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Dr. Mary Shy Scott Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. papers

 Collection
Collection number: aarl96-023
Overview

The collection contains Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority records gathered by Mary Shy Scott from 1981 to 2013 and includes obituaries of former national presidents of Alpha Kappa Alpha, scholarship program information, directories, manuals, programs, minutes, and agendas from both national and regional conferences, a 1994 annual report, issues of the sorority's newsletter,Ivy Leaf, from 1981 to 1994, other related newsletters, certificates and awards.

Dates: 1937-2013

Dr. Robert (Bob) A. Holmes Papers

 Collection
Collection number: aarl011-003
Scope and Contents

The Dr. Robert A. Holmes Papers cover the years 1916 to 2018. The collection contains materials from his time in the Georgia legislature his consultations and his writings. Specific materials include; correspondence, awards, programs, published journals and essays, unpublished essays, handwritten and typed manuscripts, campaign materials, legislature, press releases, photographs and audio visual material.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1916-2018

Dr. Sol C. Clemons papers

 Collection
Collection number: aarl91-002
Overview

The collection, containing letters, newspaper clippings, a poster, photographs, certificates, and forms dated between 1903 and 1989, documents Clemons' professional life as a pharmacist in Tennessee and Florida as well as the faculty and students of Meharry Medical College, a medical school for African Americans, circa 1903.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1903-1914; Bulk, 1903-1914 1903-1989 1903-1914

Drexel Catholic High School alumni collection

 Collection
Collection number: aarl95-020
Overview

The collection contains yearbooks, textbooks, information on the birth of the high school, general correspondence, newsletters, photographs, and artifacts including class rings, a sweatshirt, and a trophy documenting student life and school operations at Drexel Catholic High School in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1964 through 1967.

Dates: 1964-1967

Early Twentieth Century Agricultural Newspapers

 Collection
Collection number: MS-144
Scope and Contents

Contains twelve (12) issues of three (3) distinct agricultural newspapers, including The Inland Farmer (Louisville, Kentucky); The Progressive Farmer & Southern Farm Gazette (Raleigh, North Carolina); and Southern Ruralist (Atlanta, Georgia). The bulk of newspapers are from 1917.

Dates: 1910 - 1917

Ebon Dooley Collection

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Collection number: aarl011-024
Scope and Contents note Ebon Dooley Collection is 63.5 linear feet and date from 1970 to 1990. Found within the collection are Civic Organizations, Liberation Movements: Africa, Liberation Movements: Asia, Liberation Movements: China, Liberation Movement: Latin America / Caribbean, Liberation Movement: Middle East, Liberation Movement: Native America, Liberation Movement: Women Struggle and Liberation Movement: USA, Newsletters / Articles / Reports, Newsletters, Newspapers & Newsletters, Newspapers & News...
Dates: 1970-1990

Edison Marshall Edited Manuscript

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Collection number: MS-28
Scope and Contents

This is the copy edited manuscript of West With the Vikings. Also includes original donation letter, and instructions to readers.

Dates: ca. 1961

Edison Marshall Original Manuscript

 Collection
Collection number: MS-27
Scope and Contents

This is the original manuscript of West With the Vikings.

Dates: ca.1961

Educational Kits Collection

 Collection
Collection number: EPEK.112.01
Scope and Contents

The Educational Kits Collection consists of Black History study aids and resources geared towards teaching primary and secondary students more about African and African American history.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1978-2000

Edward Randolph Carter and Andrew Jackson Lewis collection

 Collection
Collection number: aarl90-004
Overview The collection consists of papers of Edward Randolph Carter and Andrew Jackson Lewis from ca. 1890-1985. The papers include correspondence, printed material, photographs, financial records, clippings, a diary (1942) documenting Lewis' military service during World War II, and ephemera. Early materials (1905-1942) pertain to Carter's religious activities and duties as pastor of Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) and also include writings and sermons of Carter. The bulk of the collection...
Dates: [ca. 1890-1985]

Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Manuscript Hoppity Bunny’s Hop

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Collection number: MS-24
Scope and Contents

Manuscript of Hoppity Bunny’s Hop. Typescript with copy editors marks for the printer. Book was copyrighted in 1939 and published by Claxton Printer Ltd. Caldwell Idaho,

Dates: ca. 1939

Ella Mae Wade Brayboy papers

 Collection
Collection number: aarl94-012
Overview The collection consists of papers of Ella Mae Brayboy from 1935-1994 (bulk 1970-1991). The papers include correspondence, photographs, clippings, plaques, certificates, and printed material. The materials document Brayboy's activities with the Community Council of Atlanta (1973-1976), the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (1975-1989), the United Methodist Church, the use of the Atlanta Public Library for voter registration, and the Council on Battered Women...
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1970-1991; Bulk, 1970-1991 1935-1994 1970-1991

Ellie Lee Weems photographs series

 Collection
Collection number: aarl89-014
Overview The photographs series contains photographs taken in Jacksonville, Fla. by Ellie Lee Weems, an African American photographer, from the years 1928 through 1975 with subjects including awards and honors; business and commercial personalities and establishments; church and civic groups; entertainers and celebrities; families; funerals; graduation exercises and cap and gown cameos; landscapes; Masonic orders and related auxiliaries; performing arts; portraits of children, women, and men;...
Dates: 1928-1975

Eugene V. Cooksey scrapbook on boxer Joe Louis

 Collection
Collection number: aarl91-004
Overview

The collection contains three scrapbooks that include photographs of Joe Louis in boxing rings, and with friends and family, as well as newspaper clippings of Joe Louis and other notable African American men and women.

