The Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records are extensive and consist of materials spanning the years 1968 to 1994. Within this digital collection are photographs, general correspondence, Mayoral campaign materials, and printed and published materials and correspondence related to the Atlanta Child Murders. The Atlanta Child Murders subseries in the Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records chronicles the time period between 1979-1981 when multiple young black children and adults were murdered in the city of Atlanta. The murders garnered national news coverage and caused panic across the country. The records in this digital collection reflect the response to the tragedy that were both created, collected and sent to the Atlanta Mayor's office during Maynard Jackson's second mayoral term. 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 28, 2020

Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records

The Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records are extensive and consist of materials spanning the years 1968 to 1994. Within this digital collection are photographs, general correspondence, Mayoral campaign materials, and printed and published materials and correspondence related to the Atlanta Child Murders. The Atlanta Child Murders subseries in the Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records chronicles the time period between 1979-1981 when multiple young black children and adults were murdered in the city of Atlanta. The murders garnered national news coverage and caused panic across the country. The records in this digital collection reflect the response to the tragedy that were both created, collected and sent to the Atlanta Mayor's office during Maynard Jackson's second mayoral term.

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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Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, March 1981, Folder 32 of 36
Date Created
1981-03
Description
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, March 1981, Folder 31 of 36
Date Created
1981-03
Description
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, March 1981, Folder 36 of 36
Date Created
1981-03
Description
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, March 1981, Folder 35 of 36
Date Created
1981-03
Description
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A letter to the members of the Baltazar family after the murder of 12 year old Patrick Baltazar.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Correspondence, February 20, 1981
Date Created
1981-02-20
Description
A letter to the members of the Baltazar family after the murder of 12 year old Patrick Baltazar.
Subject
African American mayors, Crime, African American families
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A letter from William L. Sheals with an attachment.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letter from City of Atlanta Housing Authority, February 19, 1981
Date Created
1981-02-19
Description
A letter from William L. Sheals with an attachment.
Subject
Associations, institutions, etc., African American women, Crime, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, February 1981, Folder 1 of 7
Date Created
1981-02
Description
Letters written to Mayor Jackson about Atlanta's missing and murdered children.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, February 1981, Folder 2 of 7
Date Created
1981-02
Description
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, February 1981, Folder 5 of 7
Date Created
1981-02
Description
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, February 1981, Folder 6 of 7
Date Created
1981-02
Description
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, February 1981, Folder 4 of 7
Date Created
1981-02
Description
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, February 1981, Folder 7 of 7
Date Created
1981-02
Description
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, February 1981, Folder 3 of 7
Date Created
1981-02
Description
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Correspondence between Mayor Maynard Jackson and Donald M. Stewart about Spelman's Centennial kick-off event.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Correspondence, January 13, 1981
Date Created
1981-01-13
Description
Correspondence between Mayor Maynard Jackson and Donald M. Stewart about Spelman's Centennial kick-off event.
Subject
African American mayors, Events and programs, African American universities and colleges
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta Child Murders Community Response, Janurary 1981
Date Created
1981-01
Description
Letters and donations sent to Mayor Jackson for the reward fund.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letters and donations sent to the Committee to Stop Children's Murders and Mayor Jackson.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Committee to Stop Children's Murders, 1981
Date Created
1981
Description
Letters and donations sent to the Committee to Stop Children's Murders and Mayor Jackson.
Subject
Crime, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A letter from Committee to stop children's murders.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Letter from the Committee to Stop Children's Murders, 1981
Date Created
1981
Description
A letter from Committee to stop children's murders.
Subject
Crime, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Various documents concerning the community response to Atlanta's missing and murdered children case.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Committee to Stop Children's Murders, 1981
Date Created
1981
Description
Various documents concerning the community response to Atlanta's missing and murdered children case.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children, Crime
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A reward flier from "Help Keep Our Children Safe".
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
"Help Keep Our Children Safe," circa 1981
Date Created
1980/1989
Description
A reward flier from "Help Keep Our Children Safe".
Subject
Crime, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A S.A.F.E. program flier.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
"Take a Minute, Save a Child," circa 1981
Date Created
1980/1989
Description
A S.A.F.E. program flier.
Subject
Crime, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records