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Atlanta (Ga.) -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

Wimberly-Peters Family Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS3
Scope and Content

These are the personal and business papers of the Wimberly and Peters families, 1818-1951.

Dates: 1818-1951

WRFG records of the Living Atlanta oral history project

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS637
Scope and Content The bulk of this collection consists of tape recorded interviews of Atlantans used to create fifty programs titledLiving Atlanta: Atlanta Life from World War I through World War II, and the programs themselves, which aired on WRFG Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. The programs were composed of excerpts from the interviews connected by music and explanatory narration. During the course of the project, hundreds of Atlantans were interviewed, resulting in approximately...
Dates: 1977-1980, undated

Zoe Bleckley papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS19
Scope and Content

The collection contains a scrapbook, correspondence, and other documents belonging to Atlanta resident Zoe Bleckley. Correspondence includes love letters, telegrams, and other family letters. Personal documents include a program from the Gainesville, Georgia Chatauqua Association, and a souvenir program for an event sponsored by the Seaboard Air Line featuring a grand military, fireman's, and bicycle parade.

Dates: 1893-1899