Manning, Selvage & Lee/Atlanta is a public relations firm in Atlanta, Georgia, and operates as a division of Manning, Selvage & Lee, Inc. Manning, Selvage & Lee/Atlanta was established in 1965 as the Atlanta branch of the advertising firm Bell and Stanton. The office was headed by George Goodwin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the Atlanta Journal. As Bell and Stanton/Atlanta, the company's first client was the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce which by 1968 had launched the third phase of its Forward Atlanta campaign to help position the city for national recognition and consideration as a location corporations and government agencies. In its early years, Bell and Stanton/Atlanta also worked on projects with the Atlanta Braves and architect John Portman. Bell and Stanton was absorbed by Manning, Selvage & Lee, Inc. in 1976.
From the description of Manning, Selvage & Lee Forward Atlanta Campaign photographs, 1960-1970 (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 219655240
