Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
George Barnard's Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS453
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 22 prints of Barnard’s photographs as he traveled with General Sherman's United States Army. Battlegrounds featured in the collection include Kennesaw, Atlanta, Resaca, Allatoona, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The prints were included in a larger collection published in Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign.
Dates:
1864
Southern Railway records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1257
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created by Southern Railway, and records created by its predecessor railroads, railways, and companies. Records include annual financial and inspection reports, meeting minute proceedings, construction contracts, correspondence, publications, and company ephemera.The bulk of the materials are Southern Railway contracts and the predecessor records. More than 3,000 contracts illustrate the history of the company through the construction of train...
Dates:
1828-1996, undated
Voices Across the Color Line oral history recordings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS180
Scope and Contents of the Records
The bulk of these oral histories deal with the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta. Specific events mentioned include the student movement centering on Atlanta University; The Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR); creation and publication of the Atlanta Enquirer newspaper; the organization of the Atlanta Committee of Cooperative Action (ACCA), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and activities to desegregate city buses and restaurants. Other topics that are discussed...
Dates:
2005-2006