ATLANTA DAILY WORLD, INC.
Atlanta Daily World records, 1931-1996
Atlanta Daily World records, 1931-1996
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8xxs3
Collection Stored Off-Site
All or portions of this collection are housed off-site. Materials can still be requested but researchers should expect a delay of up to two business days for retrieval.
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Atlanta Daily World, Inc. |
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Title: | Atlanta Daily World records, 1931-1996 |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 1092 |
Extent: | 34 linear ft. (34 boxes) and 151 oversized bound volumes (OBV) |
Abstract: | Records of Atlanta Daily World, Inc., an Atlanta African American newspaper company, including financial records, correspondence, and printed material. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Collection stored off-site. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance to access this collection.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Related Materials in This Repository
Atlanta Daily World photograph collection
Source
Purchase, 2008.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Atlanta Daily World records, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Processing
Unprocessed collection.
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Collection Description
Historical Note
The Atlanta Daily World is an African American newspaper founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1928 by W.A. Scott II. The newspaper began as the Atlanta World and was published weekly for the first four years. In 1932, it began to be published daily and its name was changed Atlanta Daily World. In 1934, after W.A. Scott's death, his brother, Cornelius Adolphus Scott took over the business. C.A. Scott served as the editor and publisher of the Atlanta Daily World for 63 years, until his niece M. Alexis Scott assumed that responsibility in 1997. In 1931, the Scott family established the Southern Newspaper Syndicate, and began printing additional black-owned newspapers across the nation. In addition, the company owned and published the Memphis World and the Birmingham World up until 1970 and 1987, respectively.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the records of Atlanta Daily World, Inc. from 1931-2005. The majority of the collection consists of the financial records of the company, including advertising records, 1934-1996, cash receipt ledgers, 1931-1994, cash payment/check register ledgers, 1935-1995 and payroll register ledgers, 1949-1970. The records encompass all aspects of the company's business and financial dealings, including the syndicate operations and the Memphis World and the Birmingham World papers. The collection also includes some correspondence and other financial records that document the company's activities.
Arrangement Note
Unprocessed collection; preliminary inventory available.
Selected Search Terms
Uniform Title
Personal Names
Topical Terms
- African American businesspeople--Georgia.
- African American editors--Georgia.
- African American newspapers--Georgia.
- African American press--Georgia.
Geographic Names
Form/Genre Terms
Container List
Advertising records | ||
Box | Folder | Content |
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1 | 1934 June - 1935 October; 1939-1940, 1948 (3 volumes) | |
2 | 1949-1951 (3 volumes) | |
