HARTSFIELD, WILLIAM BERRY. William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
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Creator: Hartsfield, William Berry. Title: William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983 Call Number: Manuscript Collection No. 558 Extent: 38 linear feet (78 boxes), 4 oversized papers boxes and 2 oversized papers folder (OP), 1 extra oversized papers folder (XOP), 12 bound volumes (BV), 2 oversized bound volumes (OBV), and AV Masters: 1.25 linear feet (2 boxes) Abstract: Papers of Atlanta mayor William Berry Hartsfield including personal papers, correspondence, subject files, writings, printed material, photographs, memorabilia, and audiovisual material. Language: Materials entirely in English.
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Collection Description
Biographical Note William Berry Hartsfield (March 1, 1890-February 22, 1971), attorney, politician, and mayor of Atlanta was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Charles Green Hartsfield, a tinsmith, and Victoria Dagnall Hartsfield. He married Pearl Williams on August 2, 1913 and they had two children, William Berry Hartsfield, Jr. and Mildred Hartsfield Cheshire. They divorced after forty-eight years of marriage and Hartsfield married Tollie Tolan on July 11, 1962. He later adopted her son, Carl. Hartsfield attended Boys High School in Atlanta and found employment as a clerk for the General Fire Extinguisher Company. In 1916, while working as a clerk for the legal firm of Rosser, Slaton, Phillips, and Hopkins, he began reading law. His formal education was completed in 1937, when the Atlanta Law School awarded him a Bachelor of Law degree. Hartsfield was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1917 and established a practice in Atlanta. His first entrance into the political arena came in 1923, with his election to the City Council of Atlanta. He remained a council member until 1928. During this time, he served on the municipal airport committee and helped arrange the purchase of Candler Field as the site for the city's first municipal airport. The Hartsfield International Airport is named in his honor. From 1933 to 1937, Hartsfield served as a Fulton County Representative to the Georgia Legislature. In 1936, he defeated incumbent Mayor James L. Key in the first of the seven mayoral elections he entered. With the exception of an eighteen-month period in 1941-1942, Hartsfield served as the city's chief administrator continuously from 1937 to 1962. As mayor, Hartsfield saw the city more than triple in land area, grow to have over a million inhabitants, and survive the Depression and World War II fiscally sound and ready to undertake such civic improvements as building expressways and city parks. An early racial moderate, he guided the city through the 1950s and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement. Hartsfield also served as an officer in two mining companies, the Southern Talc Company of Atlanta and Chatsworth, Georgia (1933-1942) and the Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company
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(1951-1954). Throughout most of his life, he maintained an interest in Georgia's mineral development. Following Hartsfield's retirement from city government in 1962, he was named Mayor Emeritus and became a consultant to the Ford Foundation's Committee of Review and Evaluation, Urban Program; to the Rockefeller Foundation's Performing Arts Panel; and to the Coca Cola Company. He was also named president of the Southeastern Fair Association. A life-long member of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Hartsfield was also a Democrat, a Mason, and a Shriner. Among the many honors he received were honorary Doctorate of Law degrees from Oglethorpe University and Atlanta University, both in 1961.
Scope and Content Note The collection consists of the papers of William B. Hartsfield from circa 1860-1983. The papers include personal papers, correspondence, subject files, writings by Hartsfield (speeches and articles), pamphlets, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographs, memorabilia, and audiovisual materials. The bulk of the collection dates from the mid-1930s to the time of his death in 1971. The Hartsfield papers document Hartsfield's political, business, and personal life. Materials relating to his 23 years as mayor are extensive and can be found in every series. Particularly valuable are the election materials in Series 3: Election files, which include notes about campaign tactics, correspondence, literature, and financial records for his seven mayoral elections. The personal papers, correspondence, subject files, and photograph series illustrate the importance politics played in his life. Hartsfield's business interests are revealed in Series 1: Personal papers and Series 6: Personal Business records. Material relating to his personal life, including family correspondence and financial records, is in Series 1: Personal papers. Other topics covered by the papers are the growth of commercial aviation in Atlanta; annexation of Buckhead and Sandy Springs; Chattahoochee River development and the building of the Buford Dam to assure the city's water supply; the 1939 Gone with The Wind premiere; race relations in the city in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s (from hiring the first black policemen to integrating Atlanta schools); Hartsfield's fight to prevent the fluoridation of Atlanta's water; the growth of performing arts in Atlanta; and, in general, the evolution of Atlanta into a major metropolitan area. Major correspondents include political and business leaders of Atlanta, Georgia, governors, senators, congressmen, national political figures, and persons active in the motion picture and mining industries. Among the names represented in the correspondence are Ivan Allen, Jr., Henry L. Bowden, Helen Bullard, Lester Maddox, Everett Millican, Ralph McGill, Lawrence "Chip" Robert, Richard Russell, David O. Selznick, Herman Talmadge, and Robert W. Woodruff.
Arrangement Note Organized into eleven series: (1) Personal papers, (2) Correspondence, (3) Elections, (4) Subject files (5) Writings, (6) Personal business records, (7) Printed materials, (8) Photographs, (9) Memorabilia, (10) Moses Cox files, and (11) Audiovisual materials.
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Finding Aid Note An index to selected correspondence in this collection is available.
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Series 1: Personal papers, 1918-1986 Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-1975 Series 3: Election files, 1932-1970s Series 4: Subject files, 1906-1982 Series 5: Writings, 1937-1980 Series 6: Personal business records, 1929-1970 Subseries 6.1: Minerals and mining files, 1929-1970 Subseries 6.2: Southern Talc Company records, 1934-1949 Series 7: Printed material, circa 1920-1983 Series 8: Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s Series 9: Memorabilia, 1930s-1972 Series 10: Moses Cox files, 1946-1954 Series 11: Audiovisual materials, 1960, 1971
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Scope and Content Note The series contains materials concerning members of the Hartsfield family, including biographical material, calendars, legal records, and correspondence to and from family members. Biographical data includes Hartsfield family genealogical records, subject files relating to dependents of William B. Hartsfield, and biographical sketches of William B. Hartsfield. Correspondence includes letters to and from Hartsfield family members, including correspondence between Hartsfield and his second wife Tollie Tolan. Tolan's correspondence makes up approximately half of the family correspondence, spanning the periods before her marriage to Hartsfield and after his death (1940-1986). Her correspondence is comprised of love letters from Hartsfield, communication regarding social and political engagements, letters to and from friends and family, and sympathy letters following Hartsfield's death in 1971. Correspondence relating to Hartsfield's political career as mayor may be found in Series 2: Correspondence. Calendars were kept by William Hartsfield and contain appointments and other notations. Financial records pertain mostly to Hartsfield and contain banking records (including paycheck stubs showing Hartsfield's salary as mayor), income tax reports, investments, and records of travel reimbursements from the city of Atlanta. Financial records relating to election campaigns and mineral investments can be found in the appropriate subject files in Series 3: Elections and Series 6: Personal business records. Legal records in this series include financial documents; wills and estates; passports and birth certificates; property mortgages; military, education, and employment documents; and other legal documents. The records pertain mainly to Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan (Mrs. W.B. Hartsfield), and their adopted son, Carl Siegfried Hartsfield. Several documents concerning estates and wills pertain to other members of the Hartsfield family.
Arrangement Note Arranged by record type.
Finding Aid Note An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Biographical records Box Folder Content 1 1 Bettis, Fannie Lee 1 2 Hartsfield family genealogical correspondence 1 3 Hartsfield family genealogical records 1 4 Hartsfield, Charles B. 1 5 Hartsfield, William B. Hartsfield 1 6 Hartsfield, William B., Jr.
Family correspondence
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1 7 Hartsfield family, 1918, 1940-1943 1 8 Hartsfield family, 1944-1946 1 9 Hartsfield family, 1947-1949 1 10 Hartsfield family, Lowance clinic, 1949-1971 1 11 Hartsfield family, 1950-1953 1 12 Hartsfield family, 1954-1956 1 13 Hartsfield family, 1957-1960 1 14 Hartsfield family, 1961-1971 1 15 Hartsfield family, undated 1 16 Hartsfield , Tollie Tolan, 1940-1961 1 17 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, wedding congratulations, 1962 2 1 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1962-1968 2 2 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1969 2 3 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1970-1971 2 4 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1972-1973 2 5 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1974-1977 2 6 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1978-1979 2 7 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Mayor Hartsfield's biography, 1978 2 8 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1980-1986 2 9 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, undated
Calendars, William B. Hartsfield 2 10 1957 2 11 1958 2 12 1959 2 13 1960 2 14 1961 2 15 1962 2 16 1963 3 1 1964 3 2 1965 3 3 1966 3 4 1967 3 5 1968
Financial records 3 6 Bank statements, Citizens and Southern National Bank, 1947 3 7 Bank statements, First American Bank, 1968-1969 3 8 Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1955 3 9 Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, January-April 1971
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4 1 Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, May-July 1971 4 2 Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, August-October 1971 4 3 Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, November-December 1971 4 4 Bank statements, Trust Company of Georgia, 1954 4 5 Bank statements, Trust Company of Georgia, 1955 4 6 Bank statements, Trust Company of Georgia, 1971 4 7 Charitable donations 4 8 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1956 4 9 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1957 4 10 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1958 4 11 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1959 4 12 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1960 4 13 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1963 5 1 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1964-1965 5 2 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1965-1966 5 3 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, October 1966-July 3, 1967 5 4 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, July 17, 1967-February 2, 1968 5 5 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, March 1968-September 11, 1968 5 6 Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, September 1968-February 20, 1969 5 7 Check stubs, First National Bank of Georgia, February 20, 1969-August 1969 5 8 Expense accounts (for City of Atlanta) 5 9 Expense accounts (for City of Atlanta) 5 10 Hartsfield, Tollie 6 1 Household budget expenses OBV1- Household budget expenses ledger book, 1944-1949 6 2 Income tax materials, 1934-1935 6 3 Income tax materials, 1941-1942 6 4 Income tax materials, 1946-1951 6 5 Income tax materials, 1955-1958 6 6 Income tax materials, 1959 6 7 Income tax materials, 1960 6 8 Income tax materials, 1961 6 9 Income tax materials, 1962-1963 6 10 Income tax materials, 1964 6 11 Income tax materials, 1965 6 12 Income tax materials, 1967 6 13 Income tax materials, 1969 6 14 Insurance policies 6 15 Investments, general correspondence
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6 16 Investments, ledger book, 1957-1960 6 17 Investments, ledger book, 1961 6 18 Investments: Adams-Cates Co. 6 19 Investments: Automatic Laundries 6 20 Investments: C. C. Jones Orange Juice Co. 6 21 Investments: Coca-Cola Company 6 22 Investments: Columbia Baking Co. 6 23 Investments: Courts and Co. Investment Securities 7 1 Investments: Defense Home, Inc. 7 2 Investments: Dobbs' Houses 7 3 Investments: Downtown Motel Corporation 7 4 Investments: Gulf Oil Co. 7 5 Investments: Koffee Kup, Inc. 7 6 Investments: Oil 7 7 Investments: Oil, dividend statements 7 8 Investments: Oil, taxes 7 9 Investments: Park Amusement Co. 7 10 Investments: Recreation Enterprises 7 11 Investments: Star Realty Company 7 12 Investments: Trust Co. of Georgia 7 13 Investments: Vendors, Inc. 7 14 Payroll statements, circa 1948, 1959 7 15 Promissory notes 7 16 Properties 7 17 Receipts 7 18 Travel reimbursements and advances 7 19 Travel reimbursements and advances 7 20 Travel reimbursements and advances
Legal records 7 21 Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, adoption and birth 8 1 Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, military records 8 2 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan 8 3 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Carolina property 8 4 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Stalcup Mountain property 8 5 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Walton County property 8 6 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, will 8 7 Hartsfield, William B., divorce, 1960-1961 8 8 Hartsfield, William B., estate settlement, 1971 8 9 Hartsfield, William B., leases on Grant Building office
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8 10 Hartsfield, William B., passports 8 11 Hartsfield, William B., will
Certificates, awards, and membership cards OP1 1 Certificates and awards, undated 8 12 Certificates and awards, 1917-1954 OP1 2 Certificates and awards, 1939-1953 8 13 Certificates and awards, 1955-1958 OP1 3 Certificates and awards, 1957 OP1 4 Certificates and awards, 1959 [1 of 6] OP1 5 Certificates and awards, 1959 [2 of 6] OP1 6 Certificates and awards, 1959 [3 of 6] OP2 1 Certificates and awards, 1959 [4 of 6] OP4 1 Certificates and awards, 1959 [5 of 6] 8 14 Certificates and awards, 1959 [6 of 6] 9 1 Certificates and awards, 1960-1968 OP2 2 Certificates and awards, 1961-1967 9 2 Certificates and awards, 1969-1971 OP4 2 Certificates and awards, 1969 9 3 Membership cards
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Scope and Content Note This series contains Hartsfield's professional and political correspondence. The remainder of Hartsfield's correspondence is scattered throughout the rest of the collection. For his correspondence to, from, and directly regarding family members, see Series 1: Personal papers; for correspondence relating to elections, see Series 3: Elections; for correspondence regarding his personal business interests, see Series 6: Personal business records; for all other subjects see Hartsfield's subject files located in Series 4. The majority of the correspondence in this series is from his time as mayor (1937-1961). A much smaller amount of material is from pre-mayoral (1918-1936) and post-mayoral (1962-1971) periods; letters posted to him after his death are also included (1971-1975). Pre-mayoral correspondence includes letters relating to his law office and letters to and from friends. Mayoral correspondence includes letters to and from local and national politicians, correspondence relating to political and social issues, V-mail written by Atlantans serving in World War II, postcards from friends traveling in foreign countries, routine correspondence about business travel, congratulatory letters, birthday and Christmas greetings, event invitations, thank-you letters, and other matters. Correspondents include well-known political advisors Everett Millican and Helen Bullard.
