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Basketball -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Basketball League minutes founding meeting minutes

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS955f
Scope and Contents

This collection contains typed minutes from the first Atlanta Basketball League meeting in which the league was established, officers were elected, and a rules and schedule committee were created. Teams represented in the meeting include Knights of Columbus, General Office, Fifth Infantry, and Wesley House Athletic Club. Shelley Ivey (1879-?), the newly elected secretary, wrote handwritten corrections on the minutes.

Dates: 1910

Atlanta Glory memorabilia

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS871f
Scope and Content

This collection contains memorabilia from the women's professional basketball team Atlanta Glory's 1996-1997 season including posters, ticket stubs, schedules, bumper stickers, assorted pamphlets, and programs. Of particular note is a game record with a detailed account of a game against the Seattle Reign on February 19, 1997.

Dates: 1996-1997, undated

Atlanta Tomboys documents

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1204
Scope and Contents This collection documents the women's sports teams, the Atlanta Tomboys. Included are game schedules, team rosters with details about the players and points won, promotional material, and news clippings, some featuring the team's coach, Johnny Moon. Of special note is correspondence about sponsorships and exhibitions written by Johnny Moon. There are also sports programs highlighting the Atlanta Tomboys, the Lorelei Ladies, and other local women's teams. This collection also contains...
Dates: 1917-1926; 1944-1986, undated

J. Richardson Jones film Film

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS179
Scope and Contents of the Records The collection, in its original format, contains a series of sixty-five reels of primarily silent black and white nitrate film commissioned by Eugene M. White to promote the prosperous African-American communities in Atlanta during the 1930s. The footage documents a variety of activities including sporting events, homecoming, golf, motorcycle racing, occupational activities, and baseball. Included in the footage is the Atlanta Black Crackers baseball team playing a game at Ponce De Leon Park...
Dates: circa 1938

Stephan Prothero sports publications collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS888
Scope and Content

This collection consists of sports programs (baseball, football, and basketball), media guides and newspapers, predominantly from the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology, but also including, among others, Louisiana State University, Georgia Southern University, the University of Tennessee, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Atlanta Braves.

Dates: 1926-1993

William A. Manning photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS313
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs of William A. Manning, Sr and his family. It also includes images of street scenes in Atlanta.

Dates: approximately 1907-1939