Recent Accessions and Openings of Georgia Archives

Georgia Archive, Sep 2017

Ann Pederson

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Recent Accessions and Openings of Georgia Archives

Recent Accessions and Openings of Georgia Archives Ann Pederson - 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. 89 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. 90 2 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]. 91 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)


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Ann Pederson. Recent Accessions and Openings of Georgia Archives, Georgia Archive, 2018, Volume 5, Issue 2,