Georgia archives building atlanta. A national endowment for the humanities grant supported an expansion of the project from 1977. The georgia archives building was designed by a. View a detailed profile of the structure 1340512 including further data and descriptions in the emporis database.
Services for the public address 5780 jonesboro road morrow georgia 30260 contact us phone. The archives occupied a balcony in the state capitol building for twelve years until 1930 when furniture magnate amos g. The virtual vault provides virtual access to historic georgia manuscripts photographs maps and government records housed in the state archives.
Start your search by typing a keyword into the search box. We hold permanent records created by federal agencies and courts in the following states. Vanishing georgia the vanishing georgia photographic collection of almost 18000 images is the result of a georgia archives project begun in the mid 1970s to locate and copy historically significant photographs held by individuals throughout georgia.
Lucian lamar knight was the founder and first director of the archives 1919 25. Atlantaarchivesatnaragov hours monday friday 900 am. Whether you love history or simply want to know how we serve the citizens of georgia we invite you to explore our website or visit us in the city of morrow located just south of atlanta.
The old georgia archives building in downtown atlanta was imploded early sunday morning. Grady knight was a journalist ordained presbyterian minister and lawyerfor ten years 1892 1902 he worked for the atlanta constitution as a reporter and editor and during this period he researched georgia historyhe was also the associate editor of the atlanta georgian from. This is your portal to some of georgias most important historical documents from 1733 to the present.
We look forward to serving you. The georgia archives identifies collects provides access and preserves georgias historical documents. The georgia archives was established on august 20 1918 after a prolonged effort on the part of the archives first director lucian lamar knight.
Alabama georgia mississippi south carolina florida kentucky north carolina tennessee hours and address enlarge view enlarged map directions address 5780 jonesboro road morrow georgia 30260 phone. Thomas bradbury the architect who designed many of the government buildings around the state capitol. A cousin of journalist henry w.
Rhodes left his home rhodes hall to the stateknights successor ruth blair facilitated the move. Turn left onto georgia highway 54jonesboro road.