Local transit -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Atlanta Transit Authority collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS356
Scope and Content
This collection is comprised of business records pertaining to the Atlanta Transit Authority and subsidiary transportation companies. Included in the collection is correspondence and legal records pertaining to the daily operations of the company as well as copies of testimony from court cases involving the Atlanta Transit Authority. The bulk of the collection is a group of appraisal ledgers based on 1968 valuations of company property and equipment.
Dates:
1910-1950
City of Atlanta Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.CityofAtlanta
Scope and Content
This collection consists of administrative records from the City of Atlanta, which have been divided into sixteen series. Records include materials pertaining to select mayors of Atlanta and correspondence and memos from the Executive Office. The collection also includes City Council and Board of Alderman legislation, minutes, and proceedings. Records also include material regarding transportation, public safety, finance, planning and community development, courts, public works, and maps....
Dates:
1848-2013, undated
Harry G. Lefever papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1011
Scope and Content
The Harry G. Lefever papers consist primarily of records Mr. Lefever kept on neighborhoods and community organizations in Atlanta, Georgia. The papers reflect his involvement in community organizing; race relations and urban renewal; Atlanta inner-city neighborhoods and associations; and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. These files contain correspondence; articles from books, magazines, and newspapers; reports; and student papers on the relationship between the community...
Dates:
1966-2009, undated
Henry L. Taylor visual arts materials of Atlanta Transit System, Inc.
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS382
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and blueprints from the Atlanta Transit System, Inc. (ATS) in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are photographs and schematics of buses, streetcars, and trolleys used by ATS, as well as images of ATS staff. Of special note are photographs of Governor Lester Maddox (1915-2003) with William P. Maynard, president of ATS, signing a sales tax relief bill, which removed sales taxes on passenger fares. Also included is an image of Governor Maddox signing a proclamation...
Dates:
1923-1975, undated
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS167
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of images of geographic locations in the Metropolitan Atlanta region, and several events, most probably used in promotional material published by the Chamber. The majority of the photographs are aerial views of the city, as well as Atlanta landmarks, and commercial and government buildings. The identity of the photographers who produced the images has not been determined. This collection also contains four films produced by the Chamber. They depict Atlanta's first...
Dates:
1922-1993, undated
Mule to MARTA Volume II photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS437
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of early 20th century Atlanta vehicles detailed in Volume II of Jean Martin’s Mule to MARTA book series. The collection includes images of trackless trolleys, coach cars, buses, work cars and cranes, and a light rail vehicle. Many of the photographs show these vehicles in use on downtown Atlanta streets. Other images include a revised city plan from the 1924 Beeler Report, a motorman, and a former trolley that was...
Dates:
1902-1976, undated
Thomas "Tommy" Hills papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1263
Scope and Contents
This collection includes banking records of Wachovia and SunTrust banks and interviews Thomas Hills collected for Georgia State University as a graduate student. The bulk of the material includes bank publications, annual reports, pamphlets, correspondence, minutes, brochures, and articles. Of particular note are documents pertaining to the merger of Wachovia Bank with First Union Bank in 2001 as well as two bank stock certificates. The intereviews Hills conducted are with with business and...
Dates:
1861-2009, undated; Majority of material found in 1965-2001