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Parks -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

G. Eric Harkness visual arts material

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS240
Scope and Content

This collection contains landscape drawings and photographic prints that landscape architect G. Eric Harkness produced between 1954 and 1994. A variety of projects are represented such as city planning, commercial and residential properties, parks and urban renewal developments. Of special interest are drawings and plans for Alpine Village of Helen, Georgia.

Dates: 1954-1994, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / G. Eric Harkness visual arts material

Georgia Bicentennial Memorial Forest scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1059
Scope and Content

This collection consists of one scrapbook concerning the Memorial Forest project carried out by the Atlanta Public Schools. Included in the scrapbooks are photos, correspondence, and clippings providing details of the project.

Dates: 1932-1934
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Georgia Bicentennial Memorial Forest scrapbook

Iris Garden Club photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS253
Scope and Content This collection contains photographic prints and negatives that document the social and civic activities of the club. Meetings, floral arrangements, and garden scenes are part of the material. Some of the floral arrangements were from club members' participation in local flower shows. Also included are photographs of the club's landscaping project at the Iris Garden and Woodland Glen in Winn Park, Atlanta. Of special interest are photographs of the club's Orchard Terrace project at the...
Dates: approximately 1930-1963, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Iris Garden Club photographs

J.E. Mellett Jr. photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahcVIS369
Scope and Content

This collection contains black and white photographs of construction scenes in downtown Atlanta by J.E. "Ned" Mellett Jr. They were submitted to the 1949 Atlanta Historical Society Historical Photographic Exhibition in partnership with the Dixie Camera Club under the category "construction." Additional photographs include scenes of Atlanta Zoo and activities such as tennis, baseball, and swimming in Piedmont Park, Grant Park, and Lakewood Park.

Dates: 1949-1950
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / J.E. Mellett Jr. photographs

John Pattillo visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS463
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs collected by John Patillo of Atlanta buildings and street scenes, schools, churches, residences, and portraits. Buildings and residences include Atlanta City Hall, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, First National Bank, Georgia State Captiol, the Carnegie Library, as well as residences in the Peachtree Park neighborhood. Also in the collection are images of churches such as St. Marks Methodist Episcopal Church and the Cathedral of St. Philip; and...
Dates: approximately 1852-1970, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / John Pattillo visual arts materials

Joseph Brown photographs of downtown Atlanta

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS214
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of downtown Atlanta, Georgia taken by Joseph Brown, a citizen of Atlanta. Included are images of buildings such as the Equitable Building, Hurt Building, Trust Company building, and William Oliver building. Other photographs include images of Forsyth Theatre, Oakland Cemetery, Central City Park and Peachtree Street.

Dates: 1969-1974
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Joseph Brown photographs of downtown Atlanta

Lenox Park Garden Club records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS672
Scope and Content This collection contains histories, minutes, and correspondence that document the history of the social and civic activities of the club. Scrapbooks provide further detail on the programs and projects of the club. One scrapbook is devoted to the Expressway Beautification Association project that the club participated in from 1952 to 1956. Also a part of the collection are scrapbooks describing the club's support of the Eventide Home for Elderly Women. Much material highlights the club's...
Dates: 1935-1977, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lenox Park Garden Club records

Lucinda Bunnen photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS395
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs taken for Movers and Shakers in Georgia by Lucinda Bunnen and Frankie Coxe. The collection includes images of notable political, business, cultural, and arts figures between 1976-1978 in Georgia. Also included are photographs of events such as Jimmy Carter's presidential election, a Decatur Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) planning meeting, the Ramblin' Raft Race on the Chattahoochee River, an Atlanta...
Dates: approximately 1976-1978
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lucinda Bunnen photographs

Lullwater Garden Club yearbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS732f
Scope and Content

This collection contains one yearbook describing the civic and social activities of the club. Included in the yearbook are monthly program details, civic projects, committee assignments, and a membership roster. Also a part of the yearbook are flower show announcements and gardening advice.

Dates: 1956-1957
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lullwater Garden Club yearbook

Meeting Place for Travellers, West End, Atlanta, essays

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1231
Scope and Contents This collection contains two bound volumes of typescript essays written by the 1947 tenth and 1949 twelfth grade English classes at Joseph E. Brown High School under the direction of James E. Warren Jr. in West End, Atlanta. The writings highlight a variety of topics including West End schools, churches, residents, parks, businesses, transportation, newspapers, and smaller neighborhoods within West End. Many of the essays were inspired by oral interviews with long-term West End residents....
Dates: 1947-1949
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Meeting Place for Travellers, West End, Atlanta, essays

Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company landscape architectural drawings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS218
Scope and Content

This collection contains landscape drawings of both William L. Monroe, Sr. and William L. Monroe, Jr., as part of the Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company, and represent a wide variety of clients including residential, commercial, churches, and parks. Of special note is a landscape plan of Chastain Woods for Chastain Memorial Park.

