HARTSFIELD, WILLIAM BERRY.
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
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Hartsfield, William Berry.
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
38.25 linear feet (79 boxes), 4 oversized papers boxes and 2 oversized papers
folder (OP), 12 bound volumes (BV), 2 oversized bound volumes (OBV),
and AV Masters: .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Papers of Atlanta mayor William Berry Hartsfield including personal papers,
correspondence, subject files, writings, printed material, photographs,
memorabilia, and audiovisual material.
Materials entirely in English.
Administrative Information
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Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance to access audiovisual materials in this
collection.
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All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Gift, with subsequent additions.
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Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
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William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Collection Description
Biographical Note
William Berry Hartsfield (March 1, 1890-February 22, 1971), attorney, politician, and mayor
of Atlanta was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Charles Green Hartsfield, a tinsmith, and
Victoria Dagnall Hartsfield. He married Pearl Williams on August 2, 1913 and they had two
children, William Berry Hartsfield, Jr. and Mildred Hartsfield Cheshire. They divorced after
forty-eight years of marriage and Hartsfield married Tollie Tolan on July 11, 1962. He later
adopted her son, Carl.
Hartsfield attended Boys High School in Atlanta and found employment as a clerk for the
General Fire Extinguisher Company. In 1916, while working as a clerk for the legal firm
of Rosser, Slaton, Phillips, and Hopkins, he began reading law. His formal education was
completed in 1937, when the Atlanta Law School awarded him a Bachelor of Law degree.
Hartsfield was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1917 and established a practice in Atlanta. His
first entrance into the political arena came in 1923, with his election to the City Council of
Atlanta. He remained a council member until 1928. During this time, he served on the municipal
airport committee and helped arrange the purchase of Candler Field as the site for the city's first
municipal airport. The Hartsfield International Airport is named in his honor.
From 1933 to 1937, Hartsfield served as a Fulton County Representative to the Georgia
Legislature. In 1936, he defeated incumbent Mayor James L. Key in the first of the seven
mayoral elections he entered. With the exception of an eighteen-month period in 1941-1942,
Hartsfield served as the city's chief administrator continuously from 1937 to 1962. As mayor,
Hartsfield saw the city more than triple in land area, grow to have over a million inhabitants,
and survive the Depression and World War II fiscally sound and ready to undertake such
civic improvements as building expressways and city parks. An early racial moderate, he
guided the city through the 1950s and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement. Hartsfield
also served as an officer in two mining companies, the Southern Talc Company of Atlanta
and Chatsworth, Georgia (1933-1942) and the Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company
(1951-1954). Throughout most of his life, he maintained an interest in Georgia's mineral
development.
Following Hartsfield's retirement from city government in 1962, he was named Mayor Emeritus
and became a consultant to the Ford Foundation's Committee of Review and Evaluation,
Urban Program; to the Rockefeller Foundation's Performing Arts Panel; and to the Coca Cola
Company. He was also named president of the Southeastern Fair Association. A life-long
member of the First Baptist Church of Atlanta, Hartsfield was also a Democrat, a Mason, and
a Shriner. Among the many honors he received were honorary Doctorate of Law degrees from
Oglethorpe University and Atlanta University, both in 1961.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the papers of William B. Hartsfield from circa 1860-1983. The papers
include personal papers, correspondence, subject files, writings by Hartsfield (speeches and
articles), pamphlets, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographs, memorabilia, and
audiovisual materials. The bulk of the collection dates from the mid-1930s to the time of his
death in 1971.
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The Hartsfield papers document Hartsfield's political, business, and personal life. Materials
relating to his 23 years as mayor are extensive and can be found in every series. Particularly
valuable are the election materials in Series 3: Election files, which include notes about
campaign tactics, correspondence, literature, and financial records for his seven mayoral
elections. The personal papers, correspondence, subject files, and photograph series illustrate
the importance politics played in his life. Hartsfield's business interests are revealed in Series 1:
Personal papers and Series 6: Personal Business records. Material relating to his personal life,
including family correspondence and financial records, is in Series 1: Personal papers.
Other topics covered by the papers are the growth of commercial aviation in Atlanta; annexation
of Buckhead and Sandy Springs; Chattahoochee River development and the building of the
Buford Dam to assure the city's water supply; the 1939 Gone with The Wind premiere; race
relations in the city in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s (from hiring the first black policemen
to integrating Atlanta schools); Hartsfield's fight to prevent the fluoridation of Atlanta's water;
the growth of performing arts in Atlanta; and, in general, the evolution of Atlanta into a major
metropolitan area.
Major correspondents include political and business leaders of Atlanta, Georgia, governors,
senators, congressmen, national political figures, and persons active in the motion picture and
mining industries. Among the names represented in the correspondence are Ivan Allen, Jr.,
Henry L. Bowden, Helen Bullard, Lester Maddox, Everett Millican, Ralph McGill, Lawrence
"Chip" Robert, Richard Russell, David O. Selznick, Herman Talmadge, and Robert W.
Woodruff.
Arrangement Note
Organized into eleven series: (1) Personal papers, (2) Correspondence, (3) Elections, (4) Subject
files (5) Writings, (6) Personal business records, (7) Printed materials, (8) Photographs, (9)
Memorabilia, (10) Moses Cox files, and (11) Audiovisual materials.
Finding Aid Note
An index to selected correspondence in this collection is available.
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Description of Series
Series 1: Personal papers, 1918-1986
Series 2: Correspondence, 1918-1975
Series 3: Election files, 1932-1970s
Series 4: Subject files, 1906-1982
Series 5: Writings, 1937-1980
Series 6: Personal business records, 1929-1970
Subseries 6.1: Minerals and mining files, 1929-1970
Subseries 6.2: Southern Talc Company records, 1934-1949
Series 7: Printed material, circa 1920-1983
Series 8: Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s
Series 9: Memorabilia, 1930s-1972
Series 10: Moses Cox files, 1946-1954
Series 11: Audiovisual materials, 1960, 1971
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Series 1
Personal papers, 1918-1986
Boxes 1-9; OP1-2, 4; OBV1
Scope and Content Note
The series contains materials concerning members of the Hartsfield family, including
biographical material, calendars, legal records, and correspondence to and from family
members. Biographical data includes Hartsfield family genealogical records, subject files
relating to dependents of William B. Hartsfield, and biographical sketches of William B.
Hartsfield. Correspondence includes letters to and from Hartsfield family members, including
correspondence between Hartsfield and his second wife Tollie Tolan. Tolan's correspondence
makes up approximately half of the family correspondence, spanning the periods before her
marriage to Hartsfield and after his death (1940-1986). Her correspondence is comprised of
love letters from Hartsfield, communication regarding social and political engagements, letters
to and from friends and family, and sympathy letters following Hartsfield's death in 1971.
Correspondence relating to Hartsfield's political career as mayor may be found in Series 2:
Correspondence.
Calendars were kept by William Hartsfield and contain appointments and other notations.
Financial records pertain mostly to Hartsfield and contain banking records (including paycheck
stubs showing Hartsfield's salary as mayor), income tax reports, investments, and records of
travel reimbursements from the city of Atlanta. Financial records relating to election campaigns
and mineral investments can be found in the appropriate subject files in Series 3: Elections and
Series 6: Personal business records. Legal records in this series include financial documents;
wills and estates; passports and birth certificates; property mortgages; military, education, and
employment documents; and other legal documents. The records pertain mainly to Hartsfield,
Tollie Tolan (Mrs. W.B. Hartsfield), and their adopted son, Carl Siegfried Hartsfield. Several
documents concerning estates and wills pertain to other members of the Hartsfield family.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
Finding Aid Note
An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Biographical records
Box
Folder
Content
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1
1
1
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2
3
4
5
6
Bettis, Fannie Lee
Hartsfield family genealogical correspondence
Hartsfield family genealogical records
Hartsfield, Charles B.
Hartsfield, William B. Hartsfield
Hartsfield, William B., Jr.
Family correspondence
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Hartsfield family, 1918, 1940-1943
Hartsfield family, 1944-1946
Hartsfield family, 1947-1949
Hartsfield family, Lowance clinic, 1949-1971
Hartsfield family, 1950-1953
Hartsfield family, 1954-1956
Hartsfield family, 1957-1960
Hartsfield family, 1961-1971
Hartsfield family, undated
Hartsfield , Tollie Tolan, 1940-1961
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, wedding congratulations, 1962
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1962-1968
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1969
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1970-1971
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1972-1973
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1974-1977
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1978-1979
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Mayor Hartsfield's biography, 1978
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, 1980-1986
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, undated
Calendars, William B. Hartsfield
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10
1957
2
11
1958
2
12
1959
2
13
1960
2
14
1961
2
15
1962
2
16
1963
3
1
1964
3
2
1965
3
3
1966
3
4
1967
3
5
1968
Financial records
3
6
Bank statements, Citizens and Southern National Bank, 1947
3
7
Bank statements, First American Bank, 1968-1969
3
8
Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1955
3
9
Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, January-April 1971
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OBV1
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Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, May-July 1971
Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, August-October 1971
Bank statements, First National Bank of Atlanta, November-December 1971
Bank statements, Trust Company of Georgia, 1954
Bank statements, Trust Company of Georgia, 1955
Bank statements, Trust Company of Georgia, 1971
Charitable donations
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1956
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1957
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1958
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1959
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1960
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1963
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1964-1965
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, 1965-1966
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, October 1966-July 3, 1967
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, July 17, 1967-February 2, 1968
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, March 1968-September 11, 1968
Check stubs, First National Bank of Atlanta, September 1968-February 20, 1969
Check stubs, First National Bank of Georgia, February 20, 1969-August 1969
Expense accounts (for City of Atlanta)
Expense accounts (for City of Atlanta)
Hartsfield, Tollie
Household budget expenses
Household budget expenses ledger book, 1944-1949
Income tax materials, 1934-1935
Income tax materials, 1941-1942
Income tax materials, 1946-1951
Income tax materials, 1955-1958
Income tax materials, 1959
Income tax materials, 1960
Income tax materials, 1961
Income tax materials, 1962-1963
Income tax materials, 1964
Income tax materials, 1965
Income tax materials, 1967
Income tax materials, 1969
Insurance policies
Investments, general correspondence
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Legal records
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Investments, ledger book, 1957-1960
Investments, ledger book, 1961
Investments: Adams-Cates Co.
Investments: Automatic Laundries
Investments: C. C. Jones Orange Juice Co.
Investments: Coca-Cola Company
Investments: Columbia Baking Co.
Investments: Courts and Co. Investment Securities
Investments: Defense Home, Inc.
Investments: Dobbs' Houses
Investments: Downtown Motel Corporation
Investments: Gulf Oil Co.
Investments: Koffee Kup, Inc.
Investments: Oil
Investments: Oil, dividend statements
Investments: Oil, taxes
Investments: Park Amusement Co.
Investments: Recreation Enterprises
Investments: Star Realty Company
Investments: Trust Co. of Georgia
Investments: Vendors, Inc.
Payroll statements, circa 1948, 1959
Promissory notes
Properties
Receipts
Travel reimbursements and advances
Travel reimbursements and advances
Travel reimbursements and advances
Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, adoption and birth
Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, military records
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Carolina property
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Stalcup Mountain property
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Walton County property
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, will
Hartsfield, William B., divorce, 1960-1961
Hartsfield, William B., estate settlement, 1971
Hartsfield, William B., leases on Grant Building office
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Hartsfield, William B., passports
Hartsfield, William B., will
Certificates, awards, and membership cards
OP1 1
Certificates and awards, undated
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12
Certificates and awards, 1917-1954
OP1 2
Certificates and awards, 1939-1953
8
13
Certificates and awards, 1955-1958
OP1 3
Certificates and awards, 1957
OP1 4
Certificates and awards, 1959 [1 of 6]
OP1 5
Certificates and awards, 1959 [2 of 6]
OP1 6
Certificates and awards, 1959 [3 of 6]
OP2 1
Certificates and awards, 1959 [4 of 6]
OP4 1
Certificates and awards, 1959 [5 of 6]
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14
Certificates and awards, 1959 [6 of 6]
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1
Certificates and awards, 1960-1968
OP2 2
Certificates and awards, 1961-1967
9
2
Certificates and awards, 1969-1971
OP4 2
Certificates and awards, 1969
9
3
Membership cards
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Series 2
Correspondence, 1918-1975
Boxes 10-16
Scope and Content Note
This series contains Hartsfield's professional and political correspondence. The remainder
of Hartsfield's correspondence is scattered throughout the rest of the collection. For his
correspondence to, from, and directly regarding family members, see Series 1: Personal papers;
for correspondence relating to elections, see Series 3: Elections; for correspondence regarding
his personal business interests, see Series 6: Personal business records; for all other subjects see
Hartsfield's subject files located in Series 4.
