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Frankie V. Adams collection
Collection — Box: 1-5
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0009
Scope and Contents
This small collection of the papers of Frankie Victoria Adams dates from 1931 to 1979 and provides a glimpse of her work and achievements. There are copies of some of her professional and personal writings, bits of information about some of the organizations she was affiliated with, and a few letters and photographs. Of interest are her writings related to group work and community organization. Also, there is the scrapbook Adams kept of the early years of the Atlanta School of Social Work. The...
Dates:
1931-1979
Myron W. Adams records
Collection — Box: 59-60
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0019
Scope and contents
The Myron W. Adams record is the sixth series in the Atlanta University President records.This collection contains the administrative records and correspondence of Myron Winslow Adams, clergyman and fourth president of Atlanta University. The records are divided into three series: Trustee records, Academic records, and Atlanta University Alumni Association Papers. The trustee records consist mainly of reports submitted to the Executive and Finance Committees of the Atlanta...
Dates:
1882, 1902-1932; Majority of material found within 1902-1932
Trezzvant W. Anderson papers
Collection — Box: 1-28
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0010
Scope and contents
This collection consists of the papers of Trezzvant W. Anderson from 1932 to 1963, with the bulk of the material documenting the last few years of his life. It consists mainly of typescripts of his articles submitted in the later part of his career as a reporter for the "Pittsburgh Courier." Most of the articles were written under the bylines "Courier Press Service," "Courier Roving Reporter," "Dateline: Georgia" and "Report from Dixie." Also...
Dates:
1932-1963
Russell Atkins collection
Collection — Box: 1-6
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0011
Scope and contents
This collection gives a glimpse into Atkins's life and work. The collection spans from 1935 until the late 1979. The bulk of the items date in from 1950 to 1979. The focus of the collection is correspondence related to the Free Lance Press and writings by Atkins. The items written by Atkins contain both typescripts and published materials. Included are anthologies where his works were published and printing paste-ups. Handwritten corrections are on some of these items. Also included are some...
Dates:
1926-1988
Atlanta Community Relations Commission collection
Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0012
Scope and contents
This collection consists of records generated by Eliza Paschall and the Atlanta Community Relations Commission during her year as Executive Director of the ACRC. The bulk of the collection is research materials gathered by Paschall and the ACRA to support their work in the community. The files contain reports and statistics that document such things as employment discrimination, police action in the Dixie Hills Riots, and desegregation efforts in the public schools. Of special interest are the...
Dates:
1960-1968; Majority of material found within 1967-1968
Atlanta-Rome District CME Church collection
Collection — Box: 1-9
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0144
Scope and contents
The Atlanta-Rome District CME Church Collection spans the dates 1910-2011. Materials include programs from worship services, funerals, events and church anniversaries; church histories; minutes from national and district annual conferences; and photographs.
Dates:
1910-2011
Atlanta Student Movement collection
Collection — Box: 1-3
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0013
Scope and contents
This small collection of ephemera provides a glimpse of the involvement in the civil rights movement by students from the Atlanta University Center schools - Atlanta University, Gammon Theological Seminary, and Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and Spelman Colleges. The collection includes newspaper and journal articles, flyers, reports, and correspondence by and about students from the AUC schools and a few items about student activities in other areas in the United States. There are also...
Dates:
1960-2000
Atlanta University Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0001
Scope and contents
This collection contains approximately 6000 photographs dating from 1858 to 1995, although the bulk of the material falls between 1905 and 1968. This collection is part of the Atlanta University Archives beginning with series 20 through 26. The material is arranged in seven series: Portraits, Events, Buildings and Grounds, Schools and Special Activities, Groups, Photo Album, and Oversized Photographs. The photographs consist of mostly students, alumni, faculty, administrative officers, campus...
Dates:
1858-1995
Atlanta University financial records
Collection — Box: 1-7
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0014
Scope and contents
The Atlanta University Financial records are the first series of the Atlanta University Presidential Records. There are separate finding aids for each of the series in the Presidential Records as well as a finding aid for each of the other three components of the archives-the Atlanta University School of Social Work (Series 12-19), the Altanta University Photographs (Series 20-26), and the Atlanta University Published and Printed Materials (Series 27-33).This series includes...
Dates:
1856-1961
Frederick Ayer records
Collection — Box: 8-9
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0015
Scope and contents
This series contains records which represent the work of Frederick Ayer as local superintendent and financial agent appointed by the American Missionary Association to establish schools for the freedmen in Atlanta. The correspondence includes Ayer's description of the condition of the newly freed slaves upon his arrival in Atlanta, letters to E.M. Cravath, secretary of the Middle West Department of the American Missionary Association and later president of Fisk University. The financial records...
Dates:
1865-1867, 1900
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