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This collection contains images documenting the Atlanta Prison Riots. Photographs include Federal Bureau of Investigation agents surveilling the penitentiary, as well as aerial views of prisoners. Also included are images of damage to the facility following the riots.

Scope and Contents This series contains financial and court records from Milton County before it merged with Fulton County in 1931. Records document the Inferior Court, Clerk of Superior, Treasurer, and Office of Tax Collector. Material includes financial books of return; court proceeding minutes; treasurer books; and ledgers of vouchers, receipts, taxes, receipts, and checks. Of particular note are penitentiary and convict records. The "whipping record" in this collection contains language that some might...