Rich, Richard H., 1901-1975. Richard H. Rich papers, 1902-1981.
Title:
Richard H. Rich papers, 1902-1981.
The Richard H. Rich Papers contain general correspondence, subject files, materials created by and about Rich's, Inc., family financial and legal papers, writings and printed materials, photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and miscellany. The oldest items date from the early 1900's and are primarily photographs. The bulk of the collection dates from the early 1940's, around the time Rich joined the U.S. Army Air Force, to the time of his death in 1975. The large majority of these papers were Rich's office files and were transferred from his office in Rich's department store. The collection includes general correspondence (1938-1975); subject files created by Rich and his secretarial staff; business records (1930-1975) relating to Rich's, Inc., including material relating to retail expansion, urban beautification, development of shopping malls and branch stores, establishment of Richway Stores, and personnel practices and attitudes; speeches; scrapbooks; clippings; and photos, relating to Rich's personal life, business career, and participation in local civic groups and national business organizations. Includes material relating to Atlanta Arts Alliance, race relations and desegregation in Atlanta, labor relations, National Retail Merchants Association, and economic conditions in Atlanta. Persons represented include Ivan Allen, Jr., James Vinson Carmichael, Dwight D. Eisenhower, William Berry Hartsfield, Sinclair Jacobs, Stanley Marcus, Ralph McGill, Margaret Mitchell, Richard Nixon, Edward E. Noble, Richard B. Russell, Carl Edward Sanders, Alan B. Shephard, Hughes Spalding, Herman Talmadge, Hosea Williams, Robert W. Woodruff, and Andrew Young.
ArchivalResource:
35 linear ft. (83 boxes)
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