Arrangement Note Arranged in chronological order.
Finding Aid Note An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Pre-mayoral correspondence Box Folder Content 10 1 October 1918-December 1933 10 2 January 1934-December 1936
Mayoral correspondence 10 3 January 1937-December 1939 10 4 January 1940-May 1941 10 5 June-December 1941 10 6 January-June 1942 10 7 July-September 1942 10 8 October-December 1942 10 9 January-July 1943 10 10 August-December 1943 10 11 January-August 1944
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10 12 September-December 1944 10 13 January-April 1945 10 14 May-August 1945 10 15 September-December 1945 10 16 January-May 1946 11 1 June-September 1946 11 2 October-December 1946 11 3 January-June 1947 11 4 July-December 1947 11 5 January-February 1948 11 6 March-May 1948 11 7 June-October 1948 11 8 November-December 1948 11 9 January-February 1949 11 10 March-June 1949 11 11 July-August 1949 11 12 September-December 1949 12 1 1940s and 1950s (undated) 12 2 January-February 1950 12 3 March-December 1950 12 4 January-June 1951 12 5 July-December 1951 12 6 January-September 1952 12 7 October-December 1952 12 8 January-June 1953 12 9 July-December 1953 12 10 January-April 1954 12 11 May-December 1954 12 12 January-June 1955 12 13 July-December 1955 12 14 January-May 1956 13 1 June-December 1956 13 2 January-March 1957 13 3 April-September 1957 13 4 October-December 1957 13 5 January-May 1958 13 6 June-August 1958 13 7 September 1958 13 8 October 1958
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13 9 November-December 1958 13 10 January-October 1959 13 11 November-December 1959 13 12 January-April 1960 13 13 May-September 1960 13 14 October-December 1960 13 15 January-April 1961 13 16 May 1961 14 1 June 1961 [1 of 3] 14 2 June 1961 [2 of 3] 14 3 June 1961 [3 of 3] 14 4 July-August 1961 14 5 September 1961 14 6 October-November 1961 14 7 December 1961
Post-mayoral correspondence 14 8 January 1962 14 9 February-December 1962 14 10 1963 14 11 1964 15 1 1965 15 2 1966 15 3 January-September 1967 15 4 October-December 1967 15 5 January-April 1968 15 6 May-September 1968 15 7 October-December 1968 15 8 January-May 1969 15 9 June-July 1969 15 10 August-November 1969 15 11 December 1969, undated 1960s 15 13 January-June 1970 15 12 July-November 1970 15 14 December 1970 15 15 January 1971 15 16 February 1971-1975 (posthumous) 16 1 Undated
Thank-you letters
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16 2 1943-1944 16 3 1945-1946 16 4 1947 16 5 1948 16 6 1949 16 7 1950-1951 16 8 1952 16 9 1953 16 10 1954-1961 16 11 1969-1970
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Scope and Content Note This series contains materials related to Hartsfield's political campaigns from 1932 to the 1970s. Materials include correspondence; campaign lists, schedules, and notes; financial records; campaign advertisements; newspaper clippings; political cartoons; and speeches. The series also contains materials Hartsfield and his campaign staff collected about opposition candidates. Arranged by election, the series ranges from one of Hartsfield's earliest elections as the Fulton County Representative to the Georgia Legislature in 1932 to his campaigns for mayor of Atlanta from 1936-1957. Correspondence includes letters of support from constituents, memos from political consultants such as Helen Bullard, and correspondence from opposition campaigns sent to Hartsfield. Most letters also include a copy of Hartsfield's response. Campaign lists and notes consist of lists of people to contact and notes about campaign strategy. Newspaper clippings are mostly from the Atlanta Journal and include appearances, editorials, political cartoons, and election results. The series also contains a few original, hand-drawn "Baldy" political cartoons. Speeches include those of Hartsfield and his opposition. Many were broadcast on WSB radio Materials in this series document issues of public interest in Atlanta. Public housing, annexation, police department policies and activities, and expansion of the airport were all debated in mayoral races. Hartsfield's moderate racial stance was a major election issue as well. After the white primary was outlawed in the mid-1940s, Hartsfield won most of his elections by building coalitions of white and black voters, a strategy documented in the campaign literature and campaign notes in this series.
Arrangement Note Arranged in chronological order by election.
Finding Aid Note An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Legislative races, 1932-1934 Box Folder Content 17 1 Campaign advertisements, 1932-1934 17 2 Campaign lists and notes 17 3 Correspondence, 1932-1934 17 4 Financial records 17 5 Newspaper clippings OP2 3 Newspaper clippings, Bulletin, May 12, 1932, July 1932 [entire issues] OP4 2 Newspaper clippings, Campbell News, April 28, 1932, May 20, 1932 [entire issues] OP4 2 Newspaper clippings, The Capital, May 14, 1932 [entire issue]
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OP4 2 Newspaper clippings, Fulton County Review, June 3, 1932 [entire issue] OP9 - Newspaper clippings, The Georgia News, August 18, 1934 [entire issue] OP4 2 Newspaper clippings, The Georgia Woman's World, June 24, 1932 [entire issue] OP9 - Newspaper clippings, Public Examiner, June 1, 1932 [entire issue] 17 6 Speeches
Mayoral election, 1936 (vs. James L. Key) 17 7 Campaign advertisements 17 8 Campaign lists and notes 17 9 Correspondence, 1936 17 10 James L. Key campaign 17 11 Newspaper clippings OP2 4 Newspaper clippings, Government News, April 1936, August 1936 [entire issues] OP4 3 Newspaper clippings, Journal of Labor, September 25, 1936 [entire issue] 17 12 Political cartoons OP2 5 Political cartoons [oversized] OP4 4 Political cartoons [oversized] 17 13 Speeches
Mayoral election, 1940 (vs. Roy LeCraw) 17 14 Campaign advertisements 17 15 Campaign notes 17 16 Correspondence, 1940 17 17 Newspaper clippings 17 18 Roy LeCraw campaign OP2 6 Roy LeCraw campaign [oversized]
Mayoral election, 1942 18 1 Campaign advertisements OP2 7 Campaign advertisements [oversized] 18 2 Campaign lists and notes 18 3 Correspondence, 1942 18 4 Financial records 18 5 Newspaper clippings 18 6 Opposition campaigns
Mayoral election, 1945 (vs. Roy LeCraw) 18 7 Campaign advertisements OP2 8 Campaign advertisements 18 8 Campaign lists and notes 18 9 Correspondence, 1944-1945
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18 10 1Newspaper clippings, September primary 18 11 1945 election, newspaper clippings, December election OP2 9 Newspaper clippings (oversized), The Georgia Press, July-September 1945 [entire issues] 18 12 Roy LeCraw campaign OP2 10 Roy LeCraw campaign 18 13 Speeches (Hartsfield) 18 14 Speeches (LeCraw)
Mayoral election, 1949 (vs. Charlie Brown) 18 15 Campaign advertisements OP2 11 Campaign advertisements [oversized] 18 16 Campaign memoranda and correspondence 18 17 Campaign notes and lists 18 18 Charlie Brown campaign OP2 12 Charlie Brown campaign flier [oversized] 18 19 Correspondence, March-July 1949 19 1 Correspondence, August 1-20, 1949 19 2 Correspondence, August 21-29, 1949 19 3 Correspondence, August30-31, 1949 19 4 Correspondence, September 1-14, 1949 19 5 Correspondence, September 15-17, 1949 19 6 Correspondence, September 19, 1949 20 1 Correspondence, September 20, 1949 20 2 Correspondence, September 21-22, 1949 20 3 Correspondence, September 23-30, 1949 20 4 Correspondence, October-December, 1949 20 5 Financial records 20 6 Newspaper clippings OP2 13 Newspaper clippings, The Advertiser, September 2, 1949 [entire issue] OP4 5 Newspaper clippings, Facts (League of Women Voters), August 1949 OP4 6 Newspaper clippings, The Journal of Labor, August 12, 1949 [entire issue] 20 7 Other campaigns 20 8 Speeches (Hartsfield) 20 9 Speeches (Charlie Brown)
Mayoral election, 1953 (vs. Charlie Brown) 20 10 Campaign advertisements 20 11 Campaign advertisements, television and radio 20 12 Campaign lists and notes [1 of 2]
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21 1 Campaign lists and notes [2 of 2] 21 2 Correspondence, January-March 1953 21 3 Correspondence, April 1-7, 1953 21 4 Correspondence, April 8-25, 1953 21 5 Correspondence, April 26, 30-1953 21 6 Correspondence, May 1-11, 1953 21 7 Correspondence, May 12-15, 1953 21 8 Correspondence, May 16-18, 1953 22 1 Correspondence, May 19-21, 1953 22 2 Correspondence, May 22-23, 1953 22 3 Correspondence, May 25, 1953 22 4 Correspondence, May 26-November 31, 1953 22 5 Financial records 22 6 Newspaper clippings 22 7 Speeches
Mayoral election, 1957 (vs. Archie Lindsey and Lester Maddox) 22 8 Campaign advertisements OP2 14 Campaign advertisements [oversized] 22 9 Campaign lists and notes 23 1 Campaign lists and notes, December election 23 2 Correspondence, February 1957 23 3 Correspondence, March 1957 23 4 Correspondence, April 1-15, 1957 23 5 Correspondence, April 16-30, 1957 23 6 Correspondence, May 1-8, 1957 23 7 Correspondence, May 9-12, 1957 23 8 Correspondence, May 13, 1957 24 1 Correspondence, May 14, 1957 24 2 Correspondence, May 15, 1957 24 3 Correspondence, May 16-20, 1957 24 4 Correspondence, May 21-30, 1957 24 5 Correspondence, June-July 1957 24 6 Financial records 24 7 Newspaper clippings, primary OP2 15 Newspaper clippings, primary, The Augusta Courier, June 3, 1957 [entire issue] 24 8 Newspaper clippings, election OP2 15 Newspaper clippings, election, Atlanta Citizens Weekly, October 3, 1957 [entire issue] OP2 16 Political cartoons [2 original ink drawings by Baldy], 1957
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24 9 Speeches
Elections, 1940s-1970s 24 10 Hartsfield retirement, announcement 24 11 Hartsfield retirement, newspaper clippings, 1961 24 12 Other Atlanta elections and campaigns, 1940s-1950s OP4 7 Other Atlanta elections and campaigns [oversized materials], 1940s OP2 17 Other Atlanta elections and campaigns [oversized materials], 1950s 24 13 Other Atlanta elections and campaigns, 1960s [1 of 2] 25 1 Other Atlanta elections and campaigns, 1960s [2 of 2] 25 2 Other Atlanta elections and campaigns, 1970s OP2 18 Other Atlanta elections and campaigns [oversized materials], 1970s 25 3 Unidentified Hartsfield campaign materials, undated
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Scope and Content Note This series consists of subject files relating to Hartsfield's wide and varied interests in the city of Atlanta, primarily from his time as Mayor and Mayor Emeritus (1937-1970). Correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, programs, and other collected materials make up the series. Prominent topics include operations of the Atlanta City Government, Hartsfield's investigation of fluoridation and his battle against fluoridation of Atlanta's water system, correspondence and programs related to the world premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta, and development of the Hartsfield International Airport. Other subjects include the annexation of Buckhead, school desegregation, Hartsfield's nomination for the Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics in the U.S. Commerce Department, consultation work with the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, and his role in promoting the Atlanta Symphony Guild.
Arrangement Note Arranged in alphabetical order.
