Frank Daniel papers, 1914-1973.

Smith, Lillian Eugenia, 1897-1966

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"Lillian Smith was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against the entrenched and often brutally enforced world of Jim Crow. From as early as the 1930s, she argued that Jim Crow was evil ("Segregation is spiritual lynching," she said) and that it leads to social moral retardation."--"Lillian Smith (1897-1966)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 18, 2008: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. From the descri...

Daniel, Frank, 1900-1981

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William Frank Daniel, journalist, was born 7 September 1900, in Thomaston, Georgia, and died 2 September 1981, in Atlanta, Georgia. His journalism career began in 1925 with the ATLANTA JOURNAL where he eventually served as opera, theater, music, and book critic and as an editorial page columnist. From the description of Frank Daniel papers, 1914-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429899 ...

Moody, Minnie Hite, 1900-1993

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Minnie Hite Moody, journalist and author, was born 23 June 1900, in Granville, Ohio, lived and worked in Atlanta, Georgia, and later returned to the family home, Tannery Hill in Granville, Ohio. Moody died 25 October 1993 at her home in Granville, Ohio. She was a columnist with the Atlanta JOURNAL (1938-1943) and was the author of several novels including LONG MEADOWS (1941), and many short stories and poems which were published in the SATURDAY EVENING POST, GEORGIA REVIEW, COSMOPOLITAN, GOOD HO...

Hartsfield, William Berry

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William Berry Hartsfield (1890-1971) served as Mayor of Atlanta 1937-1962. He served on the Atlanta City Council from 1923-1928 and represented Fulton County in the state legislature. Hartsfield was Mayor of Atlanta in 1939 when the city hosted the premiere of Gone With the Wind, the movie based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell (Marsh). The film Gone With the Wind, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell (Marsh), premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1939. From the descript...

Hentz, Hal, 1883-1972

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Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Benjamin E. Mays : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527874 Benjamin E. Mays (1895- ), president of Morehouse College during the Atlanta 1960-1961 sit-ins. From the description of Benjamin Elijah Mays oral history interview, 1978 Nov. 29. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727125 President of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., from 1940...

Williams, Vivian

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Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967

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Wilbur G. Kurtz (1882-1967) was a painter and illustrator from Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Oral history interview with Wilbur G. Kurtz, 1965 June 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458411897 Wilbur George Kurtz (1882-1967), historical and technical advisor for the motion picture GONE WITH THE WIND. From the description of Wilbur G. Kurtz photographs, 1938-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478320 Painter, illustrator; Atlant...

Atlanta Book Fair.

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Harris, Julia Collier, 1875-

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Sherwood Anderson, Julia Collier Harris, and J. LaRose Harris in Columbus, Ga., February 1929 Julia Florida Collier was born to Charles Augustus and Susie Rawson Collier in Atlanta, Georgia in 1875. After finishing Miss Chamberlayne's School in Boston, Harris graduated from Washington Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia where she studied illustration with Henry Sandham. She went on to attend Cowles Art School and the University of Chicago. In 1897 she married Julian LaRose Har...

Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987

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Erskine Preston Caldwell was born in White Oak, Coweta County, Georgia, the son of Ira Sylvester Caldwell, a minister, and Caroline Bell, a teacher. Caldwell much later believed that being brought up as a minister's son in the Deep South was "my good fortune in life," for his family's frequent moves to different congregations in the region gave him an intimate knowledge of the people, localities, and ways of life that would inform his fiction and documentary writing. As a youth he observed, with...

Reece, Byron Herbert, 1917-1958

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Byron Herbert Reece (1971-1958), American poet, novelist, farmer, teacher, resided in Blairsville, Georgia. From the description of Byron Herbert Reece papers, 1937-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38478163 "Byron Herbert Reece was the author of four books of poetry and two novels. During his short career he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, earned two Guggenheim awards, and served as writer-in-residence at the University of California at Los Angeles, Emory University ...

Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971

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American poet. From the description of The Voluble Wheel Chair (for Eugène--March 31,1952) : Baltimore : autograph poem signed, written for Eugène Reynal, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612668 American writer. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : New York, 16 March 1962, to Mr. Miller, 1962 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874504 American poet Ogden Nash was born in New York and raised along the east coast. Afte...

Newman, Frances, -1928

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FranceFrances Newman, author and librarian, was born in the 1880s in Atlanta, Georgia, and died October 22, 1928, in New York City. A librarian for the Carnegie Library of Atlanta (1913-1923) and for the Georgia Institute of Technology (1924-1926), she was also the author of THE SHORT STORIES MUTATIONS (1924), THE HARD-BOILED VIRGIN (1926), and DEAD LOVERS ARE FAITHFUL LOVERS (1928). She also worked as a translator of French literature before her death. Newman, author and librarian, was born in ...

Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

Maddox, Robert Foster, 1870-1965

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Robert F. Maddox was mayor of Atlanta from 1909-1910 and was president of Atlanta National Bank which, in 1929, merged with other banks to form the First National Bank. Maddox continued to serve in the new bank. From the description of Papers, 1861-1965. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28155468 Robert Foster Maddox, banker, Atlanta mayor, and civic leader, was born April 4, 1870, and died April 10, 1965, in Atlanta, Georgia. Known as "Mr. Atlanta," Maddox was a...

Miller, Caroline, 1903-1992

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Caroline Pafford was born in Waycross, Georgia on August 26, 1903, the youngest of seven children. Her father was Elias Pafford, a school teacher, and her mother was Lev Zan Hall Pafford. After she graduated from Waycross High School, she married her English teacher, William Miller, and they moved to Baxley, Georgia. At that time, Caroline never dreamed that she would be responsible for shining a light on her beloved Georgia and its rich history, winning a Pulitzer Prize, and leading the way for...

Candler, Charles Howard, 1878-1957

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Charles Howard Candler, businessman and philanthropist, was born in Atlanta, Georgia 2 December 1878, and died there 1 October 1957. After studying medicine, Candler went into business with his father, Asa Griggs Candler, succeeding him as president of the Coca-Cola Company in 1916. He was again president (1920-1923) and a director of the company (1917-1957); a director of the bank Trust Company of Georgia; and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Emory University (1929-1957). He was an organize...