Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Freddye Scarborough Henderson Family papers document the lives of Freddye Henderson and her family. The collection covers her family's involvement in creating the Henderson Travel Service, the first full-service African American travel service in Atlanta and the United States. The collection also throws light onto Freddye's educational background, highlighting her graduation from NYU's Master in Fashion and Merchandishing program as she was the first Black woman to do so, and her forays...

Scope and Content Note The Archives Map collection consists of printed maps of Africa, the Caribbean Islands, the World, and the United States. The collection includes approximately four hundred and thirty-five (435) items published between 1542 and 1987 by well-known cartographers such as Sebastian Munster, Abraham Ortelius, and Willem Blaeu. Some of the maps on the surface appear to be duplicates, but upon examination, they are a variation of the same map, often with a different cartographer and date....