Finding Aid Note An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Box Folder Content 26 1 Alcohol, 1960s 26 2 American Society of Civil Engineers, 1950-1954, correspondence and reports 26 3 American Society of Civil Engineers, 1950-1954, reports 26 4 Amusement parks, 1957, 1960 26 5 Atlanta Annexation, general, Buckhead, Sandy Springs, 1940s-1960s 26 6 Atlanta Arts Alliance, 1960s-1980s 26 7 Atlanta Auditorium/Coliseum, 1960s 26 8 Atlanta Centennial Celebration, 1948 26 9 Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 1940s-1960s 26 10 Atlanta city government, budgets and expenses, 1943-1960 26 11 Atlanta city government, directories, 1960s-1970s 27 1 Atlanta city government, garbage disposal, 1943-1945 27 2 Atlanta city government, leaders and officials, rosters, 1920s-1950s 27 3 Atlanta city government, metropolitan growth and development, 1940s-1982 27 4 Atlanta city government, metropolitan growth and development, Couch Property, 1965 27 5 Atlanta city government, planning, 1920s-1960s [1 of 4] 27 6 Atlanta city government, planning, 1920s-1960s [2 of 4] 27 7 Atlanta city government, planning, 1920s-1960s [3 of 4] 27 8 Atlanta city government, planning, 1920s-1960s, [4 of 4]
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27 9 Atlanta city government, plan of improvement, 1950 27 10 Atlanta city government, salaries, 1944 27 11 Atlanta city government, Survey Report, 1965 28 1 Atlanta city government, taxes, 1960s-1970s OP4 8 Atlanta city government, urban renewal, 1956-1957 28 2 Atlanta city government, vice and crime, 1940s, 1964 28 3 Atlanta Fire Department, 1948, 1961 28 4 Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board, 1960-1961 28 5 Atlanta-Mexico Airlink, Inaugural Flight, 1939 28 6 Atlanta One-Million Day, October 1959 28 7 Atlanta Police Department 28 8 Atlanta Public Library, 1970s 28 9 Atlanta-Puerto Rico Airlink, Inaugural Flight, 1946 28 10 Atlanta school system, 1940s [see also Desegregation] 28 11 Atlanta Stadium/Civic Center, 1960s 28 12 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera, 1960-1971 28 13 Atlanta tourist and informational brochures, circa 1960s 28 14 Atlanta traffic, 1950s-1970s 28 15 Atlanta transit system, 1950s-1960s [1 of 3] 28 16 Atlanta transit system, 1950s-1960s [2 of 3] 28 17 Atlanta transit system, 1950s-1960s [3 of 3] 28 18 Brandeis University Conference on Violence, December 11-13, 1964 28 19 Capital City Club, 1950s, 1971 28 20 Chattahoochee River Development, 1960s OP3 1 Chattahoochee River Development, maps, circa 1960s 28 21 Chattahoochee River Project, 1941-1950 29 1 Chattahoochee River Project, 1961-1969, undated 29 2 Chattahoochee River Project, 1957 Dinner for William B. Hartsfield, 1957 29 3 Civil Rights Bill, 1961, 1964-1966 29 4 Coca Cola Company, 1940s-1960s 29 5 Commerce Department, Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, Hartsfield's candidacy, 1949 29 6 Communism, 1948, 1950 29 7 Continental Hilton, Mexico City, Grand Opening, 1956 29 8 Desegregation, Atlanta schools, 1960s 29 9 Desegregation, collected material, 1940s-1960s 29 10 Desegregation, correspondence, 1951-1967 29 11 Desegregation, printed material, 1950s-1960s 29 12 Federal housing, 1940s 29 13 First Baptist Church of Atlanta, 1906, 1950s-1960s
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29 14 Fluoridation, articles, 1956-1969 [1 of 2] 29 15 Fluoridation, articles, 1956-1969 [2 of 2] 29 16 Fluoridation, campaign advertisements and broadsides, circa 1960s 30 1 Fluoridation, correspondence, 1952-1962 30 2 Fluoridation, correspondence, 1963 30 3 Fluoridation, correspondence, 1964 30 4 Fluoridation, correspondence, January-March 1965 30 5 Fluoridation, correspondence, April-December 1965 30 6 Fluoridation, correspondence, 1966-1971 30 7 Fluoridation, legislative material, circa 1960s 30 8 Fluoridation, National Fluoridation News, 1956-1971 30 9 Fluoridation, newspaper clippings, undated-1962 31 1 Fluoridation, newspaper clippings, 1963-1970 31 2 Fluoridation, notes and collected material, 1950s-1960s 31 3 Fluoridation, Pure Water News, 1962, 1967 31 4 Fluoridation, The Tap, issues 7, 9, 12, 1960s 31 5 Fluoridation, pamphlets, circa 1950s-1960s 31 6 Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1950-1957 31 7 Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1958-1959 31 8 Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1960 31 9 Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1961 32 1 Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1962-1963 32 2 Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1964-1965 and undated 32 3 Fluoridation, television and radio broadcasts, circa 1960s 32 4 Ford Foundation, Committee of Review and Evaluations, Urban Programs, minutes, 1962 32 5 Ford Foundation, Committee of Review and Evaluations, Urban Programs, reports, circa 1965-1966 32 6 Ford Foundation, correspondence, November 1961-February 1962 32 7 Ford Foundation, correspondence, March-June 1962 32 8 Ford Foundation, correspondence, December 1962-February 1963 32 9 Ford Foundation, correspondence, March-July 1963 32 10 Ford Foundation, correspondence, August-December 1963 32 11 Ford Foundation, correspondence, 1964-1966 32 12 Ford Foundation, expense reports, 1962-1964 32 13 Fortune Magazine, "Best Mayors" article, correspondence, October-November 1957 32 14 Galloway School, circa 1970 33 1 Georgia health statistics, 1958 33 2 Georgia Legislature, amendments and resolutions, 1930s-1960s
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33 3 Georgia Legislature, Local Acts of 1951 33 4 Georgia prisons, correspondence of H.H. Gibson, 1941-1942 33 5 Georgia prisons, correspondence of Lent Reed, 1943-1946 33 6 Georgia taxes and social security, 1936, 1950s 33 7 Gone with the Wind, correspondence, February - November 1939 33 8 Gone with the Wind, correspondence, December 1939-April 1940 33 9 Gone with the Wind, correspondence, 1950, 1961-1968 33 10 Gone with the Wind, magazine articles, 1939-1940 OP3 2 Gone with the Wind, magazine articles, 1939-1940 [oversized] 33 11 Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [1 of 5] 33 12 Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [2 of 5] 33 13 Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [3 of 5] 34 1 Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [4 of 5] 34 2 Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [5 of 5] 34 3 Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, 1961-1976 OP4 9 Gone with the Wind, premiere program, "Greatest World Premiere in History," 1939 34 4 Gone with the Wind, premiere programs, 1939 34 5 Gone with the Wind, premiere programs, 1961 34 6 Gone with the Wind, premiere programs, 1967 34 7 Gone with the Wind, World's Premiere Atlanta, keepsakes, 1939 34 8 Gone with the Wind, writings, 1939 34 9 Greater Atlanta Committee, 1948, 1950 34 10 Guest lists and memberships, circa 1940s-1950s 34 11 Hartsfield International Airport, Air Freight Terminal, 1962 34 12 Hartsfield International Airport, Air Freight Terminal, 1963 34 13 Hartsfield International Airport, correspondence, August 1943-October 1969 34 14 Hartsfield International Airport, correspondence, December 1969-November 1970 34 15 Hartsfield International Airport, magazine and periodical clippings, 1940-1971 34 16 Hartsfield International Airport, minutes and resolutions, 1970 35 1 Hartsfield International Airport, newspaper clippings, 1920s-1970s 35 2 Hartsfield International Airport, notes and collected material, 1950s-1970s 35 3 Hartsfield International Airport, Paradies and Co., 1961 35 4 Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1920s 35 5 Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1950s 35 6 Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1960-1963 35 7 Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1969 35 8 Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1970 35 9 Hartsfield International Airport, undated 1970s
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35 10 Hartsfield International Airport, reports, undated 35 11 Hartsfield International Airport, reports on the site for second terminal, 1969-1970 [1 of 3] 35 12 Hartsfield International Airport, reports on the site for second terminal, 1969-1970 [2 of 3] 36 1 Hartsfield International Airport, reports on the site for second terminal, 1969-1970 [3 of 3] 36 2 International Union of Local Authorities, Brussels, 1963 36 3 Kennedy Conference on Urban Problems, 1960 36 4 Lanhart Laundries, 1950s-1960s 36 5 Lenox Square, 1960s BV1 - Lenox Square, Salute to Atlanta scrapbook, August 21-26, 1961 36 6 Masons, 1940s-1971 36 7 Middle East, reports, 1953 36 8 National League of Cities, 1960s-1970s 36 9 Rent control housing, 1940s 36 10 Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Performing Arts Panel, 1963 36 11 Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Performing Arts Panel, 1964 36 12 Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Performing Arts Panel, 1965 36 13 Southeastern Fair Association, correspondence and addresses, 1961-1970 36 14 Southeastern Fair Association, collected material, 1960-1971 37 1 Southeastern Fair Association, programs, 1960-1971 OP4 10 Southeastern Fair Association, poster, circa 1960s (3 posters) 37 2 Southeastern Pipeline Bill, circa 1941 OP4 11 Southeastern Pipeline, "Crude Oil and Gasoline Pipeline Map," September 1939, 1940 OP3 3 Southeastern Pipeline, "President Seeks Georgia's Cooperation," January 1941 37 3 Standard Time Bill, 1960s 37 4 Stone Mountain Memorial Authority, 1930s-1960s 37 5 Stone Mountain Mystery House, circa 1960s OP3 4 Stone Mountain Mystery House blueprints, circa 1960s 37 6 Superior Court of Fulton County, 1940s-1950s 37 7 Supreme Court of the United States, petitions brought by W.B. Hartsfield, 1957 37 8 Tennessee Valley Authority, Press Releases, July 1933-November 30, 1933 37 9 Tennessee Valley Authority, Press Releases, December 1933-February 1934 37 10 Theatre Atlanta, 1960s 38 1 Trust Company of Georgia Associates, 1964-1968 38 2 Urban renewal, 1966-1967 38 3 U.S. Conference of Mayors, 1940s-1970s 38 4 U.S. Mayoral Party, trip to Europe, 1950
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38 5 U.S.S. Atlanta, 1943-1944 BV2 - U.S.S. Atlanta scrapbook, 1944 38 6 Water resources, 1951 38 7 WLWA Television Station, 1960s 38 8 Woman of the Year, 1943-1961 38 9 Woodruff Foundation, 1960s BV3 - WSB building dedication scrapbook, April 1956 38 10 Zoo Atlanta, 1960s
25 William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983 Manuscript Collection No. 558 Series 5 Writings, 1937-1980 Box 39
Scope and Content Note This series contains writings by Hartsfield and others. Writings by Hartsfield make up the bulk of this series, the majority dating from his twenty-three years as mayor and his ten years as Mayor Emeritus (1937-1970). His writings include speeches and public statements made as both Mayor and private citizen. A volume of his addresses to the General Board of the City of Atlanta and to the city's Board of Aldermen (1937-1962) is found here, as are four small notebooks of diary entries about travels to Europe and Japan (1950s-1970). His campaign speeches may be found in Series 3: Elections. Writings by others make up a smaller portion of this series, including article drafts, speeches, and scripts for television and radio broadcasts featuring Hartsfield.
Arrangement Note Arranged by record type.
Hartsfield, William B. Box Folder Content 39 1 "Annual Addresses" (bound volume), 1937-1962 39 2 Annual and Final Message of Mayor William B. Hartsfield, January 2, 1962 (with notes) 39 3 Interview with Hartsfield, transcript, sit-ins of the 1960s, January 6, 1966 39 4 Speeches, 1930s-1947 39 5 Speeches, 1948-1949 39 6 Speeches, 1950s-1970s 39 7 Speeches, undated 39 8 Travel diaries (kept by Hartsfield), 1950s-1970
Others 39 9 McGill, Ralph, article draft, circa 1953 39 10 Television and radio broadcasts, 1947-1962 39 11 Writings by others, 1937-1980
26 William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983 Manuscript Collection No. 558 Series 6 Personal business records, 1929-1970 Boxes 40-49, XOP1
Scope and Content Note This series contains the personal business records of Hartsfield. In addition to his work as Mayor of Atlanta, Hartsfield maintained an active interest in the development of Georgia's mineral and mining activities. He helped to found the Southern Talc Company in 1933, serving as its president throughout the 1930s and 1940s. This series contains the business records of the Southern Talc Company and documents Hartsfield's work in that company. The series also contains Hartsfield's subject files on minerals and mining in Georgia.
Arrangement Note Organized into two subseries: (6.1) Minerals and mining files and (6.2) Southern Talc Company records.
Finding Aid Note An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
27 William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983 Manuscript Collection No. 558 Subseries 6.1 Minerals and mining files, 1929-1970 Boxes 40-44
Scope and Content Note This subseries contains subject files related to Hartsfield's interest in minerals and mining, his primary non-Atlanta and non-mayoral pastime. From the early 1930s through the late 1950s, Hartsfield maintained an active interest in the development of Georgia's mineral industries, occasionally investing in mining ventures. He investigated the possibility of drilling for oil in the north Georgia mountains and bought shares in talc, mica, and phosphate mines. He was also a founder and director of the Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, 1951-1954. Hartsfield never achieved the financial success he desired and, by the time of his retirement from politics, he had turned his attentions elsewhere. This subseries consists mostly of correspondence, although there are occasional financial records, newspaper clippings, and published reports among the correspondence in the files.
Arrangement Note Arranged in alphabetical order.
