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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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African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library System
Over 1000 funeral programs of African Americans dating from 1933 to 2008 (with the bulk of the collection beginning in the 1960s), the majority of which are from services held in the Augusta, Georgia area | 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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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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Bedford Pine Neighborhood Photograph Collection, 1970-1971
Photographs the Atlanta's predominantly African American neighborhood, Bedford Pine from 1971 to 1972. | 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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The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s: Selections from the Records of Macon's Douglass Theatre
Records of Macon's African American theater, the Douglass Theatre, from 1912 to the 1930s from the Middle Georgia Archives | 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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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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The Church in the Southern Black Community
Traces how Southern African Americans experienced and transformed Protestant Christianity into the central institution of community life, beginning with white churches' conversion efforts, especially in the post-Revolutionary period, and depicts the tensions and contraditions between the egalitarian potential of evangelical Christiantiy and the realities of slavery. | 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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Columbus Enquirer: Georgia Historic Newspapers
Searchable issues of the Columbus Enquirer from 1828 to 1890. | More about this collection » |
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Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library
Fifty-five documentary photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center (1975-1989), an Atlanta-based, African American-centered cultural and community organization from the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History | 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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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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Faceville, Georgia Photographs
Sixteen photographs of Judge Spooner's farm in Faceville, Georgia from 1898 that include images of African-Americans and their children who lived and worked on the farm. | 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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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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Fred L. Howe 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition Photographs, 1895
Black-and-white photographs of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition taken by Atlanta photographer Fred L. Howe . | 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 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 Tech: Telling It Like It Was
Videotaped recollections from as early as 1915 concerning Georgia Tech, its campus, and Atlanta town life from the Georgia Tech Archives | 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.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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Harvey Dan Abrams Photographs of Medora Field Perkerson, 1924-1961
Black-and-white photographs of Georgia author Medora Field Perkerson from 1924 to 1961. | More about this collection » |
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Herbert H. Lee Photographs, 1919-1968, undated
Photographs from 1919 to 1968 to 1952 of geographic locations, events, and transportation in Atlanta and the state of Georgia. | 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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Historical Images of the Medical College of Georgia
Images documenting people, places, and activities at the Medical College of Georgia from 1828 to about the 1990s from its Historical Collections and Archives | More about this collection » |
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Historical Sketches of the Greater Atlanta Young Women's Christian Association
Historical sketches, essays, and photographs relating to the Greater Atlanta YWCA, 1902-1975 from the Special Collections Department at Emory University. | 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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Jo Beth Garrard Photograph Collection, 1915-1976
Photographs dated from 1915 to 1976 of Jo Beth Apperson, Atlanta Symphony harpist, as a child, at recitals, and in promotional portraits. | 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 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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The Joyce Joyce Collection
Newspaper clippings, photographs, and book covers from the collections of the Archives at Valdosta State University that relate to the career of Joyce Ann Joyce, African American professor and writer, and her time as a student at Valdosta State College. | 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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Living in Savannah, Volume 1
Using photographs, the Living in Savannah scrapbook volume I documents urban poverty and housing conditions in Savannah during 1940 and is from the collections of Armstrong Atlantic University's Lane Library. | More about this collection » |
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Living in Savannah, Volume 2
The Living in Savannah scrapbook project was designed to increase awareness of the urban poverty in Savannah during 1940 and 1941. Scrapbook volume two contains 130 photographs which focus on economic and living conditions of the people in Savannah, particularly on those of the lower class. | More about this collection » |
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Benjamin M. Long Collection
Historic photographs of Carrollton, Georgia, and Mexico City, Mexico from 1907 to the 1970s, from the Special Collections of the University of West Georgia. | 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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Macon Telegraph: Georgia Historic Newspapers
Searchable issues of Macon Telegraph from 1826 to 1908. | 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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Maxey Photograph Collection
Black-and-white photographs dated from 1910 to 1945 of African American educational institutions in Georgia. | More about this collection » |
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Mill Workers Oral Histories
Oral histories of mill workers from Muscogee County covering the period from the 1930s to 1988 | 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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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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North American Slave Narratives
Documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. | 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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Robert E. Williams Photographic Collection: African-Americans in the Augusta, Ga. Vicinity (Richmond Co.), circa 1872-1898
Late-nineteenth-century photographs of Augusta-area African American people, places, agriculture, family life, and more 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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Sally A. Parker Photographs, 1948-1949
Black-and-white photographs of geographic locations and people in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia in 1948 and 1949. | More about this collection » |
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Savannah Images Project
Savannah Images Project consists of a number of data bases, created by teachers and students in history courses, emphasizing the history and cultural background of Savannah and coastal Georgia through images, essays, and other contextual materials. | 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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Thomas Bethune/Thomas Wiggins/Blind Tom Collection
Sheet music and newspaper articles on Columbus, Georgia's blind, African American pianist and composer, Blind Tom | 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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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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Van Buren Colley photographs, 1873-1970, undated, (bulk 1953-1970)
Black-and-white photographs from 1873 to 1970 of Fulton County (including Atlanta and more rural areas such as Alpharetta and Adamsville) that feature Catholic life in Atlanta and street scenes. | 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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Vincent A. Irick Photographs
Black-and-white photographs and cyanotypes of African Americans in Faceville, Georgia at the turn of the 20th century. | 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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VSU Archives Online Image Collection
Photographs documenting people, places, and activities at the Valdosta State University from soon after its beginning in 1913 to about 1950 from its Archives and 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 » |