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Business enterprises -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

A.J. Martin Hardware Company records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS877
Scope and Content

This collection contains seven journals/ledgers and three trial balance books. The journals/ledgers give a detailed account of the items that A.J. Martin Hardware Company carried and what they paid for them.

Dates: 1895-1909, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / A.J. Martin Hardware Company records

Allen family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1014
Scope and Content This collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards and ceremony programs, and scrapbooks collected by the Allen family. The bulk of the collection pertains to Ivan Allen, Sr. and Ivan Allen, Jr.'s business, civic, and political affairs. Ivan Allen, Sr.'s state senate campaign and election, and Ivan Allen, Jr.'s mayoral campaign and election, and both father and son's work with various charities and civic minded associations are included. Of note are the numerous...
Dates: 1899-2004, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Allen family papers

Arthur and Lafayette Montgomery papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS164
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, financial records, annual reports, trade publications, scrapbooks, programs and invitations, relating to the Coca-Cola Company and the Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Company.

Dates: 1909-1979, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Arthur and Lafayette Montgomery papers

Arthur Montgomery photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS87
Scope and Contents These photographs depict the facilities, employees, and marketing efforts of the Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Company during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Also included are personal photographs of the Montgomery family. The collection is an excellent source for those interested in the operations of the soft drink company during this time period. Included are exterior and interior photographs of bottling plants in Atlanta, delivery trucks, vending machines, and billboards, signs,...
Dates: 1850 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1955
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Arthur Montgomery photographs

Atlanta Baseball Corporation documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1067
Scope and Content

Collection materials consist of business and legal records, including a 1933 lease, a 1947 certificate of residence change, meeting minutes, financial statements, correspondence, and memos.

Dates: 1932-1951
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Baseball Corporation documents

Atlanta City Brewing Company minute book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS11f
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection consists of a bound ledger containing the minutes of the meetings of the Atlanta City Brewing Company’s Board of Directors and Shareholders, and also periodic company financial statements during its first years of operation, 1876 – 1905. The minutes are written in long hand by the company secretary. The minutes of the board meetings concern election of officers, dividend declarations and operating proposals and decisions. The shareholder meetings concern review of the...
Dates: 1876 – 1905
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta City Brewing Company minute book

Backstreet Atlanta Discotheque visual arts collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS225
Scope and Content

This collection contains snapshot photographs of staff and patrons inside the nightclub during special events and regular business hours. Included are professional publicity photographs of drag performers and entertainers that include Jimmy James, Cynthia Manley, Bubba McNeely, Jane Doe, and Gladys Knight. Also included are advertising flyers for special events.

Dates: 1982-2002, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Backstreet Atlanta Discotheque visual arts collection

Benning family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS60
Scope and Content

These papers consist of correspondence between various members of the Benning family, personal documents, genealogy of the Benning family, and business papers from Hong Kong, New York and Atlanta.

Dates: 1862-1963, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Benning family papers

Beryl Bergquist papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1240
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials relating to the professional organizations to which Beryl Bergquist was affiliated. The bulk of materials are administrative files of the Society of International Business Fellows and planning papers for the Atlanta Sports Carnival, organized by Atlanta Leukemia Research, Inc. Included are biographies of the presidents of the organizations, correspondence, finances, meeting minutes, travel notes, membership rosters, and her membership application and...
Dates: 1977-2017, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Beryl Bergquist papers

Bill Horne Marietta Street Film

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS192
Scope and Content The collection, in its original format, is a single 8mm black and white acetate film. The film captures the roadside environs along Marietta Street and other downtown roadways beginning in or near downtown Atlanta, heading northwest towards Kennesaw Mountain, and ending in the Marietta Square. Mr. Horne appears to be following the inner urban streetcar route. There are several billboards for businesses located in downtown Atlanta: Downtown Chevrolet Co., Henry Grady Hotel, Ansley Hotel,...
Dates: 1937
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Bill Horne Marietta Street Film

Bill Patterson records of the Buckhead Business Association

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1039
Scope and Content

This collection contains Buckhead Business Association letters of incorporation, organizational charts, membership lists, and meeting minutes. The collection also contains correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to the BBA's involvement in community improvement projects and Bill Patterson as president of the association.

Dates: 1970-1977, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Bill Patterson records of the Buckhead Business Association

Charles W. Phelps scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS305
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single scrapbook that contains original vouchers and receipts for rent, utilities, fuel, repairs, household goods, food, and clothing.

Dates: 1891-1906
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Charles W. Phelps scrapbook

Chattahoochee Brick Company records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS83
Scope and Content The Chattahoochee Brick Company documents contain business records that show the daily operation of the company through its financial, production, legal, and management operations. Most papers date to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Financial documents include cash journals, reports, record books, accounts, and ledgers. Production documents include inventories, reports, and a catalogue. Legal materials include land grands, deeds, and indentures that relate to land...
Dates: 1821-1941, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Chattahoochee Brick Company records

City of Atlanta Limelight Day proclamation

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS819f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a proclamation by the Atlanta City Council announcing Monday, August 19, 1985 to be known as Limelight Day in Atlanta. Marvin S. Arrington, the president of the Atlanta City Council, and Robb Pitts, a council member, issued the proclamation in recognition of the club as a popular tourist attraction and the site of many charitable functions.

Dates: 1985
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / City of Atlanta Limelight Day proclamation

Coca-Cola Company ephemera

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS337
Scope and Content

This collection consists of histories, reports, and publications that provide details about the company as well as the bottling operation. Also included are advertising and marketing items, anniversary materials, and memorabilia. Of special note is a commemorative book to honor company president Robert W. Woodruff's birthday in 1959.

Dates: 1909-1988, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Coca-Cola Company ephemera

Crockett Lumber Company Ledger Book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS81f
Scope and Contents of the Records

This collection consists of a ledger used to track the monthly expenses of the Crockett Lumber Company from November 1910 to January 1914. The ledger illustrates transactions with companies such as Barfield Lumber Company, Fort Wayne Lumber Company, J.R Bennett and Sons, Woodbury Ply Mills, W.O.B. Carter and Son, Sanders Lumber Company, Capital City Club, AJ Moss, and George Miller Lumber Company.

Dates: 1910-1914
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Crockett Lumber Company Ledger Book

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

Enrico A. Massa papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1123
Scope and Content This collection contains correspondence, business ledgers, production reports, recipes, and notes from Enrico A. Massa's pharmacy and extracts company E.A. Massa Extracts Inc. The collection also contains a 1940 program for the movie, Gone With The Wind. Of particular interest are Massa's recipes for extracts, fruit juices, and flavoring, as well as Massa's application to use alcohol in his extracts during prohibition. One recipe from 1901 is written in...
Dates: 1901-1940, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Enrico A. Massa papers

Frederick Bellinger Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS336
Scope and Content The Frederick Bellinger papers are divided into two distinct topics: Genealogy and Family History; and professional papers. A small portion of the papers include genealogy and family history research. Files contain: a typewritten memoir/autobiography of Frederick Bellinger; newspaper clippings and scrapbooks concerning the Bellinger family genealogy; miscellaneous newspaper clippings; and certificates and awards given to Dr. Bellinger. A second portion, the bulk of his papers concern his...
Dates: 1926-1978
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Frederick Bellinger Papers

George Jones scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS288
Scope and Content

This collection contains a single scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings, photographs, invitations, and correspondence.

Dates: 1921-1931, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / George Jones scrapbook