: 1884-1928, undated

Postcard collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS93
Scope and Contents This collection contains postcards that depict scenes in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. Most of the images are of man-made structures in Atlanta including Agnes Scott College, Atlanta Municipal Airport (now Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport), Biltmore Hotel, Booker T. Washington High School, Bulloch Hall, Candler Building, Capitol City Club, City Hall, Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University), Atlanta Cyclorama at Grant Park, English-American (Flatiron) Building, Fort...
Dates: 1899-1990, undated

Roan family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1202
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents created and collected by the Roan family. Materials include school documents from various Atlanta and DeKalb institutions; work papers from Judge Roan and Tattie Mae Roan; military and travel papers from Charles Roan; and music and theater programs. The bulk of the material is contained within three scrapbooks, primarily consisting of news clippings, but also including photographs and other ephemera. One of the scrapbooks documents Margaret Zattau Roan's...
Dates: 1913-1971, undated

William T. Healey Jr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS105
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, printed material, and yearbooks that belonged to William Healey Jr.

Dates: 1918-1942, undated