Dates: 1934-1987, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company landscape architectural drawings

Morningside-Monroe Civic Association records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS712f
Scope and Content This collection contains materials related to the proposed Interstate 485 (I-485) and the civic organizations that were formed to fight it. Included in the collection is a chronology of the fight to stop I-485, correspondence, petitions, flyers, a map, and newspaper clippings. Letters consist of correspondence between the Morningside-Monroe Civic Association, Board of Aldermen President Sam Massell, Jr., former Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield, and Congressmen Richard B. Russell, Harry...
Dates: 1964-1974, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Morningside-Monroe Civic Association records

NorthEast Atlanta Beltline Group records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1249
Scope and Contents

This collection contains records documenting land acquisition and sale to create the northeastern portion of the Atlanta BeltLine. Included in the collection are property sale and lease agreements, clippings and articles about the planning and development of the Atlanta BeltLine, correspondence, environmental reports, transportation studies, site plans, land surveys, and maps.

Dates: 1936-2009, undated, bulk dates 2004-2009
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / NorthEast Atlanta Beltline Group records

Olive Wilson Robinson records of the Atlanta Botanical Garden

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1297
Scope and Contents This collection contains brochures, press releases, newsletters, and other public relations materials primarily from Geraldine Laufer's time as Public Relations Manager and Senior Garden Writer at the Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG). Her major projects include publicity campaigns for the Amorphophallus Titanum bloom, the Children's Garden, and the expansion of the Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings and...
Dates: 1977-2015, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Olive Wilson Robinson records of the Atlanta Botanical Garden

Olmsted Parks Society Presidential Parkway records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1247
Scope and Contents These records document the community-led opposition to the construction of the Presidential Parkway in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are correspondence, memoranda, chronologies, agendas, meeting minutes, clippings, articles, legal documents, environmental reports, and publications. Included in the materials are records of various organizations such as the Georgia Department of Transportation, Council on Environmental Quality, and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.The records...
Dates: 1968-2004, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Olmsted Parks Society Presidential Parkway records

Olmsted Plein Air Invitational records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1302
Scope and Contents This collection contains planning documents and promotional materials pertaining to the Olmsted Plein Air Invitational collected by Geri Laufer and Lillian Ansley. The articles, advertisements, and programs featured in the collection were written and designed by Laufer and Ansley, along with other members of the organization's public relations committee. Of special interest are the articles for Southern Distinction and programs, which contain profiles of the...
Dates: 2015-2019
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Olmsted Plein Air Invitational records

Park Pride landscape architectural drawings and poster

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS348
Scope and Content This collection contains various types of landscape architectural drawings that document a history of park planning by Park Pride. Drawings include hand-colored renderings, pencil sketches, design and conceptual plans as well as master plans that provide details of park vision plans. Also a part of the collection are plans that highlight community input and priorities. Prior to 2016, drawings were primarily created by Walt Ray, landscape architect and former Director of Park Visioning for...
Dates: 1979-2024, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Park Pride landscape architectural drawings and poster

Park Pride records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1158
Scope and Content

This collection contains minutes, clippings, and a report providing details of Atlanta parks prior to the creation of Park Pride. Also included in the collection are conceptual and master park plans and visioning reports which document the work of Park Pride and the communities with which they partner. Periodicals published by Park Pride as well as conference materials from annual meetings hosted by Park Pride are also a part of the collection.

Dates: 1905-2024, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Park Pride records

Parker Lowell Photograph Collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS136
Scope and Contents of the Records

Included in this collection are photographs of Atlanta buildings and parks. Images include the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Piedmont Park, the Cyclorama building in Grant Park, the Hurt Building and Hurt Park, the Municipal Auditorium, Rich’s Department Store, and The Temple and other scenes on Peachtree Street.

Dates: 1949
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Parker Lowell Photograph Collection

Peter J. Rosendorf photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS334
Scope and Content

This collection contains images taken within Piedmont Park, and photographs displaying statues and architecture around Atlanta.

Dates: 1969-1970
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Peter J. Rosendorf photographs