Papers, 1902-1981.

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Papers, 1902-1981.

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.

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