Atlanta (Ga.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 324 Collections and/or Records:
Communications Workers of America contracts collection
Collection
Identifier: L-contracts_CWA
Abstract:
Communications Workers of America was formed in 1938. The collection consists of 31 agreements, 1948-1977, between various local unions of the Communications Workers of America and communication or manufacturing employers.
Dates:
1948-1977
Communications Workers of America, Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) records
Collection
Identifier: L1972-59
Abstract:
Communication Workers of America, Local 3204 (Atlanta, Ga.) represents employees of Southern Bell in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Its office records consist mainly of correspondence (1966-1971), which concerns grievances, conventions, and agreements, and minutes, news releases and reports.
Dates:
1948-1972
Communications Workers of America, Local 3290 records
Collection
Identifier: L1975-03
Abstract:
The collection consists of the records of Local 3290 (Atlanta, Ga.) of the Communications Workers of America from 1947-1966. Mainly includes correspondence and contains information on Local 3290 officers' attempt to disaffiliate from the CWA, Local 3290's subsequent placement under a temporary administrator, and the struggle between the CWA and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to determine the national bargaining agent for Western Electric Company installers. Also includes minutes,...
Dates:
1947-1966
Communications Workers of America Records, Local 3250 (Atlanta, Ga.) records
Collection
Identifier: L1982-01
Abstract:
The Communications Workers of America, Local 3250 (Atlanta, Ga.) Records, 1935-1945, contain correspondence, minutes, memos, and printed items highlighting the relationship between the Branch 3101 of the Federation of Long Lines Telephone Workers (a predecessor of Local 3250) and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Dates:
1935-1945
Communications Workers of America, Southern Georgia District (Atlanta, Ga.) records
Collection
Identifier: L1979-20
Abstract:
The Communications Workers of America records, Southern Georgia District (Atlanta, Ga.), 1947, 1968-1978 consist of sound films and manuscripts concerning a 1947 attempt by the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company to remove so-called professional employees from the union's bargaining unit.
Dates:
1947, 1968-1978
Cotton Carrier papers
Collection
Identifier: M029
Abstract
A talented musician, Joseph "Cotton" Carrier become a well-known broadcaster on Atlanta radio and television, beginning on WSB's "Barn Dance" in 1942. Later in his career, he worked alternately as a songwriter and promoter. His papers consist of photocopied printed materials, part of one reel of microfilm, and twenty-three photographs, and contain biographical material, including information on his professional activities for WSB Radio, WAGA-TV, and the Lowery Music Group, and some details on...
Dates:
circa 1940-1950, 1984
Found in:
Special Collections
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Cotton Carrier papers
Curley Collins collection
Collection
Identifier: M190
Abstract:
Ruey Culbertson ("Curley") Collins (1915-1986) played the fiddle, guitar, and banjo in country and western bands of the 1930s-1980s, in his native Kentucky, Atlanta, Georgia, and Richmond, Virginia. The collection documents his career with ephemera including clippings, programs, and advertisements; photographs; periodical articles and book excerpts; correspondence; legal documents; and writings. The material dates 1928-1956, 1964-1969, 1975-2002, and is in photocopied form.
Dates:
1928-1956, 1964-1969, 1975-2002
Found in:
Special Collections
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Curley Collins collection
Cynthia W. Hlass papers
Collection
Identifier: W019
Overview
Cynthia Welch Hlass, real estate broker and former Atlanta NOW president was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1944. The Cynthia W. Hlass Papers, 1970-1976, are arranged under the following topics: Atlanta NOW, Georgia NOW, National NOW, NOW State Legislative Coordinator, Equal Rights Amendment, and Miscellaneous and consist of manuscript and printed materials documenting Hlass's participation in NOW, as well as efforts to ratify the ERA in Georgia.
Dates:
1970-1976
Found in:
Special Collections
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Cynthia W. Hlass papers
D. S. Acree collection
Collection
Identifier: L1972-71
Abstract:
The D. S. Acree Collection, 1941-1972, contains correspondence, financial documents, legal documents, and printed materials related to his work with the Painters International Offices and Painters Local Union 193.
Dates:
1941-1972
Found in:
Special Collections
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D. S. Acree collection
Dan E. Sweat, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: P2002-06M
Abstract:
Dan E. Sweat, Jr. (1933-1997) spent over three decades in public service and city development in Atlanta, including 15 years as president of the nonprofit corporation Central Atlanta Progress. His papers include speeches, correspondence, and newspaper clippings and document his involvement with many Atlanta organizations.
