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Education -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Allen C. Smith papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS333
Scope and Content This collection contains the manuscript and research for Allen C. Smith's thesis, The Republican Party in Georgia, 1867-1871. It was completed as part of his master's degree from Duke University in 1936. Also included are essays by Smith entitled The Union League in Georgia, The Secession Fight in Georgia, and Aggressive Slavocracy in Georgia, as well as...
Dates: 1930-1950, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Allen C. Smith papers

Anna R. Jordan Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS128
Scope and Content The collection includes letters addressed to Anna Jordan from family and friends, along with personal items of her family. Included are letters to Anna R. Jordan from Inez James, a teenaged girl in Varnell’s Station, Georgia. Two letters from Ms. James describe how she and her neighbors were under siege from Union soldiers who confiscated food and personal items from their farms. Her letters after the war briefly tell of Union occupation, weddings, and her school work. Correspondence from...
Dates: 1844-1921, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Anna R. Jordan Papers

Atlanta Kindergarten Alumnae Club collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS389
Scope and Content

This collection is comprised of materials pertaining to the evolution and expansion of the public kindergarten system in Georgia. Included in the collection are materials pertaining to the efforts put forth by the organization to expand the program and the work done by similar organizations.

Dates: 1897-1966, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Atlanta Kindergarten Alumnae Club collection

Eliza Rowena Reese school notebook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS281f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a notebook of essays, algebra, and French lessons.

Dates: 1859-1860
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Eliza Rowena Reese school notebook

Emma E. Latimer scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS291
Scope and Content

This collection contains a partial scrapbook pertaining to the Latimer family. Included in the scrapbook are photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, class rosters, and receipts.

Dates: 1867-1932
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Emma E. Latimer scrapbook

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

Georgia School of the Air records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS177
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, periodicals, publications, programs and other ephemeral material related to the Georgia School of the Air. Also included are copies of the Atlanta Journal from 1938-1944.

Dates: 1931-1944
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Georgia School of the Air records

H.O.P.E., INC. (Help Our Public Education) records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS427
Scope and Contents of the Records The H.O.P.E., Inc. records consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, and printed and published materials generated by the organization. The bulk of the collection are newspaper clippings which document the school closure crisis in Virginia, Arkansas, and Georgia. The clippings are drawn from Georgia newspapers including The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta Constitution, Northside Neighbor, Augusta Courier, Marietta Daily Journal, and ...
Dates: 1954-1961, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / H.O.P.E., INC. (Help Our Public Education) records

James E. Williams papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS329
Scope and Content This collection documents Williams family members and their businesses, including letters, bills, and receipts. There are three bound books: a checkbook from 1854, Williams company account book from 1859, and a scrapbook from 1904-1905. There are also several Confederate bond receipts and checks, letters from the field, a parole, monthly subsistence papers, a land indenture, and a broadside of a speach James's WIlliams gave in Atlanta. Other items include a fire insurance policy dated...
Dates: 1820-1905, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / James E. Williams papers

John Isham Papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS232
Scope and Content This collection consists of six diaries written by John Isham and his wife, Maria Louisa “Lou”, during the years 1878 to 1892. At the conclusion of the diaries there is one page dated February 1893, most probably written by his daughter. John Isham died on 1 August 1892. The daily entries usually begin with observations of the weather and temperature, followed by comments about daily events. In addition, Isham and his wife give a great deal of attention to the news and gossip around Atlanta....
Dates: 1855-1893
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / John Isham Papers

Mrs. A. D. Johnson ephemera

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS183f
Scope and Content

This collection includes photocopies of a soldier's discharge from the Army of the State of Georgia during the Civil War; two photocopies of cover, forward, and first page of "Lessons in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic for Special School Work in Georgia"; photocopies of programs for plays; a paper on the establishment of the colony of Georgia; and copies of map sketches.

Dates: 1862-1919
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Mrs. A. D. Johnson ephemera

Southline Press, Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1015
Scope and Content This collection contains corporate records of Southline Press, and includes advertising and administrative records, published articles, and research files. Advertising records include advertising copy, sales records, advertising rates, and sales invoices. Administrative records contain budgets, contracts, reader surveys, and correspondence of Southline publisher Todd Evans. The remainder of the collection consists of drafts and copies of articles published in...
Dates: 1959-1988, undated; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1988
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Southline Press, Inc. records

Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS130
Scope and Content This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. The bulk of the personal papers pertain to the Kurtz and Fuller families and Wilbur's early adult life in Greencastle, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. The personal papers also contain a series of diaries written by Wilbur and correspondence between Kurtz and Fuller family members.The professional papers and research papers consist primarily of the research materials and notes compiled by Wilbur...
Dates: 1814-1993, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. papers

Young Matrons Circle for Tallulah Falls School records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS437
Scope and Content

These papers consist of minutes and scrapbooks. One scrapbook details the movie premier of I'd climb the Highest Mountain that the group sponsored.

Dates: 1929-1974, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Young Matrons Circle for Tallulah Falls School records