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DeKalb County (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Allen W. Hairston photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS315
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs taken on the property of the Hoshall and McCabe residences at 1314 and 1328 Council Bluff Drive, near the intersection with Pine Forest Drive, in the Sagamore Hills neighborhood. The images show a wooded area, a creek, trees, and tree bark.

Dates: approximately 1960-1970
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Allen W. Hairston photographs

Darlene Roth papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1210
Scope and Contents This collection documents Darlene Roth's professional work at the History Group, Inc., the Atlanta History Center, and Darlene Roth and Associates, Inc. The bulk of papers are historical surveys and reports about the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area that she completed as research assessments for corporate clients such as MARTA, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and the Atlanta Urban Design Commission. Papers include records, reports, surveys, notes, maps, and correspondence....
Dates: 1854-2004, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Darlene Roth papers

Harry James Carr Houston Mill documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS937f
Scope and Content

This collection contains notes and correspondence from Harry James Carr's daughter, Frances Anette Carr Kirby, brochures about the Houston Mill House, and deeds and insurance documents from Harry James Carr's Houston Mill property.

Dates: 1915-1988
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Harry James Carr Houston Mill documents

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
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce visual arts materials

Mitchell and Mitchell real estate records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS448
Scope and Content This collection contains real estate records used by the Mitchell and Mitchell law firm. The bulk of the collection are abstracts of title that track a property's legal history. Most of the abstracts are for Fulton County residences, but some document businesses; railroads; churches and cemeteries; streets; and neighborhoods. In addition to Fulton County, there are abstracts from Cobb, DeKalb, Bartow, Campbell, Cherokee, Clayton, Clinch, Floyd, Gwinnett, and Milton counties. The collection...
Dates: 1849-1958, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mitchell and Mitchell real estate records

Robert S. Paden photographs and drawing

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS439
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of five generations of the Smith-Steele-Medlock-Davenport family gathered for Elizabeth Hawkins Smith's 93rd birthday. Also included is a watercolor drawing of Jasper Smith (1836), Martha Ellen Smith Paden's brother, who died during the American Civil War. Of special note are photographs of “Auntie Gracie” and Wilkes Smith, two formerly enslaved people who worked for the Smith family. Robert S. Paden took the photograph of Wilkes Smith.

Dates: approximately 1895-1925, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Robert S. Paden photographs and drawing

Series IV: Financial Department, 1854-1976, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents This series contains records from the Fulton County Financial Department, which oversees revenues and disbursements, and manages the County's debt and investment portfolio, risk management, and internal audits. These records document financial aspects of the County’s purview of Parks and Recreation; Department of Public Welfare; Inferior, Superior, Ordinary, and Juvenile courts; Roads and Revenue; taxation; Board of Commissioners; and Justice of the Peace. Material includes treasurer...
Dates: 1854-1976, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / ahc.MSSFultonCounty, Fulton County records