Finding Aid Note An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Box Folder Content 40 1 Bentonite clay, 1934-1953 40 2 Brecon Loading Company, 1941-1946 40 3 Chromite (Louise Property, Troupe County, Ga.), 1942- March 1943 40 4 Chromite (Louise Property, Troupe County, Ga.), April 1943-1949 40 5 Columbia, South America, prospecting, 1955-1959 40 6 Flagstone, 1941 40 7 Fuller's Earth (clay), 1953-1954 40 8 Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 1939-1966 40 9 Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 1967 40 10 Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 1968-1969 40 11 Georgia Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology, reorganization studies [1 of 4] 40 12 Georgia Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology, reorganization studies [2 of 4] 40 13 Georgia Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology, reorganization studies [3 of 4] 40 14 Georgia Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology, reorganization studies [4 of 4] 40 15 Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, 1951-June 1953 40 16 Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, July 1953-1954
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40 17 Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, 1955-1957 40 18 Halloysite, 1953-1958 40 19 Hinterscher oil lease (Illinois), 1951-1957 40 20 Kyanite, 1942-July 1944 40 21 Kyanite, August 1944-December 1944 41 1 Kyanite, 1945-1946 41 2 Kyanite, reports 41 3 Lee Method for oil discovery, 1953-1954 41 4 Lee Method for oil discovery, 1955 41 5 Lightweight aggregate, 1946-1954 41 6 Manganese prospecting (Wesson Lease, Sylacauga, Alabama), January-May 1942 41 7 Manganese prospecting (Wesson Lease, Sylacauga, Alabama), June-December 1942 41 8 Manganese sulphates, 1936-1939 41 9 Manganese sulphates, January-May 1940 41 10 Manganese sulphates, June-December 1940 41 11 Mica, 1942-1946 41 12 Mica, 1947 41 13 Mica, January-June 1948 41 14 Mica, July-December 1948 41 15 Mica, 1949-1959 42 1 Mica prospecting, financial records 42 2 Midvale Mining and Development Company, 1937-1941 42 3 Mineralight, 1944 42 4 Minerals, advertising 42 5 Minerals, various reports [1 of 2] 42 6 Minerals, various reports [2 of 2] 42 7 Mintz talc lease (Marble, N.C.), 1943 42 8 Mintz talc lease (Marble, N.C.), 1944 42 9 Mintz talc lease (Marble, N.C.), 1945 42 10 Mintz talc lease (Marble, N.C.), 1946 42 11 Mintz talc lease, financial records 42 12 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1937-1945 42 13 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1946-1956 42 14 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1957-1968, undated 42 15 New York phyllite, 1951-1952 42 16 Nix, Kenneth (Telfair County Oil Lease), 1942-1945 42 17 Oil drilling and exploration, 1947-1954 42 18 Oil drilling and exploration, 1955-1970
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43 1 Phosphates, 1952-1963 43 2 Phosphates, 1964-1965 43 3 Phosphates, 1966 43 4 Phosphates, 1967 43 5 Phyllite, 1946-1962 43 6 Pickering, V.C., Murray-Gilmer Highway, 1933 43 7 Pickering, V.C., Murray-Gilmer Highway, 1934-1937 43 8 Rock quarry fight (S.W. Atlanta), 1961 43 9 Sericite, 1942-1958 43 10 Serpentine rock, 1941-1942 43 11 Silica (glass sand), 1950-1960 43 12 Silica (glass sand), 1935 43 13 Sillimanite, 1954-1959 43 14 Talc, 1936-1942 44 1 Talc, 1943-1944 44 2 Talc, 1945-1954 44 3 Trammell, Mack, talc prospecting (Chatsworth, Georgia), 1929-1955 44 4 Trammell, Mack, talc prospecting, financial records 44 5 Venezuela, South America, prospecting, 1954-1955 44 6 Wonderstone, 1964
30 William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983 Manuscript Collection No. 558 Subseries 6.2 Southern Talc Company records, 1934-1949 Boxes 45-49, XOP1
Scope and Content Note This series contains the records of the Southern Talc Company of Atlanta and Chatsworth, Georgia. The company was incorporated in 1933 and sold in 1942. Hartsfield helped organize the company and served as legal counsel and president. This was apparently Hartsfield's first major business venture and the only time he played such an active role in guiding the affairs of a company. Included among the company's papers are letters advertising the talc for sale; correspondence with sales agents and purchasers; inventories; purchasing orders; receipts; and correspondence between Hartsfield, T.N. Brooks, and V.C. Pickering, fellow officers of the Company. The Southern Talc Company was a small mining company which battled both the sluggish economy of the Depression and the mineral use restrictions of the first years of World War II and was only a limited financial success. This subseries consists mostly of correspondence, with scattered blueprints, reports, and financial records.
Arrangement Note Arranged in alphabetical order.
Finding Aid Note An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Box Folder Content 45 1 Advertisements 45 2 Agents (sales), 1935-1940 45 3 American Cyanamid Company, 1936-1940 45 4 Atlanta Freight Bureau, 1937-1940 45 5 Brooks, T. N. (Secretary-Treasurer), 1936-1949 45 6 Business card and letterhead 45 7 Cabaniss and Johnston, 1939-1943 45 8 Charles A. Wagner Company, 1939-1941 45 9 Chemical reports 45 10 Correspondence, general, 1935-1965 45 11 Crayons, inventories, prices, packaging 45 12 D. M. Steward Manufacturing Company, 1939-1940 45 13 Draper - Owens Realty Company (rent), 1939-1940 45 14 Entomologists, 1937 45 15 Equipment, 1935-1942 46 1 F.E. Schundler and Company, 1937-1938 46 2 F.E. Schundler and Company, 1939 46 3 F.E. Schundler and Company, 1940 46 4 F.E. Schundler and Company, 1941
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46 5 Financial records 46 6 Financial records: invoices, 1937 46 7 Financial records, invoices, 1938 46 8 Financial records, invoices, 1939 46 9 Financial records, invoices, 1940 47 1 Financial records, invoices, 1941 47 2 Financial records, monthly sales reports, 1939-1941 47 3 Financial records, orders, 1937-1942 47 4 Financial records, royalties, 1937-1948 47 5 Financial records, taxes, 1935-1941 47 6 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1937-1941 47 7 Ford Motor Company, 1936-1941 47 8 Georgia Marble Company, 1941-1945 47 9 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1937-1941 47 10 Halloysite, 1940-1941 47 11 H.M. Royal, Inc., 1937-1938 47 12 H.M. Royal, Inc., 1939-1942 47 13 Huff, L. P. (Vice-President), sales commissions, 1937-1940 48 1 Innis, Speiden and Company, 1939-1941 48 2 Interstate Commerce Commission, 1937-1940 48 3 Interstate Commerce Commission, 1938 48 4 L and N Railroad Company, 1935-1941 48 5 Magnesium rock, 1937-1942 48 6 McConnon and Company, 1942 48 7 McLaughlin Gormley King Company, 1937-1942 48 8 McMillan, R.J., 1941 48 9 Micronizer, 1938-1941 48 10 Nash-Christian Foundry Company, 1938-1939 48 11 Notes 48 12 Office of Production Management, 1941-1942 48 13 Organizational records (leases, charters, etc.), 1934 48 14 Organizational records (leases, charters, etc.), 1935-1942 48 15 Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, 1935-1941 48 16 Pickering, V. C. (Secretary-Treasurer), 1936-1942 XOP1 - Plat maps and blue prints, 1902-1935 49 1 Porter Warner, 1939-1942 49 2 Scully Steel Products Company, 1939-1940 49 3 Shipping 49 4 Slaughter Linthicum, 1935-1940
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49 5 St. Louis Crayon and Handle Company, 1935-1942 49 6 Talc users (lists) 49 7 Tennessee Valley Authority, 1937-1942 49 8 Watkins, Glenn, and Watkins, 1937-1939
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Scope and Content Note This series contains collected printed material about Hartsfield and materials collected by him. Hartsfield saved many magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets, and reports relating to himself and to the government and welfare of Atlanta. These include magazine, periodical, and newspaper clippings; pamphlets, flyers, and reports of various Atlanta organizations; and event programs. Magazine and newspaper clippings featuring Hartsfield are listed separately from general clippings. Programs commemorate public events attended by Hartsfield, including dedications, awards ceremonies, and dinners. Among the many topics, issues, and events dating from the 1920s to the early 1980s documented in this series are Atlanta roadways and traffic, elections of Atlanta government officials, local crime, aviation, and debate on local legislature. A large number of political cartoons are also found in this series. For additional printed material arranged by subject, see Series 4: Subject Files.
Arrangement Note Articles and clippings arranged in chronological order; pamphlets and reports arranged in alphabetical order.
Clippings, William B. Hartsfield Box Folder Content 50 1 Magazines and periodicals, 1940s 50 2 Magazines and periodicals, 1950s 50 3 Magazines and periodicals, 1960-1964 OP3 5 Magazines and periodicals, May 1961 OP3 5 Magazines and periodicals, February 1963 50 4 Magazines and periodicals, 1965-1969 50 5 Magazines and periodicals, 1970-1971 50 6 Magazines and periodicals, 1972-1978 50 7 Magazines and periodicals, undated 50 8 Newspaper clippings, 1920s 50 9 Newspaper clippings, 1930s 50 10 Newspaper clippings, 1940 50 11 Newspaper clippings, 1941-1942 50 12 Newspaper clippings, 1943 50 13 Newspaper clippings, 1944 50 14 Newspaper clippings, January-June 1945 50 15 Newspaper clippings, July-December 1945 50 16 Newspaper clippings, 1946 50 17 Newspaper clippings, 1947
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50 18 Newspaper clippings, January-April 1948 50 19 Newspaper clippings, May-June 1948 50 20 Newspaper clippings, July-December 1948 50 21 Newspaper clippings, 1949 50 22 Newspaper clippings, 1940s (undated) 50 23 Newspaper clippings, January-July 1950 50 24 Newspaper clippings, August-December 1950 50 25 Newspaper clippings, 1951 50 26 Newspaper clippings, January-September 1952 50 27 Newspaper clippings, October-December 1952 50 28 Newspaper clippings, January-April 1953 50 29 Newspaper clippings, May-December 1953 50 30 Newspaper clippings, 1954 50 31 Newspaper clippings, 1955 50 32 Newspaper clippings, 1956 50 33 Newspaper clippings, 1957 51 1 Newspaper clippings, 1958 51 2 Newspaper clippings, 1959 51 3 Newspaper clippings, 1950s (undated) 51 4 Newspaper clippings, 1960 51 5 Newspaper clippings, January-May 1961 51 6 Newspaper clippings, June 1961 [1 of 2] 51 7 Newspaper clippings, June 1961 [2 of 2] 51 8 Newspaper clippings, July-December 1961 51 9 Newspaper clippings, January-June 1962 51 10 Newspaper clippings, July-December 1962 51 11 Newspaper clippings, 1963 51 12 Newspaper clippings, 1964 51 13 Newspaper clippings, 1965 51 14 Newspaper clippings, 1966 51 15 Newspaper clippings, 1967 51 16 Newspaper clippings, 1968 51 17 Newspaper clippings, 1969 51 18 Newspaper clippings, 1960s (undated) 51 19 Newspaper clippings, 1970 51 20 Newspaper clippings, 1971 [1 of 2] 51 21 Newspaper clippings, 1971 [2 of 2] 51 22 Newspaper clippings, 1972 51 23 Newspaper clippings, 1973-1974
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51 24 Newspaper clippings, 1975-1976 51 25 Newspaper clippings, 1977 51 26 Newspaper clippings, 1978-1980 51 27 Newspaper clippings, undated
Clippings, general 52 1 Magazines and periodicals, 1929-1939 52 2 Magazines and periodicals, 1940s OP3 6 Magazines and periodicals, circa 1941-1942 52 3 Magazines and periodicals, 1950s 52 4 Magazines and periodicals, 1960-1966 OP3 6 Magazines and periodicals, April 25, 1961 OP3 6 Magazines and periodicals, June 1963 52 5 Magazines and periodicals, 1967-1969 52 6 Magazines and periodicals, 1970-1971 52 7 Magazines and periodicals, 1972-1982 52 8 Magazines and periodicals, 1983 52 9 Newspaper clippings, 1920s 52 10 Newspaper clippings, 1930s 52 11 Newspaper clippings, 1940 52 12 Newspaper clippings, January-August 1941 52 13 Newspaper clippings, September-December 1941 52 14 Newspaper clippings, 1942 52 15 Newspaper clippings, 1943 52 16 Newspaper clippings, January-September 1944 52 17 Newspaper clippings, October-December 1944 52 18 Newspaper clippings, 1945 52 19 Newspaper clippings, 1946 52 20 Newspaper clippings, 1947 52 21 Newspaper clippings, January-June 1948 52 22 Newspaper clippings, July-December 1948 52 23 Newspaper clippings, 1949 52 24 Newspaper clippings, 1940s (undated) 52 25 Newspaper clippings, 1950 52 26 Newspaper clippings, 1951 52 27 Newspaper clippings, January-September 1952 52 28 Newspaper clippings, October-December 1952 52 29 Newspaper clippings, 1953 52 30 Newspaper clippings, 1954 52 31 Newspaper clippings, 1955
