The Kenan Research Center collects institutional Records and personal papers that document Atlanta’s political and civic history from antebellum to the present with a concentration in mid-to late-20th-century history. Included are records of Atlanta city government and civic organizations, and political papers from Atlanta’s mayors, representatives, and civic leaders.
Government and Civic Affairs. Dig in.
Central Atlanta Progress Inc. Records
League of Women Voters of Atlanta-Fulton County Records
Junior League of Atlanta Records
Charlotte and Alven Ferst, Jr. Papers
For more information about our archival collections, please call 404.814.4040 or email reference@atlantahistorycenter.com.
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Archival Collections
Atlanta’s urban development, and political and social history are well documented through thousands of photographs from photojournalists and corporate photographers, primarily dated 1930-1990.
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Archival Collections
Kenan Research Center’s military history collections document the Civil War, World War I, and World War II; as well as an oral history collection featuring over 600 interviews with veterans of foreign wars, including World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars.
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Archival Collections
African American history in Atlanta is documented in the Kenan Research Center’s strong collections of civic and political leaders, photojournalists, and oral history resources.