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The 1936 Gainesville Tornado: Disaster and Recovery
Black-and-white film of the effects of the 1936 Gainesville tornado | More about this collection » |
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Adams-Cates Company Photograph Collection, 1956-1973
Black-and-white aerial photographs taken between 1965 and 1973 to assist the Adams-Cates Company in developing commercial real estate in Metropolitan Atlanta. | More about this collection » |
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Adolph Rosenberg Photographs, 1945-1955, undated
Black-and-white photographs from 1945 to 1955 of the Atlanta-area Jewish community, Fulton County rural areas, and military scenes. | More about this collection » |
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Allen D. Albert Photographs, 1860-1958
Black-and-white photographs of Atlanta civic leader, Dr. Allen Diehl Albert, Jr. and his family including images of Fort Benning during World War II. | More about this collection » |
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Allen Family Photographs, 1840-1990, undated
Black-and-white photographs of Allen, Inman, Richardson, and Grant families of Atlanta, Georgia from 1840 to 1990. | More about this collection » |
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Andrew Sparks Photographs, 1949-1954
Black-and-white photographs from 1949 to 1954 of College Park, Georgia and Southwest Atlanta. | More about this collection » |
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Anne Fannie Gorham Diary Collection
Diary of a Hamilton, Georgia woman chronicling the first years of the Civil War | More about this collection » |
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Annual Reports of the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, 1855-1917
Annual reports dated from 1855 to 1917 covering Savannah's activities and finances, statistics, trade, and ordinances from from the collections of the City of Savannah Municipal Archives and the University of Georgia Libraries | More about this collection » |
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Artwork of Savannah
89 photographs and plates of Savannah, Georgia | More about this collection » |
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Atlanta Housing Authority Photographs, 1940-1942
Black-and-white photographs of substandard housing areas that were to be cleared for the Capitol, Hope, Grady and Herndon Housing Projects between 1940 and 1942. | More about this collection » |
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Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement
Information about Atlanta's role in the Civil Rights movement | More about this collection » |
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Atlanta Race Riot, 1906
Web site commemorating the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot | More about this collection » |
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Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997 : Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library
Editorial cartoons by Clifford H. Baldowski, cartoonist for the Augusta Chronicle and Atlanta Constitution, that depict local, national, and international news from 1946 to 1982 from the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies | More about this collection » |
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Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign, ca. 1866
Albumen prints of Sherman's Campaign through Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas taken by Brady Studio member, George N. Barnard from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library | More about this collection » |
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Belle Isle Family Photographs, circa 1900-1940
Black-and-white photographs of then New York governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential campaign visit to Atlanta and Warm Springs in October 1932. | More about this collection » |
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Black History Society Photograph Collection
Photographs, the bulk of which are from the 1940s and 1950s, of the African American community in Hall County from the Hall County Regional Library and the Hall County Black History Society. | More about this collection » |
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Buford Burch Photographs, 1969-1974
Color photographs of buildings, street scenes, and landmarks in Atlanta, Georgia taken between 1969 and 1974. | More about this collection » |
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Carlisle Family Photographs, circa 1870-1960
Photographs taken between 1870 and 1960 of four generations of the Carlisle family of Atlanta, Georgia and images depicting sporting events, summer camps, and a military parade. | More about this collection » |
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Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., 1960-1981, undated
Color photographs taken between 1960 and 1981 of Atlanta's physical landscape used for projects related to economic development, transportation, housing, and urban design. | More about this collection » |
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Charles E. Troutt Photographs
Photographs, primarily black-and-white, taken between 1950 and 1970 of the buildings and neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia. | More about this collection » |
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Chatham County Deed Books, 1785-1806
Deeds for Chatham County from March 1785 to July 1806 from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race
Documents on a violent episode in the history of Georgia race relations during Reconstruction from the Records of the Freedman's Bureau found at the National Archives and Records Administration and at the DeSoto Trail Regional Library | More about this collection » |
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Colonial Will Books, 1754-1779