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53 1 Newspaper clippings, 1956 53 2 Newspaper clippings, 1957 OP3 7 Newspaper clippings, July 1, 1957 53 3 Newspaper clippings, 1958 53 4 Newspaper clippings, 1959 53 5 Newspaper clippings, 1960-1961 53 6 Newspaper clippings, 1962 53 7 Newspaper clippings, 1963 53 8 Newspaper clippings, January-March 1964 53 9 Newspaper clippings, April 1964 53 10 Newspaper clippings, May-December 1964 53 11 Newspaper clippings, 1965 53 12 Newspaper clippings, 1966 53 13 Newspaper clippings, 1967 53 14 Newspaper clippings, 1968 53 15 Newspaper clippings, 1969 53 16 Newspaper clippings, 1960s (undated) 53 17 Newspaper clippings, 1970 53 18 Newspaper clippings, 1971-1974 53 19 Newspaper clippings, 1975-1979 and undated 1970s 53 20 Newspaper clippings, 1980s BV4 - Newspaper clippings, scrapbook, 1930s 53 21 Newspaper clippings, undated
Pamphlets, flyers, and reports 53 22 Association of the County Commissioners of Georgia, 43rd Annual Convention, April 15-16, 1957 53 23 Atlanta Athletic Club, yearbooks, 1965, 1966 53 24 Atlanta Baptist Ministers' Union 53 25 Atlanta Bar, "An Open Letter," June 12, 1932 53 26 Atlanta Committee on Foreign Relations, roster of members, August 31, 1966 53 27 Atlanta Humane Society, Atlanta Hunter Jumper Classic, vol. 3, no. 1, March 1975 53 28 Atlanta Local Government Commission, report, 1940 53 29 Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Southeastern Homewares and Gift Show, January 1945 53 30 Capital View Baptist Church, "Our Pastor," October 3, 1943 53 31 "Christianity and Slavery," booklet, 1927 54 1 Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Directory of Community Services, February 1963
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54 2 Fernbank Science Center, "History and Development," 1967 54 3 Georgia Voters Education Association, handbook, 1966 54 4 Jesse Draper Boys' Club, Annual Report, 1968 54 5 Kingdom of Sausagia, 27th Annual Assemblage, December 6, 1976 54 6 Local Government Study Commission of Duval County, Florida, Blueprint for Improvement, 1966 54 7 Metropolitan Foundation of Atlanta, list of legal names, circa 1960s 54 8 Poplar Springs Campground, historical scrapbook, August 1972 54 9 State Bar of Georgia, handbook and directory, 1966-1970 54 10 Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad, offering circular, April 27, 1961 54 11 "This is Our Mayor Hartsfield," circa 1940s 54 12 Travelers Protective Association of America, Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, July 1, 1946 54 13 Uptown Association of Atlanta, 3rd Annual Report, November 25, 1963 54 14 Veterans Service Center, report, 1945 OP3 8 "Why Atlanta Is Different" [with Hartsfield quote], T.M. Alexander, Jr. and Associates Insurance Agents, flier, undated 54 15 WSB Radio-TV Atlanta, "Look Who's Editorial Consultant to WSB," flyer, 1963
Programs 54 16 1930s-1940s 54 17 1950-1955 54 18 1956-1959 54 19 1960-1961 54 20 1962 54 21 1963 55 1 1964-1965 55 2 1966-1967 OP3 9 April 11, 1966 55 3 1968-1969 55 4 1970-1971 55 5 1972-1976 55 6 1977-1981
38 William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983 Manuscript Collection No. 558 Series 8 Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s Boxes 56-65; OP3, 4-5; BV5-12; OBV2
Scope and Content Note This series contains photographs of William B. Hartsfield, his family, other politicians and national figures, and Atlanta events from the 1860s to the 1970s. The bulk of this series highlights the ceremonial duties of the mayor of a growing American city (1930s-1971). Welcoming Hollywood stars and city visitors, cutting ribbons for grand openings, and attending dinners and banquets are well-photographed mayoral duties. Other events are Gone with the Wind premieres; travels to Europe and South America; meetings with Presidents, politicians, the Pope, and others; various stages in the development of the Chattahoochee River and Buford Dam water systems; the expansion of the airport; and several inaugural air flights on which Hartsfield was a passenger. Portrait photographs of Hartsfield from childhood to shortly before his death are also included in this series (1892-1971). There is also a large collection of family and other personal photographs (circa 1860s-1960s). Tollie Tolan Hartsfield's personal photographs (circa 1890s-1970s), also located in this series, contain few pictures related to Mayor Hartsfield. They primarily show scenes of friends, family, and vacations from before her marriage to Hartsfield and after his death. Eight photograph albums of ceremonial events, such as the launching of the U.S.S. Atlanta and the dedication of St. Joseph's Hospital, are also included in this series.
Arrangement Note Arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
William B. Hartsfield portraits Box Folder Content 56 1 1892-1919 56 2 1920-1949 OP4 12 1940s OP68 - 1950s 56 3 1950-1956 OP68 - 1956 56 4 1957-1970 OP68 - 1960s 56 5 Undated
Atlanta and political events 56 6 Allstate Insurance event, circa 1950s 56 7 American Municipal Association, 1952 56 8 American Symphony Orchestra League, Washington, D.C., June 16-19, 1965 56 9 Amusement parks, 1954-1959 56 10 Amusement parks, 1962 56 11 Amusement parks, 1963-1967
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56 12 Amusement parks, 1968 56 13 Amusement parks, 1969-1970, undated 56 14 Annual Outdoor Art Show, Piedmont Park, May 1959 56 15 Atlanta Airport and aviation, 1920-1939 56 16 Atlanta Airport and aviation, Atlanta-Mexico City Inaugural Flight, 1939 56 17 Atlanta Airport and aviation, 1940-1955 56 18 Atlanta Airport and aviation, 1956-1958 56 19 Atlanta Airport and aviation, 1959-1967 56 20 Atlanta airport and aviation, Hartsfield dedication, circa 1970s 56 21 Atlanta Airport and aviation, undated OP3 10 Atlanta Airport and aviation, four scenes of Atlanta with inset of Hartsfield, circa 1930s-1960s OP3 11 Atlanta buildings and parks, downtown, circa 1938 OP3 12 Atlanta buildings and parks, downtown, 1960s 56 1 Atlanta buildings and parks, Hurt Park and Plaza Park, circa 1940s OP3 13 Atlanta buildings and parks, planners with model of Plaza Park, circa 1940s 57 2 Atlanta buildings and parks, City Hall, Georgia State Capitol, Henry Grady statue, circa 1940s-1950s 57 3 Atlanta buildings and parks, Other, circa 1950s OP3 14 Atlanta buildings and parks, unidentified fountain, undated 57 4 Atlanta city celebrations, circa 1950s-1960s OP3 15 Atlanta city government, Centennial Council, 1937 57 5 Atlanta city government officials, 1940s 57 6 Atlanta city government officials, 1950s 57 7 Atlanta city government officials, 1960s 57 8 Atlanta city government officials, portraits, undated 57 9 Atlanta city leaders, 1930s-1940s 57 10 Atlanta city leaders, 1950s 57 11 Atlanta city leaders, 1960s-1970s and undated 57 12 Atlanta Freight Bureau dinners, circa 1950s-1960s 57 13 Atlanta landmarks, circa 1950s-1960s OP3 16 Atlanta landmarks, pedestrians in front of Henry Grady statue, circa 1940s-1950s 57 14 Atlanta's Centennial Day, 1948 57 15 Atlanta winter storm damage, 1967 57 16 Awards presentations, circa 1940s-1960s 57 17 Awards ceremonies honoring W.B. Hartsfield, 1950s 57 18 Awards ceremonies honoring W.B. Hartsfield, 1960s 57 19 Awards ceremonies honoring W.B. Hartsfield, 1970s 57 20 Banquets and dinners, circa 1930s-1940s 57 21 Banquets and dinners, circa 1950s
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57 22 Banquets and dinners, circa 1960s OP4 13 Banquets and dinners, Holland Society of New York, 1953 OP4 14 Banquets and dinners, Holland Society of New York, 1955 57 23 Barnum and Bailey Circus, November 1955 57 24 Boy Scouts project, December 1967 57 25 Building dedications 58 1 Capital City Club dinners, circa 1950s 58 2 Capital City Club dinners, circa 1960s 58 3 Charity events, 1940s-1950s 58 4 Chattahoochee River Commission, West Point, Georgia, June 9, 1967 58 5 Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam, 1950-1952 58 6 Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam, 1953 58 7 Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam Gate Closing, 1956 58 8 Chattahoochee River Development Association, Mayor's Birthday Party, March 1, 1957 58 9 Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam dedication and Lake Lanier, October 9, 1957 58 10 Chattahoochee River Development Association, dedication of Atlanta's Water System, January 23, 1960 58 11 Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam 30 Millionth Visitor, 1962 58 12 Chevrolet Corporation celebrations, February 1955 58 13 City departmental functions, Atlanta Department of Education in Atlanta Journal "Special Section," circa 1949 58 14 City departmental functions in Atlanta Journal "Special Section", circa 1949-1950 58 15 Coca Cola luncheon, October 5, 1957 58 16 Conventions, circa 1948-1960s OP4 15 Conventions, Loyal Order of Moose, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1955 58 17 Cyclorama opening, circa early 1950s 58 18 Dave Garroway Show, Hurt Park, May 1956 58 19 Demonstrations and protest marches, circa 1950s-1960s 58 20 Elections, Roy LeCraw 1940 Campaign for Mayor OP4 16 Elections, "Burial of Hartsfield Administration and the Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution and the Birth of a New Government," circa 1940s 58 21 Elections, Mayor Hartsfield's 1949 and 1957 campaigns 58 22 Elections, ballot boxes, 1949 59 1 Elections, 1952 parade for Richard B. Russell 59 2 Elections, Democratic National Victory Dinner, 1959 59 3 Elections, Charlie Brown for State Senator, circa 1960s
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59 4 Fort Bliss, November 1965 OP3 17 Georgia House of Representatives, 1933-1935 OP3 18 Georgia House of Representatives, 1935-1937 59 5 Gone with the Wind premiere, 1939 59 6 Gone with the Wind repremiere, 1961 59 7 Gone with the Wind repremiere, 1967 59 8 Grand Opera party, April 1949 59 9 Groundbreakings, 1954-1955 59 10 Gulf Oil Corporation Party, 1956 59 11 Hartsfield, William B., final speech as Mayor, City Hall, January 1962 59 12 Hartsfield, William B., playing tuba for East Atlanta Elementary Band, January 1956 59 13 Hartsfield, William B., speech in the Prado, November 4, 1960 59 14 Hartsfield, William B., swearing-ins 59 15 Hartsfield, William B., television appearances, circa 1950s-1960s 59 16 Hartsfield, William B., throwing first ball at baseball game, circa 1937 59 17 Hartsfield, William B., with beauty queens, circa 1940s-1950s OP3 19 Hartsfield, William B., with Ben Massell and others, 1950s 59 18 Hartsfield, William B., with fellow Shriners, 1950s OP3 20 Hartsfield, William B., with Bobby Jones, circa 1950s OP3 21 Hartsfield, William B., with Marines, 1950s 59 19 Hartsfield, William B., with other city mayors, circa 1940s-1960s 59 20 Hartsfield, William B., with Presidents of the United States, circa 1940s-1960s OP3 22 Hartsfield, William B., with Presidents of the United States, Eisenhower, 1952 OP4 17 Hartsfield, William B., with Presidents of the United States, Kennedy, 1964 59 21 Hartsfield, William B., with prominent politicians, circa 1940s-1960s OP3 23 Hartsfield, William B., with prominent politicians, dinner with Ga. Governor E. D. Rivers, 1939 59 22 Hartsfield, William B., with Teamsters Union officials, 1954 59 23 Hartsfield, William B., with Tollie Tolan Hartsfield at public events 59 24 Hartsfield, William B., with various famous people, circa 1938-1954 59 25 Hartsfield, William B., with various famous people, circa 1955-1960s 59 26 Hartsfield, William B., with various people, circa 1940s-1960s 59 27 Hartsfield, William B., with various unidentified people, circa 1940s-mid 1950s 59 28 Hartsfield, William B., with various unidentified people, circa late 1950s-1960s 59 29 Holiday Magazine "Salute to Atlanta," April 1961 59 30 Ichauway Plantation, hunting scenes, circa 1940s-early 1950s 60 1 Ichauway Plantation, hunting scenes, 1955 60 2 Incinerator dedication, January 15, 1952 60 3 Jewelers' Convention, July 1950
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60 4 Laundromats, circa 1950s 60 5 Lenox Square grand opening, August 3, 1959 60 6 Lenox Square "Salute to Atlanta," August 21, 1961 60 7 Mack Truck Convoy, City Hall, 1950 60 8 Metropolitan Life party, circa 1949 60 9 Military, circa 1930s-1940s 60 10 Military, circa 1950s 60 11 Military, circa 1960s-1970s and undated 60 12 Minerals and mining, circa 1940s-1950s 60 13 Minerals and mining, Talc Mining, undated 60 14 Model for developing viaduct area, June 1954 60 15 Movie stars, circa 1950s-1960s [1 of 2] 60 16 Movie stars, circa 1950s-1960s [2 of 2] OP3 24 Movie stars, Hartsfield with Bill Shirley and Eileen Christy, 1950s 60 17 Movies, premieres in Atlanta OP4 18 Navy vessel, undated 60 18 Okefenokee Swamp, March 1948 60 19 Openings (Buildings, Stores, Exhibits, etc.), circa 1940s-1960s [1 of 2] 60 20 Openings (Buildings, Stores, Exhibits, etc.), circa 1940s-1960s [2 of 2] 60 21 Port Authority of New York, September 30, 1959 60 22 Proclamation signings, circa 1950-1962 [1 of 2] 60 23 Proclamation signings, circa 1950-1962 [2 of 2] 60 24 Public Anniversary celebrations, circa 1940s-1960s 61 1 Redevelopment Exhibition, City Hall, August 1957 61 2 Retirement events of Atlanta city leaders and government officials, 1940s-1950s 61 3 Sac Heights, Omaha, Nebraska, October 1960 61 4 St. Patrick's Day, Detroit, March 17, 1954 61 5 School integration, City Press Room, September 1961 61 6 Slides, Atlanta desegregation, 1950s 61 7 Snapshots, 1930s 61 8 Snapshots, 1940s 61 9 Snapshots, 1950s [1 of 2] 61 10 Snapshots, 1950s [2 of 2] 61 11 Snapshots, circa 1960s [1 of 2] 61 12 Snapshots, circa 1960s [2 of 2] 61 13 Snapshots, undated 61 14 Southeastern Fair, 1955 61 15 Southeastern Fair, 1964 61 16 Southeastern Fair, 1966
