The General Photograph collection, includes photographs documenting the African American experience. This collection is organized into two series: individuals and subjects, and consists of photographs of notable figures including, W.E.B. DuBois and his family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his time as a student at the AUC and more. The collection also includes images of various Atlanta Neighborhood homes and sites. At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
May 29, 2020

General Photographs Collection

The General Photograph collection, includes photographs documenting the African American experience. This collection is organized into two series: individuals and subjects, and consists of photographs of notable figures including, W.E.B. DuBois and his family, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his time as a student at the AUC and more. The collection also includes images of various Atlanta Neighborhood homes and sites.

At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at DSD@auctr.edu.
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A brochure for the "Stories Worth Sharing" presentation.
General Photographs Collection
Brochure for the "Stories Worth Sharing" Slide Show, September 27, 1991
Date Created
1991-09-27
Description
A brochure for the "Stories Worth Sharing" presentation.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, Lectures and lecturing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Three homes in Cabbagetown. Text from slide presentation: Cabbagetown and
General Photographs Collection
Cabbagetown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Three homes in Cabbagetown. Text from slide presentation: Cabbagetown and
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
An advertisement for the Battle Hill devopment. Text from slide presentation: The subdivision was named for Dr. Hiram Mozley, inventor of Mozley's Lemon Elixir, who originally owned the land. The Mozley Park development grew slowly and in a somewhat random fashion, beginning around 1907.
General Photographs Collection
Development Advertisement, circa 1907
Date Created
1902/1912
Description
An advertisement for the Battle Hill devopment. Text from slide presentation: The subdivision was named for Dr. Hiram Mozley, inventor of Mozley's Lemon Elixir, who originally owned the land. The Mozley Park development grew slowly and in a somewhat random fashion, beginning around 1907.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: that a turbulent chapter of Atlanta's history was written here as Blacks sought new housing opportunities equal to their emerging middle-class status.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: that a turbulent chapter of Atlanta's history was written here as Blacks sought new housing opportunities equal to their emerging middle-class status.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Their individual stories tell us a lot about our city's history and therefore ourselves.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Their individual stories tell us a lot about our city's history and therefore ourselves.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: These are only three of Atlanta's African American neighborhoods.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: These are only three of Atlanta's African American neighborhoods.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Every Atlanta neighborhood has a story to tell.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Every Atlanta neighborhood has a story to tell.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: This designation process involves research into a neighborhood's history and documentation of its heritage.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: This designation process involves research into a neighborhood's history and documentation of its heritage.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: It is important that Atlanta's historic African-American neighborhoods be preserved so that the heritage they represent is preserved.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: It is important that Atlanta's historic African-American neighborhoods be preserved so that the heritage they represent is preserved.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Another, stronger way to protect them is through district designation under Atlanta's Historic Preservation Ordinance.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: Another, stronger way to protect them is through district designation under Atlanta's Historic Preservation Ordinance.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: There are many ways to help preserve your neighborhood.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A historic Atlanta home. Text from slide presentation: There are many ways to help preserve your neighborhood.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A view of historic Atlanta homes. Text from slide presentation: One is to list your neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's honor roll of buildings and districts that are significant in local, state or national history.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Atlanta Homes, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A view of historic Atlanta homes. Text from slide presentation: One is to list your neighborhood on the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's honor roll of buildings and districts that are significant in local, state or national history.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Housing
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: . . . we protect and preserve those neighborhoods in order to protect and preserve the heritage they represent.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Building, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: . . . we protect and preserve those neighborhoods in order to protect and preserve the heritage they represent.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: . . . and we want you to consider preserving your neighborhood so that its story is not lost.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Building, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: . . . and we want you to consider preserving your neighborhood so that its story is not lost.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: In many ways, buildings represent a time capsule of our past.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Building, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: In many ways, buildings represent a time capsule of our past.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: Historic buildings and their relationships to one another can tell us about our history -- the history of Atlanta �. . .
General Photographs Collection
Historic Building, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: Historic buildings and their relationships to one another can tell us about our history -- the history of Atlanta �. . .
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
View of a historic home in Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: This presentation is about Atlanta's historic African-American neighborhoods; why they are so important to our city's history; and why it is important to preserve them. Atlanta is a city of neighborhoods, and historic neighborhoods, which are fifty years old or older, lend a special feeling to our city.
General Photographs Collection
Historic Home, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
View of a historic home in Atlanta. Text from slide presentation: This presentation is about Atlanta's historic African-American neighborhoods; why they are so important to our city's history; and why it is important to preserve them. Atlanta is a city of neighborhoods, and historic neighborhoods, which are fifty years old or older, lend a special feeling to our city.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: Atlanta's African-American neighborhoods have always played a significant role in our city's history, and it is important that ...
General Photographs Collection
Historic Homes, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
Homes located in one of Atlanta's historically African-American neighborhoods. Text from slide presentation: Atlanta's African-American neighborhoods have always played a significant role in our city's history, and it is important that ...
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and toward Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) toward the south.
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: . . . and toward Fair Street (now Memorial Drive) toward the south.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: During the first decades of the twentieth century, Reynoldstown grew toward Moreland Avenue on the east ...
General Photographs Collection
Homes in Reynoldstown, circa 1991
Date Created
1986/1996
Description
A view of homes located in Reynoldstown. Text from slide presentation: During the first decades of the twentieth century, Reynoldstown grew toward Moreland Avenue on the east ...
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, African American neighborhoods
Collection
General Photographs Collection