351 wills probated in the Royal Colony of Georgia from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Colonial Wills, 1733-1778
Wills and accompanying documents, including attestations, letters of administration, warrants of appraisement, and estate inventories, from the Colony of Georgia from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Columbus Enquirer: Georgia Historic Newspapers
Searchable issues of the Columbus Enquirer from 1828 to 1890. | More about this collection » |
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Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges
Enlistment oaths and discharges from Confederate troops raised by the State of Georgia from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Confederate Muster Rolls
Muster rolls of Georgia Confederate units from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960
Applications, affidavits, correspondence, and other records for pensions awarded by the State of Georgia to Confederate veterans and their widows from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Cornelius C. Platter Civil War Diary, 1864-1865
A personal account of Sherman's march through Georgia and north through the Carolinas from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library | More about this collection » |
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Cortlandt F. Luce, Jr. Photographs, 1948-1988, undated
Black-and-white color photographs taken between 1948 and 1988 of geographical locations, events, and people in the Atlanta metropolitan area. | More about this collection » |
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County Records from Microfilm
The collection includes tax digests from 1785 to 1799 and marriage records dated from 1806 to 1920 from the following counties: Burke, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Franklin, Glynn, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jefferson, Montgomery, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Warren, and Wilkes. | More about this collection » |
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Cyrus F. Jenkins Civil War Diary, 1861-1862
A personal account of life as a Confederate soldier during the early years of the war from the Troup County Archives | More about this collection » |
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Dale Elliott Roberts Photographs, 1954
Black-and-white photographs from 1954 of churches, schools, and businesses in towns near Atlanta, Georgia, including Alpharetta, Ben Hill, and Sandy Springs. | More about this collection » |
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Digital Archives of Reese Library, Augusta State University
Black-and-white photographs of Augusta, Georgia from 1888 to the 1950s from the Special Collections of the Reese Library, Augusta State University | More about this collection » |
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District Plats of Survey
Original surveys of land districts in counties made prior to distribution of land by lottery, 1805-1833, plus resurveys or renewed surveys of districts. | More about this collection » |
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Early Walker County Papers
Deeds for land in Cherokee County from 1833 to 1843 | More about this collection » |
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Eighteenth-Century Educational Exhibit
Selected documents from the Georgia Historical Society describing eighteenth-century life in Savannah and in the state | More about this collection » |
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First-person Narratives of the American South
Documents the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. Focuses on the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans. | More about this collection » |
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Floyd Jillson Photograph Collection, 1957-1992 and n.d., (bulk 1965-1975)
Color photographs taken from 1957 to 1992 by Floyd Jillson, staff photographer for the Atlanta Constitution-Journal Magazine, of metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia-related sporting events, and Georgia political figures such as Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young, and Sam Nunn. | More about this collection » |
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For Our Mutual Benefit : The Athens Woman's Club and Social Reform, 1899-1920
Minutes from a Progressive-Era women's club in Athens, Georgia, 1912-1920 | More about this collection » |
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Francis C. Smith Photographs, Mrs., 1948-1955
Photographs of from 1948 to 1955 of courthouses, churches, post offices, rivers, lakes, schools, industrial areas, farms, and private residences in cities and towns across North Georgia and the Atlanta area. | More about this collection » |
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Francis E. Price Photograph Collection, 1906-1928, undated
Black-and-white photographs taken between 1906 and 1928 of people and events in Atlanta taken by Atlanta Constitution photographer Francis E. Price. | More about this collection » |
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Frank B. Davenport Photographs, 1917
Black-and-white photographs from 1917 of the damage caused by the Great Atlanta Fire of 1917. | More about this collection » |
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Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection
Photographs and records from 1907-1989 of the Atlanta-based Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill from the Georgia Institute of Technology's Archives | More about this collection » |
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Gay Bolling Shepperson Photograph Collection, 1933-1945 (bulk 1935-1937)
Black-and-white photographs of WPA projects throughout Georgia. | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Death Certificates, 1919-1927
