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Ellie Lee Weems photograph and photographic negatives collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl89-014
Overview The photographs series contains photographs taken in Jacksonville, Fla. by Ellie Lee Weems, an African American photographer, from the years 1928 through 1975 with subjects including awards and honors; business and commercial personalities and establishments; church and civic groups; entertainers and celebrities; families; funerals; graduation exercises and cap and gown cameos; landscapes; Masonic orders and related auxiliaries; performing arts; portraits of children, women, and men;...
Dates: 1928-1979

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)

Dr. Alton Hornsby Jr., Collection

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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

Jacqueline Anne Rouse collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl021-003
Scope and Contents The Jacqueline A. Rouse Collection documents her career as a scholar of African-American women's history and professor at Georgia State University. The collection contains personal papers, including syllabi and her thesis from her matriculation at Atlanta University and Christian education booklets and certificates, along with publications, programs, correspondence, academic papers as well as handwritten and typed notes from her research on African-American women activists and the civil...
Dates: 1970 - 2020

Jean Childs Young papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl98-005.1
Scope and Contents note The Jean Childs Young Papers document Young's work as an educator and advocate for children's rights, as well as her civic, church, and community service. Notable projects and involvement include the 1979 International Year of the Child, Mayor's Task Force on Public Education, Child Service and Family Counseling Center, Inc./ Families First, Children's Defense Fund, Atlanta Junior College (now Atlanta Metropolitan College), Atlanta Public Schools, the APEX Museum, and SciTrek, the Science...
Dates: 1910s – 2000 (bulk 1953-1994)

Jean Childs Young Youth Institute records

 Collection
Identifier: aarl98-014b
Scope and Contents The Jean Childs Young Institute (JCYI) Records spans from 1990 to 2007, the bulk of which dates from ca. 1992 to 2003. Many of the documents within the collection are managerial, containing grant proposals, minute records, project plans and financial reports. Along with this are student research surveys, flyers, articles published about JCYI, photographs and recording of the organization’s events on VHS Cassettes. Additionally, there is a plethora of records related to JCYI’s...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1992-2003.; Fully spans between 1990-2007.

Lisa Ann Pertillar-Brevard papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl95-010
Overview

The collection consists materials collected about African American scholar and artist Lisa Ann Pertillar-Brevard dating from 1986 to 1996 including biographical information, newspaper and magazine articles on a variety of subjects including education, copies of periodicals and publications to which she has contributed, publications of the University of Maryland that pertain to African American issues, and various brochures and pamphlets.

Dates: 1986-1996

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Atlanta Branch records

 Collection
Identifier: aarl98-007
Scope and Contents note The NAACP Atlanta Branch Records document the administration and committee work of the organization. The collection comes primarily from Jondelle Johnson’s tenure as Executive Director from 1972-1985 and her leadership with the Special Projects Committee in the 1990s. Presidents represented in the collection include Samuel W. Williams, C. Miles Smith, Lonnie King, and Julian Bond. The collection spans nearly 40 years and documents the Branch’s activities and initiatives through legislation,...
Dates: 1950-1998

Selena Sloan Butler papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl09-002
Scope and Content Note The Selena Sloan Butler family papers document the family's personal, professional, and civic activities from 1886 to 1983 through correspondence, certificates, newspaper clippings, periodicals, scrapbooks, photographs, engravings, artifacts, programs, personal journals, notes, pamphlets and publications. The photographs and photo engravings portray the Butler family and other African American men, women and children in social settings, though information about the dates, names, and...
Dates: 1886-1893

Vertical File Collection

 Collection
Identifier: VF-001
Scope and Contents

The Vertical Files consist of a collection of resources organized by various topics. These items include newspaper articles, programs, obituaries, and ephemeral materials. These topics range from education and social clubs to organizations and civil rights leaders.

The Vertical Files are a great resource for researchers hoping to gain information on the African diaspora in Atlanta from 1920-2000.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1880 - 2018

