- Title:
- Grace Towns Hamilton papers
- Date of Original:
- 1910/1984
- Subject:
- African American families
African Americans--Education
African Americans--Politics and government
African American women
African American women politicians - People:
- Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
maps (documents) - Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) was a civic leader and Georgia General Assembly member. She is known as the first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly. She represented the Vine City area of Atlanta in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1965 to 1984. Maps in the collection span from 1960 to 1981 with the bulk of the material from 1963 to 1975. They consist of Atlanta Neighborhoods, Atlanta Congressional Districts, Georgia counties, and election precincts of Fulton County, GA. Images in the collection span from 1910 to 1984 with the majority of materials from 1910 to 1930. They consist of Hamilton’s family, childhood, and individual portraits.
- Metadata URL:
- https://radar.auctr.edu/islandora/object/auc.152%3A9999
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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