Georgia death certificates from 1919 through 1927 from the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Design Guidelines
City planning guidelines from approximately fifty communities in Georgia dating from 1989 on. | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Government Publications
Monographic public documents of departments or agencies within the state government, published from 1994 to the present from the University of Georgia Libraries' collection | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Historic Books
Significant 19th and early 20th century books on the culture, history, biography, and literature of Georgia from the collections of the University of Georgia Libraries, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Georgia State University Library, Documenting the American South, and Valdosta State University Library | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Historic Newspapers
Searchable issues of three important historic Georgia newspapers, the Cherokee Phoenix, the Dublin Post, and the Colored Tribune from the microfilm holdings of the Georgia Newspaper Project | More about this collection » |
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Southern Israelite: Georgia Historic Newspapers
Searchable issues of the Southern Israelite from 1929 to 1958 and from 1984 to 1986. | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Legislative Documents
Fully searchable versions of the Georgia General Assembly's Acts and Resolutions from 1799-1999 | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Marble Company Collection
short industrial films | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Official and Statistical Register
A major reference work for historical research, the register contains brief biographical sketches of state elected officials, federal and state Congressional members, state agency organization and administration, and election statistics. | More about this collection » |
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Georgia Women's Movement Oral History Project Collection
Audio clips documenting the women's rights movement in Georgia from the Special Collections at Georgia State University | More about this collection » |
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Georgia's Political Heritage Program
Oral histories with twentieth-century Georgia politicians and political observers, from the Special Collections of the University of West Georgia. | More about this collection » |
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georgia.gov
Official site of Georgia state government | More about this collection » |
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GeorgiaInfo
Information about political life and governance in Georgia | More about this collection » |
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Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection
Photographs of Hall County residents, buildings, and events from the late nineteenth century to the present from the collections of the Hall County Library System | More about this collection » |
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Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Rare Map Collection
Includes early maps of colonial and revolutionary America and maps of Georgia from revolutionary times through the nineteenth century. Also included are Georgia city maps, maps of Georgia's coastal areas and transportation maps including rail, river, and highway maps. | More about this collection » |
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Headright and Bounty Plats of Survey, 1783-1909
Headright and lottery plats for Burke and Screven County from 1783 to 1909 | More about this collection » |
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Herbert T. Jenkins Photographs
Black-and-white photographs of the career of Atlanta police chief Herbert T. Jenkins including images of African American police officers and the Summerhill riots in 1966. | More about this collection » |
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Historic Documents of Georgia
Significant state documents from Georgia's history dating from 1732 to 1983 from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Historic Postcard Collection
Postcards depicting historic buildings and landmarks throughout Georgia from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Historical Broadsides
Over 2,100 broadsides from the 1740s through the 1980s from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library | More about this collection » |
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"Integrated in All Respects": Ed Friend's Highlander Folk School Films and the Politics of Segregation
Footage of the Highlander Folks School anniversary celebration in 1957 and the subsequent broadside produced by the Georgia Commission on Education from the collections of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. | More about this collection » |
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Jack Etheridge Photographs, 1961-1962
Black-and-white photographs from 1961 and 1962 of the construction of a section of highway that merges Interstate 75 and Interstate 85, known as the downtown connector. | More about this collection » |
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Joe McTyre Photograph Collection, 1889-1985, undated
Photographs of Joe McTyre and other Atlanta photojournalists covering prominent individuals in government, business, entertainment, and sports and events in Atlanta from 1889 to 1985 | More about this collection » |
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Joseph C. Fisch Photographs, 1954, 1963
Color and aerial photographs taken in 1954 and 1963 of Atlanta buildings by Joseph C. Fisch. | More about this collection » |
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Joseph Henry Lumpkin Family Papers
