Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) was a civic leader and Georgia General Assembly member. She is known as the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. She represented the Vine City area of Atlanta in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1965 to 1984. Maps in the collection span from 1960 to 1981 with the bulk of the material from 1963 to 1975. They consist of Atlanta Neighborhoods, Atlanta Congressional Districts, Georgia counties, and election precincts of Fulton County, GA. Images in the collection span from 1910 to 1984 with the majority of materials from 1910 to 1930. They consist of Hamilton’s family, childhood, and individual portraits.

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. 
Oct 31, 2019

Grace Towns Hamilton Papers

Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) was a civic leader and Georgia General Assembly member. She is known as the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. She represented the Vine City area of Atlanta in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1965 to 1984. Maps in the collection span from 1960 to 1981 with the bulk of the material from 1963 to 1975. They consist of Atlanta Neighborhoods, Atlanta Congressional Districts, Georgia counties, and election precincts of Fulton County, GA. Images in the collection span from 1910 to 1984 with the majority of materials from 1910 to 1930. They consist of Hamilton’s family, childhood, and individual portraits.

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

For:
  • Decade = 1960-1969
  • Subjects = Portraits and people
Grace Townes Hamilton with three young men - pages in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Grace Townes Hamilton talks with three members of the US Department of Labor Women's Bureau. Written on accompanying paper: The Women's Bureau of the U. S. Department of Labor recently established a Southern regional office in Atlanta, Georgia to serve the states of: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Mrs. Ester Peterson, Assistant Secretary of Labor was on hand to greet visitors to the office and open house held by the Regional Director, Miss Diane McKaig. Left to right: Ann McMillan - Congressman Weltner's Officer; Mrs. Ester Peterson, Assistant Secretary of Labor and Director of the Women's Bureau, Washington D. C.;  Miss Diane McKaig, Regional Director, Women's Bureau; Grace Hamilton, Past Executive Director, Atlanta Urban League.