Atlanta History Center

United States Georgia  Fulton  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:reference@atlantahistorycenter.com reference@atlantahistorycenter.com]

Address:


 * 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW Atlanta, GA 30305-1380

Telephone: Kenan Research Center 404-814-4040 Fax:  404.814.4175

Hours and holidays: Kenan Research Center: Wednesday-Saturday: 10:00am-5:00pm. Holidays.

Directions, maps, and public transportation:


 * Driving directions
 * Map:  Google map: Atlanta History Center
 * Public transportation:  Take the MARTA train to the Buckhead Station  on the Red Line. Ask for a transfer ticket.
 * Take the Peachtree Road exit out of Buckhead Station (not via the bridge) and go up the first set of stairs after exiting the fare gate. At street level is a bus stop where you transfer  to southbound bus #110 Peachtree Street/"The Peach". Tell the bus driver that you’d like to exit at West Paces Ferry Road.
 * Exit  the bus where Peachtree Street and Roswell Road fork together at Sardis Way. At that forked intersection, make a right on West Paces Ferry Road (toward Johnny Rockets) and proceed west two blocks. The Atlanta History Center is located on the left.

Internet sites and databases:


 * Atlanta History Center
 * Kenan Research Center archives, resources, search collections, genealogy programs, Cherokee Garden Library, and Veterans History Project.
 * Our online catalog: Terminus, and in WorldCat.
 * Our online digital photograph Album 
 * Garrett's Necrology Genealogy Database

Collection Description
Sources for studing Atlanta and southern regional history and culture. The 42,000 square foot library possesses over 15,000 cubic feet of records, including 33,000 published volumes, more than 2,000 manuscript and photograph collections, and 7,800 rolls of microfilm.

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