The majority of the correspondence in this series is from his time as mayor (1937-1961). A much
smaller amount of material is from pre-mayoral (1918-1936) and post-mayoral (1962-1971)
periods; letters posted to him after his death are also included (1971-1975). Pre-mayoral
correspondence includes letters relating to his law office and letters to and from friends. Mayoral
correspondence includes letters to and from local and national politicians, correspondence
relating to political and social issues, V-mail written by Atlantans serving in World War II,
postcards from friends traveling in foreign countries, routine correspondence about business
travel, congratulatory letters, birthday and Christmas greetings, event invitations, thank-you
letters, and other matters. Correspondents include well-known political advisors Everett Millican
and Helen Bullard.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order.
Finding Aid Note
An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Pre-mayoral correspondence
Box
Folder
Content
10
10
1
2
October 1918-December 1933
January 1934-December 1936
Mayoral correspondence
10
3
January 1937-December 1939
10
4
January 1940-May 1941
10
5
June-December 1941
10
6
January-June 1942
10
7
July-September 1942
10
8
October-December 1942
10
9
January-July 1943
10
10
August-December 1943
10
11
January-August 1944
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September-December 1944
January-April 1945
May-August 1945
September-December 1945
January-May 1946
June-September 1946
October-December 1946
January-June 1947
July-December 1947
January-February 1948
March-May 1948
June-October 1948
November-December 1948
January-February 1949
March-June 1949
July-August 1949
September-December 1949
1940s and 1950s (undated)
January-February 1950
March-December 1950
January-June 1951
July-December 1951
January-September 1952
October-December 1952
January-June 1953
July-December 1953
January-April 1954
May-December 1954
January-June 1955
July-December 1955
January-May 1956
June-December 1956
January-March 1957
April-September 1957
October-December 1957
January-May 1958
June-August 1958
September 1958
October 1958
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November-December 1958
January-October 1959
November-December 1959
January-April 1960
May-September 1960
October-December 1960
January-April 1961
May 1961
June 1961 [1 of 3]
June 1961 [2 of 3]
June 1961 [3 of 3]
July-August 1961
September 1961
October-November 1961
December 1961
Post-mayoral correspondence
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8
January 1962
14
9
February-December 1962
14
10
1963
14
11
1964
15
1
1965
15
2
1966
15
3
January-September 1967
15
4
October-December 1967
15
5
January-April 1968
15
6
May-September 1968
15
7
October-December 1968
15
8
January-May 1969
15
9
June-July 1969
15
10
August-November 1969
15
11
December 1969, undated 1960s
15
12
January-June 1970
15
13
July-November 1970
15
14
December 1970
15
15
January 1971
15
16
February 1971-1975 (posthumous)
16
1
Undated
Thank-you letters
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1943-1944
1945-1946
1947
1948
1949
1950-1951
1952
1953
1954-1961
1969-1970
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Series 3
Election files, 1932-1970s
Boxes 17-25; OP2, 4
Scope and Content Note
This series contains materials related to Hartsfield's political campaigns from 1932 to the 1970s.
Materials include correspondence; campaign lists, schedules, and notes; financial records;
campaign advertisements; newspaper clippings; political cartoons; and speeches. The series
also contains materials Hartsfield and his campaign staff collected about opposition candidates.
Arranged by election, the series ranges from one of Hartsfield's earliest elections as the Fulton
County Representative to the Georgia Legislature in 1932 to his campaigns for mayor of Atlanta
from 1936-1957.
Correspondence includes letters of support from constituents, memos from political consultants
such as Helen Bullard, and correspondence from opposition campaigns sent to Hartsfield. Most
letters also include a copy of Hartsfield's response. Campaign lists and notes consist of lists of
people to contact and notes about campaign strategy. Newspaper clippings are mostly from the
Atlanta Journal and include appearances, editorials, political cartoons, and election results. The
series also contains a few original, hand-drawn "Baldy" political cartoons. Speeches include
those of Hartsfield and his opposition. Many were broadcast on WSB radio
Materials in this series document issues of public interest in Atlanta. Public housing, annexation,
police department policies and activities, and expansion of the airport were all debated in
mayoral races. Hartsfield's moderate racial stance was a major election issue as well. After the
white primary was outlawed in the mid-1940s, Hartsfield won most of his elections by building
coalitions of white and black voters, a strategy documented in the campaign literature and
campaign notes in this series.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order by election.
Finding Aid Note
An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Legislative races, 1932-1934
Box
Folder
Content
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OP2
OP58
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2
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3
Campaign advertisements, 1932-1934
Campaign lists and notes
Correspondence, 1932-1934
Financial records
Newspaper clippings
Newspaper clippings, Bulletin, May 12, 1932, July 1932 [entire issues]
Newspaper clippings, Campbell News, April 28, 1932, May 20, 1932 [entire
issues]
Newspaper clippings, The Capital, May 14, 1932 [entire issue]
OP58
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OP58
OP9
OP58
OP9
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Newspaper clippings, Fulton County Review, June 3, 1932 [entire issue]
Newspaper clippings, The Georgia News, August 18, 1934 [entire issue]
Newspaper clippings, The Georgia Woman's World, June 24, 1932 [entire issue]
Newspaper clippings, Public Examiner, June 1, 1932 [entire issue]
Speeches
Mayoral election, 1936 (vs. James L. Key)
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7
Campaign advertisements
17
8
Campaign lists and notes
17
9
Correspondence, 1936
17
10
James L. Key campaign
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11
Newspaper clippings
OP2 4
Newspaper clippings, Government News, April 1936, August 1936 [entire issues]
OP4 3
Newspaper clippings, Journal of Labor, September 25, 1936 [entire issue]
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12
Political cartoons
OP2 5
Political cartoons [oversized]
OP4 4
Political cartoons [oversized]
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13
Speeches
Mayoral election, 1940 (vs. Roy LeCraw)
17
14
Campaign advertisements
17
15
Campaign notes
17
16
Correspondence, 1940
17
17
Newspaper clippings
17
18
Roy LeCraw campaign
OP2 6
Roy LeCraw campaign [oversized]
Mayoral election, 1942
18
1
Campaign advertisements
OP2 7
Campaign advertisements [oversized]
18
2
Campaign lists and notes
18
3
Correspondence, 1942
18
4
Financial records
18
5
Newspaper clippings
18
6
Opposition campaigns
Mayoral election, 1945 (vs. Roy LeCraw)
18
7
Campaign advertisements
OP2 8
Campaign advertisements
18
8
Campaign lists and notes
18
9
Correspondence, 1944-1945
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OP2 9
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OP2
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1Newspaper clippings, September primary
1945 election, newspaper clippings, December election
Newspaper clippings (oversized), The Georgia Press, July-September 1945
[entire issues]
Roy LeCraw campaign
Roy LeCraw campaign
Speeches (Hartsfield)
Speeches (LeCraw)
Mayoral election, 1949 (vs. Charlie Brown)
18
15
Campaign advertisements
OP2 11
Campaign advertisements [oversized]
18
16
Campaign memoranda and correspondence
18
17
Campaign notes and lists
18
18
Charlie Brown campaign
OP2 12
Charlie Brown campaign flier [oversized]
18
19
Correspondence, March-July 1949
19
1
Correspondence, August 1-20, 1949
19
2
Correspondence, August 21-29, 1949
19
3
Correspondence, August30-31, 1949
19
4
Correspondence, September 1-14, 1949
19
5
Correspondence, September 15-17, 1949
19
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Correspondence, September 19, 1949
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Correspondence, September 20, 1949
20
2
Correspondence, September 21-22, 1949
20
3
Correspondence, September 23-30, 1949
20
4
Correspondence, October-December, 1949
20
5
Financial records
20
6
Newspaper clippings
OP2 13
Newspaper clippings, The Advertiser, September 2, 1949 [entire issue]
OP4 5
Newspaper clippings, Facts (League of Women Voters), August 1949
OP4 6
Newspaper clippings, The Journal of Labor, August 12, 1949 [entire issue]
20
7
Other campaigns
20
8
Speeches (Hartsfield)
20
9
Speeches (Charlie Brown)
Mayoral election, 1953 (vs. Charlie Brown)
20
10
Campaign advertisements
20
11
Campaign advertisements, television and radio
20
12
Campaign lists and notes [1 of 2]
16
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Campaign lists and notes [2 of 2]
Correspondence, January-March 1953
Correspondence, April 1-7, 1953
Correspondence, April 8-25, 1953
Correspondence, April 26, 30-1953
Correspondence, May 1-11, 1953
Correspondence, May 12-15, 1953
Correspondence, May 16-18, 1953
Correspondence, May 19-21, 1953
Correspondence, May 22-23, 1953
Correspondence, May 25, 1953
Correspondence, May 26-November 31, 1953
Financial records
Newspaper clippings
Speeches
Mayoral election, 1957 (vs. Archie Lindsey and Lester Maddox)
22
8
Campaign advertisements
OP2 14
Campaign advertisements [oversized]
22
9
Campaign lists and notes
23
1
Campaign lists and notes, December election
23
2
Correspondence, February 1957
23
3
Correspondence, March 1957
23
4
Correspondence, April 1-15, 1957
23
5
Correspondence, April 16-30, 1957
23
6
Correspondence, May 1-8, 1957
23
7
Correspondence, May 9-12, 1957
23
8
Correspondence, May 13, 1957
24
1
Correspondence, May 14, 1957
24
2
Correspondence, May 15, 1957
24
3
Correspondence, May 16-20, 1957
24
4
Correspondence, May 21-30, 1957
24
5
Correspondence, June-July 1957
24
6
Financial records
24
7
Newspaper clippings, primary
OP2 15
Newspaper clippings, primary, The Augusta Courier, June 3, 1957 [entire issue]
24
8
Newspaper clippings, election
OP21
Newspaper clippings, election, Atlanta Citizens Weekly, October 3, 1957 [entire
issue]
OP2 16
Political cartoons [2 original ink drawings by Baldy], 1957
17
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
24
9
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Speeches
Elections, 1940s-1970s
24
10
Hartsfield retirement, announcement
24
11
Hartsfield retirement, newspaper clippings, 1961
24
12
Other Atlanta elections and campaigns, 1940s-1950s
OP4 7
Other Atlanta elections and campaigns [oversized materials], 1940s
OP2 17
Other Atlanta elections and campaigns [oversized materials], 1950s
24
13
Other Atlanta elections and campaigns, 1960s [1 of 2]
25
1
Other Atlanta elections and campaigns, 1960s [2 of 2]
25
2
Other Atlanta elections and campaigns, 1970s
OP2 18
Other Atlanta elections and campaigns [oversized materials], 1970s
25
3
Unidentified Hartsfield campaign materials, undated
18
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Series 4
Subject files, 1906-1982
Boxes 26-38; OP3-4; BV1-3
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of subject files relating to Hartsfield's wide and varied interests in the city of
Atlanta, primarily from his time as Mayor and Mayor Emeritus (1937-1970). Correspondence,
newspaper clippings, reports, programs, and other collected materials make up the series.
Prominent topics include operations of the Atlanta City Government, Hartsfield's investigation
of fluoridation and his battle against fluoridation of Atlanta's water system, correspondence and
programs related to the world premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta, and development of
the Hartsfield International Airport. Other subjects include the annexation of Buckhead, school
desegregation, Hartsfield's nomination for the Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics in the U.S.