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African Americans--Education. 9
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Atlanta. 5
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia--Atlanta. 4
African American teachers--Southern States. 3
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 3
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African American women educators--United States. 3
African Americans--Education--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century 3
African Americans--Government policy--Georgia--Atlanta 3
Correspondence 3
High school athletes--Georgia. 3
Public schools--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 3
African American athletes -- United States 2
African American businesspeople -- Florida -- Jacksonville 2
African American churches -- Southern States 2
African American civic leaders -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
African American educators--Georgia. 2
African American elementary schools--United States. 2
African American politicians--Georgia. 2
African American women--Georgia--Fulton County--Social life and customs. 2
African American women--Societies and clubs. 2
African Americans--Charities 2
African Americans--Religion. 2
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta. 2
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Education--Georgia 2
Ephemera (general object genre) 2
Gospel music. 2
HBCUs (Historically Black colleges and universities) -- Morehouse College 2
Insurance companies--Florida--Jacksonville. 2
Pamphlets 2
Public schools--Georgia--Atlanta 2
School yearbooks 2
Segregation in education--Georgia--Atlanta. 2
Segregation--Georgia--Atlanta 2
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans 2
Voter registration -- Georgia -- Atlanta 2
Affirmative action programs -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American Babies. 1
African American Social Clubs 1
African American Social Clubs -- Jacksonville, Florida 1
African American Women 1
African American athletes -- Georgia 1
African American baseball players -- United States 1
African American business enterprises -- Florida -- Jacksonville 1
African American business enterprises -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Photographs 1
African American businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American children. 1
African American churches -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
African American clergy -- Southern States 1
African American college teachers 1
African American dentists 1
African American educators--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 1
African American educators--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African American entertainers--Florida--Jacksonville--Photographs. 1
African American families. 1
African American high school students. 1
African American male college students. 1
African American membership in associations, institutions, etc 1
African American men--Clothing--History--20th century. 1
African American men--Clothing. 1
African American men--Study and teaching. 1
African American musicians--Georgia. 1
African American nursing schools. 1
African American parents' and teachers' associations--United States 1
African American pharmacists--Southern States--History--20th century. 1
African American photographers--Florida--Jacksonville--History--20th century. 1
African American photographers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century. 1
African American photographers--History--20th century. 1
African American photographers--United States. 1
African American physicians--Florida--History--20th century. 1
African American physicians--Georgia--Atlanta 1
African American political activists--History. 1
African American prints. 1
African American sailors. 1
African American school administrators--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African American schools--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African American soldiers--Georgia. 1
African American teachers--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African American universities and colleges--Florida--Daytona Beach. 1
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta--History--19th century. 1
African American universities and colleges--Georgia. 1
African American veterans--Georgia--Atlanta 1
African American women authors--United States. 1
African American women authors. 1
African American women educators--Georgia--Atlanta 1
African American women educators--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century 1
African American women musicians--United States. 1
African American women social reformers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century 1
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta--Political activity 1
African American women--Political activity--History--20th century 1
African American women--United States. 1
African American---Washington, DC 1
African Americans and libraries--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African Americans in mass media--Georgia--Atlanta 1
African Americans in medicine. 1
African Americans in radio broadcasting--Georgia--Atlanta 1
African Americans in radio broadcasting--United States. 1
African Americans in television broadcasting--Georgia--Atlanta 1
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta. 1
African Americans--Civil rights. 1
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Language
English 21
 
Names
Atlanta University 2
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 2
Georgia State University 2
Young, Andrew, 1932- 2
Young, Jean Childs 2
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Afro-American Life Insurance Company 1
Apex Museum 1
Association of Black Women Historians (U.S.) 1
Atlanta Junior College 1
Atlanta Public Schools 1
Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, Fla.) 1
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Brevard, Lisa Pertillar 1
Brooks family 1
Brooks, Albert Irvin, 1908-1997 1
Brooks, Belle Bishop, 1910-1988 1
Butler family 1
Butler, Henry Rutherford, 1862-1931 1
Butler, Henry Rutherford, 1899-1988 1
Butler, Selena S., 1872-1964 1
Caliver, Ambrose, 1894-1962 1
Capital Avenue Elementary School (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Children's Defense Fund (U.S.) 1
Clark University (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Cooper Street Elementary School (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
Drexel Catholic High School (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Gammon Theological Seminary 1
George family 1
George, Claude Clarence, 1922- 1
Hawk, DeLoys, 1933-1981 1
Holmes, R. (Robert A. ), 1943- 1
Hope, John, 1868-1936 1
Hornsby, Alton 1
Johnson family 1
Johnson, Charmayne, 1953- 1
Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Lewis, A. L. (Abraham Lincoln), 1865-1947 1
Manchester College (North Manchester, Ind.) 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change 1
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Morris Brown College 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Atlanta Branch 1
National Conference on Fundamental Problems in the Education of Negroes (1934 : Washington, D.C.) 1
National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers 1
SciTrek. 1
Spelman College 1
U.S. National Commission on the International Year of the Child, 1979 1
UNICEF 1
United States. Department of Interior 1
Weems Photo Studio (Jacksonville, Fla.). 1
Weems, Ellie Lee, 1901-1983 1
White House Conference on Child Health and Protection 1
Whiting, Helen Adele Johnson, 1885-1929 1
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