Dates: 1938-1939

Eugene V. Cooksey scrapbook on the Nation of Islam

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Collection number: aarl91-003
Overview

The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and photographs relating to the Nation of Islam from 1963 through 1965, as well as certificates for Eugene Cooksey from the same years from the Cooper Street School, psychiatric attendant nurse training, civil defense courses, Red Cross home nursing course, medical self-help training course, and International Correspondence Schools.

Dates: 1963-1965?

Evelyn J. Frazier papers

 Collection
Collection number: aarl001-008
Overview The Evelyn J. Frazier Papers, 1939-2005, document Frazier's business, civic, educational, and political activities through artifacts, correspondence, certificates, diplomas, licenses, ephemera, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and various printed materials. In addition to owning and operating Frazier's Cafe Society, Frazier was involved locally and nationally with numerous institutions and organizations, including the Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs,...
Dates: 1939-2005

Exhibit Programs, Announcements

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: aafa_aarl92-001
Overview

The collection consists of African American artist Benny Andrews' exhibit programs, announcements, guides, booklets, and catalogs for solo and collaborative exhibits between 1975 and 1992 as well as periodical articles from 1971 to 1992 and information about the artistic contributions of his family members.

Dates: 05/30/1994

Family Genealogy Collection

 Collection
Collection number: aarl-ephemera02
Scope and Contents

This collection of donated family history booklets documents African American families. Some booklets are from family reunions and others are compilations of research conducted by the families.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1972-2016

Fan Collection

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Collection number: EPFAN.123
Scope and Contents

The Fan Collection held by the Auburn Avenue Research Library consists of fans featuring black businesses and other Atlanta organizations. Some of these fans feature the images of prominent African Americans. The date range of the fans held in this collection range from 1928-2000.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1928-2000

Fat Man's Forest Advertisement

 Collection
Collection number: MS-81
Scope and Contents

1 advertisement for Fat Man’s Forest

Dates: Unknown

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Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History 206
Georgia Heritage Room 146
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Cobb County, Georgia, United States 3
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Confederate States of America. Army 3
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Second Baptist Church 5
Young, Andrew, 1932- 5
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Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation 3
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library 3
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 3
First Congregational Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Long, Crawford Williamson, 1815-1878 3
Marshall, Edison, 1894-1967 3
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Spelman College 3
WERD (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 2
Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006 2
Archer, Jessie Thelma Beasley, 1903-1999 2
Athens Historical Society 2
Athens-Clarke County (Ga.) 2
Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room (Athens, Ga.) 2
Atlanta Life Insurance Company 2
Atlanta Public Library. Auburn Branch 2
Atlanta Public Library. West Hunter Branch 2
Atlanta Public Schools 2
Augusta Symphony 2
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Blackburn, Ruby Parks, 1901-1982 2
Blayton, Jesse B., Sr., 1897-1977 2
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 2
Carter, Laura 2
Central Presbyterian Church (Athens, Ga.) 2
Cooksey, Eugene V. 2
Cumming, Joseph B. 2
Daughters of the American Revolution 2
Fickett, Richard Nathanial, 1905-1998 2
First Methodist Church 2
Georgia Museum of Art 2
Georgia State University 2
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Hartsfield, William Berry 2
Hester, Albert L., 1932- 2
Hill, Jesse, 1927- 2
Holder, H. Randolph (Howard Randolph), 1916-2002 2
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 2
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 2
Kenneth Kay (Photographer) 2
Lee, Sanford Henry, 1878-1958 2
Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.) 2
Marshall, George O., 1922-2012 2
McPheeters, Annie L. 2
Moore, John A. 2
Murray, Miledge Galphin 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
National Black Arts Festival, Inc. 2
Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Plummer, Gayther, 1925-2014 2
Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908 2
Rutherford, Mildred Lewis, 1852-1928 2
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 2
Stephens, Alexander 2
Tanner, J. (Johnnie B.) 2
The City Council of Augusta 2
Tree That Owns Itself 2
United States. Army Air Forces 2
Utopian Literary Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 2
(Baldwin) Turnell, June, 1932-2019 1
100% Wrong Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
27 Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Aaron, George 1
Aaron, Hubert, 1923-2014 1
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
Abney, Beth Mobley, 1928-2016 1
Academy Baptist Church 1
Academy of Richmond County 1
Adams, Donald, of Ann Arbor, Mich. 1
Adams, Floyd C. (Floyd Cecil), 1904-1998 1
Adcock Building (Athens, Ga.) 1
African Diaspora Studies Institute (2nd : 1981 : Nairobi, Kenya) 1
Afro-American Life Insurance Company 1
Akola Girls' English School (Berar, India) 1
Alexander and Co. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Alexander, Sarah 1
Alexander, T. M. (Theodore Martin) 1
Alford, James H., Jr., 1940- 1
Allen family 1
Allen, Peyton Austin, 1867-1963 1
Allen, R. W. 1
Allen, Walter, Sr., 1930- 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. South Atlantic region 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Tau Epsilon Omega Chapter (East Point and College Park, Ga.) 1
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 1
Altrusa Club of Athens 1
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation 1
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