Commerce Department, consultation work with the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, and his
role in promoting the Atlanta Symphony Guild.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Finding Aid Note
An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Box
Folder
Content
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1
2
3
4
27
27
27
27
5
6
7
8
Alcohol, 1960s
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1950-1954, correspondence and reports
American Society of Civil Engineers, 1950-1954, reports
Amusement parks, 1957, 1960
Atlanta Annexation, general, Buckhead, Sandy Springs, 1940s-1960s
Atlanta Arts Alliance, 1960s-1980s
Atlanta Auditorium/Coliseum, 1960s
Atlanta Centennial Celebration, 1948
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 1940s-1960s
Atlanta city government, budgets and expenses, 1943-1960
Atlanta city government, directories, 1960s-1970s
Atlanta city government, garbage disposal, 1943-1945
Atlanta city government, leaders and officials, rosters, 1920s-1950s
Atlanta city government, metropolitan growth and development, 1940s-1982
Atlanta city government, metropolitan growth and development, Couch Property,
1965
Atlanta city government, planning, 1920s-1960s [1 of 4]
Atlanta city government, planning, 1920s-1960s [2 of 4]
Atlanta city government, planning, 1920s-1960s [3 of 4]
Atlanta city government, planning, 1920s-1960s, [4 of 4]
19
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
27
27
27
28
OP4
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
OP3
28
29
29
29
29
29
9
10
11
1
8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
1
21
1
2
3
4
5
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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Atlanta city government, plan of improvement, 1950
Atlanta city government, salaries, 1944
Atlanta city government, Survey Report, 1965
Atlanta city government, taxes, 1960s-1970s
Atlanta city government, urban renewal, 1956-1957
Atlanta city government, vice and crime, 1940s, 1964
Atlanta Fire Department, 1948, 1961
Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Planning Board, 1960-1961
Atlanta-Mexico Airlink, Inaugural Flight, 1939
Atlanta One-Million Day, October 1959
Atlanta Police Department
Atlanta Public Library, 1970s
Atlanta-Puerto Rico Airlink, Inaugural Flight, 1946
Atlanta school system, 1940s [see also Desegregation]
Atlanta Stadium/Civic Center, 1960s
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera, 1960-1971
Atlanta tourist and informational brochures, circa 1960s
Atlanta traffic, 1950s-1970s
Atlanta transit system, 1950s-1960s [1 of 3]
Atlanta transit system, 1950s-1960s [2 of 3]
Atlanta transit system, 1950s-1960s [3 of 3]
Brandeis University Conference on Violence, December 11-13, 1964
Capital City Club, 1950s, 1971
Chattahoochee River Development, 1960s
Chattahoochee River Development, maps, circa 1960s
Chattahoochee River Project, 1941-1950
Chattahoochee River Project, 1961-1969, undated
Chattahoochee River Project, 1957 Dinner for William B. Hartsfield, 1957
Civil Rights Bill, 1961, 1964-1966
Coca Cola Company, 1940s-1960s
Commerce Department, Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, Hartsfield's
candidacy, 1949
Communism, 1948, 1950
Continental Hilton, Mexico City, Grand Opening, 1956
Desegregation, Atlanta schools, 1960s
Desegregation, collected material, 1940s-1960s
Desegregation, correspondence, 1951-1967
Desegregation, printed material, 1950s-1960s
Federal housing, 1940s
First Baptist Church of Atlanta, 1906, 1950s-1960s
20
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
29
29
29
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
32
32
32
32
14
15
16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
32
5
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
32
33
33
14
1
2
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Fluoridation, articles, 1956-1969 [1 of 2]
Fluoridation, articles, 1956-1969 [2 of 2]
Fluoridation, campaign advertisements and broadsides, circa 1960s
Fluoridation, correspondence, 1952-1962
Fluoridation, correspondence, 1963
Fluoridation, correspondence, 1964
Fluoridation, correspondence, January-March 1965
Fluoridation, correspondence, April-December 1965
Fluoridation, correspondence, 1966-1971
Fluoridation, legislative material, circa 1960s
Fluoridation, National Fluoridation News, 1956-1971
Fluoridation, newspaper clippings, undated-1962
Fluoridation, newspaper clippings, 1963-1970
Fluoridation, notes and collected material, 1950s-1960s
Fluoridation, Pure Water News, 1962, 1967
Fluoridation, The Tap, issues 7, 9, 12, 1960s
Fluoridation, pamphlets, circa 1950s-1960s
Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1950-1957
Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1958-1959
Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1960
Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1961
Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1962-1963
Fluoridation, reports and statements, 1964-1965 and undated
Fluoridation, television and radio broadcasts, circa 1960s
Ford Foundation, Committee of Review and Evaluations, Urban Programs,
minutes, 1962
Ford Foundation, Committee of Review and Evaluations, Urban Programs,
reports, circa 1965-1966
Ford Foundation, correspondence, November 1961-February 1962
Ford Foundation, correspondence, March-June 1962
Ford Foundation, correspondence, December 1962-February 1963
Ford Foundation, correspondence, March-July 1963
Ford Foundation, correspondence, August-December 1963
Ford Foundation, correspondence, 1964-1966
Ford Foundation, expense reports, 1962-1964
Fortune Magazine, "Best Mayors" article, correspondence, October-November
1957
Galloway School, circa 1970
Georgia health statistics, 1958
Georgia Legislature, amendments and resolutions, 1930s-1960s
21
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
33
OP3
33
33
33
34
34
34
OP4
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2
11
12
13
1
2
3
9
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
34
34
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
15
16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Georgia Legislature, Local Acts of 1951
Georgia prisons, correspondence of H.H. Gibson, 1941-1942
Georgia prisons, correspondence of Lent Reed, 1943-1946
Georgia taxes and social security, 1936, 1950s
Gone with the Wind, correspondence, February - November 1939
Gone with the Wind, correspondence, December 1939-April 1940
Gone with the Wind, correspondence, 1950, 1961-1968
Gone with the Wind, magazine articles, 1939-1940
Gone with the Wind, magazine articles, 1939-1940 [oversized]
Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [1 of 5]
Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [2 of 5]
Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [3 of 5]
Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [4 of 5]
Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, December 1939 [5 of 5]
Gone with the Wind, newspaper clippings, 1961-1976
Gone with the Wind, premiere program, "Greatest World Premiere in History,"
1939
Gone with the Wind, premiere programs, 1939
Gone with the Wind, premiere programs, 1961
Gone with the Wind, premiere programs, 1967
Gone with the Wind, World's Premiere Atlanta, keepsakes, 1939
Gone with the Wind, writings, 1939
Greater Atlanta Committee, 1948, 1950
Guest lists and memberships, circa 1940s-1950s
Hartsfield International Airport, Air Freight Terminal, 1962
Hartsfield International Airport, Air Freight Terminal, 1963
Hartsfield International Airport, correspondence, August 1943-October 1969
Hartsfield International Airport, correspondence, December 1969-November
1970
Hartsfield International Airport, magazine and periodical clippings, 1940-1971
Hartsfield International Airport, minutes and resolutions, 1970
Hartsfield International Airport, newspaper clippings, 1920s-1970s
Hartsfield International Airport, notes and collected material, 1950s-1970s
Hartsfield International Airport, Paradies and Co., 1961
Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1920s
Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1950s
Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1960-1963
Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1969
Hartsfield International Airport, reports, 1970
Hartsfield International Airport, undated 1970s
22
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
35
35
10
11
35
12
36
1
36
36
36
36
BV1
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
37
OP4
37
OP4
2
3
4
5
OP3
37
37
37
OP3
37
37
37
37
37
38
38
38
38
3
3
4
5
4
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1
10
2
11
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Hartsfield International Airport, reports, undated
Hartsfield International Airport, reports on the site for second terminal,
1969-1970 [1 of 3]
Hartsfield International Airport, reports on the site for second terminal,
1969-1970 [2 of 3]
Hartsfield International Airport, reports on the site for second terminal,
1969-1970 [3 of 3]
International Union of Local Authorities, Brussels, 1963
Kennedy Conference on Urban Problems, 1960
Lanhart Laundries, 1950s-1960s
Lenox Square, 1960s
Lenox Square, Salute to Atlanta scrapbook, August 21-26, 1961
Masons, 1940s-1971
Middle East, reports, 1953
National League of Cities, 1960s-1970s
Rent control housing, 1940s
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Performing Arts Panel, 1963
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Performing Arts Panel, 1964
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Performing Arts Panel, 1965
Southeastern Fair Association, correspondence and addresses, 1961-1970
Southeastern Fair Association, collected material, 1960-1971
Southeastern Fair Association, programs, 1960-1971
Southeastern Fair Association, poster, circa 1960s (3 posters)
Southeastern Pipeline Bill, circa 1941
Southeastern Pipeline, "Crude Oil and Gasoline Pipeline Map," September 1939,
1940
Southeastern Pipeline, "President Seeks Georgia's Cooperation," January 1941
Standard Time Bill, 1960s
Stone Mountain Memorial Authority, 1930s-1960s
Stone Mountain Mystery House, circa 1960s
Stone Mountain Mystery House blueprints, circa 1960s
Superior Court of Fulton County, 1940s-1950s
Supreme Court of the United States, petitions brought by W.B. Hartsfield, 1957
Tennessee Valley Authority, Press Releases, July 1933-November 30, 1933
Tennessee Valley Authority, Press Releases, December 1933-February 1934
Theatre Atlanta, 1960s
Trust Company of Georgia Associates, 1964-1968
Urban renewal, 1966-1967
U.S. Conference of Mayors, 1940s-1970s
U.S. Mayoral Party, trip to Europe, 1950
23
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
38
BV2
38
38
38
38
BV3
38
5
6
7
8
9
10
Manuscript Collection No. 558
U.S.S. Atlanta, 1943-1944
U.S.S. Atlanta scrapbook, 1944
Water resources, 1951
WLWA Television Station, 1960s
Woman of the Year, 1943-1961
Woodruff Foundation, 1960s
WSB building dedication scrapbook, April 1956
Zoo Atlanta, 1960s
24
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Series 5
Writings, 1937-1980
Box 39
Scope and Content Note
This series contains writings by Hartsfield and others. Writings by Hartsfield make up the bulk
of this series, the majority dating from his twenty-three years as mayor and his ten years as
Mayor Emeritus (1937-1970). His writings include speeches and public statements made as both
Mayor and private citizen. A volume of his addresses to the General Board of the City of Atlanta
and to the city's Board of Aldermen (1937-1962) is found here, as are four small notebooks
of diary entries about travels to Europe and Japan (1950s-1970). His campaign speeches may
be found in Series 3: Elections. Writings by others make up a smaller portion of this series,
including article drafts, speeches, and scripts for television and radio broadcasts featuring
Hartsfield.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type.
Hartsfield, William B.
Box
Folder
Content
39
39
1
2
39
39
39
39
39
39
3
4
5
6
7
8
"Annual Addresses" (bound volume), 1937-1962
Annual and Final Message of Mayor William B. Hartsfield, January 2, 1962
(with notes)
Interview with Hartsfield, transcript, sit-ins of the 1960s, January 6, 1966
Speeches, 1930s-1947
Speeches, 1948-1949
Speeches, 1950s-1970s
Speeches, undated
Travel diaries (kept by Hartsfield), 1950s-1970
Others
39
9
39
10
39
11
McGill, Ralph, article draft, circa 1953
Television and radio broadcasts, 1947-1962
Writings by others, 1937-1980
25
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Series 6
Personal business records, 1929-1970
Boxes 40-49
Scope and Content Note
This series contains the personal business records of Hartsfield. In addition to his work as Mayor
of Atlanta, Hartsfield maintained an active interest in the development of Georgia's mineral
and mining activities. He helped to found the Southern Talc Company in 1933, serving as its
president throughout the 1930s and 1940s. This series contains the business records of the
Southern Talc Company and documents Hartsfield's work in that company. The series also
contains Hartsfield's subject files on minerals and mining in Georgia.
Arrangement Note
Organized into two subseries: (6.1) Minerals and mining files and (6.2) Southern Talc Company
records.