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61 17 Southeastern Fair, 1967, 1968 61 18 Southeastern Fair, 1969 61 19 Southeastern Fair, 1970, with Tricia Nixon 61 20 Southeastern Fair, undated 61 21 Star Box Derby, July 1946 61 22 Stevenson, Adlai with W.B. Hartsfield and Tollie Tolan Hartsfield, November 8, 1960 61 23 Symphony Ball, 1967 61 24 Tulip Festival, April 1954 OP5 - Travels, 1939, Mexico 61 25 Travels, 1950, Europe [1 of 2] 61 26 Travels, 1950, Europe [2 of 2] 61 27 Travels, 1953, Israel, Greece and Italy [1 of 3] 62 1 Travels, 1953, Israel, Greece and Italy [2 of 3] 62 2 Travels, 1953, Israel, Greece and Italy [3 of 3] 62 3 Travels, 1954, Germany 62 4 Travels, 1955, "Crusade for Freedom" Trip to Europe 62 5 Travels, 1955, Venezuela OP3 25 Travels, circa late 1950s, Mexico, Hartsfield with Ambassador Antonia Carrillo Flores OP3 26 Travels, circa late 1950s, Mexico 62 6 Travels, 1932-1969, Various Trips OP3 27 Unidentified general, undated OP3 28 University of Georgia football stadium, September 3, 1982 62 7 U.S. Conference of Mayors, New York City, June 14, 1952 OP4 19 U.S. Conference of Mayors, New York City, June 14, 1952 62 8 U.S.S. Atlanta launching, December 3, 1944 OP3 29 U.S.S. Atlanta launching, December 1944 62 9 Welcomings to Atlanta, circa 1940s-1960s OP3 30 Welcomings to Atlanta, Sir Arthur and Mrs. Rank with L. W. Robert, Fred Storey, and Fred Moon, circa 1940s 62 10 Willie B., Gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, 1961 62 11 Woodruff, Robert W. dinners, circa 1948-1950s OP3 31 Woodruff, R.W., portraits, circa 1950s
Family photographs 62 12 Christmas Day at the Drapers', December 25, 1965 62 13 Crystal River fishing trip, April 1937 62 14 Dagnall Lot, Kingston, Georgia, October 1968 62 15 Easter in New York and McGill Wedding, April 1967
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62 16 Exposition in Montreal, August 1967 62 17 Family outings, circa 1960s 62 18 Hartsfield family, circa 1860s-1870s [contains tintypes and carte-de-visites] 62 19 Hartsfield family, circa 1880s [contains cabinet cards and tintypes] 62 20 Hartsfield family, circa 1890s [contains boudoir card, cabinet cards, and tintype] 62 21 Hartsfield family, circa 1900-1930s 62 22 Hartsfield family, circa 1940-1970 62 23 Hartsfield family, John Hartsfield, Brother of W.B. Hartsfield, circa 1883-1915 [contains cabinet cards, postcards, and paper prints] 62 24 Hartsfield family, Parents of W.B. Hartsfield, circa 1870s-1920 [contains tintypes and miniature painted on glass] 62 25 Hartsfield, William B., elementary school class pictures, 1896-1898 63 1 Hartsfield, William B., high school reunions, class of 1907-1908, circa 1908-1958 63 2 Hartsfield, W.B. and Tollie Tolan, wedding, 1962 63 3 S.S. Ariadne, circa 1960s 63 4 Travels, Switzerland, circa 1963 63 5 Travels, Central America, 1968 63 6 Travels, Europe, Summer 1969 [1 of 2] 63 7 Travels, Europe, Summer 1969 [2 of 2] 63 8 Vacations, circa 1948-1958 63 9 Visit to friends in Florida, circa May 1967 63 10 Weddings attended by Hartsfield, circa 1950s 63 11 Wedding trip family portraits, 1962
Tollie Tolan Hartsfield personal photographs 63 12 Ball, May 1963 63 13 Banquets and dinners, circa 1959-1972 63 14 Bedenbaugh family (of Tollie Tolan Hartsfield), circa 1890s-early 1900s [contains tintypes and card mounted prints] OP3 32 Bedenbaugh family, class picture, early 1900s 63 15 Family and friends, circa 1940s 63 16 Family and friends, circa 1950s 63 17 Family and friends, circa 1960s 63 18 Family and friends, circa 1970s-1980s 63 19 Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, baby pictures, circa 1955-1956 63 20 Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried snapshots, circa late 1950s-late 1960s 63 21 Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, school pictures, 1960s 63 22 Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, 6th Birthday party with Lion Cubs, 1960
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63 23 Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, 10th Birthday Party, Photographs for Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 20, 1964 64 1 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan snapshots, circa 1940s-1960s 64 2 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan with Carl Siegfried Hartsfield, 1950s-1970s 64 3 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, portraits, circa 1962-1978 64 4 "Juan" and Lion Cubs, 1964 64 5 Lookout Mountain, November 20, 1966 64 6 Historical Society, 1971 64 7 Pedigreed Ball, March 3, 1978 64 8 Pets, circa 1950s-1970s 64 9 Snapshots, circa 1950s-1970s 64 10 Steeplechase Races, circa early 1970s 64 11 Symphony Ball, 1967 64 12 Thanksgiving 1958 64 13 Tolan, Daniel (First Husband of Tollie Tolan Hartsfield), 1950s 64 14 Travels, Texas and Mexico, circa April 1961 64 15 Travels, Key West, circa 1964 64 16 Travels, Florida (?), November 1969 64 17 University of Georgia Football Game, 1977 64 18 Wedding to Daniel Tolan, circa late 1940s 64 19 Zoo, 1960
Negatives 64 20 General negatives, circa 1930s-1980s [1 of 3] 64 21 General negatives, circa 1930s-1980s [2 of 3] 65 1 General negatives, circa 1930s-1980s [3 of 3] 65 2 Negatives of professional shots, 1940s-1960s
Photograph albums BV5 - Atlanta Water Works, Association of Administrative Department Heads, "Mayor Hartsfield's Dinner Party," December 2, 1952 BV6 - Atlanta Water Works, "Historical Record of Steam Turbine Pumping Unit Number 6," May 14, 1952 65 3 Brecon Loading Company, Coosa River Ordnance Plant, Talladega, Alabama, April 3, 1944 BV7 - Buford Dam Dedication, October 9, 1957 BV8 - Capital City Club, Dinner Honoring Mayor William B. Hartsfield, February 28, 1956 65 4 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Apprentice Teaching, Camilla High School, January 3, 1943-March 13, 1943 65 5 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Friends and family, 1936-1941
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BV9 - Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Friends, family, and vacations, 1943-1944 OBV2- Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Friends, family, and vacations, circa 1944 65 6 Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, vacation in Texas, May 30-June 12, 1944 BV10 - Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, wedding to Daniel Tolan, circa late 1940s 65 7 Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Georgia Power, 1954 BV11 - "Salute to Atlanta," August 21, 1961 BV12 - St. Joseph's Hospital Dedication, December 12, 1953
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Scope and Content Note The memorabilia series contains various objects collected by Hartsfield during his political career and after his retirement. Included are multiple keys to cities, including two oversized wooden keys given to Hartsfield by Atlanta residents, two gavels, and cards from various businesses and civic associations. There is also a substantial amount of campaign ephemera, including buttons, combs, match books, nail files, and thimbles, from local, state and federal political campaigns. Ribbons, medals and name tags show Hartsfield's many associations and involvement in regional conferences. Tickets, name tags and visitor passes shed light on Hartsfield's travels to Democratic National Conventions, Congress, the White House, and events he attended, such as the launching of Apollo 12. There is also a pen in the collection from the White House which was possibly used by President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the 1964 Civil Rights Bill into law.
Arrangement Note Arranged by material type.
Box Folder Content 66 1 Advertisement, Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, undated 66 2 Artificial money, Twe dollar bill [sic], anti-paper money arguments, Liberty Books, St. Louis, Missouri, undated 66 3 Autographed picture, Rebo the clown, Nani Darnell, Mark Wilson, "Magic Kingdom of Alakazam," CBS, [1960-1965] 66 4 Bumper sticker, "Arnall for Governor," undated 66 5 Business card, Hartsfield, William B. 66 5 Business card, Reitz, Josef, Coca-Cola, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany, undated 66 5 Business card, Sensenbrenner, Maynard E., Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, undated 66 6 Button, American Legion, Fulton County, Post No. 134, undated 66 6 Button, Arnall (Ellis Arnall), undated 66 6 Button, Cook, undated 66 6 Button, Coosa River Blair-Long Ordnance Plant, undated 66 6 Button, "En tand bedre." Avis, undated 66 6 Button, Finley, Alderman 8th Ward, undated 66 6 Button, "Follow Suit for Governor," undated 66 6 Button, Georgia Municipal Association, 13th annual meeting, December 12, 1946 66 7 Button, "Georgia Tech," undated 66 7 Button, "Go Bo," (Bo Callaway), [1966] 66 7 Button, HMA, undated (3) 66 7 Button, Honorary Garbage Collector, April 13, 1970
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66 7 Button, Johnson, Humphrey (Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert Humphrey), 1964 66 7 Button, Lowe, Tom, Commissioner, undated 66 7 Button, Millican for Mayor, (Everett Millican), undated 66 7 Button, Muggsy Smith Mayor, undated 66 7 Button, Nixon, Agnew, (Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew), 1968 66 7 Button, Nominate Russell, undated 66 8 Button, Page for House of Representatives, undated 66 8 Button, "Pittsburgh wants you!" undated 66 8 Button, "See Today's Stone Mountain," undated 66 8 Button, United Nations Guided Tour, undated 66 8 Button, Ware, Carl, President of Atlanta City Council, undated 66 8 Button, "We Want Wyche!" undated 67 1 Card, Civil Defense Preparedness, undated 67 1 Card, Kiwanis Club of Northside Atlanta, "Order of the Silk Hat," January 6, 1956 67 1 Card, Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, October 1-10, undated 67 2 Coat of arms, city of Essen, Germany, undated 67 3 Coin, Atlanta Air Terminal, Blount Brothers Construction Co., 1961 67 4 Comb, Fowlkes, Buddy, Alderman, undated 67 5 Commemorative card, Fulton Lodge No.216, 100th anniversary, October 30, 1957 67 6 Commemorative Confederate money, Locomotive "Texas," undated (2) 67 7 Crucifix, Vatican, undated 67 8 Cuticle tool, Foster, A.B. "Bud," Sheriff Fulton County, undated 67 9 Film strip, with "William B Hartsfield" typed, undated 67 10 Fold out table decoration, "Win With Nixon," undated 71 - Gavel, 1947 71 - Gavel, Georgia School of Technology, made from U.S.S. Constitution "Old Ironsides," undated 67 11 Guest pass, Atlanta Hunt Meeting and Steeplechase, Steeplechase Races benefit for Multiple Sclerosis Society, Roswell, Georgia, March 14, 1970 67 12 Guest pin, State Fair of Texas, Exposition of Lights and Flowers, October 10-25, 1964 67 13 Invitation of honor, Feria Internacional de El Salvador, undated 67 14 Key, Atlanta, undated [Sam Massell mayor] 67 14 Key, Birmingham, undated 67 14 Key, Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida, 1960 OP6 - Key, "hearts of your grateful citizens," 1961 71 - Key, "hearts of Men of Peachtree," undated 67 14 Key, Macon, undated
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67 14 Key, Memphis, undated 67 14 Key, Mobile, Alabama, undated 67 14 Key, New Orleans, undated 67 15 Key, Toledo, undated 67 16 Keychain, City of Atlanta, commemorating dedication of Atlanta Airport Terminal, May 3, 1961 67 16 Keychain, City of Atlanta, commemorating Gone with the Wind, October 4, 1967 67 17 Keychain, Denmark Festival Atlanta, 1969 67 17 Keychain, Disabled American Veterans, undated 67 17 Keychain, Jones, Sam, Alderman 8th Ward Bracket 2, undated 67 17 Keychain, Oglethorpe University, undated 67 17 Keychain, The Omni, 1972 67 17 Keychain, Southeastern Fair Association, 1970 68 1 Letter opener, Fuller man, undated 68 1 Letter opener, guest speaker Northwest Atlanta Kiwanis Club, undated 68 2 Match book, Hamilton Douglas Jr, Alderman Fifth Ward, 1953 68 2 Match book, Mayor W Hartsfield, undated 68 2 Match book, W.C. Kendrick Fulton County Legislator, [1961] 68 3 Medal, American Legion, 51st national convention, Atlanta, guest of Carl Bedenbaugh, 1969 68 3 Medal, Atlanta Airport, W.B. Hartsfield, EM-1, undated 70 9 Medal, City of New York, presented by Mayor William O'Dwyer, 1950 68 3 Medal, Democratic National Convention, Honorary Assistant Vice President, 1952 68 3 Medal, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Delegate Grand Aerie Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 26-29, 1956 68 3 Medal, Sanders, Carl, Governor Inauguration, State of Georgia, 1963 68 4 Medallion, German-American Club, Heidelberg, 1937 68 5 Membership card, Red Garter, New York City, expiration June 30, 1971 68 6 Nail file, Cravey, Zack D, Comptroller General and Insurance Commissioner, undated 68 6 Nail file, Davis, James C, Congressman 5th District, [1959-1963] 68 6 Nail file, Lanier, William L "Bill," Commissioner of Agriculture, undated 68 6 Nail file, Stephens, Jack, Senator 36th District, undated 68 6 Nail file, Summers, Jack, Alderman 7th Ward, 1957 68 6 Nail file, Whitman, Senator, undated 68 - Name tag, unidentified event, undated (8) 68 7 Name tag, American Cotton Shippers Association, 37th annual convention, April 28-29, 1961