Antebellum letters to Callie Lumpkin King, wife of Alabama lawyer and plantation owner Porter King and daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin that touch on family life, local and national politics, marriage, and the social life in Athens, Georgia and are from the collections of the Alexander Campbell King Law Library held at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library | More about this collection » |
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Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
Black-and-white photographs of Atlanta, Georgia taken and collected by photojournalist Kenneth Rogers. | More about this collection » |
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Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
A collection from the Georgia State University Library's Special Collections department of over 9,825 photographs taken by the Lane Brothers Commercial Photogrphers that depict life in Atlanta from the 1920s to 1957 | More about this collection » |
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Leo Frank Clemency File
Application for Executive Clemency and supporting documentation filed by Leo Frank from the collections of the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Lester Maddox Photographs, 1934-2000, undated
Black-and-white and color photographs from 1934 to 2000 of the Pickrick restaurant, Lester Maddox's political campaigns for governor, and his inauguration. | More about this collection » |
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Local History: Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions about Milledgeville and Baldwin County, Georgia, with answers and referrals to other sources of information created by the Special Collections at Georgia College & State University. | More about this collection » |
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Louise Jones DuBose Papers
A history of women in Columbus, Ga. and Civil War era letters | More about this collection » |
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Mackle Construction Company Photographs, 1916-1920
Black-and-white color photographs taken between 1916 and 1920 of residential, commercial, and governmental property most likely built by the Mackle Construction Company in Atlanta, Chamblee, and Augusta, Georgia, and in South Carolina. | More about this collection » |
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Macon Telegraph: Georgia Historic Newspapers
Searchable issues of Macon Telegraph from 1826 to 1908. | More about this collection » |
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Manning, Selvage & Lee Forward Atlanta Campaign Photographs, 1960-1970
Photographs from 1960 to 1970 of the city of Atlanta taken for the Forward Atlanta campaign to showcase the city. | More about this collection » |
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Marion Johnson Photograph Collection
Photographs (primarily black-and-white) taken by Atlanta photojournalist Marion Johnson between 1932 and 1976 that cover politics, the city of Atlanta, sports, and Georgia cities and scenes. | More about this collection » |
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Martin Stupich Photographs, 1977-1978
Black-and-white photographs taken in 1977 and 1978 of the development of Atlanta's rapid transit system (MARTA). | More about this collection » |
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Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive: Georgia Historic Newspapers
Searchable issues of Milledgeville newspapers from 1808 to 1920. | More about this collection » |
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Minor Studio Photograph Collection
Black-and-white photographs of East Point, Georgia taken between 1947 and 1954. | More about this collection » |
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Mrs. William Gayle photographs, circa 1953
Photographs from circa 1953 of the Five Points area of downtown Atlanta, including images of Union Station, the parking deck for Rich's Department Store, the Carnegie Library, the Forsyth Street Bridge Atlanta Journal building, Krystal restaurant, the Ivan Allen-Marshall building, Friedman Jewelers, the Western Union building, and the "Coca-Cola clock." | More about this collection » |
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New Georgia Encyclopedia
The New Georgia Encyclopedia provides an authoritative source of information about people, places, events, institutions, and many other topics relating to the state | More about this collection » |
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Nineteenth-Century Educational Exhibit
Selected documents from the Georgia Historical Society describing nineteenth-century life in the state | More about this collection » |
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Norman F. Bielowicz Photographs, 1978
Color photographs of the January 30, 1978 fire at the Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta. | More about this collection » |
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Parker Lowell Photograph Collection, 1949
Black-and-white photographs from 1949 of Atlanta buildings and parks. | More about this collection » |
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Photographs of the Historic American Buildings Survey: Georgia
Photographs and drawings of Georgia's historic buildings made under the Historic American Buildings Survey from the collections of the Georgia Tech Archives | More about this collection » |
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President Jimmy Carter Daily Diary
An online version of the daily diary of Jimmy Carter, former Governor of Georgia from 1971-1975 and the Thirty-Ninth President of the United States from 1977-1981 from the Carter Presidential Library and Museum. | More about this collection » |
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Ralph McGill FBI Files
The FBI file on Atlanta newspaper editor Ralph McGill from the collection of the Special Collections at Emory University's Robert W. Woodruff Library | More about this collection » |
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Rare Books Online
