Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 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
Charles Longstreet Weltner visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS360
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and films pertaining to the personal and political life of Charles Longstreet Weltner. The bulk of the material included are photographs from Charles Weltner's campaigns for Congress and Mayor of Atlanta, promotional photographs of Weltner in office at Capitol Hill, and events he attended primarily while serving in congress. The collection also captures Weltner with prominent figures of federal and state governments such as Ivan Earnest Allen Jr....
Dates:
1888-1992, undated
Gil Robison papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1152
Scope and Content
This collection documents Gilmore "Gil" Robison's career fighting for LGBT rights as a political activist and elected official. Materials show his efforts to legalize gay marriage, to create the Atlanta Gay Center, to battle a law that targeting gay men by banning prostitution, and to stop police harassment of the LGBT community. Materials include official records of the Georgia Democratic Party, which contain voter registration documents and lists of representatives, as well as flyers,...
Dates:
1959-1997, undated