Finding Aid Note
An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
26
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Subseries 6.1
Minerals and mining files, 1929-1970
Boxes 40-44
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains subject files related to Hartsfield's interest in minerals and mining, his
primary non-Atlanta and non-mayoral pastime. From the early 1930s through the late 1950s,
Hartsfield maintained an active interest in the development of Georgia's mineral industries,
occasionally investing in mining ventures. He investigated the possibility of drilling for oil in
the north Georgia mountains and bought shares in talc, mica, and phosphate mines. He was also
a founder and director of the Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, 1951-1954. Hartsfield
never achieved the financial success he desired and, by the time of his retirement from politics,
he had turned his attentions elsewhere. This subseries consists mostly of correspondence,
although there are occasional financial records, newspaper clippings, and published reports
among the correspondence in the files.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Finding Aid Note
An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Box
Folder
Content
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
40
12
40
13
40
14
40
40
15
16
Bentonite clay, 1934-1953
Brecon Loading Company, 1941-1946
Chromite (Louise Property, Troupe County, Ga.), 1942- March 1943
Chromite (Louise Property, Troupe County, Ga.), April 1943-1949
Columbia, South America, prospecting, 1955-1959
Flagstone, 1941
Fuller's Earth (clay), 1953-1954
Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 1939-1966
Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 1967
Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, 1968-1969
Georgia Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology, reorganization studies [1 of
4]
Georgia Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology, reorganization studies [2 of
4]
Georgia Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology, reorganization studies [3 of
4]
Georgia Department of Mines, Mining, and Geology, reorganization studies [4 of
4]
Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, 1951-June 1953
Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, July 1953-1954
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William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
40
40
40
40
40
41
41
41
41
41
41
17
18
19
20
21
1
2
3
4
5
6
41
7
41
41
41
41
41
41
41
41
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
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Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company, 1955-1957
Halloysite, 1953-1958
Hinterscher oil lease (Illinois), 1951-1957
Kyanite, 1942-July 1944
Kyanite, August 1944-December 1944
Kyanite, 1945-1946
Kyanite, reports
Lee Method for oil discovery, 1953-1954
Lee Method for oil discovery, 1955
Lightweight aggregate, 1946-1954
Manganese prospecting (Wesson Lease, Sylacauga, Alabama), January-May
1942
Manganese prospecting (Wesson Lease, Sylacauga, Alabama), June-December
1942
Manganese sulphates, 1936-1939
Manganese sulphates, January-May 1940
Manganese sulphates, June-December 1940
Mica, 1942-1946
Mica, 1947
Mica, January-June 1948
Mica, July-December 1948
Mica, 1949-1959
Mica prospecting, financial records
Midvale Mining and Development Company, 1937-1941
Mineralight, 1944
Minerals, advertising
Minerals, various reports [1 of 2]
Minerals, various reports [2 of 2]
Mintz talc lease (Marble, N.C.), 1943
Mintz talc lease (Marble, N.C.), 1944
Mintz talc lease (Marble, N.C.), 1945
Mintz talc lease (Marble, N.C.), 1946
Mintz talc lease, financial records
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1937-1945
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1946-1956
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1957-1968, undated
New York phyllite, 1951-1952
Nix, Kenneth (Telfair County Oil Lease), 1942-1945
Oil drilling and exploration, 1947-1954
Oil drilling and exploration, 1955-1970
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William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
44
44
44
44
44
44
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1
2
3
4
5
6
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Phosphates, 1952-1963
Phosphates, 1964-1965
Phosphates, 1966
Phosphates, 1967
Phyllite, 1946-1962
Pickering, V.C., Murray-Gilmer Highway, 1933
Pickering, V.C., Murray-Gilmer Highway, 1934-1937
Rock quarry fight (S.W. Atlanta), 1961
Sericite, 1942-1958
Serpentine rock, 1941-1942
Silica (glass sand), 1950-1960
Silica (glass sand), 1935
Sillimanite, 1954-1959
Talc, 1936-1942
Talc, 1943-1944
Talc, 1945-1954
Trammell, Mack, talc prospecting (Chatsworth, Georgia), 1929-1955
Trammell, Mack, talc prospecting, financial records
Venezuela, South America, prospecting, 1954-1955
Wonderstone, 1964
29
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Subseries 6.2
Southern Talc Company records, 1934-1949
Boxes 45-49
Scope and Content Note
This series contains the records of the Southern Talc Company of Atlanta and Chatsworth,
Georgia. The company was incorporated in 1933 and sold in 1942. Hartsfield helped organize
the company and served as legal counsel and president. This was apparently Hartsfield's first
major business venture and the only time he played such an active role in guiding the affairs
of a company. Included among the company's papers are letters advertising the talc for sale;
correspondence with sales agents and purchasers; inventories; purchasing orders; receipts;
and correspondence between Hartsfield, T.N. Brooks, and V.C. Pickering, fellow officers
of the Company. The Southern Talc Company was a small mining company which battled
both the sluggish economy of the Depression and the mineral use restrictions of the first years
of World War II and was only a limited financial success. This subseries consists mostly of
correspondence, with scattered blueprints, reports, and financial records.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Finding Aid Note
An index to selected correspondence in this series is available.
Box
Folder
Content
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
46
46
46
46
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
1
2
3
4
Advertisements
Agents (sales), 1935-1940
American Cyanamid Company, 1936-1940
Atlanta Freight Bureau, 1937-1940
Brooks, T. N. (Secretary-Treasurer), 1936-1949
Business card and letterhead
Cabaniss and Johnston, 1939-1943
Charles A. Wagner Company, 1939-1941
Chemical reports
Correspondence, general, 1935-1965
Crayons, inventories, prices, packaging
D. M. Steward Manufacturing Company, 1939-1940
Draper - Owens Realty Company (rent), 1939-1940
Entomologists, 1937
Equipment, 1935-1942
F.E. Schundler and Company, 1937-1938
F.E. Schundler and Company, 1939
F.E. Schundler and Company, 1940
F.E. Schundler and Company, 1941
30
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
46
46
46
46
46
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
49
49
49
49
49
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
1
2
3
4
5
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Financial records
Financial records: invoices, 1937
Financial records, invoices, 1938
Financial records, invoices, 1939
Financial records, invoices, 1940
Financial records, invoices, 1941
Financial records, monthly sales reports, 1939-1941
Financial records, orders, 1937-1942
Financial records, royalties, 1937-1948
Financial records, taxes, 1935-1941
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1937-1941
Ford Motor Company, 1936-1941
Georgia Marble Company, 1941-1945
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1937-1941
Halloysite, 1940-1941
H.M. Royal, Inc., 1937-1938
H.M. Royal, Inc., 1939-1942
Huff, L. P. (Vice-President), sales commissions, 1937-1940
Innis, Speiden and Company, 1939-1941
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1937-1940
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1938
L and N Railroad Company, 1935-1941
Magnesium rock, 1937-1942
McConnon and Company, 1942
McLaughlin Gormley King Company, 1937-1942
McMillan, R.J., 1941
Micronizer, 1938-1941
Nash-Christian Foundry Company, 1938-1939
Notes
Office of Production Management, 1941-1942
Organizational records (leases, charters, etc.), 1934
Organizational records (leases, charters, etc.), 1935-1942
Philip Carey Manufacturing Company, 1935-1941
Pickering, V. C. (Secretary-Treasurer), 1936-1942
Porter Warner, 1939-1942
Scully Steel Products Company, 1939-1940
Shipping
Slaughter Linthicum, 1935-1940
St. Louis Crayon and Handle Company, 1935-1942
31
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
49
49
49
6
7
8
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Talc users (lists)
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1937-1942
Watkins, Glenn, and Watkins, 1937-1939
32
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Series 7
Printed material, circa 1920-1983
Boxes 50-55; OP3; BV4
Scope and Content Note
This series contains collected printed material about Hartsfield and materials collected by him.
Hartsfield saved many magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets, and reports relating to
himself and to the government and welfare of Atlanta. These include magazine, periodical,
and newspaper clippings; pamphlets, flyers, and reports of various Atlanta organizations; and
event programs. Magazine and newspaper clippings featuring Hartsfield are listed separately
from general clippings. Programs commemorate public events attended by Hartsfield, including
dedications, awards ceremonies, and dinners. Among the many topics, issues, and events dating
from the 1920s to the early 1980s documented in this series are Atlanta roadways and traffic,
elections of Atlanta government officials, local crime, aviation, and debate on local legislature.
A large number of political cartoons are also found in this series. For additional printed material
arranged by subject, see Series 4: Subject Files.
Arrangement Note
Articles and clippings arranged in chronological order; pamphlets and reports arranged in
alphabetical order.
Clippings, William B. Hartsfield
Box
Folder
Content
50
50
50
OP3
OP29
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
1
2
3
5
Magazines and periodicals, 1940s
Magazines and periodicals, 1950s
Magazines and periodicals, 1960-1964
Magazines and periodicals, May 1961
Magazines and periodicals, February 1963
Magazines and periodicals, 1965-1969
Magazines and periodicals, 1970-1971
Magazines and periodicals, 1972-1978
Magazines and periodicals, undated
Newspaper clippings, 1920s
Newspaper clippings, 1930s
Newspaper clippings, 1940
Newspaper clippings, 1941-1942
Newspaper clippings, 1943
Newspaper clippings, 1944
Newspaper clippings, January-June 1945
Newspaper clippings, July-December 1945
Newspaper clippings, 1946
Newspaper clippings, 1947
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
33
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
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Newspaper clippings, January-April 1948
Newspaper clippings, May-June 1948
Newspaper clippings, July-December 1948
Newspaper clippings, 1949
Newspaper clippings, 1940s (undated)
Newspaper clippings, January-July 1950
Newspaper clippings, August-December 1950
Newspaper clippings, 1951
Newspaper clippings, January-September 1952
Newspaper clippings, October-December 1952
Newspaper clippings, January-April 1953
Newspaper clippings, May-December 1953
Newspaper clippings, 1954
Newspaper clippings, 1955
Newspaper clippings, 1956
Newspaper clippings, 1957
Newspaper clippings, 1958
Newspaper clippings, 1959
Newspaper clippings, 1950s (undated)
Newspaper clippings, 1960
Newspaper clippings, January-May 1961
Newspaper clippings, June 1961 [1 of 2]
Newspaper clippings, June 1961 [2 of 2]
Newspaper clippings, July-December 1961
Newspaper clippings, January-June 1962
Newspaper clippings, July-December 1962
Newspaper clippings, 1963
Newspaper clippings, 1964
Newspaper clippings, 1965
Newspaper clippings, 1966
Newspaper clippings, 1967
Newspaper clippings, 1968
Newspaper clippings, 1969
Newspaper clippings, 1960s (undated)
Newspaper clippings, 1970
Newspaper clippings, 1971 [1 of 2]
Newspaper clippings, 1971 [2 of 2]
Newspaper clippings, 1972
Newspaper clippings, 1973-1974
34
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
51
51
51
51
24
25
26
27
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Newspaper clippings, 1975-1976
Newspaper clippings, 1977
Newspaper clippings, 1978-1980
Newspaper clippings, undated
Clippings, general
52
1
Magazines and periodicals, 1929-1939
52
2
Magazines and periodicals, 1940s
OP3 6
Magazines and periodicals, circa 1941-1942
52
3
Magazines and periodicals, 1950s
52
4
Magazines and periodicals, 1960-1966
OP30
Magazines and periodicals, April 25, 1961
OP30
Magazines and periodicals, June 1963
52
5
Magazines and periodicals, 1967-1969
52
6
Magazines and periodicals, 1970-1971
52
7
Magazines and periodicals, 1972-1982
52
8
Magazines and periodicals, 1983
52
9
Newspaper clippings, 1920s
52
10
Newspaper clippings, 1930s
52
11
Newspaper clippings, 1940
52
12
Newspaper clippings, January-August 1941
52
13
Newspaper clippings, September-December 1941
52
14
Newspaper clippings, 1942
52
15
Newspaper clippings, 1943
52
16
Newspaper clippings, January-September 1944
52
17
Newspaper clippings, October-December 1944
52
18
Newspaper clippings, 1945
52
19
Newspaper clippings, 1946
52
20
Newspaper clippings, 1947
52
21
Newspaper clippings, January-June 1948
52
22
Newspaper clippings, July-December 1948
52
23
Newspaper clippings, 1949
52
24
Newspaper clippings, 1940s (undated)
52
25
Newspaper clippings, 1950
52
26
Newspaper clippings, 1951
52
27
Newspaper clippings, January-September 1952
52
28
Newspaper clippings, October-December 1952
52
29
Newspaper clippings, 1953
52
30
Newspaper clippings, 1954
52
31
Newspaper clippings, 1955
35
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
53
53
OP3
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
BV4
53
1
2
7
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Newspaper clippings, 1956
Newspaper clippings, 1957
Newspaper clippings, July 1, 1957
Newspaper clippings, 1958
Newspaper clippings, 1959
Newspaper clippings, 1960-1961
Newspaper clippings, 1962
Newspaper clippings, 1963
Newspaper clippings, January-March 1964
Newspaper clippings, April 1964
Newspaper clippings, May-December 1964
Newspaper clippings, 1965
Newspaper clippings, 1966
Newspaper clippings, 1967
Newspaper clippings, 1968
Newspaper clippings, 1969
Newspaper clippings, 1960s (undated)
Newspaper clippings, 1970
Newspaper clippings, 1971-1974
Newspaper clippings, 1975-1979 and undated 1970s
Newspaper clippings, 1980s
Newspaper clippings, scrapbook, 1930s
Newspaper clippings, undated
Pamphlets, flyers, and reports
53
22
Association of the County Commissioners of Georgia, 43rd Annual Convention,
April 15-16, 1957
53
23
Atlanta Athletic Club, yearbooks, 1965, 1966
53
24
Atlanta Baptist Ministers' Union
53
25
Atlanta Bar, "An Open Letter," June 12, 1932
53
26
Atlanta Committee on Foreign Relations, roster of members, August 31, 1966
53
27
Atlanta Humane Society, Atlanta Hunter Jumper Classic, vol. 3, no. 1, March
1975
53
28
Atlanta Local Government Commission, report, 1940
53
29
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Southeastern Homewares and Gift Show, January
1945
53
30
Capital View Baptist Church, "Our Pastor," October 3, 1943
53
31
"Christianity and Slavery," booklet, 1927
54
1
Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Directory of Community Services,
February 1963
36
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
54
54
54
54
54
2
3
4
5
6
54
54
54
54
54
54
7
8
9
10
11
12
54
13
54
14
OP3 8
54
15
Programs
54
16
54
17
54
18
54
19
54
20
54
21
55
1
55
2
OP3 9
55
3
55
4
55
5
55
6
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Fernbank Science Center, "History and Development," 1967
Georgia Voters Education Association, handbook, 1966
Jesse Draper Boys' Club, Annual Report, 1968
Kingdom of Sausagia, 27th Annual Assemblage, December 6, 1976
Local Government Study Commission of Duval County, Florida, Blueprint for
Improvement, 1966
Metropolitan Foundation of Atlanta, list of legal names, circa 1960s
Poplar Springs Campground, historical scrapbook, August 1972
State Bar of Georgia, handbook and directory, 1966-1970
Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad, offering circular, April 27, 1961
"This is Our Mayor Hartsfield," circa 1940s
Travelers Protective Association of America, Articles of Incorporation,
Constitution and By-Laws, July 1, 1946
Uptown Association of Atlanta, 3rd Annual Report, November 25, 1963
Veterans Service Center, report, 1945
"Why Atlanta Is Different" [with Hartsfield quote], T.M. Alexander, Jr. and
Associates Insurance Agents, flier, undated
WSB Radio-TV Atlanta, "Look Who's Editorial Consultant to WSB," flyer, 1963
1930s-1940s
1950-1955
1956-1959
1960-1961
1962
1963
1964-1965
1966-1967
April 11, 1966
1968-1969
1970-1971
1972-1976
1977-1981
37
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Series 8
Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s
Boxes 56-65; OP3, 4-5; BV5-12; OBV2
Scope and Content Note
This series contains photographs of William B. Hartsfield, his family, other politicians and
national figures, and Atlanta events from the 1860s to the 1970s. The bulk of this series
highlights the ceremonial duties of the mayor of a growing American city (1930s-1971).
