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Pitts Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl98-011
Overview

The Pitts Family Papers contains letters, photographs, and a family history written in April 2000. The one (1) box collection that contains information from 1938 to 2000.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1900-1940; Bulk, 1900-1940 1900-2000 1900-1940

Playbills Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EPPB-115
Scope and Contents

The Playbills collection consists of programs from stage plays performed at local theatres in metro Atlanta. These plays were written by African American writers, many of which are notable plays such as Fences by August Wilson, Bubbling Brown Sugar by Loften Mitchell, and Soul Possessed by Debbie Allen.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930 - 2000

Portia Allen Hunt family papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl95-021
Overview

The Portia Allen Hunt family papers includes obituaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates, and correspondence from the period of 1959 to 1992 and documents the Hunt family's life in Atlanta with an emphasis on Portia Allen Hunt.

Dates: 1959-1992

Poster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: POF-01
Scope and Contents The Auburn Avenue Research Library Poster Collection includes posters and historical reproductions which chronicle many events in African American History. The posters were produced primarily through offset and photomechanical printing methods with some hand done items. Some of the subjects covered are political campaigns, educational items, special events, lectures and plays and theatrical productions. Some feature original artwork or are autographed by prominent African Americans. The...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920 - 2000

Prentice Herman Polk photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl96-014
Overview The Prentice Herman Polk photograph collection consists of 70 photographs taken mostly in the 1930s and 1940s and a videotape of a television program about Polk and includes photographs taken by Polk of an exhibit of his photographs, images of George Washington Carver, pictures of famous individuals who visited Tuskegee, and examples of his photographs of students, faculty, and events at Tuskegee Institute. Individuals featured in the collection include Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs....
Dates: 1930-1940?

President Barack H. Obama, Jr. Presidential Election and Inauguration Collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl016-005
Scope and Contents note

The collection contains memorabilia from the election. The items included are newspapers, articles, magazines, and various other items like china plate, Christmas ornament, action Figure Doll, coins and bumper sticker.

Dates: 2003-2012, undated

Product Labels and Advertisements collection

 Collection
Identifier: EPPL-122
Scope and Contents

The Product Labels and Advertisements collection is a small grouping of marketing materials of products either made for African Americans or products using black caricatures for advertisements.

This collections does include a few larger ads located in the oversized poster drawers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1960

Rare Periodicals and Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl089-010
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of approximately 500 original issues of historical newspapers and magazines, with a focus on African American history. The periodicals include publications of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, sororites, fraternities and professional organizations. All newspapers are bound and are not complete runs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1830 - 2000

Ray Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl93-003
Overview The collection consists of subject files established by Ray Moore from 1957-1978. Includes correspondence, printed material, press releases, newspaper clippings, television scripts, and notes. Materials document the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The files cover such subjects as race relations in Charlotte (N.C.), Macon (Ga.), and Birmingham (Ala.); Grady Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.); Help Our Public Education (Ga.); voter registration and qualification; school integration; Nation...
Dates: 1957-1978

Rev. Alice Elizabeth Thompson papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl92-003
Overview

The collection contains original works by Thompson and are representative of her published material, including addresses and essays, sheet music, and poetry. The collection also contains a sales catalog and a clipping about Thompson.

Dates: 1961-1978?

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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 230
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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