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68 7 Name tag, American Municipal Congress, Miami, Florida, November 27-30, 1955 68 7 Name tag, American Municipal Congress, St. Louis, Missouri, September 25-28, 1956 68 7 Name tag, American Transit Association, undated 68 7 Name tag, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, 43rd annual convention, Atlanta, April 15-16, 1957 68 7 Name tag, Building Owners and Managers Association, Nashville, Tennessee, March 12-15, 1955 68 7 Name tag, Congress of Cities, Detroit, Michigan, July 24-28, 1965 68 7 Name tag, Delta C and S, First Inter-Continental DC-7 Flight, "Royal Caribe," April 1-2, 1955 68 7 Name tag, Georgia Independent Oilmen's Association, Atlanta, September 21-22, 1955 68 7 Name tag, Georgia Municipal Association, 23rd annual convention, Atlanta, October 22-24, 1956 68 7 Name tag, Georgia Municipal Association, 25th annual convention, "Vice President, 5th district," Atlanta, July 20-22, 1958 68 7 Name tag, Golden Falcon inaugural flight (Eastern Airlines), [1955] 68 7 Name tag, Home Entertainment, "Mrs. W.B. Hartsfield," 1968 68 7 Name tag, International Union of Local Authorities, XVI Congress, Brussels, 1963 68 7 Name tag, "Mayor Emeritus," City of Atlanta, undated 68 8 Name tag, Moose 67th International Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 28-September 1, 1955 68 8 Name tag, Moose 68th International Convention, Brantford, Ontario, Canada, August 19-23, 1956 68 8 Name tag, Petroleum Association of Georgia, Atlanta, undated 68 8 Name tag, Shrine Directors Association, 37th Annual Convention, Atlanta, March 28-31, 1955 68 8 Name tag, Six Flags Over Georgia, undated 68 8 Name tag, Southeastern Fair Association, undated 68 8 Name tag, Touchdown Club of Atlanta, Inc., undated 68 8 Name tag, United States Air Force Academy, undated 68 8 Name tag, United States Conference of Mayors, annual conference, May 19-21, 1955 68 8 Name tag, United States Conference of Mayors, annual conference, June 12-14, 1961 68 9 Oreno token, "Fish and feel fit," South Bend, Indiana, undated 68 10 Paper weight, Oglethorpe University, "Law Day," April 29, 1977 68 11 Pen, Mackay, James, Member of Congress, 4th District, undated
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68 11 Pen, President-White House [possibly used in signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill], undated 69 1 Pin, Fujita, undated 69 1 Pin, Inauguration of President W.V.S. Tubman, Monrovia, Liberia, 1956 69 1 Pin, Independence Day, July 26, 1958 69 1 Pin, Kennedy, Johnson, (John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson), 1960 70 10 Pin, unidentified space mission, undated 69 1 Pin, US Marines Corps, Honorable Discharge, undated 69 1 Pin, World's Fair, USSR Expo, 1967 71 - Plaque, Abe Goldstein Human Relations Award, Atlanta Division Anti- Defamation League, October 15, 1966 71 - Plaque, Citizenship Award, Atlanta Metropolitan Civitan Council, 1962 71 - Plaque, Future Homemakers of America, "In appreciation of interest and support," 1945-1967 71 - Plaque, Key to the City, Washington, DC, undated 71 - Plaque, Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, undated 71 - Plaque, State of Israel Bond Organization, November 8, 1958 69 2 Printer's blocks, undated 69 3 Quiniela ticket, Broward KC, January 1, 1958 69 4 Replica coin, Sommer Islands [Bermuda], undated 69 5 Ribbon, American Municipal Association, 30th annual conference, "President," New Orleans, Louisiana, November 29- December 2, 1953 69 5 Ribbon, American Municipal Association, "Past President," 1960 69 5 Ribbon, American Municipal Association, "Past President," 1961 69 5 Ribbon, Battery A Bradley's Indians, undated 69 5 Ribbon, "Committee," undated 69 5 Ribbon, Georgia AFL-CIO, 4th annual convention, Atlanta, "Guest," May 18-20, 1960 69 5 Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Member," Atlanta, 1965 69 5 Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Member," Atlanta, 1967 69 5 Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Guest," Atlanta, 1967 69 6 Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Official"- President, Atlanta, 1968 69 6 Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Member," Atlanta, 1969 69 6 Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Member," Atlanta, 1970 69 6 Ribbon, Georgia State Federation National Federation Post Office Clerks, Atlanta, June 4-6, 1953 69 6 Ribbon, Municipal Association of South Carolina, "President, American Municipal Association," undated 69 6 Ribbon, National League of Cities, 47th Congress of Cities, "Atlanta," undated
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69 6 Ribbon, Stationers Credit Conference, Atlanta, April 21-23, 1954 69 6 Ribbon, Veterans of World War I, 7th annual Georgia state convention, "Carl Bedenbaugh," Athens, Georgia, August 2-4, 1963 69 6 Ribbon, Veterans of World War I, 10th annual Georgia state convention, "Delegate Carl Bedenbaugh," Savannah, Georgia, June 3-5, 1966 69 7 Ribbon tie, Yaarab Atlanta, undated 69 8 Ruler, "Golden Rule," Simmons Plating Works Atlanta, undated 69 9 Seal, Bonn, Germany, undated 70 1 Stickers, airlines (12) [circa 1950s-1960s] 70 1 Stickers, hotels, (2) [circa 1950s-1960s] 70 2 String tie, "Kennedy for President," (John F. Kennedy), 1960 70 3 Thimble, Charlie Brown for Mayor, [1949, 1953] 70 3 Thimble, Jack Towns for County Commissioner, [1949-1952] 70 4 Ticket, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, July 1952 70 4 Ticket, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, August 1956 70 4 Ticket, Minneapolis, Minnesota, "to friendly hospitality," August 25, 1953 70 5 Tie clip, State of Georgia, Lester Maddox, undated 70 6 Visitor Badge, NASA, launch of Apollo 12, November 14, 1969 70 7 Visitor pass, Georgia House of Representatives, 1970 session 70 7 Visitor pass, United States Senate Chamber, July 23, 1958 70 7 Visitor pass, United States Senate Chamber, April 4, 1960 70 7 Visitor pass, The Vatican, March 10, 1950 70 7 Visitor pass, The White House, December 14, 1953 70 8 Wooden Nickel, First Baptist Church Library Reading Club, Atlanta, 1967
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Scope and Content Note This series contains subject files and correspondence belonging to Moses Cox from 1946-1954. The series contains very little material directly to or from Hartsfield. Cox was associated with the Georgia State Highway Department and the American Society of Civil Engineers and involved in Atlanta roadway planning and construction during the Hartsfield administration from the 1920s through the 1960s. Correspondence, memorandums, cost estimates, reports, and plans document parking, traffic, roadway planning and construction. Federal funding for roadway construction, safety reports, and bond commission activity, the Atlanta Expressway, land purchases for roadway development, and water services for new roadways are all topics covered in this series. The secretarial files are Cox's correspondence, organized by last name, from his time as secretary of the Joint Bond Commission.
Arrangement Note Arranged in alphabetical order.
Alphabetical files Box Folder Content 72 1 Atlanta Traffic Commission, 1950-1953 72 2 Chicago Transportation trip 72 3 Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, 1926-1930 72 4 Construction estimates, undated - 1953 72 5 Donaldson, Clark, correspondence, 1947-1950 72 6 Duvall, W.O., correspondence, 1947-1953 72 7 Expressway, correspondence, 1947-1954 72 8 Expressway, reports and estimates, 1946-1954 72 9 Georgia Better Roads Committee, 1952-1953 72 10 Georgia Turnpike Authority, December 1951 - January 1952 73 1 Georgia Turnpike Authority, February 1952 - April 1952 73 2 Georgia Turnpike Authority, May 1952 - August 1953 73 3 Greater Atlanta Traffic Improvement Association, 1948-1954 73 4 I-485 73 5 Joint Bond Commission, correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, May 1947 - July 1949 73 6 Joint Bond Commission, correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, August 1949 - May 1952 74 1 Joint Bond Commission, correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, June 1952 - December 1953 74 2 Joint Bond Commission, minutes, May 8, 1947 - November 30, 1948
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74 3 Joint Bond Commission, minutes, February 1, 1949 - April 20, 1954 74 4 Joint Bond Commission, minutes, May 8, 1954 - December 17, 1956 74 5 Land Agent, annual reports, 1948, 1949, 1951 74 6 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1947-1957 74 7 Municipal Planning Board, 1953 74 8 Neely, Frank, correspondence, 1947-1953 74 9 Parking, correspondence 1948-1951 75 1 Parking, plans 75 2 State Highway Department, correspondence, 1947-1949 75 3 State Highway Department, correspondence, 1950-1951 75 4 State Highway Department, correspondence, 1952-1953 75 5 State Highway Department, legislative, 1947-1952 75 6 State Highway Department, financial, 1946-1950 75 7 State Highway Department, safety, 1950 76 1 State Highway Department, plans and development, 1947-July 1949 76 2 State Highway Department, plans and development, August 1949-1953 76 3 Torras, R.W., correspondence 76 4 Traffic, 1948-1968 76 5 Water Works, 1949-1953
Correspondence 75 6 B, 1946-1953 75 7 C, 1947-1952 76 8 C, 1953 76 9 D, 1947-1953 76 10 E, 1947-1951 76 11 F,1947-1953 77 1 G, 1947-1953 77 2 H, 1947-1953 77 3 L, 1948-1953 77 4 M, 1947-1953 77 5 N, 1947-1953 77 6 O, 1947-1949 77 7 P, 1947-1954 77 8 R, 1947-1953 78 1 S, 1947-1953 78 2 T, 1948-1954 78 3 U, 1948-1950 78 4 W, 1947-1953
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Scope and Content Note This series consists of audiovisual material related to Hartsfield. The series contains two items: an audio recording of the 1971 Shining Light Award originally broadcast of WSB radio and a film of Hartsfield's retirement from politics in 1960.
Arrangement Note Arranged in chronological order.
Restrictions on Access Use copies have not been made for all of the audiovisual series at this time. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance for access to these materials.
Box Folder Content AV1 - Hartsfield retirement announcement and Atlanta desegregation statement, 1960 June [original: 16mm film] [Digital/digitized copy available in the Reading Room: id pnv7j] AV2 - Hartsfield retirement announcement and Atlanta desegregation statement, 1960 [original: 16mm, magnetic sound track] AV2 - Hartsfield retirement announcement and Atlanta desegregation statement, 1960 [original: 16mm, black and white negative duplicate] AV2 - Hartsfield retirement announcement and Atlanta desegregation statement, 1960 [original: 16mm, negative optical track] AV2 - Hartsfield retirement announcement and Atlanta desegregation statement, 1960 [original: 16mm, black and white sound answer print] AV1 - Shining Light Award Ceremonies, honoring William B. Hartsfield, WSB Radio, June 8, 1971 [Digital/digitized copy available in the Reading Room: id bcbcn]
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Correspondence with prominent local citizens, local, state and national politicians, Atlanta business leaders, and other well-known personalities is indexed here. Correspondence from Series 1: Personal Papers, Series 2:Correspondence, Series 3: Election files, Series 4: Subject Files, and Series 6: Personal Business files have been indexed. Index is to series or subseries number, folder title (if needed), and date. Please refer to the complete finding aid for box and folder number. This is not an index to all correspondents represented in this collection. Indexed items include correspondence from particular individuals. Other materials (newspaper clippings, photographs) relating to the same individual have not been included.
