Lemon Street, Marietta, Georgia Collection, 1951-2004
Content Description
The collection consists of five photographic prints and a calendar with photographic reproductions documenting African American life on historic Lemon Street, located near downtown Marietta, Georgia. The calendar contains contains photographic reproductions of students and teachers who attended the Lemon Street School, circa 1940s-1950s, and the photographic prints include a class picture, the first babies born in Fort Hill Homes, and two social events.
Dates
- 1951, 1967, 2004, undated
Creator
- Myers, Roy (collector) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
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Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material must be secured from the repository and/or copyright holder.
Biographical or Historical Information
Lemon Street, located near downtown Marietta, Georgia is a historic area for black life. Prior to integration efforts in the 1960s, Lemon Street was home to educational facilities, housing structures, and religious organizations for African Americans. Some of these buildings include Lemon Street Elementary School, Lemon Street High School, the Fort Hill Homes, and the historic Zion Baptist Church. Post-integration, Lemon Street remains a thriving and iconic area for African American life in Marietta.
Extent
0.25 cubic feet (1 document case)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the KSU Archives and Special Collections by Roy Myers in November 20, 2017.
- African American school children -- Georgia -- Marietta Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African American teachers -- Georgia -- Marietta Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Marietta Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans -- Georgia -- Portraits Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Calendars Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marietta (Ga.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographic prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- School children -- 1940-1960 Subject Source: Tgm I
- Social events Subject Source: Saa
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Armando Suarez
- Date
- December 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 2020 July: updated by Maggie Thomas
Repository Details
Part of the Kennesaw State University Archives Repository