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Gilbert B. Dickey Collection
Collection
Collection number: MS-004
Scope and Contents
The nine folders (listed) include biographical material, press releases and brochures for his companies, photographs, college transcripts, published pieces by his son “Gib” (Gilbert Dickey, Jr.), including one on his father, miscellaneous notes handwritten by Dickey as well as by the donor, and some obituaries for Gilbert B. Dickey.
An archivist added folder contains photocopies of the two 1973 articles from
Happen newsletter re Dickey’s ESO company in Peachtree City.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000
Found in:
Joel Cowan History Room
Gone With The Wind Ephemera Collection
Collection
Collection number: aarl020-003
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two items that relate to the movie Gone With the Wind and the author of the book, Margaret Mitchell.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1967-1986
Gordon-Jackson-McLester family papers
Collection
Collection number: aarl96-013
Overview
The Gordon-Jackson-McLester family papers contains materials created or gathered by members of the Gordon, Jackson, or McLester families of Tuscaloosa, Alabama from the years 1850 through 1965, including photographs, correspondence, funeral notices, general documents, clippings, portraits, and books. The collection documents African American family life in Tuscaloosa, African American women's clubs, and African American business life.
Dates:
1850-1965
Graham Washington Jackson, Sr. papers
Collection
Collection number: aarl89-004
Overview
The collection consists of papers of Graham Washington Jackson, Sr. from 1880-1990. The papers include correspondence, newspaper articles, scrapbooks, photographs, slides, and printed material documenting Jackson's musical performances and awards. Notable correspondents include Jimmy Carter, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, William Hartsfield, and John Kennedy. The collection also contains audio and video recordings, albums, music manuscripts, sheet music, and Jackson's paintings. The...
Dates:
1880-1990; 1957; 1957
Hallie Beachem Brooks collection
Collection
Collection number: aarl.86.001
Scope and Contents
The Hallie Beachem Brooks collection consists of a variety of vinyl records from Duke Ellington to Fats Waller. These records span multiple generations of music culture from the 1940s to the mid 1970s, researchers with an interest in music history will find this collection useful.
With over 650 items belonging to this collection the rarity of some records can assist researchers studying a particular artist or genre.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940-1980
Hampton Terrace Hotel Ephemera
Collection
Collection number: MS-107
Scope and Contents
Ephemera about the Hampton Terrace Hotel. One menu, one envelope and one sheet of stationary dated February 9, 1913
Dates:
1913 - 1916
Found in:
Georgia Heritage Room
Harmon Perry Collection
Collection
Collection number: aarl.96.006
Scope and Contents
The Harmon Perry Collection consists of images taken by photographer Harmon Perry, who worked for the Atlanta Daily World and as a reporter of the Atlanta Journal. The photographs in this collection are of Atlanta social life, politicians, educators and everyday snapshots of people in Atlanta from the 1960s to the 1980s. This collection will benefit researchers of Atlanta black life during the late 20th century, these photographs serve as a history of predominately black...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900-1993
Harold Wright Cruse Papers
Collection
Collection number: aarl99-001
Scope and Contents
The Harold Wright Cruse Papers hold the documents, correspondences, photographs, and ephemeral materials of scholar and writer Harold Wright Cruse. This collection consists of twelve series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, University of Michigan, Harold Wright Cruse Writings, Speaking Engagments, Organizations, Research Files, Ephemera, Writings by Others, Printed and Published Materials, Photographs, and Audiovisual. The Personal Papers consist of materials that span from Cruse's career as...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940-1999
Helen Adele Johnson Whiting papers
Collection
Collection number: aarl89-005
Overview
The collection consists of the papers of Helen Adele Johnson Whiting from 1929-1982. Includes correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, printed material, scrapbooks, biographical information on Whiting, and writings by Whiting. The materials document Whiting's pioneering work in the field of elementary progressive education and the education of African American children. Correspondents include W.E.B. Du Bois; Ambrose Caliver, Senior Specialist in the Education of Negroes, Dept. of the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1929-1950; Bulk, 1929-1950 1929-1982 bulk (1929-1950)
Henry J. and Florine D. Furlow papers
Collection
Collection number: aarl89-006
Overview
The collection consists of papers of Henry J. and Florine Dyer Furlow from 1938-1986. The papers include correspondence, photographs, printed material, scrapbooks, ephemera, and sheet music documenting the Furlows' activities as music leaders at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church (Atlanta, Ga.) and their involvement in educational and civic organizations in Georgia. Of particular interest are the programs, scripts, costumes, and publicity materials pertaining to the pageant "Heaven Bound." The...
Dates:
1938-1986
Historical Postcard Collection Box 1
Collection
Collection number: MS-37
Scope and Contents
Various postcards documenting historic Augusta, Georgia buildings and attractions. Many of these no longer exist
Dates:
Majority of material found in Various
Found in:
Georgia Heritage Room
Historical Postcard Collection Box 2
Collection
Collection number: MS-38
Scope and Contents
Various postcards documenting historic Augusta, Georgia buildings and attractions. Many of these no longer exist
Dates:
Majority of material found in Various
Found in:
Georgia Heritage Room
History of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church
Collection
Collection number: MS-98
Scope and Contents
Covers the history of the church from its founding in 1749 to the date of publication in 1945
Dates:
1945
Found in:
Georgia Heritage Room
History of the Augusta Arsenal 1816-1955
Collection
Collection number: MS-29
Dates:
ca. 1955
Found in:
Georgia Heritage Room
Horace T. Atwater collection
Collection
Collection number: aarl94-005
Overview
The collection, spanning from 1989 to 1993, consists of two scrapbooks containing correspondence, testimonials, proclamations, pictures, certificates, and newspaper articles, as well as a collection of photographs of noted individuals who patronized the Majestic Shoe Shop including President George Bush, Georgia Governor Zell Miller, and Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson.
Dates:
1989-1993
Dr. Alton Hornsby Jr., Collection
Collection
Collection number: aarl089-015
Scope and Contents
Dr. Alton Hornsby, Jr. Collection is 180 linear feet and dates from 1961 to 2001, within the bulk of the material dating from 1971 to 2001. Found within the collection are biographical materials, scattered official letters that generally discuss some of Dr. Hornsby's activities, miscellaneous notes and writings, and clippings. While the primary value of this collection rests in its wide variety of professional associations' papers and activities, it also contains articles, manuscripts...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1961-2001
Hosea L. Williams papers
Collection
Collection number: aarl04-004
Overview
The material documents the history and reflects the activities of Williams during the Civil Rights Movement, his political career, his business ventures and the history of his involvement in several organizations including the SCLC.
Dates:
1926-2000
Hosea L. Williams photographs
Collection
Collection number: aarl04-004photo
Overview
The material documents the history and reflects the activities of Williams during the Civil Rights Movement, his political career, his business ventures and the history of his involvement in several organizations including the SCLC.
Dates:
circa 1950-2000
Illuminated Manuscript
Collection
Collection number: MS-20
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1500 - 1550
Found in:
Georgia Heritage Room
In Memoriam
Collection
Collection number: MS-103
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