Dates:
1973-1989
Found in:
Special Collections
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Dan E. Sweat, Jr. papers
Dan Sweat papers
Collection
Identifier: Y005
Abstract
Dan Sweat, Jr. had a successful career in public service and city development in Atlanta, including positions with DeKalb County, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, the City of Atlanta, Atlanta Regional Commission, Central Atlanta Progress, Metropolitan Foundation of Atlanta, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and The Atlanta Project. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes and agendas, notes, financial records, and such printed materials as clippings and reports, 1964-1986. The papers document...
Dates:
1964-1986
Found in:
Special Collections
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Dan Sweat papers
Daphne C. Faulkner papers
Collection
Identifier: W012
Abstract:
Daphne C. Faulkner, religious and political activist, was born in 1930 in Columbus, Georgia. This collection documents Faulkner's participation and activities in ERA-related organizations through letters, manuscripts, meeting minutes, a filmstrip, printed items and lists.
Dates:
1974-1981, 1986, 1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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Daphne C. Faulkner papers
David J. Worley papers
Collection
Identifier: P2011-01M
Abstract:
David Worley, an Atlanta attorney, ran unsuccessful Congressional campaigns against Republican Newt Gingrich in 1988 and 1990. Newspaper clippings make up much of the David Worley papers. Almost all of the collection is from the 1988 and 1990 Congressional races.
Dates:
1974-1991
Found in:
Special Collections
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David J. Worley papers
David Williams collection
Collection
Identifier: L1977-02
Abstract:
The David Williams collection contains correspondence and minutes between the Georgia Railway and Power Company and a committee representing the company's employees as well as agreements between the company and the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America, Local 732 and other documents including newspaper clippings, memoranda, bulletins and President Wilson's proclamation creating the National War Labor Board.
Dates:
1918
Found in:
Special Collections
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David Williams collection
Deborah J. Richardson papers
Collection
Identifier: W086
Abstract:
Deborah J. Richardson has served as a manager and executive for a number of nonprofit organizations. Richardson's papers include newsletters, articles, speeches, and programs related to her career and organizations that she served, including the National Black Arts Festival and the Juvenile Justice Fund.
Dates:
1996-2008
Found in:
Special Collections
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Deborah J. Richardson papers
Diana Eidson papers
Collection
Identifier: Y004
Abstract:
Diana Eidson was Assistant Director of Lower Division Studies at Georgia State University's English Department while working on her Doctorate in Composition and Rhetoric. Her papers consist of printed material including flyers, protest chants, and booklets, and correspondence and notes, relating to social justice events such as Occupy Atlanta/Occupy GSU (Georgia State University) and Fair Food Justice.
Dates:
2010-2012
Found in:
Special Collections
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Diana Eidson papers
Diane L. Fowlkes papers
Collection
Identifier: W018
Abstract:
Fowlkes began her 25-year career as a professor at Georgia State in 1973, rising through the ranks from Assistant to Associate Professor in 1980, and to full Professor in 1992. The papers and manuscripts of the collection shed light on many facets of Dr. Fowlkes' career at Georgia State, including her promotions to Associate Professor in 1980 and Full Professor in 1992, her teaching activities, and her committee work (Series II).
Dates:
circa 1959-1998; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1994
Found in:
Special Collections
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Diane L. Fowlkes papers
Diane Winters papers
Collection
Identifier: W107
Abstract:
Diane Winters helped found the Council on Battered Women in 1975 and continues to serve as a board member for the Georgia Advocates for Battered Women and Children. Her papers consist of correspondence, minutes and agendas, pamphlets, photographs, and a recording, 1974-2001, and relate to her work with the Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence, a branch of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and its affiliates.
Dates:
1974-2001
Found in:
Special Collections
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Diane Winters papers
Don Naylor papers
Collection
Identifier: M103
Abstract:
Don Naylor (1910-1991) was production manager of radio station WGST in Atlanta, Georgia, 1936-1950, and program director at WAGA Radio and later television in Atlanta, 1950-1959. His papers include scrapbooks he compiled about his career, and scripts for radio programs he wrote and produced. Most of the scripts were written during Naylor's years with WGST Radio; a few were written for KTAT and KFJZ in Fort Worth, Texas. Listener correspondence and background materials are filed with many of the...
Dates:
1934-1970
Found in:
Special Collections
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Don Naylor papers