Subseries 4.3
Events,
1909-1984
Boxes 384-386; OP 42-55
Scope and Content Note
The subseries contains photographs of events from 1909 through 1984. It includes Robert W. Woodruff's birthday and wedding celebrations as well as celebrations for his relatives and friends. In addition, this series includes photographs of events relating to Woodruff's service on the board of directors of several companies other than the Coca-Cola Company, including General Electric, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Southern Railway.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order.
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 384 | 1 | Atlanta Journal-New York Herald automobile tour, [1909] |
| 384 | 2 | United States Army White Motor Company truck test, [circa 1917] |
| OP2 | 25 | White Company, Southeast branch managers, Cleveland, Ohio, July 1920 |
| OP2 | 26 | Dinner in honor of "Miss Patterson" and "Mr. Goodrum's" wedding, Biltmore Hotel, New York, February 19, 1926 (Photographer, Drucker & Baltes) |
| OP3 | 1 | Dinner, Biltmore Hotel, New York, September 9, 1927 (Photographer, Drucker & Baltes) |
| 384 | 3 | Woodruff, Ernest and Emily, 50th wedding anniversary, April 22, 1935 (Photographer, The Greenbrier) |
| 384 | 4 | Woodruff, Robert W., and Nell Hodgson Woodruff, 25th wedding anniversary, October 17, 1937 |
| 384 | 5 | Woodruff, Robert W., and Nell Hodgson Woodruff, 25th wedding anniversary tour, October 1937 |
| 384 | 6 | Foxcatcher Hounds Race Meeting, Fair Hill, Maryland, 1937 (Photographer, Morgan Photo Service) |
| 384 | 7 | Foxcatcher Hounds Race Meeting, Fair Hill, Maryland, 1938 |
| 384 | 8 | Woodruff, Robert W., and Nell Hodgson Woodruff, Wedding anniversary, 1938 |
| 384 | 9 | Roy Rogers' funeral, [Baxley, Georgia], February 1939 |
| OP2 | 28 | Woodruff, Robert W., Nell Hodgson Woodruff, Ernest Woodruff, and unidentified at a party, [circa 1930s] |
| 384 | 10 | Woodruff, Ernest, 50th anniversary of Trust Company of Georgia, September 20, 1941 (Photographer, Reeves Studios) |
| 384 | 11 | Strickland, Robert, Fiftieth birthday dinner, Capital City Club, [Atlanta, Georgia], March 1, 1945 |
| 384 | 12 | Woodruff, Jane, Bridal Party, September 3, 1946 |
| 384 | 13 | Emory University, Board of Trustees Meeting, November 8, 1946 (Photographer, News & Publications, Emory University) |
| 384 | 14 | Dinner in honor of Henry Ford, II, Capital City Club, [Atlanta, Georgia], December 9, 1947 |
| 384 | 15 | Woodruff, Robert W., and Nell Hodgson Woodruff, Wedding anniversary, 1947 (Photographer, H.B. Settle) |
| OP2 | 27 | "Citation" winning Belmont Stakes, Elmont, New York, June 12, 1948 |
| 384 | 16 | Woodruff, Robert W., and Nell Hodgson Woodruff, Wedding anniversary, 1948 (Photographer, Chase - Greenbrier Photo) |
| 384 | 17 | Woodruff, Robert W., Birthday, 1949 (Photographer, Reeves Studios) |
| 384 | 18 | [Unidentified] wedding, Robert W. Woodruff, Nell Hodgson Woodruff, Eugene Kelly, Arthur A. Acklin, and Harrison Jones, [circa 1940s] (Photographer, Jay Te Winburn) |
| 384 | 19 | Woodruff, Robert W., and Nell Hodgson Woodruff, Wedding anniversary, [circa 1940s] |
| 384 | 20 | Unidentified event, circa 1940s |
| 384 | 21 | Unidentified dinner, [circa 1940s] |
| 384 | 22 | General Electric Company, Board of Directors meeting, [April 28, 1950] (Photographer, Reeves Studio) |
| 384 | 23 | Lockheed [Aircraft Corporation], Board of Directors' dinner, December 3, 1951 (Photographer, Walton Reeves) [1of 2] |
| 385 | 1 | Lockheed [Aircraft Corporation], Board of Directors' dinner, December 3, 1951 (Photographer, Walton Reeves) [2 of 2] |
| 385 | 2 | Tuskegee Institute, Board of Trustees meeting, April 5, 1952 |
| OP2 | 28 | General Electric Company, Board of Directors meeting, April 15, 1952 |
| 385 | 3 | Southern Railway, Board of Directors meeting, [Atlanta, Georgia], October 1952 (Photographer, Southern Railway System Photographic Section) |
| OP2 | 28 | Southern Railway Company, Board of Directors meeting, October 28, 1952 |
| 385 | 4 | [National Mobilization of Resources for the] United Negro Colleges, November 22, 1952 |
