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Legal instruments -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Austin T. Walden papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS614
Scope and Content This collection consists of personal and professional papers of Austin T. Walden. The papers are primarily office files and case briefs from his law career. Additional material includes correspondence, financial papers, membership information, political campaign documents, speeches, and marketing and outreach material from various organizations. The collection contains materials from the many organizations to which Walden belonged or defended in court, such as the NAACP, the Atlanta Negro...
Dates: 1900-1969, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Austin T. Walden papers

Julian D. Lee documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS770f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of land and loan deeds, legal documents, and newspaper clippings. The deeds pertain to a parcel of land along East Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1906-1952
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Julian D. Lee documents

Land lot 52, District 14 collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS464
Scope and Content

This collection includes legal and financial documents regarding land lot 52, 14th district, Fulton (formerly Henry) County, Georgia. Among the documents are warranty deeds, mortgages, insurance policies, deed to secure title, abstracts of title, quit claim deeds, tax receipts, loan account books, real estate notes, and correspondence.

Dates: 1874-1948
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Land lot 52, District 14 collection

Long, Rucker, and Aiken family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS468
Scope and Content The collection contains papers from the political, civic, educational, professional, family, and social lives of the Long, Rucker, and Aiken families, prominent African American families in Atlanta, Georgia. There are documents from Jefferson Long's congretional career. From Henry Rucker and the Rucker family there is documentation of their social life, businesses, family finances, land and estate management, court cases, and Henry Rucker’s political career in the Republican Party. Rucker...
Dates: 1810-1988, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Long, Rucker, and Aiken family papers

Orion Frazee papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS85
Scope and Content

This collection contains Orion Frazee's art criticism articles, correspondence, genealogy, and legal documents.

Dates: 1864-1915, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Orion Frazee papers

Pierre Soule Ferris legal documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS107f
Scope and Content

This collection contains legal documents pertaining to the life of Atlantan Pierre Soule Ferris (1849-1909). Included is his will and certification of his will, a warranty deed, letters testamentary, a bond for title, and a statement to pay the balance due for property owned by Mr. Ferris in land lots 116, 141, and 142 of the 14th district in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dates: 1907-1923
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Pierre Soule Ferris legal documents

Robert H. Smith law practice documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS773f
Scope and Content

This collection contains material from Smith's professional activities. Items include correspondence, warranty deeds, loan documents, bills of sale, legal documents, and promissory notes.

Dates: 1897-1939, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Robert H. Smith law practice documents

William M. Brooks court document

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS760f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a court document requiring William M. Brooks of South Carolina to pay a fine of $100.07 to William Middleton Brook.

Dates: 1810
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / William M. Brooks court document