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Andrew J. Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl98-005
Scope and Contents note The Andrew J. Young Papers document his career and family life spanning more than 50 years, including his positions as a minister, civil rights activist, Congressman, Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta, Co-Chair of the 1996 Atlanta Committee of the Olympic Games, and his involvement with Law Companies Group, Inc. and GoodWorks International. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, press releases, calendars, books, minutes, reports, publications,...
Dates: 1910s-2007

Ann States Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl-85-001
Scope and Contents

The Ann States Photograph Collection holds images of Atlanta life during the 1970s. Many of the photographs showcase Auburn Avenue and the businesses that once thrived there. The photographs also show the people of Sweet Auburn in various settings socializing and working, these images offer a glimpse to what Sweet Auburn looked like during this time period.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1979

Annabelle Thompson Kilgore collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl95-006
Overview The Annabelle Thompson Kilgore collection contains items from 1966-1994 that document Kilgore's personal and professional life both as a photographer and educator and includes a profile, newspaper clippings, photographs of Atlanta, Africa, and African American photographers James Van Der Zeee and Prentice Harmon (P. H.) Polk, four of which are known to be the work of Mrs. Kilgore, a playbill for Katherine Dunham and her company, programs, brochures, and display materials on African American...
Dates: 1966-1994

Annie L. McPheeters papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl90-005
Overview The collection consists of the papers of Annie L. McPheeters from 1945-1990. Includes correspondence, reports, notes, photographs, and a variety of printed materials which are largely clippings, brochures, pamphlets, journals, and books. Much of the collection relates to McPheeters' personal involvement with the Auburn and the West Hunter Branches of the Atlanta Public Library, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the Warren Memorial United Methodist Church, and the Utopian Literary Club. Other...
Dates: 1945-1990

Anthony "Tony" Daniels papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl008-008
Scope and Contents note

The Anthony “Tony” Daniels papers, 1980-2000, documents his professional and personal life through correspondence, diaries, journals, print materials, publications. The primary focus of the collection is his writings, which includes drafts, rewrites, scripts and related printed material. The collection also has records from the ensemble, ADODI Muse.

Dates: 1985-1999

Atlanta Life Insurance Company records

 Collection
Identifier: aarl98-016
Overview

Records of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company from 1894-1994, 2000 which primarily document the operation of the company, and to a lesser extent, the role it played in Atlanta's African-American community. The record include officer's files; financial records; insurance policies and claims; Atlanta Life publications and printed material; non Atlanta Life publications and printed material; and architectural drawings, calendars, certificates and diplomas.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1945-1985; Bulk, 1945-1985 1894-1994 2000 1945-1985

Atlanta Tribune Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl00-005
Scope and Contents This is a photograph from the Atlanta Tribune Photograph Collection. The Atlanta Tribune Photograph Collection contains an array of images featured in the Atlanta Tribune Magazine. A publication created to showcase black excellence in all business spheres. This includes but is not limited to entertainment, sports, politics, leisure, and education. Within this collection you will find major Atlanta companies such as Coca-Cola, AT&T, and McDonalds, black legends like Coretta Scott King,...
Dates: 1970 - 2000

Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Georgia) Class of 1956 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl017-001
Scope and Contents note

This Collection Consists of correspondence, programs, financial records, invitations to reunions, Newspaper clippings of ceremonies, awards, and rosters of the Booker T. Washington class of 1956 dating from 1956-2016. Over half of this collection consists of pictures from various reunions between 1972-2011. Also included are decorations and clothing to commemorate the reunions.

Dates: 1956-2016

Carter’s Department Store Records

 Collection
Identifier: aarl001-010
Scope and Contents

This collection of Carter’s Department Store covers the years 1948 to 1964. The collection contains advertisements, stationary, customer credit records, general ledgers, check stubs, financial statements, invoices, receipts, journal sheets, ledgers, overdue notices, personal correspondence, pharmaceutical price lists and signed checks.

Dates: 1948 - 1964

Civil rights discussion series recordings

 Collection
Identifier: aarl97-017
Overview

The series of recordings of Atlanta Fulton Public Library's Oral history discussion series in 1997 treats the involvement of Atlanta University students in the Civil Rights movement and more specifically in the Atlanta University Student Movement. The former students discussed picket lines, sit-ins, the student leaders, and The appeal for human rights. The speakers also include lawyers who supported the students during their protests.

