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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William Alexander, Maynard Jackson and an unidentified man. Written on recto: Best Regards, William H. Alexander 1973
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
William Alexander and Maynard Jackson, 1973
Date Created
1973
Description
William Alexander, Maynard Jackson and an unidentified man. Written on recto: Best Regards, William H. Alexander 1973
Subject
African American mayors, African Americans--Politics and government, Portraits and people
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
West End Neighborhood Development memo about the community's development plan.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
West End Neighborhood Development Memo, February 9, 1991
Date Created
1991-09-25
Description
West End Neighborhood Development memo about the community's development plan.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, City planning
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
West End Neighborhood Development memo about concerns regarding the name change of Atlanta streets to The Reverend Ralph David Abernathy Corridor.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
West End Neighborhood Development Memo, February 25, 1991
Date Created
1991-02-25
Description
West End Neighborhood Development memo about concerns regarding the name change of Atlanta streets to The Reverend Ralph David Abernathy Corridor.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, City planning
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
West End Marta Station mixed use development proposal showing street map and housing.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
West End Marta Station Mixed Use Development Proposal, circa 1991
Date Created
1990/1995
Description
West End Marta Station mixed use development proposal showing street map and housing.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, City planning
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Memo from Maynard Jackson about concerns from the Vine City Housing Ministry and use of Dome Trust Fund monies.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Vine City Housing Ministry and Dome Trust Fund Memo, April 3, 1990
Date Created
1990-04-03
Description
Memo from Maynard Jackson about concerns from the Vine City Housing Ministry and use of Dome Trust Fund monies.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, City planning
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Invitation from the Vine City Housing Ministry and Maynard Jackson for a ground breaking ceremony.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Vine City Community Development Project Invitation, May 1990
Date Created
1990-05
Description
Invitation from the Vine City Housing Ministry and Maynard Jackson for a ground breaking ceremony.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, City planning
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Agenda from the Vine City Housing Ministry and Maynard Jackson for a ground breaking ceremony.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Vine City Community Development Project Agenda, May 1990
Date Created
1990-05
Description
Agenda from the Vine City Housing Ministry and Maynard Jackson for a ground breaking ceremony.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Housing, City planning
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A man pushes a grocery cart with a Maynard Jackson sign.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Unidentified Supporter, circa 1975
Date Created
1968/1978
Description
A man pushes a grocery cart with a Maynard Jackson sign.
Subject
Portraits and people, Political campaigns, African American mayors
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A group of unidentified people.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Unidentified Group, circa 1975
Date Created
1970/1980
Description
A group of unidentified people.
Subject
African American mayors, Portraits and people, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A transmittal slip to the Missing Children's Fund.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Transmittal Slip, May 6, 1981
Date Created
1981-05-06
Description
A transmittal slip to the Missing Children's Fund.
Subject
Crime, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Children
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A copy of the transcript of Andrew Young's State of the City Address.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Transcript of "State of the City Address" by Andrew Young, January 3, 1983
Date Created
1983-01-03
Description
A copy of the transcript of Andrew Young's State of the City Address.
Subject
African American mayors, African Americans--Politics and government, Speeches
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Atlanta city councilman Bill Campbell received Mayor Jackson's endorsement and won the 1993 mayoral election. Campbell left office in 2002 after presiding over tremendous economic growth in Atlanta. Top to bottom: Mayors Jackson, Andrew Young, and Bill Campbell. Written on recto: Atlanta, three decades of vision, courage, and leadership, limited edition.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Three Atlanta Mayors, circa 1995
Date Created
1990/2000
Description
Atlanta city councilman Bill Campbell received Mayor Jackson's endorsement and won the 1993 mayoral election. Campbell left office in 2002 after presiding over tremendous economic growth in Atlanta. Top to bottom: Mayors Jackson, Andrew Young, and Bill Campbell. Written on recto: Atlanta, three decades of vision, courage, and leadership, limited edition.
Subject
African Americans--Politics and government, African American mayors, Portraits and people
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
This exhibition was developed by the Archives Research Center of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, repository for the Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records. All materials in the exhibition are contained within the collection, unless otherwise noted.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
"The People's Mayor," circa 2010
Date Created
2005/2015
Description
This exhibition was developed by the Archives Research Center of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, repository for the Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records. All materials in the exhibition are contained within the collection, unless otherwise noted.
Subject
African American mayors, Portraits and people, African Americans--Politics and government
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
The Morehouse College campus, 1938. John Wesley Dobbs attended but did not graduate from Atlanta Baptist College, now known as Morehouse College, due to family responsibilities. According to his grandson in a speech delivered at Spelman College, Dobbs did not graduate "so he could always claim that he made it without having to graduate from college and that he was a self-made man."
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Street Scene, circa 1938
Date Created
1935/1945
Description
The Morehouse College campus, 1938. John Wesley Dobbs attended but did not graduate from Atlanta Baptist College, now known as Morehouse College, due to family responsibilities. According to his grandson in a speech delivered at Spelman College, Dobbs did not graduate "so he could always claim that he made it without having to graduate from college and that he was a self-made man."
Subject
Buildings and grounds, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, Portraits and people
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
A sign-up card advertising Leroy Johnson's campaign.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Sign-up Card, Leroy Johnson, circa 1973
Date Created
1968/1978
Description
A sign-up card advertising Leroy Johnson's campaign.
Subject
African Americans--Politics and government, African American civic leaders, Political campaigns
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Shirley Franklin talks about her video archive project on Maynard Jackson.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Shirley Franklin Interview on Maynard Jackson, circa 2010
Date Created
2009/2012
Description
Shirley Franklin talks about her video archive project on Maynard Jackson.
Subject
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African American mayors, African American women
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Portrait of Shirley Franklin.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Shirley Franklin, circa 2000
Date Created
1995/2005
Description
Portrait of Shirley Franklin.
Subject
African American mayors, African Americans--Politics and government, Portraits and people
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Shirley Franklin portrait.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Shirley Franklin, 1979
Date Created
1979
Description
Shirley Franklin portrait.
Subject
Portraits and people, African American mayors, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Mayor Jackson speaks with Ronald Reagan and other men at the White House Oval Office.
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
Ronald Reagan, Mayor Jackson, and Others, June 24, 1981
Date Created
1981-06-24
Description
Mayor Jackson speaks with Ronald Reagan and other men at the White House Oval Office.
Subject
Presidents, Portraits and people, African American mayors, African Americans--Politics and government
Collection
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records