Welcoming Hollywood stars and city visitors, cutting ribbons for grand openings, and attending
dinners and banquets are well-photographed mayoral duties. Other events are Gone with the
Wind premieres; travels to Europe and South America; meetings with Presidents, politicians, the
Pope, and others; various stages in the development of the Chattahoochee River and Buford Dam
water systems; the expansion of the airport; and several inaugural air flights on which Hartsfield
was a passenger. Portrait photographs of Hartsfield from childhood to shortly before his death
are also included in this series (1892-1971). There is also a large collection of family and other
personal photographs (circa 1860s-1960s). Tollie Tolan Hartsfield's personal photographs (circa
1890s-1970s), also located in this series, contain few pictures related to Mayor Hartsfield. They
primarily show scenes of friends, family, and vacations from before her marriage to Hartsfield
and after his death. Eight photograph albums of ceremonial events, such as the launching of the
U.S.S. Atlanta and the dedication of St. Joseph's Hospital, are also included in this series.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order by subject.
William B. Hartsfield portraits
Box
Folder
Content
56
56
OP4
OP68
56
OP68
56
OP68
56
1
2
12
1892-1919
1920-1949
1940s
1950s
1950-1956
1956
1957-1970
1960s
Undated
3
4
5
Atlanta and political events
56
6
Allstate Insurance event, circa 1950s
56
7
American Municipal Association, 1952
56
8
American Symphony Orchestra League, Washington, D.C., June 16-19, 1965
56
9
Amusement parks, 1954-1959
56
10
Amusement parks, 1962
56
11
Amusement parks, 1963-1967
38
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
56
OP3
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
10
OP3
OP3
56
OP3
57
11
12
1
13
2
57
OP3
57
OP3
57
57
57
57
57
57
57
57
57
OP3
57
57
57
57
57
57
57
57
3
14
4
15
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
16
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Amusement parks, 1968
Amusement parks, 1969-1970, undated
Annual Outdoor Art Show, Piedmont Park, May 1959
Atlanta Airport and aviation, 1920-1939
Atlanta Airport and aviation, Atlanta-Mexico City Inaugural Flight, 1939
Atlanta Airport and aviation, 1940-1955
Atlanta Airport and aviation, 1956-1958
Atlanta Airport and aviation, 1959-1967
Atlanta airport and aviation, Hartsfield dedication, circa 1970s
Atlanta Airport and aviation, undated
Atlanta Airport and aviation, four scenes of Atlanta with inset of Hartsfield, circa
1930s-1960s
Atlanta buildings and parks, downtown, circa 1938
Atlanta buildings and parks, downtown, 1960s
Atlanta buildings and parks, Hurt Park and Plaza Park, circa 1940s
Atlanta buildings and parks, planners with model of Plaza Park, circa 1940s
Atlanta buildings and parks, City Hall, Georgia State Capitol, Henry Grady
statue, circa 1940s-1950s
Atlanta buildings and parks, Other, circa 1950s
Atlanta buildings and parks, unidentified fountain, undated
Atlanta city celebrations, circa 1950s-1960s
Atlanta city government, Centennial Council, 1937
Atlanta city government officials, 1940s
Atlanta city government officials, 1950s
Atlanta city government officials, 1960s
Atlanta city government officials, portraits, undated
Atlanta city leaders, 1930s-1940s
Atlanta city leaders, 1950s
Atlanta city leaders, 1960s-1970s and undated
Atlanta Freight Bureau dinners, circa 1950s-1960s
Atlanta landmarks, circa 1950s-1960s
Atlanta landmarks, pedestrians in front of Henry Grady statue, circa 1940s-1950s
Atlanta's Centennial Day, 1948
Atlanta winter storm damage, 1967
Awards presentations, circa 1940s-1960s
Awards ceremonies honoring W.B. Hartsfield, 1950s
Awards ceremonies honoring W.B. Hartsfield, 1960s
Awards ceremonies honoring W.B. Hartsfield, 1970s
Banquets and dinners, circa 1930s-1940s
Banquets and dinners, circa 1950s
39
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
57
OP4
OP4
57
57
57
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
58
22
13
14
23
24
25
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
58
9
58
10
58
11
58
58
12
13
58
14
58
58
OP4
58
58
58
58
OP4
15
16
15
17
18
19
20
16
58
58
59
59
59
21
22
1
2
3
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Banquets and dinners, circa 1960s
Banquets and dinners, Holland Society of New York, 1953
Banquets and dinners, Holland Society of New York, 1955
Barnum and Bailey Circus, November 1955
Boy Scouts project, December 1967
Building dedications
Capital City Club dinners, circa 1950s
Capital City Club dinners, circa 1960s
Charity events, 1940s-1950s
Chattahoochee River Commission, West Point, Georgia, June 9, 1967
Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam, 1950-1952
Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam, 1953
Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam Gate Closing, 1956
Chattahoochee River Development Association, Mayor's Birthday Party, March
1, 1957
Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam dedication and
Lake Lanier, October 9, 1957
Chattahoochee River Development Association, dedication of Atlanta's Water
System, January 23, 1960
Chattahoochee River Development Association, Buford Dam 30 Millionth
Visitor, 1962
Chevrolet Corporation celebrations, February 1955
City departmental functions, Atlanta Department of Education in Atlanta Journal
"Special Section," circa 1949
City departmental functions in Atlanta Journal "Special Section", circa
1949-1950
Coca Cola luncheon, October 5, 1957
Conventions, circa 1948-1960s
Conventions, Loyal Order of Moose, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1955
Cyclorama opening, circa early 1950s
Dave Garroway Show, Hurt Park, May 1956
Demonstrations and protest marches, circa 1950s-1960s
Elections, Roy LeCraw 1940 Campaign for Mayor
Elections, "Burial of Hartsfield Administration and the Atlanta Journal and
Atlanta Constitution and the Birth of a New Government," circa 1940s
Elections, Mayor Hartsfield's 1949 and 1957 campaigns
Elections, ballot boxes, 1949
Elections, 1952 parade for Richard B. Russell
Elections, Democratic National Victory Dinner, 1959
Elections, Charlie Brown for State Senator, circa 1960s
40
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
59
OP3
OP3
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
4
17
18
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
59
59
59
59
59
OP3
59
OP3
OP3
59
59
OP3
OP4
59
OP3
13
14
15
16
17
19
18
20
21
19
20
22
17
21
23
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
59
60
60
60
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Fort Bliss, November 1965
Georgia House of Representatives, 1933-1935
Georgia House of Representatives, 1935-1937
Gone with the Wind premiere, 1939
Gone with the Wind repremiere, 1961
Gone with the Wind repremiere, 1967
Grand Opera party, April 1949
Groundbreakings, 1954-1955
Gulf Oil Corporation Party, 1956
Hartsfield, William B., final speech as Mayor, City Hall, January 1962
Hartsfield, William B., playing tuba for East Atlanta Elementary Band, January
1956
Hartsfield, William B., speech in the Prado, November 4, 1960
Hartsfield, William B., swearing-ins
Hartsfield, William B., television appearances, circa 1950s-1960s
Hartsfield, William B., throwing first ball at baseball game, circa 1937
Hartsfield, William B., with beauty queens, circa 1940s-1950s
Hartsfield, William B., with Ben Massell and others, 1950s
Hartsfield, William B., with fellow Shriners, 1950s
Hartsfield, William B., with Bobby Jones, circa 1950s
Hartsfield, William B., with Marines, 1950s
Hartsfield, William B., with other city mayors, circa 1940s-1960s
Hartsfield, William B., with Presidents of the United States, circa 1940s-1960s
Hartsfield, William B., with Presidents of the United States, Eisenhower, 1952
Hartsfield, William B., with Presidents of the United States, Kennedy, 1964
Hartsfield, William B., with prominent politicians, circa 1940s-1960s
Hartsfield, William B., with prominent politicians, dinner with Ga. Governor E.
