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African American businesspeople -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Burdell Benjamin (B.B.) Beamon photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: aarl95-012
Overview

This photograph collection contains photographs of radio personalities, T.V. entertainers, such as Ed Sullivan, and great singers of the 1940s and 1950s, such as Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Nat "King" Cole, and Billy Eckstein. Also included in this photograph collection are singing stars of the 1970s and 1980s such as James Brown, B.B. King, and Isaac Hayes. There are also photographs of family members and other memorabilia/ephemera.

Dates: 1930-1996
Found in: Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History / Burdell Benjamin (B.B.) Beamon photograph collection

Evelyn J. Frazier papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl001-008
Overview The Evelyn J. Frazier Papers, 1939-2005, document Frazier's business, civic, educational, and political activities through artifacts, correspondence, certificates, diplomas, licenses, ephemera, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and various printed materials. In addition to owning and operating Frazier's Cafe Society, Frazier was involved locally and nationally with numerous institutions and organizations, including the Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs,...
Dates: 1939-2005
Found in: Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History / Evelyn J. Frazier papers

Geneva Haugabrooks papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl95-015
Overview The papers comprise plaques of awards and honors received by Haugabrooks from 1965 to 1972, papers, correspondence, telegrams of congratulations, one framed letter of congratulations from former Georgia Governor Joe Frank Harris, and an enlarged poster-sized photograph of Mrs. Haugabrooks and former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young. The collection is rich for research on Atlanta's African American life, in particular its business and civic leaders, churches, organizations, and female...
Dates: 1965-1976
Found in: Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History / Geneva Haugabrooks papers

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
Found in: Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History / Selena Sloan Butler papers

William L. Calloway papers

 Collection
Identifier: aarl95-004
Overview

The collection contains items from 1969 through 1991 including a photograph of William L. Calloway with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnson; an autographed copy of " The 'Sweet Auburn Avenue' Business History, 1900-1988"; a print by Tom Range of a young boy fishing in a paper cup; and a framed certificate presented to William L. Calloway.

Dates: 1969-1991
Found in: Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History / William L. Calloway papers