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Hallie Beachem Brooks collection

 Collection
Identifier: 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

Harmon Perry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 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
Identifier: 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
Identifier: 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
Identifier: 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

Historic District Development Corporation maps and plans

 Collection
Identifier: aarl-unknown03
Scope and Contents The Historic District Development Corporation Collection contains 114 rolled architectural plans. Included are neighborhood street maps, construction plans, property surveys, and buidling designs, sites that are all located in the Old Fourth Ward. Among these are Auburn Avenue Research Library (AARL) architectural sketches, site plans for Edgewood lofts, a large census tract map for the city, mayor Bill Campbell's approved plans for Atlanta's transportation and Solid Waste Services and...
Dates: 1989 - 2006

Horace T. Atwater collection

 Collection
Identifier: 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
Identifier: 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
Identifier: 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
Identifier: 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

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Correspondence 24
Clippings (information artifacts) 22
Atlanta (Ga.) 18
Minutes (administrative records) 13
Scrapbooks 12
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Books 9
Ephemera (general object genre) 9
Programs (documents) 9
African American civic leaders -- Georgia -- Atlanta 8
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century. 7
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations. 7
Administrative records 6
African American churches -- Georgia 6
African American politicians--Georgia. 6
African American women--Georgia--Fulton County--Social life and customs. 6
African American women--Georgia--Societies and clubs. 6
African Americans--Government policy--Georgia--Atlanta 6
Audiocassettes 6
Cultural Organizations---Black---American 6
Financial records 6
Newsletters 6
Posters 6
African American businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 5
African American churches -- Southern States 5
African American educators--Georgia--Atlanta. 5
African American universities and colleges--Georgia. 5
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century. 5
African Americans--Civil rights. 5
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Atlanta. 5
Atlanta (Ga.)--Social life and customs. 5
Awards 5
Black---Arts---Culture 5
Community arts projects--Georgia--Atlanta. 5
Oral histories (literary works) 5
Pamphlets 5
Sound recordings 5
African American art -- 20th century 4
African American artists -- 20th century 4
African American artists -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
African American churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 4
African American lesbians 4
African American lesbians--Georgia--Atlanta--Social life and customs--20th century 4
African American lesbians--Social life and customs--20th century 4
African American men--Georgia--Societies and clubs. 4
African American neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 4
African American photographers--United States. 4
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 4
African American women educators--United States. 4
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta--Societies and clubs. 4
African American women--Societies and clubs. 4
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia--Atlanta. 4
African Americans--Education. 4
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta. 4
African Americans--Georgia--Political activity. 4
African Americans--Political activity--Georgia. 4
Atlanta (Ga.)--Business, industries, and trades. 4
Auburn Avenue Neighborhood (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
Baptists--Clergy--Georgia 4
Brochures 4
Business records 4
Certificates 4
Community life--Georgia--Atlanta. 4
High school athletes--Georgia. 4
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) 4
Newspapers 4
Plaques (flat objects) 4
Receipts (financial records) 4
Rhythm and blues music. 4
Sheet music 4
United States -- Race relations 4
Voter registration -- Georgia 4
African American arts 3
African American athletes -- Georgia 3
African American business enterprises -- Georgia 3
African American businesspeople -- Georgia 3
African American educators--Georgia. 3
African American gay men 3
African American journalists--Georgia. 3
African American librarians--Georgia. 3
African American mayors--Georgia--Atlanta 3
African American neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta--History. 3
African American schools--Georgia--Atlanta. 3
African American teachers--Georgia. 3
African American teachers--Southern States. 3
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta. 3
African American women--Georgia. 3
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta. 3
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century 3
African Americans--Georgia. 3
African Americans--History. 3
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. 3
African Americans--Music. 3
African Americans--Religious life--Georgia--Atlanta. 3
African Americans--Societies, etc. 3
American poetry--African American authors. 3
Articles 3
Arts--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 3
Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government. 3
Atlanta (Ga.)--Social life and customs--20th century. 3
Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)--History. 3
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Language
English 237
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 7
Young, Andrew, 1932- 7
Atlanta University 5
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 5
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library 4
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Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 4
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change 4
Spelman College 4
First Congregational Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Georgia State University 3
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 3
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 3
WERD (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 3
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 2
Archer, Jessie Thelma Beasley, 1903-1999 2
Atlanta Life Insurance Company 2
Atlanta Public Library 2
Atlanta Public Library. Auburn Branch 2
Atlanta Public Library. West Hunter Branch 2
Atlanta Public Schools 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
Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Cooksey, Eugene V. 2
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 2
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Hartsfield, William Berry 2
Hill, Jesse, 1927- 2
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 2
King family 2
Lee, Sanford Henry, 1878-1958 2
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- 2
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change 2
McPheeters, Annie L. 2
Morris Brown College 2
National Black Arts Festival, Inc. 2
Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.). 2
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
Utopian Literary Club (Atlanta, Ga.). 2
Young, Jean Childs 2
100% Wrong Club (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
27 Club (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
Adams, Donald, of Ann Arbor, Mich. 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
Allen family 1
Allen, Peyton Austin, 1867-1963 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
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation 1
American Business Women's Association. Tara Chapter 1
Amos Drug Store (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Amos, India D., 1908-1979 1
Amos, Miles G., 1898-1995 1
Amos, Moses, 1866-1928 1
Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006 1
Andrews, Ludie, 1875-1969 1
Apex Museum 1
Archer, Nelson T. 1
Archer, Samuel Howard 1
Archer, Samuel Howard, 1870-1941 1
Atlanta Civic Ballet 1
Atlanta Community Relations Commission 1
Atlanta Council on Human Relations. 1
Atlanta Cultural League (Ga.). 1
Atlanta Exposition. (1899) 1
Atlanta Housing Authority 1
Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters (Ga.). 1
Atlanta Junior College 1
Atlanta Negro Voters League 1
Atlanta Public Library. Central Branch. Special Collections 1
Atlanta Southside Community Health Center. 1
Atwater, Horace T., 1930-2000 1
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History 1
Bacote, Clarence A., 1906-1981 1
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014 1
Bennette, Fred C., 1928-1994 1
Bentley, Charles Edwin, 1859-1929 1
Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 1
Black Emergency Cultural Coalition 1
Black History at Noon Oral History Series (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Blayton family 1
Bolden, Dorothy, 1923- 1
Bondurant family 1
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Boone, Joseph E., 1922-2006 1
Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993 1
Bowden, Edgar 1
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