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Nightclubs -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or 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

Jeff Askew and Guy Dobbs Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS171
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains photographic images previously owned by Jeff Askew and Guy Dobbs. The first part of the collection features images of Askew's family and friends at various social functions including holiday and costume parties, from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. Photographs of Atlanta-native and actress Jane Withers, actor John Bromfield and his wife Mary Ellen Tillotson Bromfield, the Dobbs family, Billy Jones, and Dennis Machett are also included. Images from Guy Dobbs's...
Dates: 1946 - circa 1978, bulk circa 1955

Southern Voice photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS415
Scope and Contents This collection contains images used for stories published by Southern Voice newspaper. Images include businesses, individuals, organizations, demonstrations and events, and photographs related to political issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender communities. Of particular note are demonstrations associated with ACT UP and the Cobb Citizens Coalition, as well as images of the Atlanta Pride Festival and Parade and Atlanta Black Pride....
Dates: approximately 1968-2010, bulk dates approximately 1990-2010

Southern Voice records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1016
Scope and Content This collection contains editorial planning records and subject files for stories published by Southern Voice. These files include editorial planning meeting notes, story assignments, camera-ready art, and subject files on national and regional issues of crime, health, lifestyle, and politics concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender community. The camera-ready art consists of photographs and graphics used in conjunction with published...
Dates: 1982-2007 undated