Abram, Morris B. Series 2 - December 6, 1962, December 8, 1962, January 7, 1963, May 17, 1966, October 8, 1968, October 17, 1968 Series 4 - WLWA television station: August 13, 1962
Acheson, Dean Series 2 - July 2, 1968
Agnew, Spiro T. Series 2 - October 31, 1969
Allen, Ivan Ernest Series 2 - March 2, 1946, March 1, 1949, March 4, 1949 Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 1-14, 1949, September 10, 1949
Allen, Ivan Ernest, Jr. Series 2 - February 28, 1945, December 21, 1961, December 28, 1961, October 2, 1962, November 15, 1968, December 26, 1967, April 25, 1968, November 15, 1968, January 8, 1969, August 28, 1969, September 16, 1970 Series 4 - International Union of Local Authorities, Brussels, 1963: June 7, 1963
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs Series 2 - August 8, 1942, September 28, 1942, February 1, 1966, August 1, 1966, September 12, 1966
Atwood, Sanford Soverhill Series 2 - November 14, 1969
Bowden, Henry L. Series 2 - November 8, 1962, April 8, 1966, July 15, 1969, June 18, 1970 Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 15-17, 1949, September 8, 1949 [attached to September 17, 1949] Series 4 - Lanhart Laundries, Inc.: February 14, 1959, March 23, 1959, February 10, 1960, December 14, 1960, January 13, 1961
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Series 5 - Interview with Hartsfield, transcript, sit-ins of the 1960s: January 6, 1966, May 4, 1971, May 13, 1971, July 17, 1972, October 18, 1973, November 13, 1973
Brown, Charlie Series 2 - September 5, 1958
Buckley, William F. Series 2 - January 22, 1968
Bullard, Helen Series 2 - September 8, 1949, September 12, 1949, April 28, 1953, July 18, 1958, July 28, 1958, April 4, 1969 Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, campaign memoranda and correspondence: July 21, 1949, August 1, 1949 (2), August 2, 1949, August 17, 1949 (2), undated August 1949, August 22, 1949, August 24, 1949, August 31, 1949 (3), September 13, 1949, undated (15) Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: August 21-29, 1949, August 24, 1949, September 1-14, 1949, September 8, 1949, September 15-17, 1949, September 9, 1949 [attached to September 16, 1949 reply] Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence: April 1-15, 1957, April 2, 1957 (2), March 27, 1957 [attached to April 8, 1957 letter to Earl Mann], April 16-30, 1957, April 25, 1957 (2) May 21-30, 1957, May 28,1957
Callaway, Cason Jewell Series 2 - November 20, 1951
Camp, Sidney L. Series 2 - January 11, 1950, January 12, 1950 Series 6 - Mintz Talc Lease (Marble, N.C.): September 4, 1953
Candler, Charles Howard Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 1-14, 1949, September 10, 1949
Carmichael, James Vinson Series 2 - July 29, 1943, August 14, 1943, August 25, 1953, August 28, 1953, July 15, 1960
Corman, James C. Series 2 - September 1, 1961, September 6, 1961
Cox, Edward Eugene Series 2 - January 6, 1945
Davis, James Curran Series 2 - January 18, 1949, January 11, 1950, January 21, 1950 Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 4, 1949, April 30, 1949, May 18, 1949
DeHavilland, Olivia Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: 1950; 1961-1968, March 16, 1961
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Dies, Martin Series 2 - March 13, 1944
Dobbs, John Wesley Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 1-14, 1949, September 6, 1949 (2), September 15-17, 1949, September 15, 1949
Eisenhower, Dwight David Series 2- October 20, 1958, July 5, 1960 Series 4 - Hartsfield International Airport, correspondence: August 1943-October 1969, July 5, 1960
Friendly, Fred Series 2 - August 31, 1961
Gambrell, David H., 1929 Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, June 30, 1971
George, Walter Franklin Series 2 - November 17, 1941, February 4, 1942, February 7, 1942, March 13, 1944, April 14, 1949, January 16, 1950, February 2, 1950, February 9, 1950, February 16, 1950 Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 20, 1949 Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 7, 1949, April 14, 1949 Series 4 - Europe Trip with U.S. Mayoral Party, 1950: February 10, 1950 Series 6 - Mintz Talc Lease (Marble, N.C.), Serpentine Rock: September 4, 1953; December 20, 1941
Green, Cooper Series 3 - 1945 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 12, 1945, September 19, 1949 (3) Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: March 31, 1949, April 27, 1949, May 25, 1949
Griffin, Marvin Series 2 - January 3, 1950
Hassett, William D. Series 2 - June 26, 1945
Hixon, Curtis Series 2 - August 16, 1946, August 19, 1946
Hodges, Luther Hartwell Series 2 - February 8, 1961
Hooper, Frank A. Jr. Series 2 - October 25, 1945
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Hoover, John Edgar Series 2 - September 19, 1941, September 22, 1941, June 13, 1946, June 14, 1946), December 4, 1970
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio Series 2 - April 10, 1968, December 20, 1968
Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, 1938 Series 1 - Family correspondence: Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan 1974-1977: June 30, 1975
Jenkins, Herbert T. Series 2 - October 13, 1949, January 2, 1952, January 11, 1952, April 21, 1953 Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, June-July 1957, June 20, 1957
Johnson, Lyndon Baines Series 2 - January 30, 1961 Series 4 - Civil Rights Bill, July 2, 1964 Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 25, 1949
Jones, H.O. Series 2 - June 5, 1946
Kefauver, Estes Series 2 - March 20, 1963 Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 13, 1949
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Series 2 - February 10, 1961, February 15, 1961, May 3, 1961, June 23, 1961, February 12, 1963, August 12, 1963 Series 4 - Hartsfield International Airport, correspondence: August 1943-October 1969, May 3, 1961
Kennedy, Robert F. Series 2 - January 6, 1964, October 13, 1967
Keyes, Evelyn Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: December 1939-April 1940, April 4, 1940
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Series 2 - March 15, 1965 Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence: May 22-23, 1953, May 23, 1953
Kurtz, Wilbur George Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: July 18, 1939 [located with Hartsfield’s July 27 reply], July 27, 1939
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Kyser, Kay Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: April 4, 1940
La Guardia, Fiorella Henry Series 2 - December 15, 1941
Lance, Thomas Bertram Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan: November 24, 1975
Landrum, Phillip Mitchell Series 2 - September 11, 1967
Leigh, Vivien Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: January 9, 1940
Levitas, Elliott H. Series 4 - Standard Time Bill: February 10, 1967
Locke, Edwin A., Jr. Series 2 - October 4, 1946, December 27, 1946
Lombard, Carole [Gable] Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: April 3, 1940
Lyle, George B. Series 2 - April 28, 1942
Mackay, James A. Series 2 - May 27, 1966
Maddox, Lester Series 2 - April 19, 1968, December 18, 1968, January 2, 1969, January 13, 1969 Series 6 - Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology: January 27, 1967
Maddox, Robert Foster Series 2 - April 4, 1961, September 18, 1961, January 2, 1962 Series 3- 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 15-17, September 16, 1949 (2) Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, April 8-25, 1953, April 25, 1953 (2), May 1-11, May 2, 1953 (2), May 8, 1953 Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, March 1957, March 26, 1957 (2), May 13, 1957 (2) Series 4 - Atlanta's Centennial Celebration (1948): March 24, 1948 Series 4 - Fortune Magazine, "Best Mayors" article: October 29, 1957
Mankin, Helen Douglas Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence, September 15-17, 1949, September 15, 1949 Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 16-18, 1953, May 18, 1953 (2)
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Massell, Sam Series 2 - December 23, 1969, March 1, 1971, March 8, 1971
Mays, Benjamin Elijah Series 2 - July 26, 1969
McGill, Ralph Emerson Series 2 - April 5, 1944, September 22, 1945, August 9, 1948, January 28, 1949, August 4, 1949, November 2, 1953, November 5, 1953 Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: August 1-20, 1949, August 5, 1949 (2) Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence: April 1-15, 1957, April 8, 1957 Series 4 - Fluoridation, correspondence: December 5, 1961
McKellar, Kenneth Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 12, 1949, April 15, 1949, April 20, 1949
Millican, Everett Series 2 - July 7, 1944, November 13, 1948, August 26, 1949, February 26, 1950, December 17, 1959, December 29, 1959, December 29, 1959, January 4, 1960, January 29, 1960 Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: August 21, 29, 1949, August 23, 1949, August 24, 1949 (3), August 25, 1949 (4), August 26, 1949, August 27, 1949, August 29, 1949 (2) September 1-14, 1949, September 3, 1949 (4), September 4, 1949, September 7, 1949, September 8, 1949, September 9, 1949, September 15-17, 1949, September 15, 1949 Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, April 8-25, 1953, April 14, 1953, April 24, 1953 Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 15, 1957
Morrison, DeLesseps Story Series 2 - April 13, 1951, April 17, 1951, April 30, 1951, December 29, 1952, January 5, 1953, December 8, 1953 Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 19-21, 1953, May 20, 1953 (2) Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 13, 1957 Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 16, 1949
Nixon, Richard Milhous Series 2 - May 7, 1968, October 15, 1969
Olivier, Laurence Series 2 - July 19, 1947
Owens, Frank C. Series 2 - September 17, 1946
Ramspeck, Robert Series 2 - March 14, 1941, July 27. 1942
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Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence: May 26-November 31, 1953, May 26, 1953 (2) Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: May 6, 1949
Rayburn, Sam Taliaferro Series 2 - January 31, 1961
Rich, Richard H. Series 2 - June 17, 1957 Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 19, 1949 (2) Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence: April 8-25, 1953, April 14, 1953 Series 4 - Atlanta Arts Alliance: January 18, 1966, January 28, 1966 Series 4 - Europe Trip with U.S. Mayoral Party, 1950: February 17, 1950
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon Series 2 - December 25, 1945, August 23, 1947, December 25, 1947, December 25, 1951 Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence, September 23-30, 1949, September 23, 1949 (2)
Robinson, Francis Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan: June 7, 1971; August 26, 1971, June 17, 1975
Robert, "Chip" Lawrence Wood Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan: June 9, 1971 Series 2 - January 5, 1949, October 13, 1949, November 7, 1949, February 21, 1951, March 21, 1951, May 14, 1951, May 17, 1951, June 28, 1951, August 8, 1951, October 24, 1951, October 27, 1959, November 2, 1961, October 12, 1962, August 18, 1965, January 3, 1968, September 11, 1970, undated (5) Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence, August 21-19, 1949, August 22, 1949, September 1-14, 1949, September 8, 1949, September 20, 1949; Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, April 26-30, 1953, April 27, 1953, May 12-15, May 13, 1953, May 15, 1953, May 19-21, 1953, May 20, 1953 Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 13, 1957 (2) Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 1, 1949
Rockefeller, John Davison III Series 4 - Desegregation, correspondence, October 26, 1961 Series 4 - Rockefeller Brothers Fund: Performing Arts Panel: September 19, 1963, October 2, 1963, May 1, 1964, October 15, 1964
Rockefeller, Laurance S. Series 4 - Rockefeller Brothers Fund: Performing Arts Panel: August 31, 1967
Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich Series 2 - June 12, 1962, September 5, 1962
Rusk, Dean
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Series 2 - December 30, 1960
Russell, Richard Brevard Series 2 - January 12, 1950, January 16, 1950, March 15, 1966, December 15, 1967, March 27, 1968, December 23, 1968, June 10, 1969, July 14, 1969, July 15, 1969, July 24, 1969, December 26, 1969, May 13, 1970, October 5, 1970, November 19, 1970, January 11, 1971 Series 6 - Serpentine Rock: December 22, 1941
Schiro, Victor Hugo Series 2 - January 15, 1965
Selznick, David 0. Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: February 9, 1939, July 17, 1939, July 18, 1939, July 24, 1939, July 26, 1939, December 18, 1939, January 3, 1940, January 22, 1940, January 24, 1961, December 28, 1961
Slaton, John Marshall Series 2 - June 6, 1955
Steelman, John Roy Series 2 - December 18, 1951, December 25, 1951
Strickling, Howard Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: January 11, 1940, January 11, 1962
Talmadge, Herman Eugene Series 2 - July 30, 1934, August 19, 1941, January 4, 1949, August 10, 1967, August 10, 1967, March 27, 1968, April 8, 1968, April 12, 1968, January 27, 1969, May 13, 1970 (2) Series 4 - Southeastern Fair Association, correspondence: September 25, 1970 Series 4 - Standard Time Bill: February 24, 1967 Series 6 - Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company: March 5, 1952
Thompson, Fletcher Series 2 - July 30, 1969, August 4, 1969
Vinson, Carl Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 13, 1949, April 15, 1949
Walden, A. T. Series 2 - April 14, 1953, April 23, 1953
Walker, Prentiss Series 2 - April 22, 1965
Weltner, Charles Longstreet Series 2 - May 16, 1963 Series 4 - Chattahoochee River Project: March 6, 1963, January 24, 1964
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Whitehead, Frank C. Series 2 - September 13, 1946
Wood, John S. Series 2 - January 31, 1946, February 4, 1946, February 7, 1946, February 11, 1946, February 19, 1946
Woodruff, Robert Winship Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan: December 11, 1972, December 21, 1972 Series 2 - February 28, 1948, August 22, 1948, September 15, 1948, May 5, 1959, December 25, 1961, October 2, 1962, February 26, 1966, February 26, 1966, April 14, 1967, May 23, 1968, December 20, 1969, December 12, 1969, December 6, 1970 Series 4 - Coca-Cola Company: January 31, 1962 Series 6 - Phosphates: April 18, 1966
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