D. Rivers, 1939
Hartsfield, William B., with Teamsters Union officials, 1954
Hartsfield, William B., with Tollie Tolan Hartsfield at public events
Hartsfield, William B., with various famous people, circa 1938-1954
Hartsfield, William B., with various famous people, circa 1955-1960s
Hartsfield, William B., with various people, circa 1940s-1960s
Hartsfield, William B., with various unidentified people, circa 1940s-mid 1950s
Hartsfield, William B., with various unidentified people, circa late 1950s-1960s
Holiday Magazine "Salute to Atlanta," April 1961
Ichauway Plantation, hunting scenes, circa 1940s-early 1950s
Ichauway Plantation, hunting scenes, 1955
Incinerator dedication, January 15, 1952
Jewelers' Convention, July 1950
41
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
OP3
60
OP4
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
61
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
24
17
18
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Laundromats, circa 1950s
Lenox Square grand opening, August 3, 1959
Lenox Square "Salute to Atlanta," August 21, 1961
Mack Truck Convoy, City Hall, 1950
Metropolitan Life party, circa 1949
Military, circa 1930s-1940s
Military, circa 1950s
Military, circa 1960s-1970s and undated
Minerals and mining, circa 1940s-1950s
Minerals and mining, Talc Mining, undated
Model for developing viaduct area, June 1954
Movie stars, circa 1950s-1960s [1 of 2]
Movie stars, circa 1950s-1960s [2 of 2]
Movie stars, Hartsfield with Bill Shirley and Eileen Christy, 1950s
Movies, premieres in Atlanta
Navy vessel, undated
Okefenokee Swamp, March 1948
Openings (Buildings, Stores, Exhibits, etc.), circa 1940s-1960s [1 of 2]
Openings (Buildings, Stores, Exhibits, etc.), circa 1940s-1960s [2 of 2]
Port Authority of New York, September 30, 1959
Proclamation signings, circa 1950-1962 [1 of 2]
Proclamation signings, circa 1950-1962 [2 of 2]
Public Anniversary celebrations, circa 1940s-1960s
Redevelopment Exhibition, City Hall, August 1957
Retirement events of Atlanta city leaders and government officials, 1940s-1950s
Sac Heights, Omaha, Nebraska, October 1960
St. Patrick's Day, Detroit, March 17, 1954
School integration, City Press Room, September 1961
Slides, Atlanta desegregation, 1950s
Snapshots, 1930s
Snapshots, 1940s
Snapshots, 1950s [1 of 2]
Snapshots, 1950s [2 of 2]
Snapshots, circa 1960s [1 of 2]
Snapshots, circa 1960s [2 of 2]
Snapshots, undated
Southeastern Fair, 1955
Southeastern Fair, 1964
Southeastern Fair, 1966
42
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
61
61
61
61
61
61
17
18
19
20
21
22
61
61
61
61
61
62
62
62
62
62
OP3
23
24
OP5
25
26
27
1
2
3
4
5
25
OP3
62
OP3
OP3
62
OP4
62
OP3
62
OP3
26
6
27
28
7
19
8
29
9
30
62
10
62
11
OP3 31
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Southeastern Fair, 1967, 1968
Southeastern Fair, 1969
Southeastern Fair, 1970, with Tricia Nixon
Southeastern Fair, undated
Star Box Derby, July 1946
Stevenson, Adlai with W.B. Hartsfield and Tollie Tolan Hartsfield, November 8,
1960
Symphony Ball, 1967
Tulip Festival, April 1954
Travels, 1939, Mexico
Travels, 1950, Europe [1 of 2]
Travels, 1950, Europe [2 of 2]
Travels, 1953, Israel, Greece and Italy [1 of 3]
Travels, 1953, Israel, Greece and Italy [2 of 3]
Travels, 1953, Israel, Greece and Italy [3 of 3]
Travels, 1954, Germany
Travels, 1955, "Crusade for Freedom" Trip to Europe
Travels, 1955, Venezuela
Travels, circa late 1950s, Mexico, Hartsfield with Ambassador Antonia Carrillo
Flores
Travels, circa late 1950s, Mexico
Travels, 1932-1969, Various Trips
Unidentified general, undated
University of Georgia football stadium, September 3, 1982
U.S. Conference of Mayors, New York City, June 14, 1952
U.S. Conference of Mayors, New York City, June 14, 1952
U.S.S. Atlanta launching, December 3, 1944
U.S.S. Atlanta launching, December 1944
Welcomings to Atlanta, circa 1940s-1960s
Welcomings to Atlanta, Sir Arthur and Mrs. Rank with L. W. Robert, Fred
Storey, and Fred Moon, circa 1940s
Willie B., Gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, 1961
Woodruff, Robert W. dinners, circa 1948-1950s
Woodruff, R.W., portraits, circa 1950s
Family photographs
62
12
Christmas Day at the Drapers', December 25, 1965
62
13
Crystal River fishing trip, April 1937
62
14
Dagnall Lot, Kingston, Georgia, October 1968
62
15
Easter in New York and McGill Wedding, April 1967
43
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
62
62
62
62
62
62
62
62
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
62
24
62
63
25
1
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
63
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Exposition in Montreal, August 1967
Family outings, circa 1960s
Hartsfield family, circa 1860s-1870s [contains tintypes and carte-de-visites]
Hartsfield family, circa 1880s [contains cabinet cards and tintypes]
Hartsfield family, circa 1890s [contains boudoir card, cabinet cards, and tintype]
Hartsfield family, circa 1900-1930s
Hartsfield family, circa 1940-1970
Hartsfield family, John Hartsfield, Brother of W.B. Hartsfield, circa 1883-1915
[contains cabinet cards, postcards, and paper prints]
Hartsfield family, Parents of W.B. Hartsfield, circa 1870s-1920 [contains
tintypes and miniature painted on glass]
Hartsfield, William B., elementary school class pictures, 1896-1898
Hartsfield, William B., high school reunions, class of 1907-1908, circa
1908-1958
Hartsfield, W.B. and Tollie Tolan, wedding, 1962
S.S. Ariadne, circa 1960s
Travels, Switzerland, circa 1963
Travels, Central America, 1968
Travels, Europe, Summer 1969 [1 of 2]
Travels, Europe, Summer 1969 [2 of 2]
Vacations, circa 1948-1958
Visit to friends in Florida, circa May 1967
Weddings attended by Hartsfield, circa 1950s
Wedding trip family portraits, 1962
Tollie Tolan Hartsfield personal photographs
63
12
Ball, May 1963
63
13
Banquets and dinners, circa 1959-1972
63
14
Bedenbaugh family (of Tollie Tolan Hartsfield), circa 1890s-early 1900s
[contains tintypes and card mounted prints]
OP3 32
Bedenbaugh family, class picture, early 1900s
63
15
Family and friends, circa 1940s
63
16
Family and friends, circa 1950s
63
17
Family and friends, circa 1960s
63
18
Family and friends, circa 1970s-1980s
63
19
Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, baby pictures, circa 1955-1956
63
20
Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried snapshots, circa late 1950s-late 1960s
63
21
Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, school pictures, 1960s
63
22
Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, 6th Birthday party with Lion Cubs, 1960
44
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
63
23
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
64
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Negatives
64
20
64
21
65
1
65
2
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Hartsfield, Carl Siegfried, 10th Birthday Party, Photographs for Atlanta Journal
Constitution, November 20, 1964
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan snapshots, circa 1940s-1960s
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan with Carl Siegfried Hartsfield, 1950s-1970s
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, portraits, circa 1962-1978
"Juan" and Lion Cubs, 1964
Lookout Mountain, November 20, 1966
Historical Society, 1971
Pedigreed Ball, March 3, 1978
Pets, circa 1950s-1970s
Snapshots, circa 1950s-1970s
Steeplechase Races, circa early 1970s
Symphony Ball, 1967
Thanksgiving 1958
Tolan, Daniel (First Husband of Tollie Tolan Hartsfield), 1950s
Travels, Texas and Mexico, circa April 1961
Travels, Key West, circa 1964
Travels, Florida (?), November 1969
University of Georgia Football Game, 1977
Wedding to Daniel Tolan, circa late 1940s
Zoo, 1960
General negatives, circa 1930s-1980s [1 of 3]
General negatives, circa 1930s-1980s [2 of 3]
General negatives, circa 1930s-1980s [3 of 3]
Negatives of professional shots, 1940s-1960s
Photograph albums
BV5
Atlanta Water Works, Association of Administrative Department Heads, "Mayor
Hartsfield's Dinner Party," December 2, 1952
BV6
Atlanta Water Works, "Historical Record of Steam Turbine Pumping Unit
Number 6," May 14, 1952
65
3
Brecon Loading Company, Coosa River Ordnance Plant, Talladega, Alabama,
April 3, 1944
BV7
Buford Dam Dedication, October 9, 1957
BV8
Capital City Club, Dinner Honoring Mayor William B. Hartsfield, February 28,
1956
65
4
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Apprentice Teaching, Camilla High School, January 3,
1943-March 13, 1943
65
5
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Friends and family, 1936-1941
45
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
BV9
OBV2
65
6
BV10
65
7
BV11
BV12
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Friends, family, and vacations, 1943-1944
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, Friends, family, and vacations, circa 1944
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, vacation in Texas, May 30-June 12, 1944
Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, wedding to Daniel Tolan, circa late 1940s
Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Georgia Power, 1954
"Salute to Atlanta," August 21, 1961
St. Joseph's Hospital Dedication, December 12, 1953
46
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Series 9
Memorabilia, 1930s-1972
Boxes 66-71, OP6
Scope and Content Note
The memorabilia series contains various objects collected by Hartsfield during his political
career and after his retirement. Included are multiple keys to cities, including two oversized
wooden keys given to Hartsfield by Atlanta residents, two gavels, and cards from various
businesses and civic associations. There is also a substantial amount of campaign ephemera,
including buttons, combs, match books, nail files, and thimbles, from local, state and federal
political campaigns. Ribbons, medals and name tags show Hartsfield's many associations
and involvement in regional conferences. Tickets, name tags and visitor passes shed light on
Hartsfield's travels to Democratic National Conventions, Congress, the White House, and events
he attended, such as the launching of Apollo 12. There is also a pen in the collection from the
White House which was possibly used by President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the 1964 Civil
Rights Bill into law.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by material type.
Box
Folder
Content
66
66
1
2
66
3
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
4
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
66
66
66
66
7
7
7
7
Advertisement, Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, undated
Artificial money, Twe dollar bill [sic], anti-paper money arguments, Liberty
Books, St. Louis, Missouri, undated
Autographed picture, Rebo the clown, Nani Darnell, Mark Wilson, "Magic
Kingdom of Alakazam," CBS, [1960-1965]
Bumper sticker, "Arnall for Governor," undated
Business card, Hartsfield, William B.
Business card, Reitz, Josef, Coca-Cola, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany, undated
Business card, Sensenbrenner, Maynard E., Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, undated
Button, American Legion, Fulton County, Post No. 134, undated
Button, Arnall (Ellis Arnall), undated
Button, Cook, undated
Button, Coosa River Blair-Long Ordnance Plant, undated
Button, "En tand bedre." Avis, undated
Button, Finley, Alderman 8th Ward, undated
Button, "Follow Suit for Governor," undated
Button, Georgia Municipal Association, 13th annual meeting, December 12,
1946
Button, "Georgia Tech," undated
Button, "Go Bo," (Bo Callaway), [1966]
Button, HMA, undated (3)
Button, Honorary Garbage Collector, April 13, 1970
47
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
67
67
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
1
1
67
67
67
67
67
1
2
3
4
5
67
67
67
67
67
71
71
6
7
8
9
10
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67
11
67
12
67
67
67
67
71
67
13
14
14
14
OP6
14
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Button, Johnson, Humphrey (Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert Humphrey), 1964
Button, Lowe, Tom, Commissioner, undated
Button, Millican for Mayor, (Everett Millican), undated
Button, Muggsy Smith Mayor, undated
Button, Nixon, Agnew, (Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew), 1968
Button, Nominate Russell, undated
Button, Page for House of Representatives, undated
Button, "Pittsburgh wants you!" undated
Button, "See Today's Stone Mountain," undated
Button, United Nations Guided Tour, undated
Button, Ware, Carl, President of Atlanta City Council, undated
Button, "We Want Wyche!" undated
Card, Civil Defense Preparedness, undated
Card, Kiwanis Club of Northside Atlanta, "Order of the Silk Hat," January 6,
1956
Card, Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, October 1-10, undated
Coat of arms, city of Essen, Germany, undated
Coin, Atlanta Air Terminal, Blount Brothers Construction Co., 1961
Comb, Fowlkes, Buddy, Alderman, undated
Commemorative card, Fulton Lodge No.216, 100th anniversary, October 30,
1957
Commemorative Confederate money, Locomotive "Texas," undated (2)
Crucifix, Vatican, undated
Cuticle tool, Foster, A.B. "Bud," Sheriff Fulton County, undated
Film strip, with "William B Hartsfield" typed, undated
Fold out table decoration, "Win With Nixon," undated
Gavel, 1947
Gavel, Georgia School of Technology, made from U.S.S. Constitution "Old
Ironsides," undated
Guest pass, Atlanta Hunt Meeting and Steeplechase, Steeplechase Races benefit
for Multiple Sclerosis Society, Roswell, Georgia, March 14, 1970
Guest pin, State Fair of Texas, Exposition of Lights and Flowers, October 10-25,
1964
Invitation of honor, Feria Internacional de El Salvador, undated
Key, Atlanta, undated [Sam Massell mayor]
Key, Birmingham, undated
Key, Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida, 1960
Key, "hearts of your grateful citizens," 1961
Key, "hearts of Men of Peachtree," undated
Key, Macon, undated
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67
67
67
67
67
14
14
14
15
16
67
16
67
67
67
67
67
67
68
68
68
68
68
68
17
17
17
17
17
17
1
1
2
2
2
3
68
68
3
3
68
3
68
68
68
68
3
4
5
6
68
68
68
68
68
68
68
6
6
6
6
6
7
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Key, Memphis, undated
Key, Mobile, Alabama, undated
Key, New Orleans, undated
Key, Toledo, undated
Keychain, City of Atlanta, commemorating dedication of Atlanta Airport
Terminal, May 3, 1961
Keychain, City of Atlanta, commemorating Gone with the Wind, October 4,
1967
Keychain, Denmark Festival Atlanta, 1969
Keychain, Disabled American Veterans, undated
Keychain, Jones, Sam, Alderman 8th Ward Bracket 2, undated
Keychain, Oglethorpe University, undated
Keychain, The Omni, 1972
Keychain, Southeastern Fair Association, 1970
Letter opener, Fuller man, undated
Letter opener, guest speaker Northwest Atlanta Kiwanis Club, undated