3 | 1952-1953 (2 volumes) | |
4 | 1954-1955 (2 volumes) | |
5 | 1956-1957 (2 volumes) | |
6 | 1958-1959 (2 volumes) | |
7 | 1960-1961 (2 volumes) | |
8 | 1963-1964 (2 volumes) | |
9 | 1965-1966 (2 volumes) | |
10 | 1967-1968 (2 volumes) | |
11 | 1969-1970 (2 volumes) | |
12 | 1971-1972 (2 volumes) | |
13 | 1972-1975 (3 volumes) | |
14 | 1975-1977 (3 volumes) | |
15 | 1978-1980 (3 volumes) | |
16 | 1981, 1987-1988 (3 volumes) | |
17 | 1988-1990, 1993-1996 (4 volumes) | |
18 | loose ledger sheets | |
Receipt books [these records were kept to supplement missing Cash payments/Check registers) | ||
19 | 1940 October 23 - November 15 | |
19 | 1940 November 15 - December 10 | |
19 | 1956 April 4 - July 29 | |
19 | 1968 March 4-22 | |
19 | 1968 October 17-November 5 | |
19 | 1968 November 27 - December 19 | |
19 | 1969 November 14 - December 11 | |
Christmas Cheer Fund | ||
19 | 1969-1973 | |
19 | 1975-1978 | |
Other records | ||
20 | Circulation record, circa 1961-1985 | |
20 | Audit Bureau of Circulations, April-October 1933 | |
21 | Misc. ledgers: bad debt, distribution of legatees (1936-1941), general ledger 1959 | |
22 | Correspondence, 1950s | |
23 | Correspondence, 1950s-1960s | |
24 | Correspondence, C.A. Scott | |
25 | Correspondence, C.A. Scott | |
26 | Correspondence, C.A. Scott | |
27 | Tax records, 1940s-1950s | |
28 | Financial, 1950s-2000s | |
29-30 | Memphis World cancelled checks, ca. 1960-1971 | |
31 | Financial/Taxes, 1960s-1970s | |
32 | Printed material | |
33 | Printed materials/newspapers | |
34 | Printed material | |
Cash receipts, 1931-1995 | ||
OBV1 | 1931 February-October | |
OBV2 | 1932 April-August | |
OBV3 | 1932 August-September | |
OBV4 | 1934 February-September | |
OBV5 | 1934 October-1935 May | |
OBV6 | 1935 June-1936 February | |
OBV7 | 1936 February-October | |
OBV8 | 1936 October-1937 May | |
OBV9 | 1937 June-December | |
OBV10 | 1938 January-August | |
OBV11 | 1938 August-1939 March | |
OBV12 | 1939 April-October | |
OBV13 | 1939 October-1940 May | |
OBV14 | 1940 May-November | |
OBV15 | 1941 May-December | |
OBV16 | 1941 December-1942 July | |
OBV17 | 1942 July-October | |
OBV18 | 1942 October-1932 April | |
OBV19 | 1943 April-October | |
OBV20 | 1943 October-1944 April | |
OBV21 | 1944 April-September | |
OBV22 | 1944 September-1945 February | |
OBV23 | 1945 February-July | |
OBV24 | 1945 July-November | |
OBV25 | 1945 November-1946 May | |
OBV26 | 1946 May-September | |
OBV27 | 1946 August-1947 February | |
OBV28 | 1947 February-July | |
OBV29 | 1947 August-December | |
OBV30 | 1947 December-1948 June | |
OBV31 | 1948 June-October | |
OBV32 | 1948 October-1949 April | |
OBV33 | 1949 April-September | |
OBV34 | 1949 September-1950 March | |
OBV35 | 1950 March-September | |
OBV36 | 1950 September-1951 February | |
OBV37 | 1951 February-1951 August | |
OBV38 | 1951 August-1952 January | |
OBV39 | 1952 February-July | |
OBV40 | 1952 July-December | |
OBV41 | 1952 December-1953 June | |
OBV42 | 1953 June-November | |
OBV43 | 1953 November-1954 May | |
OBV44 | 1954 May-October | |
OBV45 | 1954 October-1955 March | |
OBV46 | 1955 April-September | |
OBV47 | 1955 September-1956 February | |
OBV48 | 1956 February-July | |
OBV49 | 1956 July-1957 January | |
OBV50 | 1957 January-June | |
OBV51 | 1957 June-December | |
OBV52 | 1957 December-1958 May | |
OBV53 | 1958 May-October | |
OBV54 | 1958 October-1959 April | |
OBV55 | 1959 April-September | |
