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Atlanta (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 368 Collections and/or Records:

Marc R. Levinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1983-01
Abstract: Marc R. Levinson was a journalist and news editor of Creative Loafing, an Atlanta weekly. His papers, 1975-1979, contain three series. The AFSCME Local 1644/City of Atlanta series includes correspondence, news clippings, news releases, and printed materials relating to a strike by Local 1644 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) against the City of Atlanta in 1977. The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile...
Dates: 1975-1978

Margaret Miller Curtis papers

 Collection
Identifier: W005
Abstract During the 1970s and 1980s Margaret Miller Curtis functioned as a writer, lobbyist, and fundraiser for a number of organizations, including People of Faith for the ERA, ERA Georgia, Inc., and the Council on Battered Women. Manuscript materials (notes, correspondence, news clippings, printed materials and publications) in this collection document not only her involvement with these organizations, but her attendance at major conferences concerning women and the ERA, as well as her involvement...
Dates: circa 1973-1998, 2018

Margo Smith Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence papers

 Collection
Identifier: W139
Abstract: Margo Smith, born in Pennsylvania and educated in Massachusetts, has spent her professional career battling to end domestic violence. She served as director of the Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence in the late 1980s. The Margo Smith Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence papers, 1986-1990, consist of grant proposals, publications, newspaper articles, speeches, presentations, and administrative materials related Margo Smith's time as director of the Georgia Network Against Domestic...
Dates: 1986-1992

Maria Getzinger Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: W021
Abstract: Maria Getzinger Jones' political activism and interest in equal rights originated in her work experiences, as well as from the inspiration of local and national feminists and activists. The Maria Getzinger Jones papers consists of artifacts (bumper stickers, jewelry, lapel pins, a letter opener, name tags, a paperweight, pinback buttons, a ribbon), graphic materials (photographs, postcards and posters), and manuscript materials (correspondence, news clippings, notes, printed materials and...
Dates: 1946, 1967-1998; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1985

Marion "Peanut" Brown, 15 August 1990

 Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0616
Abstract

Brown discusses working at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, growing up in Atlanta, the textile workers' strike of 1934, the Ku Klux Klan and other topics.

Dates: 15 August 1990

Marion "Peanut" Brown Interview 2

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0775
Abstract

Brown discusses working at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill in Atlanta, Ga., his music, racial tensions in Atlanta, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.

Dates: 1987-1995

Marion "Peanut" Brown, Joyce Brookshire, and Opal McMichael Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0707
Abstract

Brown and Brookshire discuss Cabbagetown's past and sing several songs. McMichael discusses her father and the farm they had, and why they came to work in the cotton mills.

Dates: 1987-1995

MARTA early system planning collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2020-02
Abstract

MARTA Early System Planning Collection consists of around a thousand maps and aerial photographs related to the early system planning. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, known as MARTA, provides bus and rapid rail service to the most urbanized portions of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Dates: 1967-1979, 1992

Martha Wren Gaines Research Fellowship collection

 Collection
Identifier: W048
Abstract: Martha Wren Gaines (1939-1987), a Georgia native from Thomason, dedicated her life, personally and professionally, to promoting civil and women's rights in Georgia. As part of the Georgia Women's Movement Project, an annual Gaines Research Fellowship is annually awarded to Georgia State University faculty and students who are actively pursuing research that utilizes materials from the Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives and/or the ...
Dates: 2003-

Mary Jo Duncanson papers

 Collection
Identifier: W059
Abstract:

Acting as a delegate from Atlanta NOW, Mary Jo Duncanson became involved with ERA Georgia, Inc. and the Equal Rights Amendment movement. The Mary Jo Duncanson papers, 1972-1984, document her involvement in the Equal Rights Amendment movement in Georgia.

Dates: 1972-1984

Mary Lynn Walker American Federation of Government Employees collection

 Collection
Identifier: L2005-03
Abstract:

Mary Lynn Walker, a Georgia native, became very active in the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) in the late 1960s and rose to executive positons never before held by a female. The Mary Lynn Walker collection contains documents and newspaper articles chronicling labor employment issues such as unfair labor practices, age discrimination, and improper loans of government employment.

Dates: 1974-1975, 1979

Mary N. Long papers

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Identifier: W062
Abstract: Primarily correspondence, minutes and agendas, notes and writings, printed material including reports, and artifacts and ephemera make up the papers of nurse, administrator, and advocate Mary N. Long, 1957, 1965-2000. Materials relate to her employment at Grady Memorial Hospital and the Arthritis Foundation; to her service to the Georgia Nurses' Association, Georgia Nurses' Foundation, American Nurses Foundation, and other organizations; and to her work as an activist and community...
Dates: 1957, 1965-2000

Mary Vick Graves papers

 Collection
Identifier: W056
Abstract:

Mary Vick Graves' interest in the women's movement began when she was working for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The collection documents the activities of ERA Georgia Inc. and the work Graves undertook as volunteer coordinator of the organization.

Dates: 1972-1983; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1983

MaryAnne Gaunt papers

 Collection
Identifier: W080
Abstract: MaryAnne Farnsworth was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1944. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1965, and went to work for the US Department of Labor, Southern Regional Education Board, Agnes Scott College, and Goergia State University. The majority of the papers document Gaunt's work as committee chair of the Atlanta Women’s Network (AWN) Program from 1987 to 1988, including invitations to the monthly programs, contact lists of possible program speakers, as well as AWN annual...
Dates: 1972-1990

Marymal Dryden - Judith Allen Ingram collection

 Collection
Identifier: W023
Abstract: Establishing a reputation for planning and coordinating, Dryden has been: Assistant Director and Director for the Atlanta Council of International Programs (1972-1980); member of the University Exchange Program and member of the Board of Directors of Partners of America, Inc. (1986-1987); and from 1980-1990, Unit Head for Public Services in Georgia State University's Division of Continuing Education. Judith Allen Ingram has held various positions at GSU, including Administrative Coordinator...
Dates: 1985-1995

Matthew Cardinale papers

 Collection
Identifier: Y012
Abstract

Matthew Cardinale founded and edits the Atlanta Progressive News. His papers, 2002-2012, include materials created and gathered over the course of his activities as a journalist and political activist. A large portion of the papers concerns the demolition of public housing communities in Atlanta.

Dates: 2002-2012; Majority of material found within 2007 - 2008

Maxine Turner papers

 Collection
Identifier: W074
Abstract:

Born in 1935, Maxine Turner was a Georgia Institute of Technology professor of literature and communication, a technical writing consultant. The collection consists of a mailing list, two personal accounts, 17 photographs, three buttons, and seven picket signs related to a 1996 protest against the Episcopal Church's refusal to ordain women as ministers.

Dates: 1996, undated

Melvin Leon Jones collection

 Collection
Identifier: L1975-44
Abstract:

This collection consists of transcripts of interviews Melvin Jones conducted with former employees of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills in Atlanta, Ga. regarding working conditions and union activity.

Dates: 1974

Men Stopping Violence, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: W066
Abstract:

Men Stopping Violence is a social change organization dedicated to ending men's violence against women.

Dates: 1982-2006

Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless records

 Collection
Identifier: Y020
Scope and Contents of the Records

Records of the the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, circa 1987-2017, document the organization's operations and programs, such as Peachtree-Pine shelter, advocacy work, and outreach programs. The records include manuals and policy documents, audit reports and other financial records, publications, photos, client forms and files, real estate records and floor plans, city contracts, and subject files.

Dates: circa 1987-2017