Match book, Hamilton Douglas Jr, Alderman Fifth Ward, 1953
Match book, Mayor W Hartsfield, undated
Match book, W.C. Kendrick Fulton County Legislator, [1961]
Medal, American Legion, 51st national convention, Atlanta, guest of Carl
Bedenbaugh, 1969
Medal, Atlanta Airport, W.B. Hartsfield, EM-1, undated
Medal, Democratic National Convention, Honorary Assistant Vice President,
1952
Medal, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Delegate Grand Aerie Convention, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, July 26-29, 1956
Medal, Sanders, Carl, Governor Inauguration, State of Georgia, 1963
Medallion, German-American Club, Heidelberg, 1937
Membership card, Red Garter, New York City, expiration June 30, 1971
Nail file, Cravey, Zack D, Comptroller General and Insurance Commissioner,
undated
Nail file, Davis, James C, Congressman 5th District, [1959-1963]
Nail file, Lanier, William L "Bill," Commissioner of Agriculture, undated
Nail file, Stephens, Jack, Senator 36th District, undated
Nail file, Summers, Jack, Alderman 7th Ward, 1957
Nail file, Whitman, Senator, undated
Name tag, unidentified event, undated (8)
Name tag, American Cotton Shippers Association, 37th annual convention, April
28-29, 1961
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68
7
68
7
68
68
7
7
68
7
68
68
7
7
68
7
68
7
68
7
68
68
68
7
7
7
68
68
7
8
68
8
68
68
8
8
68
68
68
68
68
8
8
8
8
8
68
8
68
68
68
9
10
11
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Name tag, American Municipal Congress, Miami, Florida, November 27-30,
1955
Name tag, American Municipal Congress, St. Louis, Missouri, September 25-28,
1956
Name tag, American Transit Association, undated
Name tag, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, 43rd annual
convention, Atlanta, April 15-16, 1957
Name tag, Building Owners and Managers Association, Nashville, Tennessee,
March 12-15, 1955
Name tag, Congress of Cities, Detroit, Michigan, July 24-28, 1965
Name tag, Delta C and S, First Inter-Continental DC-7 Flight, "Royal Caribe,"
April 1-2, 1955
Name tag, Georgia Independent Oilmen's Association, Atlanta, September 21-22,
1955
Name tag, Georgia Municipal Association, 23rd annual convention, Atlanta,
October 22-24, 1956
Name tag, Georgia Municipal Association, 25th annual convention, "Vice
President, 5th district," Atlanta, July 20-22, 1958
Name tag, Golden Falcon inaugural flight (Eastern Airlines), [1955]
Name tag, Home Entertainment, "Mrs. W.B. Hartsfield," 1968
Name tag, International Union of Local Authorities, XVI Congress, Brussels,
1963
Name tag, "Mayor Emeritus," City of Atlanta, undated
Name tag, Moose 67th International Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
August 28-September 1, 1955
Name tag, Moose 68th International Convention, Brantford, Ontario, Canada,
August 19-23, 1956
Name tag, Petroleum Association of Georgia, Atlanta, undated
Name tag, Shrine Directors Association, 37th Annual Convention, Atlanta,
March 28-31, 1955
Name tag, Six Flags Over Georgia, undated
Name tag, Southeastern Fair Association, undated
Name tag, Touchdown Club of Atlanta, Inc., undated
Name tag, United States Air Force Academy, undated
Name tag, United States Conference of Mayors, annual conference, May 19-21,
1955
Name tag, United States Conference of Mayors, annual conference, June 12-14,
1961
Oreno token, "Fish and feel fit," South Bend, Indiana, undated
Paper weight, Oglethorpe University, "Law Day," April 29, 1977
Pen, Mackay, James, Member of Congress, 4th District, undated
50
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68
11
69
69
69
69
69
69
71
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
71
71
-
71
71
71
69
69
69
69
2
3
4
5
69
69
69
69
69
5
5
5
5
5
69
69
69
69
5
5
5
6
69
69
69
6
6
6
69
6
69
69
6
6
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Pen, President-White House [possibly used in signing of the 1964 Civil Rights
Bill], undated
Pin, Fujita, undated
Pin, Inauguration of President W.V.S. Tubman, Monrovia, Liberia, 1956
Pin, Independence Day, July 26, 1958
Pin, Kennedy, Johnson, (John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson), 1960
Pin, US Marines Corps, Honorable Discharge, undated
Pin, World's Fair, USSR Expo, 1967
Plaque, Abe Goldstein Human Relations Award, Atlanta Division AntiDefamation League, October 15, 1966
Plaque, Citizenship Award, Atlanta Metropolitan Civitan Council, 1962
Plaque, Future Homemakers of America, "In appreciation of interest and
support," 1945-1967
Plaque, Key to the City, Washington, DC, undated
Plaque, Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, undated
Plaque, State of Israel Bond Organization, November 8, 1958
Printer's blocks, undated
Quiniela ticket, Broward KC, January 1, 1958
Replica coin, Sommer Islands [Bermuda], undated
Ribbon, American Municipal Association, 30th annual conference, "President,"
New Orleans, Louisiana, November 29- December 2, 1953
Ribbon, American Municipal Association, "Past President," 1960
Ribbon, American Municipal Association, "Past President," 1961
Ribbon, Battery A Bradley's Indians, undated
Ribbon, "Committee," undated
Ribbon, Georgia AFL-CIO, 4th annual convention, Atlanta, "Guest," May 18-20,
1960
Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Member," Atlanta, 1965
Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Member," Atlanta, 1967
Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Guest," Atlanta, 1967
Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Official"- President, Atlanta,
1968
Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Member," Atlanta, 1969
Ribbon, Georgia Association of Agricultural Fairs, "Member," Atlanta, 1970
Ribbon, Georgia State Federation National Federation Post Office Clerks,
Atlanta, June 4-6, 1953
Ribbon, Municipal Association of South Carolina, "President, American
Municipal Association," undated
Ribbon, National League of Cities, 47th Congress of Cities, "Atlanta," undated
Ribbon, Stationers Credit Conference, Atlanta, April 21-23, 1954
51
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69
6
69
6
69
69
69
70
70
70
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70
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70
70
70
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70
70
70
70
70
70
7
8
9
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
5
6
7
7
7
7
7
8
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Ribbon, Veterans of World War I, 7th annual Georgia state convention, "Carl
Bedenbaugh," Athens, Georgia, August 2-4, 1963
Ribbon, Veterans of World War I, 10th annual Georgia state convention,
"Delegate Carl Bedenbaugh," Savannah, Georgia, June 3-5, 1966
Ribbon tie, Yaarab Atlanta, undated
Ruler, "Golden Rule," Simmons Plating Works Atlanta, undated
Seal, Bonn, Germany, undated
Stickers, airlines (12) [circa 1950s-1960s]
Stickers, hotels, (2) [circa 1950s-1960s]
String tie, "Kennedy for President," (John F. Kennedy), 1960
Thimble, Charlie Brown for Mayor, [1949, 1953]
Thimble, Jack Towns for County Commissioner, [1949-1952]
Ticket, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, July 1952
Ticket, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, August 1956
Ticket, Minneapolis, Minnesota, "to friendly hospitality," August 25, 1953
Tie clip, State of Georgia, Lester Maddox, undated
Visitor Badge, NASA, launch of Apollo 12, November 14, 1969
Visitor pass, Georgia House of Representatives, 1970 session
Visitor pass, United States Senate Chamber, July 23, 1958
Visitor pass, United States Senate Chamber, April 4, 1960
Visitor pass, The Vatican, March 10, 1950
Visitor pass, The White House, December 14, 1953
Wooden Nickel, First Baptist Church Library Reading Club, Atlanta, 1967
52
William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Series 10
Moses Cox files, 1946-1954
Boxes 72-78
Scope and Content Note
This series contains subject files and correspondence belonging to Moses Cox from 1946-1954.
The series contains very little material directly to or from Hartsfield. Cox was associated with
the Georgia State Highway Department and the American Society of Civil Engineers and
involved in Atlanta roadway planning and construction during the Hartsfield administration
from the 1920s through the 1960s. Correspondence, memorandums, cost estimates, reports,
and plans document parking, traffic, roadway planning and construction. Federal funding for
roadway construction, safety reports, and bond commission activity, the Atlanta Expressway,
land purchases for roadway development, and water services for new roadways are all topics
covered in this series. The secretarial files are Cox's correspondence, organized by last name,
from his time as secretary of the Joint Bond Commission.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in alphabetical order.
Alphabetical files
Box
Folder
Content
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
72
73
73
73
73
73
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
73
6
74
1
74
2
Atlanta Traffic Commission, 1950-1953
Chicago Transportation trip
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, 1926-1930
Construction estimates, undated - 1953
Donaldson, Clark, correspondence, 1947-1950
Duvall, W.O., correspondence, 1947-1953
Expressway, correspondence, 1947-1954
Expressway, reports and estimates, 1946-1954
Georgia Better Roads Committee, 1952-1953
Georgia Turnpike Authority, December 1951 - January 1952
Georgia Turnpike Authority, February 1952 - April 1952
Georgia Turnpike Authority, May 1952 - August 1953
Greater Atlanta Traffic Improvement Association, 1948-1954
I-485
Joint Bond Commission, correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, May 1947 July 1949
Joint Bond Commission, correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, August
1949 - May 1952
Joint Bond Commission, correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, June 1952 December 1953
Joint Bond Commission, minutes, May 8, 1947 - November 30, 1948
53
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74
74
74
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
76
76
76
76
76
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
2
3
4
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Joint Bond Commission, minutes, February 1, 1949 - April 20, 1954
Joint Bond Commission, minutes, May 8, 1954 - December 17, 1956
Land Agent, annual reports, 1948, 1949, 1951
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1947-1957
Municipal Planning Board, 1953
Neely, Frank, correspondence, 1947-1953
Parking, correspondence 1948-1951
Parking, plans
State Highway Department, correspondence, 1947-1949
State Highway Department, correspondence, 1950-1951
State Highway Department, correspondence, 1952-1953
State Highway Department, legislative, 1947-1952
State Highway Department, financial, 1946-1950
State Highway Department, safety, 1950
State Highway Department, plans and development, 1947-July 1949
State Highway Department, plans and development, August 1949-1953
Torras, R.W., correspondence
Traffic, 1948-1968
Water Works, 1949-1953
Correspondence
75
6
B, 1946-1953
75
7
C, 1947-1952
76
8
C, 1953
76
9
D, 1947-1953
76
10
E, 1947-1951
76
11
F,1947-1953
77
1
G, 1947-1953
77
2
H, 1947-1953
77
3
L, 1948-1953
77
4
M, 1947-1953
77
5
N, 1947-1953
77
6
O, 1947-1949
77
7
P, 1947-1954
77
8
R, 1947-1953
78
1
S, 1947-1953
78
2
T, 1948-1954
78
3
U, 1948-1950
78
4
W, 1947-1953
54
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Manuscript Collection No. 558
Series 11
Audiovisual materials, 1960, 1971
Box 79
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of audiovisual material related to Hartsfield. The series contains two items:
an audio recording of the 1971 Shining Light Award originally broadcast of WSB radio and a
film of Hartsfield's retirement from politics in 1960.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order.
Restrictions on Access
Use copies have not been made for all of the audiovisual series at this time. Researchers must
contact the Rose Library in advance for access to these materials.
Box
Folder
AV1 -
AV1 -
Content
Hartsfield retirement announcement and Atlanta desegregation statement, (film),
June 1960
[Digital/digitized copy available in the Reading Room: id pnv7j]
Shining Light Award Ceremonies, honoring William B. Hartsfield, WSB Radio,
June 8, 1971
[Digital/digitized copy available in the Reading Room: id bcbcn]
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William Berry Hartsfield papers, circa 1860s-1983
Manuscript Collection No. 558
Index of Selected Correspondents
Correspondence with prominent local citizens, local, state and national politicians, Atlanta
business leaders, and other well-known personalities is indexed here. Correspondence from
Series 1: Personal Papers, Series 2:Correspondence, Series 3: Election files, Series 4: Subject
Files, and Series 6: Personal Business files have been indexed. Index is to series or subseries
number, folder title (if needed), and date. Please refer to the complete finding aid for box and
folder number.
This is not an index to all correspondents represented in this collection. Indexed items include
correspondence from particular individuals. Other materials (newspaper clippings, photographs)
relating to the same individual have not been included.
Abram, Morris B.
Series 2 - December 6, 1962, December 8, 1962, January 7, 1963, May 17, 1966, October 8,
1968, October 17, 1968
Series 4 - WLWA television station: August 13, 1962
Acheson, Dean
Series 2 - July 2, 1968
Agnew, Spiro T.
Series 2 - October 31, 1969
Allen, Ivan Ernest
Series 2 - March 2, 1946, March 1, 1949, March 4, 1949
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 1-14, 1949, September 10, 1949
Allen, Ivan Ernest, Jr.
Series 2 - February 28, 1945, December 21, 1961, December 28, 1961, October 2, 1962,
November 15, 1968, December 26, 1967, April 25, 1968, November 15, 1968, January 8,
1969, August 28, 1969, September 16, 1970
Series 4 - International Union of Local Authorities, Brussels, 1963: June 7, 1963
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs
Series 2 - August 8, 1942, September 28, 1942, February 1, 1966, August 1, 1966, September 12,
1966
Atwood, Sanford Soverhill
Series 2 - November 14, 1969
Bowden, Henry L.
Series 2 - November 8, 1962, April 8, 1966, July 15, 1969, June 18, 1970
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 15-17, 1949, September 8, 1949
[attached to September 17, 1949]
Series 4 - Lanhart Laundries, Inc.: February 14, 1959, March 23, 1959, February 10, 1960,
December 14, 1960, January 13, 1961
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Series 5 - Interview with Hartsfield, transcript, sit-ins of the 1960s: January 6, 1966, May 4,
1971, May 13, 1971, July 17, 1972, October 18, 1973, November 13, 1973
Brown, Charlie
Series 2 - September 5, 1958
Buckley, William F.
