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Women artists -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Alli Royce Soble photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS409
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of LGBTQ+ events and nightclubs taken by Alli Royce Soble. Images depict the annual Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade, the Easter Drag Races sponsored by the Armory, and a drag show at My Sister's Room. Of special note are photographs of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in Washington, D.C. All images were taken in Atlanta, Georgia, unless otherwise noted.

Dates: 1993-2000
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Alli Royce Soble photographs

Atlanta Art Workers Coalition photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS242
Scope and Content The collection contains images of artwork, exhibitions, and shows by the artists and members of Atlanta Art Workers Coalition (AAWC). The images consist of photographs of members' exhibition artwork, with a small number of unidentified shows. The bulk of the collection comprises color slides of AAWC exhibitions and art shows by artists and members of the organization. Of special interest are black and white photographic prints of the Fashion Moda exhibition,...
Dates: 1973-1982, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Art Workers Coalition photographs

Atlanta's Woman of the Year photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS455
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs of Atlanta's Woman of the Year awardees, sponsors, and committee chairs for each year. Of particular note is a photograph of Atlanta's Woman of the Year founder, Charles H. Jagels, in 1943, as well as photographs of Mayors William B. Hartsfield (1890-1971) and Ivan Allen Jr. (1911-2003) with Woman of the Year awardees. Among the hundreds of women selected for Woman of the Year, notable awardees include Leila Denmark (1898-2012) in 1953, Ruth Blair...
Dates: 1943-1972
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta's Woman of the Year photographs

Carlyn Fisher papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS770
Scope and Content

The collection contains materials pertaining to Carlyn Fisher's artistic career as a painter, as well as her chronicling of numerous other artists from the southeastern United States. Other items in the collection include newspaper clippings magazine articles, correspondence, and information regarding other artists and their works.

Dates: 1961-1982, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Carlyn Fisher papers

Emily Bourne Grigsby papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1201
Scope and Contents This collection contains documents from Emily Bourne Grigsby's career as an opera singer and model, as well as her time as president of the Atlanta Music Club and her association with the Atlanta Opera Arts Association. Included are opera show programs from her performances with the San Francisco Opera chorus, the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and Moonlight Opera Company in Atlanta, Georgia. There are also newspaper clippings of Grigsby's modeling career and her involvement in the 1954 "Feast of...
Dates: 1943-2004, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Emily Bourne Grigsby papers

Lucinda Bunnen photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS395
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs taken for Movers and Shakers in Georgia by Lucinda Bunnen and Frankie Coxe. The collection includes images of notable political, business, cultural, and arts figures between 1976-1978 in Georgia. Also included are photographs of events such as Jimmy Carter's presidential election, a Decatur Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) planning meeting, the Ramblin' Raft Race on the Chattahoochee River, an Atlanta...
Dates: approximately 1976-1978
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lucinda Bunnen photographs