Dates: 1997

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Atlanta (Ga.)--Business, industries, and trades. 4
Auburn Avenue Neighborhood (Atlanta, Ga.) 4
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African American business enterprises -- Georgia 3
African American businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 3
African American librarians--Georgia. 3
African American neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta--History. 3
Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government. 3
Atlanta (Ga.)--Social life and customs--20th century. 3
Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)--History. 3
Business records 3
Community life--Georgia--Atlanta. 3
Oral histories (literary works) 3
Sound recordings 3
Voter registration -- Georgia 3
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African American athletes -- Georgia 2
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African American entertainers--United States. 2
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African American pharmacists--Georgia. 2
African American photographers--United States. 2
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Atlanta (Ga.)--Education. 2
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Atlanta (Ga.)--Photographs. 2
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Audiocassettes 2
Certificates 2
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Atlanta. 2
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Education--Georgia 2
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Greek letter societies--Georgia. 2
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Race discrimination--Georgia--Atlanta. 2
Race relations. 2
Racism--Georgia. 2
Scrapbooks 2
Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta 2
Sheet music 2
Women librarians -- Georgia 2
Affirmative action programs -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
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African American Congregationalists -- Georgia 1
African American arts -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American beauty operators -- Georgia 1
African American churches -- Southern States 1
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African American gay men 1
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African American lesbians 1
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African American lesbians--Social life and customs--20th century 1
African American librarians--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 1
African American librarians--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African American mayors--Georgia--Atlanta 1
African American musicians--Georgia. 1
African American neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 1
African American nurses--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African American nurses--Georgia--History. 1
African American nurses. 1
African American nursing schools. 1
African American police--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African American police--Georgia--Decatur. 1
African American politicians--Georgia. 1
African American radio stations--Georgia. 1
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Names
Young, Andrew, 1932- 4
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library 3
Atlanta Life Insurance Company 2
Atlanta University 2
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
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Blackburn, Ruby Parks, 1901-1982 2
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 2
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 2
Hartsfield, William Berry 2
Hill, Jesse, 1927- 2
Jackson, Maynard, 1938-2003 2
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
McPheeters, Annie L. 2
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 2
27 Club (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 1
Allen family 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 1
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 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, Ludie, 1875-1969 1
Atlanta Community Relations Commission 1
Atlanta Council on Human Relations. 1
Atlanta Cultural League (Ga.). 1
Atlanta Housing Authority 1
Atlanta Negro Voters League 1
Atlanta Public Library 1
Atlanta Public Library. Auburn Branch 1
Atlanta Public Library. West Hunter Branch 1
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History 1
Bacote, Clarence A., 1906-1981 1
Bennette, Fred C., 1928-1994 1
Blayton family 1
Blayton, Jesse B., Sr., 1897-1977 1
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993 1
Bowen, Margaret Davis, -1976 1
Boy Scouts of America. 1
Brayboy, Ella Mae, 1919- 1
Brooks, Hallie Beachem 1
Brown, Henry N. 1
Calloway, W. L., (William L.), 1908-1999 1
Carter, Edward Randolph, 1856-1944 1
Cochran, Warren 1
Collins, Helen J., 1911- 1
Community Council of Atlanta (Ga.). 1
Council on Battered Women (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Daniels, Anthony (Tony), 1965-1998 1
Darden, Marian 1
Decatur (Ga.). Police Department 1
Democratic Party (Ga.) 1
Dobbs, John Wesley, 1931- 1
Evelyn Jones Cafe (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
First Congregational Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Frazier's Cafe Society (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Frazier, Evelyn J., 1912-2007 1
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Friendship Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Furlow, Florine D., 1903-1987 1
Furlow, Henry J., 1902-1986 1
General Mills-Kroger oral history collection for the Friends of the Auburn Avenue Research Library. 1
Georgia Government Documentation Project. 1
Georgia State University 1
Georgia. General Assembly. Committee on Schools 1
GoodWorks International. 1
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.). Municipal Training School for Colored Nurses. 1
Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.). School of Nursing. 1
Greene, Charles W., -1974 1
Harris, Joe Frank 1
Haugabrooks, Geneva, 1890-1977 1
Herndon, Alonzo, 1858- 1
Herndon, Norris B., 1897-1977 1
Hunt family 1
Hunt, Portia Allen, 1922-1992 1
Hunter-Gault, Charlayne 1
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority. Delta Chapter. 1
Jackson, Graham Washington, 1903-1983 1
John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Junior League of Atlanta 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kilgore, Annabelle Thompson, 1924- 1
King family 1
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 1
King, Nina 1
Knights of Pythias 1
League of Negro Women Voters of Georgia. 1
Lee, Sanford Henry, 1878-1958 1
Lewis, Andrew Jackson, 1909-1989 1
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21- 1
Links, Inc.. Atlanta Chapter 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change 1
Martin, Eugene M., 1888-1969 1
Matthews, W. B., (William B.) 1
Metropolitan Atlanta Association for the Blind. 1
Metropolitan Atlanta Republican Women's Club. 1
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