Scanned books from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library covering Georgia history, literature, education, figures, and Native American and African American life in the state | More about this collection » |
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Raymond B. Nixon Photographs, 1943
Black-and-white photographs of the 1943 launching of the liberty ship, U.S.S. Henry Grady in Brunswick, Georgia. | More about this collection » |
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Robert Toombs, Letters to Julia Ann DuBose Toombs, 1850-1867
correspondence from Robert Toombs to his wife, Julia Ann DuBose Toombs in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia from 1850-1867 from the collections of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library | More about this collection » |
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Ross Ingram Photographs, circa 1885-1969, undated, bulk 1964-1969
Black-and-white photographs taken between 1885 and 1969 of various neighborhoods in Atlanta, Georgia as well as portraits of members of the Weaver and Drake families and some of their extended families. | More about this collection » |
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Sam Nunn Bank of America Policy Forum
Articles, speeches and streaming video from the annual Sam Nunn Policy Forum held at Georgia Tech | More about this collection » |
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Sam Nunn Papers
Senator Sam Nunn's newsletters and transcripts of reports to constituents dated from 1973 to 1984 from his papers at Emory University's Special Collections Department | More about this collection » |
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Samuel Hugh Hawkins diary, January-July 1877
Diary of Samuel Hugh Hawkins, Sumter County entrepreneur during the close of Reconstruction from the Lake Blackshear Regional Library | More about this collection » |
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Sarah Slaughter Photographs, 1910-1920
Black-and-white photographs from 1910 to 1920 of Atlanta's Grant Park and Peachtree and Broad Streets. | More about this collection » |
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Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
Over 2,000 documents and images on the history of Native Americans in the Southeastern U.S., letters, legal proceedings, military orders, and more from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Museum of the Cherokee, Tennessee State Library & Archives, the Tennessee State Museum, Hoskins Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville | More about this collection » |
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Southern Changes Online: Past Issues of the Southern Regional Council's Journal, Southern Changes
Full-text searchable issues of the Southern Regional Council's journal, Southern Spaces from 1982 to 1992 | More about this collection » |
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The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865
Documents Southern life during the Civil War, especially the unsuccessful attempt to create a viable nation state as evidenced in both private and public life. | More about this collection » |
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Steve B. Campbell Atlanta Fire Department Photographs, 1882-1972
Photographs of fire stations and personnel of the Atlanta Fire Department as well as of notable fires in Atlanta during the 20th century. | More about this collection » |
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Touring Georgia
Color images taken by the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism. | More about this collection » |
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Tracy O'Neal Photographic Collection, 1923-1975
Over 1000 photographs documenting the history and social life of Atlanta, Georgia from 1923 to 1964, including weddings, sports events, portraits, local buildings, companies, the Atlanta labor community, and the Shriners Yaarab Temple, from the collections of Georgia State University's Special Collections | More about this collection » |
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Trademark Registrations, 1894-1959
Trademarks from products sold in Georgia from 1894 to 1959 | More about this collection » |
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Troup County Superior Court Records
Records of the Superior Court of Troup County, Georgia from 1827 to 1900 | More about this collection » |
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Twentieth-Century Educational Exhibit
Selected documents from the Georgia Historical Society describing twentieth-century life in the state | More about this collection » |
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U.S.S. Atlanta Photograph Collection, 1942
Black-and-white photographs from 1942 of the U.S.S. Atlanta and the Battle of Midway. | More about this collection » |
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Vanishing Georgia
Historically significant photographs of people, places, and structures from Georgia's past from the Vanishing Georgia Collection at the Georgia Archives | More about this collection » |
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Virtual Vault: Digital Treasures from the Georgia Archives, Office of the Secretary of State
Selections from the Georgia Archives documenting life in the state from 1733 to the present | More about this collection » |
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W. J. Usery, Jr. Photographs, 1949 to 1985
Photographs documenting the career of labor negiotiator W. J. Usery, Jr. from the Southern Labor Archives, Georgia State University Special Collections | More about this collection » |
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William Stanford, Sr. Photographs, 1960
Black-and-white photographs from 1960 of African American college students protesting discriminatory practices at Rich's department store. | More about this collection » |