Series 2 - January 22, 1968
Bullard, Helen
Series 2 - September 8, 1949, September 12, 1949, April 28, 1953, July 18, 1958, July 28, 1958,
April 4, 1969
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, campaign memoranda and correspondence: July 21, 1949,
August 1, 1949 (2), August 2, 1949, August 17, 1949 (2), undated August 1949, August 22,
1949, August 24, 1949, August 31, 1949 (3), September 13, 1949, undated (15)
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: August 21-29, 1949, August 24, 1949,
September 1-14, 1949, September 8, 1949, September 15-17, 1949, September 9, 1949
[attached to September 16, 1949 reply]
Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence: April 1-15, 1957, April 2, 1957 (2), March
27, 1957 [attached to April 8, 1957 letter to Earl Mann], April 16-30, 1957, April 25, 1957 (2)
May 21-30, 1957, May 28,1957
Callaway, Cason Jewell
Series 2 - November 20, 1951
Camp, Sidney L.
Series 2 - January 11, 1950, January 12, 1950
Series 6 - Mintz Talc Lease (Marble, N.C.): September 4, 1953
Candler, Charles Howard
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 1-14, 1949, September 10, 1949
Carmichael, James Vinson
Series 2 - July 29, 1943, August 14, 1943, August 25, 1953, August 28, 1953, July 15, 1960
Corman, James C.
Series 2 - September 1, 1961, September 6, 1961
Cox, Edward Eugene
Series 2 - January 6, 1945
Davis, James Curran
Series 2 - January 18, 1949, January 11, 1950, January 21, 1950
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 4, 1949,
April 30, 1949, May 18, 1949
DeHavilland, Olivia
Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: 1950; 1961-1968, March 16, 1961
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Dies, Martin
Series 2 - March 13, 1944
Dobbs, John Wesley
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 1-14, 1949, September 6, 1949 (2),
September 15-17, 1949, September 15, 1949
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Series 2- October 20, 1958, July 5, 1960
Series 4 - Hartsfield International Airport, correspondence: August 1943-October 1969, July 5,
1960
Friendly, Fred
Series 2 - August 31, 1961
Gambrell, David H., 1929
Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan, June 30, 1971
George, Walter Franklin
Series 2 - November 17, 1941, February 4, 1942, February 7, 1942, March 13, 1944, April 14,
1949, January 16, 1950, February 2, 1950, February 9, 1950, February 16, 1950
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 20, 1949
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 7, 1949,
April 14, 1949
Series 4 - Europe Trip with U.S. Mayoral Party, 1950: February 10, 1950
Series 6 - Mintz Talc Lease (Marble, N.C.), Serpentine Rock: September 4, 1953; December 20,
1941
Green, Cooper
Series 3 - 1945 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 12, 1945, September 19, 1949 (3)
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: March 31,
1949, April 27, 1949, May 25, 1949
Griffin, Marvin
Series 2 - January 3, 1950
Hassett, William D.
Series 2 - June 26, 1945
Hixon, Curtis
Series 2 - August 16, 1946, August 19, 1946
Hodges, Luther Hartwell
Series 2 - February 8, 1961
Hooper, Frank A. Jr.
Series 2 - October 25, 1945
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Hoover, John Edgar
Series 2 - September 19, 1941, September 22, 1941, June 13, 1946, June 14, 1946), December 4,
1970
Humphrey, Hubert Horatio
Series 2 - April 10, 1968, December 20, 1968
Jackson, Maynard Holbrook, 1938
Series 1 - Family correspondence: Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan 1974-1977: June 30, 1975
Jenkins, Herbert T.
Series 2 - October 13, 1949, January 2, 1952, January 11, 1952, April 21, 1953
Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, June-July 1957, June 20, 1957
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Series 2 - January 30, 1961
Series 4 - Civil Rights Bill, July 2, 1964
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 25,
1949
Jones, H.O.
Series 2 - June 5, 1946
Kefauver, Estes
Series 2 - March 20, 1963
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 13,
1949
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
Series 2 - February 10, 1961, February 15, 1961, May 3, 1961, June 23, 1961, February 12,
1963, August 12, 1963
Series 4 - Hartsfield International Airport, correspondence: August 1943-October 1969, May 3,
1961
Kennedy, Robert F.
Series 2 - January 6, 1964, October 13, 1967
Keyes, Evelyn
Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: December 1939-April 1940, April 4, 1940
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Series 2 - March 15, 1965
Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence: May 22-23, 1953, May 23, 1953
Kurtz, Wilbur George
Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: July 18, 1939 [located with Hartsfield’s July 27
reply], July 27, 1939
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Kyser, Kay
Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: April 4, 1940
La Guardia, Fiorella Henry
Series 2 - December 15, 1941
Lance, Thomas Bertram
Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan: November 24, 1975
Landrum, Phillip Mitchell
Series 2 - September 11, 1967
Leigh, Vivien
Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: January 9, 1940
Levitas, Elliott H.
Series 4 - Standard Time Bill: February 10, 1967
Locke, Edwin A., Jr.
Series 2 - October 4, 1946, December 27, 1946
Lombard, Carole [Gable]
Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: April 3, 1940
Lyle, George B.
Series 2 - April 28, 1942
Mackay, James A.
Series 2 - May 27, 1966
Maddox, Lester
Series 2 - April 19, 1968, December 18, 1968, January 2, 1969, January 13, 1969
Series 6 - Georgia Department of Mines, Mining and Geology: January 27, 1967
Maddox, Robert Foster
Series 2 - April 4, 1961, September 18, 1961, January 2, 1962
Series 3- 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 15-17, September 16, 1949 (2)
Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, April 8-25, 1953, April 25, 1953 (2), May
1-11, May 2, 1953 (2), May 8, 1953
Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, March 1957, March 26, 1957 (2), May 13,
1957 (2)
Series 4 - Atlanta's Centennial Celebration (1948): March 24, 1948
Series 4 - Fortune Magazine, "Best Mayors" article: October 29, 1957
Mankin, Helen Douglas
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence, September 15-17, 1949, September 15, 1949
Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 16-18, 1953, May 18, 1953 (2)
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Massell, Sam
Series 2 - December 23, 1969, March 1, 1971, March 8, 1971
Mays, Benjamin Elijah
Series 2 - July 26, 1969
McGill, Ralph Emerson
Series 2 - April 5, 1944, September 22, 1945, August 9, 1948, January 28, 1949, August 4, 1949,
November 2, 1953, November 5, 1953
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: August 1-20, 1949, August 5, 1949 (2)
Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence: April 1-15, 1957, April 8, 1957
Series 4 - Fluoridation, correspondence: December 5, 1961
McKellar, Kenneth
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 12,
1949, April 15, 1949, April 20, 1949
Millican, Everett
Series 2 - July 7, 1944, November 13, 1948, August 26, 1949, February 26, 1950, December 17,
1959, December 29, 1959, December 29, 1959, January 4, 1960, January 29, 1960
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: August 21, 29, 1949, August 23, 1949,
August 24, 1949 (3), August 25, 1949 (4), August 26, 1949, August 27, 1949, August 29, 1949
(2) September 1-14, 1949, September 3, 1949 (4), September 4, 1949, September 7, 1949,
September 8, 1949, September 9, 1949, September 15-17, 1949, September 15, 1949
Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, April 8-25, 1953, April 14, 1953, April 24,
1953
Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 15, 1957
Morrison, DeLesseps Story
Series 2 - April 13, 1951, April 17, 1951, April 30, 1951, December 29, 1952, January 5, 1953,
December 8, 1953
Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 19-21, 1953, May 20, 1953 (2)
Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 13, 1957
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 16,
1949
Nixon, Richard Milhous
Series 2 - May 7, 1968, October 15, 1969
Olivier, Laurence
Series 2 - July 19, 1947
Owens, Frank C.
Series 2 - September 17, 1946
Ramspeck, Robert
Series 2 - March 14, 1941, July 27. 1942
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Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence: May 26-November 31, 1953, May 26, 1953
(2)
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: May 6, 1949
Rayburn, Sam Taliaferro
Series 2 - January 31, 1961
Rich, Richard H.
Series 2 - June 17, 1957
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence: September 19, 1949 (2)
Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence: April 8-25, 1953, April 14, 1953
Series 4 - Atlanta Arts Alliance: January 18, 1966, January 28, 1966
Series 4 - Europe Trip with U.S. Mayoral Party, 1950: February 17, 1950
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon
Series 2 - December 25, 1945, August 23, 1947, December 25, 1947, December 25, 1951
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence, September 23-30, 1949, September 23, 1949
(2)
Robinson, Francis
Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan: June 7, 1971; August 26, 1971, June
17, 1975
Robert, "Chip" Lawrence Wood
Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan: June 9, 1971
Series 2 - January 5, 1949, October 13, 1949, November 7, 1949, February 21, 1951, March 21,
1951, May 14, 1951, May 17, 1951, June 28, 1951, August 8, 1951, October 24, 1951, October
27, 1959, November 2, 1961, October 12, 1962, August 18, 1965, January 3, 1968, September
11, 1970, undated (5)
Series 3 - 1949 Mayoral election, correspondence, August 21-19, 1949, August 22, 1949,
September 1-14, 1949, September 8, 1949, September 20, 1949;
Series 3 - 1953 Mayoral election, correspondence, April 26-30, 1953, April 27, 1953, May
12-15, May 13, 1953, May 15, 1953, May 19-21, 1953, May 20, 1953
Series 3 - 1957 Mayoral election, correspondence, May 13, 1957 (2)
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 1, 1949
Rockefeller, John Davison III
Series 4 - Desegregation, correspondence, October 26, 1961
Series 4 - Rockefeller Brothers Fund: Performing Arts Panel: September 19, 1963, October 2,
1963, May 1, 1964, October 15, 1964
Rockefeller, Laurance S.
Series 4 - Rockefeller Brothers Fund: Performing Arts Panel: August 31, 1967
Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich
Series 2 - June 12, 1962, September 5, 1962
Rusk, Dean
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Series 2 - December 30, 1960
Russell, Richard Brevard
Series 2 - January 12, 1950, January 16, 1950, March 15, 1966, December 15, 1967, March
27, 1968, December 23, 1968, June 10, 1969, July 14, 1969, July 15, 1969, July 24, 1969,
December 26, 1969, May 13, 1970, October 5, 1970, November 19, 1970, January 11, 1971
Series 6 - Serpentine Rock: December 22, 1941
Schiro, Victor Hugo
Series 2 - January 15, 1965
Selznick, David 0.
Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: February 9, 1939, July 17, 1939, July 18, 1939,
July 24, 1939, July 26, 1939, December 18, 1939, January 3, 1940, January 22, 1940, January
24, 1961, December 28, 1961
Slaton, John Marshall
Series 2 - June 6, 1955
Steelman, John Roy
Series 2 - December 18, 1951, December 25, 1951
Strickling, Howard
Series 4 - Gone With the Wind, correspondence: January 11, 1940, January 11, 1962
Talmadge, Herman Eugene
Series 2 - July 30, 1934, August 19, 1941, January 4, 1949, August 10, 1967, August 10, 1967,
March 27, 1968, April 8, 1968, April 12, 1968, January 27, 1969, May 13, 1970 (2)
Series 4 - Southeastern Fair Association, correspondence: September 25, 1970
Series 4 - Standard Time Bill: February 24, 1967
Series 6 - Georgia Lightweight Aggregate Company: March 5, 1952
Thompson, Fletcher
Series 2 - July 30, 1969, August 4, 1969
Vinson, Carl
Series 4 - Commerce Department: Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, candidacy: April 13,
1949, April 15, 1949
Walden, A. T.
Series 2 - April 14, 1953, April 23, 1953
Walker, Prentiss
Series 2 - April 22, 1965
Weltner, Charles Longstreet
Series 2 - May 16, 1963
Series 4 - Chattahoochee River Project: March 6, 1963, January 24, 1964
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Whitehead, Frank C.
Series 2 - September 13, 1946
Wood, John S.
Series 2 - January 31, 1946, February 4, 1946, February 7, 1946, February 11, 1946, February
19, 1946
Woodruff, Robert Winship
Series 1 - Family correspondence, Hartsfield, Tollie Tolan: December 11, 1972, December 21,
1972
Series 2 - February 28, 1948, August 22, 1948, September 15, 1948, May 5, 1959, December 25,
1961, October 2, 1962, February 26, 1966, February 26, 1966, April 14, 1967, May 23, 1968,
December 20, 1969, December 12, 1969, December 6, 1970
Series 4 - Coca-Cola Company: January 31, 1962
Series 6 - Phosphates: April 18, 1966
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