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

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The collection consists of public relations flyers and programs, bibliographies, a history of the Auburn Avenue branch, and articles about early library service to African Americans in Atlanta. It documents the activities of the Auburn and West Hunter branches of the Atlanta Public Library from 1950-1957, library service to African Americans during that period, and the social and educational activities of the Auburn Avenue community.

Overview The collection, created by Atlanta University scholar David Frederick Dorsey, consists of programs, newsletters, flyers, and clippings related to dance and other performing arts between 1972 and 1990 and pamphlets and reports dated 1928 and from 1979 to 1983 documenting the political situation in southern Africa. The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, the Atlanta Ballet, Jomandi Productions, Clark Atlanta University student groups, and international dance troupes are represented within the...

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Highlights of the Frederick Hall collection in the Auburn Avenue Research Library Archives Division are 228 testimonials and correspondence dating from 1939 to 1950. Also included is one scrapbook of clippings, programs, flyers and other materials documenting Dr. Hall's tenure at Dillard University.

Overview The collection spans from 1934 to 1993, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1951 to 1986. It consists of Jessie Thelma Beasley Archer's personal papers and documents her professional life at Morehouse College, her involvement in various social, religious, and professional organizations, including the Q-Ettes, the Professional Secretaries Club, and Professional Women of Atlanta, as well as her engagement with several historically black colleges and universities, including Spelman...

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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.

Overview The Lucille V. Hill Papers contain items from 1942 to 1994 created by or about Lucille V. Hill and her son, James A. Hill, Jr., of Oregon. The collection includes invitations, certificates, newspaper articles, yearbooks from Tuskegee Institute, plaques, photographs, a scrapbook, event programs, videotapes and audiotapes, books, artifacts, high school newsletters, political campaign materials, and photographs.The collection documents Lucille Hill's involvement in community...

Overview The National Conclave of Grady Graduate Nurses, an organization of professional nurse graduates of Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, is devoted to maintaining and publicizing the history of the school, which existed 1917-1982, and its founder, Mrs. Ludie Andrews; to fostering high standards of nursing and health care; and to engaging the issues facing African Americans in the nursing profession. The collection contains the Conclave's records and personal papers of...

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The collection contains documents that includes club activities, meeting anouncements, programs and minutes, press releases, newspaper articles, financial records, handbook and constitution updates, biographical sketches of members and speakers, annual yearbooks and programs from the annual Party For Friends events. There are also photographs of members and pictures from various club events.