Recent Accessions and Openings of Georgia Archives
Recent Accessions and Openings of Georgia Archives
Ann Pederson
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RECENT ACCESSIONS AND OPENINGS OF GEORGIA RESOURCES .
Atlanta
GEORGIA REPOSITORIES
Atlanta Historical Society
ATLANTA TRANSIT COMPANY Records: Addition;
Street railway charters and franchises, 1891-1919; memo
randa of agreements with labor unions, 1927-1950; fare
adjustment and rate cases, 1937-1938, 1947; engineering
department annual report, 1935; l cu. ft.
CITY OF ATLANTA: Oakland Cemetery, Interment
book, 1908-1943; l cu. ft.
FULTON COUNTY: Board of Commissioners, Commis
sion clerk's subject files, 1940s-1970s, 24 cu. ft.;
~of~ Assessors (32 cu. ft.), Minute books,
1937-1969; Special assessments not returned, 1940-1943;
Minutes of City of Atlanta Committee on Tax, 1939-1943;
Personal property return case files, 1969; Information
Office, newsletter files, 1964, and monthly reports
(publications), 1964-1975 (.4 cu. ft.); Voter Registra
..!!2!! Office, Subject files, 1970-1973 (4 cu. ft.);
Sheriff's Office, Jail docket, 1970-1971 (1 cu. ft.).
FULTON COUNTY REAL ESTATE ATLASES, 1971-1975:
23 vols. (9 cu. ft.).
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY Collection: Includes
Railway ·Department annual reports, 1925-1937, and fran
chise ordinances, 1950; .5 cu. ft.
JOHN ISHAM Papers: Include journals describing
daily activities and weather, with synopses of sermons
preached at Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta,
18781893, and a school enrollment book, 1855-1864; l cu. ft.
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JOSEPH JACOBS Papers: Formulary notebooks used by Jacobs Drug Co., early 1900s; original bottle labels; price lists; articles by Jacobs; 3 copies of Jacobs' Monthly Magazine, 1915-1918; .5 cu. ft.
MILLS B. LANE, Jr., Collection: Includes files
concerning reconstruction of Tullie Smith House, Atlanta,
and Barrington Hall, Roswell, and information on Roswell
history; .2 cu . ft.
MARGARET L. MacDOUGALL Papers, 1926-1968: In
clude scrapbooks and files relating to her career as
chairman of the Fulton County Planning Commission, ad
ministrator of the Georgia Works Progress Administra
tion, and assistant administrator of the national Works
Progress Administration; also, material pertaining to
the Georgia League of Women Voters and to her work with
the Atlanta City Executive Committee; l cu. ft .
PEACHTREE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Records: Orders of
Worship, 1926-1976, 41 vols.; Administrative Literatu~,
1941-1976, 53 vols.; include correspondence, publicity,
organizational activities; 12 cu. ft.
ROBERT SHAW Collection: Letters, 1864-1865, of
Union soldier George Lawson to Mary Ann Lawson; include
descriptions of the Atlanta Campaign; 29 items (.5 cu.
ft.).
SAINT PHILIP'S CATHEDRAL Records: Parish min
utes, 1847-1959 (include ventry and chapter minutes);
parish registers, 1854-1902; services record books,
1933-1957; financial records, 1886-1956; architectural
drawings; 36 cu. ft.
LENOX T. THORNTON Collection: Photograph al
bums, "Street Car Barns Remaining in Atlanta, Ga.,
1976" and "Georgia Counties: A Fact Book," compiled by
the donor; .5 cu. ft.
W. 0. TUGGLES Papers: Georgia state senator,
1868, and lawyer £or Creek Indians; manuscripts entitled
"Let Us Have Peace," about Reconstruction, 35 pp.;
"Local Laws Affecting Troup County," 1869, 13 pp.; "In
dian War of 1836," Troup County in the Seminole War,
5 pp.; 2-page copy of "Deed to the Lot on Which LaGrange
Stands"; 55 leaves.
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Special Collections Department
Robert W. Woodruff Library
Emory University
HENRY L. BOWDEN Papers, 1971-1972: Records of
the Commission on Academic Tenure in Higher Education,
1971-1972; 2 ms. boxes.
JOSEPH F. BURKE Papers, 1845-1929·: Mainly
business and legal papers relating to property of
Mrs. Rufus E. Bullock and papers relating to D. G.
Catting, including seven letters of Alexander Stephens;
l ms. box.
MORGAN CALLAWAY Papers, 1851-1865: Correspon
dence between the Reverend Morgan Callaway (1831-1899)
and his wife, Leila, of Cuthbert, Ga., many of them
Civil War letters; 75 items.
WILLIAM RAGSDALE CANNON, BP., Collection,
ca. 1960-1975: Mainly clippings, speeches, and writings;
l ms. box.
JOHN OWEN SMITH, BP., Papers, ca. 1960-1975:
Mainly correspondence and subject files relating to the
Methodist Church and particularly to the North Georgia
Conference, which Smith served as bishop; 4 cartons.
Georgia Department of Archives and History
Vanishing Georgia Heritage Photography Project
ELBERT, JASPER, AND MORGAN COUNTIES: Photo
graphs having historical or social significance; ca. 600
items [continuing project; will include other Georgia
counties J.
Manuscript Section
BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST UNION (Morgan Co.,
Ga.) Minutes, 1838-1858: Include list of members and
baptisms; l vol. [to be microfilmed].
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BETHLEHEM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH (Cobb Co.,
Ga.) Minutes, 1877-1905: Include minutes, constitution,
committee reports, lists of new members; l vol. [to be
microfilmed] .
CHEROKEE COUNTY (Ga.) Board of Education, Min
utes, 1974-1976; l vol. [to be microfilmed].
FALLING CREEK (...truncated)