OBV56 | 1959 September-1960 February | |
OBV57 | 1960 February-August | |
OBV58 | 1960 Augut-1961 January | |
OBV59 | 1961 January-June | |
OBV60 | 1961 June- November | |
OBV61 | 1961 November-1962 April | |
OBV62 | 1962 April-September | |
OBV63 | 1962 September-1963 February | |
OBV64 | 1963 February-July | |
OBV65 | 1963 July-December | |
OBV66 | 1963 December-1964 April | |
OBV67 | 1964 May-September | |
OBV68 | 1964 September-1965 February | |
OBV69 | 1965 February-July | |
OBV70 | 1965 July-December | |
OBV71 | 1965 December-1966 May | |
OBV72 | 1966 May-November | |
OBV73 | 1966 November-1967 May | |
OBV74 | 1968 April-September | |
OBV75 | 1969 March-October | |
OBV76 | 1970 June-1971 January | |
OBV77 | 1971 January-December | |
OBV78 | 1971 September-1972 May | |
OBV79 | 1972 May-1973 January | |
OBV80 | 1973 January-October | |
OBV81 | 1973 October-1974 August | |
OBV82 | 1974 August-1975 July | |
OBV83 | 1975 July-1976 June | |
OBV149 | 1976 July-1977 June | |
OBV84 | 1977 June-December | |
OBV85 | 1977 December-1978 July | |
OBV86 | 1978 July-1979 January | |
OBV87 | 1979 January-July | |
OBV88 | 1979 July-1980 February | |
OBV89 | 1980 February-September | |
OBV90 | 1980 September-1981 April | |
OBV91 | 1981-April-November | |
OBV92 | 1981 November-1982 June | |
OBV93 | 1982 June-1983 January | |
OBV94 | 1983 February-September | |
OBV95 | 1983 September-1984 May | |
OBV96 | 1984 May-December | |
OBV97 | 1985 January-August | |
OBV98 | 1985 August-1986 April | |
OBV99 | 1986 April-1987 February | |
OBV100 | 1987 February-October | |
OBV101 | 1987 October-1988 June | |
OBV102 | 1988 June-1989 February | |
OBV103 | 1989 February-September | |
OBV104 | 1989 October-1990 June | |
OBV105 | 1990 June-1991 March | |
OBV106 | 1991 April-December | |
OBV107 | 1991 December-1992 September | |
OBV150 | 1992 September-1993 August | |
OBV108 | 1993 August-1994 September | |
OBV109 | 1994 September-1995 March | |
Cash payments/Check registers, 1935-1995 | ||
OBV110 | 1935 June - 1936 November | |
OBV111 | 1936 November - 1938 June | |
OBV112 | 1938 July - 1940 February | |
OBV113 | 1940 February - 1941 September | |
OBV114 | 1941 October - 1943 June | |
OBV115 | 1943 June - 1944 March | |
OBV116 | 1944 April-1945 December | |
OBV117 | 1946 January-1947 July | |
OBV118 | 1947 July-1948 December | |
OBV119 | 1948 December-1951 June | |
OBV120 | 1951 June-1954 August | |
OBV121 | 1958 January-1961 March | |
OBV122 | 1961 March-1964 March | |
OBV123 | 1964 April-1967 March | |
OBV124 | 1967 April-1971 March | |
OBV125 | 1971 March-1975 September | |
OBV126 | 1975 October-1978 April | |
OBV127 | 1978 May-1980 December | |
OBV128 | 1980 January-1983 November | |
OBV129 | 1983 November-1986 October | |
OBV151 | 1986 November-May 1989 | |
OBV130 | 1989 June-1992 April | |
OBV131 | 1992 April-1995 December | |
Voucher registers, 1935-1944 | ||
OBV132 | 1935 April-1937 January | |
OBV133 | 1937 February-1939 October | |
OBV134 | 1939 November-1942 April | |
OBV135 | 1942 May-1944 February | |
Scott Newspaper Service [syndicating service] | ||
OBV136 | 1935 | |
OBV137 | 1936 | |
OBV138 | 1937 | |
Payroll | ||
OBV139 | 1950-1953 | |
OBV140 | 1954-1957 | |
Payroll registers, 1949-1970 | ||
OBV141 | 1949-1953 | |
OBV142 | 1953 December-1956 August | |
OBV143 | 1955-1968 | |
OBV144 | 1956-1959 | |
OBV145 | 1962-1964 | |
OBV146 | 1965-1970 | |
Loans | ||
OBV147 | 1962-1964 | |
Circulation | ||
OBV148 | 1960s |