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 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 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 Contents 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 Contents The General Photograph Collection consists of images of African American life from the 1880s to the 1980s. Many of these photographs are portraits taken in various studios on the East Coast of the United States, other are snapshots of family life, school, church and the many social organizations of the African American community. Some photographs in this collection showcase the neighborhoods and businesses that existed in the early to mid 20th century. Majority of the photos are...

Scope and Contents The Harmon Perry Collection consists of images taken by photographer Harmon Perry, who worked for the Atlanta Daily World and as a reporter of the Atlanta Journal. The photographs in this collection are of Atlanta social life, politicians, educators and everyday snapshots of people in Atlanta from the 1960s to the 1980s.This collection will benefit researchers of Atlanta Black life during the late 20th century. These photographs serve as a history of predominantly Black...

Scope and Contents The Harold Wright Cruse Papers hold the documents, correspondences, photographs, and ephemeral materials of scholar and writer Harold Wright Cruse. This collection consists of twelve series: Personal Papers, Correspondence, University of Michigan, Harold Wright Cruse Writings, Speaking Engagements, Organizations, Research Files, Ephemera, Writings by Others, Printed and Published Materials, Photographs, and Audiovisual. The Personal Papers consist of materials that span from Cruse's career...

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 Contents The Historic District Development Corporation Collection contains 114 rolled architectural plans. Included are neighborhood street maps, construction plans, property surveys, and building designs, sites that are all located in the Old Fourth Ward. Among these are Auburn Avenue Research Library (AARL) architectural sketches, site plans for Edgewood lofts, a large census tract map for the city, mayor Bill Campbell's approved plans for Atlanta's transportation and Solid Waste Services and...

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...