Central Atlanta Progress Records : Administrative files, 1960-1992, undated.

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Central Atlanta Progress Records : Administrative files, 1960-1992, undated.

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This series contains basic administrative records from 1960 to 1989 including the correspondence of Dan E. Sweat, Jr. and other CAP principles, Richard C. D. Fleming, Larry E. Fonts, and John F. Leak. Other correspondents include Georgia governors Jimmy Carter, Joe Frank Harris, and Herman E. Talmadge; Congressmen Wyche Fowler, Jr. and Sam Nunn; Atlanta mayors Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young; Atlanta city officials Marvin Arrington, Leon Eplan, and Jule M. Sugarman; and Atlanta businessmen L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. and Boisfeuillet Jones. In addition to correspondence, the series contains minutes, agendas, reports, and other material from the meetings of CAP officers, the Executive Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the Board of Directors as well as information on the annual meetings from 1973 to 1989. The meetings of the Downtown Investors Group in 1975 and 1976 are also documented. The series includes speeches by Dan Sweat and others, annual reports, by-laws, and information on CAP membership, work programs, Capacity, Inc., and Park Central Communities.

15.43 linear ft. (37 document cases)

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7336601

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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