| OP3 | 2 | Woodruff, Robert W., and Nell Hodgson Woodruff, Wedding anniversary, [October 1953] |
| 385 | 5 | General Electric Company, Board of Directors meeting, October 28, 1955 |
| 385 | 6 | [NBC TV] "Today" [Show] in Atlanta, Georgia, May 15-16, 1956 (Photographer, H and H Photo Service) |
| 385 | 7 | Reception for Yadavindra Singh Bahadur of Patiala, 1956 |
| 385 | 8 | Norias Plantation Field Trials, February 1958 |
| 385 | 9 | Woodruff, Robert W., Birthday, 1959 |
| 385 | 10 | General Electric Company, Dinner party, [circa 1950s] |
| 385 | 11 | Southern Railway, Board of Directors' event, [circa 1950s] |
| OP4 | 1 | Southern Railway [System], Board of Directors, [circa 1950s] |
| 385 | 12 | [United States] President's Highway Safety Conference, [circa 1950s] |
| 385 | 13 | Unidentified dinner, group including James A. Farley, Robert W. Woodruff, William B. Hartsfield, and Robert Tyree ["Bobby"] Jones, Jr., [circa 1950s] |
| 385 | 14 | Meeting of Gulf Oil officials, group including William B. Hartsfield, Herman Talmadge, Richard K. Mellon, Jack Adair, Evertt Millican, and Robert W. Woodruff, [circa 1950s] Dean King |
| OP4 | 2 | Eisenhower Campaign Headquarters, Athens, Georgia, [circa 1950s] |
| OP4 | 3 | Dinner in Honor of Bernard Gimbel, April 9, 1960 (Photographer, Standard Flashlight Company, Inc.) |
| 385 | 15 | Unidentified dinner, Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 |
| 385 | 16 | Scarborough, Isabel, Wedding, 1961 |
| 385 | 17 | Atlanta Art Association dinner, February 10, 1963 (Charles R. Pugh, Jr.) |
| 385 | 18 | Eureka Athletic Club, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], Annual meeting, November 9, 1963 (Photographer, Largemoor Film Service) |
| 385 | 19 | Southern Bell Telephone Company, Governing Board dinner, Capital City Club, [Atlanta, Georgia], December 15, 1964 |
| 385 | 20 | Metropolitan Life Insurance, Board of Directors' dinner, April 26, 1965 |
| 385 | 21 | General Electric Company, Board of Directors' dinner, April 25, 1966 (Photographer, Jay B. Leviton) |
| 385 | 22 | Debutante ball, 1966 |
| 385 | 23 | Woodruff, Robert W., Christmas dinner, 1969 |
| 385 | 24 | Adair Realty and Loan Company, Centennial, Atlanta, [Georgia], [circa 1960s] |
| 385 | 25 | Southern Railway, Board of Directors at unidentified worksite, [circa 1960s] |
| OP4 | 4 | The Commerce Club, Board of Directors luncheon, Robert W. Woodruff, Ivan Allen, Jr., and Richard Rich, [circa 1960s] (Photographer, National Geographic Society) |
| 385 | 26 | Bowling, Raymond, Wedding anniversary, September 25, 1971 |
| 385 | 27 | Woodruff, Robert W., Birthday, 1973 |
| 386 | 1 | Shining Light Award, July 11, 1974 (Photographer, Minla Linn) |
| OP4 | 5 | Woodruff, Robert W., Birthday celebration, December 6, 1974 |
| 386 | 2 | Emory University, Woodruff Medical Center dedication ceremony, May 20, 1976 |
| 386 | 3 | Shining Light Award, Presented to Henry L. Bowden, June 8, 1976 |
| 386 | 4 | Dedication of Robert W. Woodruff Plaza [at the Coca-Cola Company Headquarters], August 4, 1976 |
| 386 | 5 | David A. Werblin's Birthday Party, David A. Werblin, Leah Ray Werblin, Robert W. Woodruff, and Martha Ellis, March 17, 1977 (Photographer, Bert and Richard Morgan Photographers) |
| 386 | 6 | Boys' Clubs of America, Luncheon for club officials, April 6, 1977 |
| 386 | 7 | Atlanta Historical Society, Premiere of the film "Robert W. Woodruff-A Great Georgian," April 17, 1977 |
| 386 | 8 | Party at the home of James M. Wimberly, Robert W. Woodruff, and Julius R. Lunsford, Jr., [circa 1970s] |
| 386 | 9 | Unidentified event, Atlanta Historical Society, circa 1970s |
| 386 | 10 | Birthday of President Jimmy Carter, Boifeuillet Jones, Jimmy Carter, Robert W. Woodruff, Donald Keough, Lucille Huffman, and Dorothy Gadd, October 1, 1981 |
| OP4 | 6 | Trust Company of Georgia, meeting of Directors Advisory Council, December 1982 (Photographer, Gittings) |
| 386 | 11 | Woodruff, Robert W., Birthday, 1984 (Photographer, Charles Elliott) |
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