Chattanooga Public Library Downtown

United States Tennessee  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:localhistory@lib.chattanooga.gov localhistory@lib.chattanooga.gov]

Address:


 * 1001 Broad Street
 * Chattanooga, TN 37402

Telephone: 423-757-5310

Hours: Mondays-Thursdays 9a.m.-8p.m.; Fridays-Saturdays 9a.m.-6p.m.; closed Sundays

Map and public transportation:


 * Google Map of Chattanooga Public Library
 * CARTA City Buses: #15 St. Elmo buses stop next to the library on Broad Street. Routes 1, 2, 4, 10A, 10C, 10G, 13, 16, 19, and 21 stop within two blocks on Market St. near 10th St.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Chattanooga Public Library books, kids, teens, local history, 4th floor, events, resources, and services.
 * CPL Catalog search by keyword, subject, title, author, or series.

Collection Description
Includes the Upper South's largest family folder collection which is heavy on North Carolina. Internet genealogy databases, censuses, newspapers, obituary index, county records, 30,000 books, manuscripts, and genealogical periodicals.

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Alternate Repositories
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If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}
 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * State Vital Records Office
 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * State Historical Society
 * County and local historical societies
 * State Genealogical Society
 * County and local historical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * University Libraries
 * U.S. District Court
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]