William B. Hartsfield collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: William B. Hartsfield collection
Creator: Hartsfield, William Berry
Inclusive Dates: 1893-1981
Language(s): English
Extent: 4.2 Linear Feet 1 document box, 2 half boxes, 2 oversized boxes
Collection Number: ms2303
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

William B. Hartsfield (1890-1971) was a six- term mayor of Atlanta. His parents were Charles Green Hartsfield and Victoria Dagnall Hartsfield of Atlanta. He was educated in the public school system but did not finish high school or attend college. He married Pearl Williams and had two children, William Berry Jr. and Mildred. In 1962 they divorced and hemarried Tollie Bedenbaugh Tolan of Athens, adopting her son, Carl. Hartsfield was elected to the Atlanta City Council and helped establish Atlanta's first airport, which was renamed the William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, and later Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. For more information, see the article William B. Hartsfield in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of photographic material, books and magazines, correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, literary productions, legal documents, and awards related to and authored by William B. Hartsfield. Some of the items included are a series of Airport papers, Hartsfield genealogy, Gone With the Wind movie premiere videotape and film, campaign stickers, birth records, campaign posters, and a collection of William B. Hartsfield's annual messages.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

William B. Hartsfield collection, ms2303, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2010 June 17.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related audiovisual materials from this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/har-ms2303/bmac-coll

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Removed Materials, 1962

Two biographies (one signed) of Robert W. Winfield and one map of metropolitan Atlanta.

 

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Hartsfield Genealogy, 1700

Two birth affidavits, letters, and lineage charts.

 

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Correspondence, 1925-1970

 

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Correspondence, 1971-1981

 

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Miscellaneous Papers, 1953-1971

 

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Annual Messages, 1922-1962

 

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Atlanta Race Relations, 1964-1968

 

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Airport Papers, 1970

 

1	8	Airport Papers, 1970-1975
		Includes a 1970 "Summary Report on Feasibility of Transportation Center at Existing Airport to Serve Second Atlanta Air Carrier Field."

 

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Banquet Programs, 1960-1980

 

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Atlanta\Georgia Election Year Printed Material

 

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Magazines, 1950-1962

 

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Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1946-1959

 

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Miscellaneous Printed Material, 1964-1969

 

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Family photograph

 

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Photographs - Political Engagements, friends, 1940-1976

 

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Miscellaneous Photographs, undated

 

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Southeastern Fair Association, 1963-1970

 

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Commemorative Brochure of the 1969 Apollo XI moon mission, and various newspapers

 

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Various printed printed materials-books, brochures, pamphlets, surveys, 1952

including the collected speeches of Adlai Stevenson