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AJC donates photo archives to Georgia State
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has donated the separate photo archives from The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution to the Georgia State University Library.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archives will be digitized by Georgia State, and early images are expected to be publicly available online in the next year.
"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is pleased to partner with Georgia State University to share our photographic archives with scholars and the public," said Julia Wallace, editor of AJC and ajc.com. "With this donation we hope to foster creativity, positively impact the education of future generations and enrich the lives of the local community."
The archives span the 20th century, and take a photographic journey of Atlanta's history as well as the surrounding region. Users can view the evolution of Atlanta's skyline over the years, and understand the city's growth. The archives also have handwritten notes from the photographer while covering the assignment.
Historical milestones include:
- "Gone With the Wind" world premiere at the Georgian Terrace Hotel
- Funeral services of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
- Former Atlanta Brave Hank Aaron as he broke Babe Ruth's home run record
- The inauguration of the city's first African-American mayor, Maynard Jackson
- 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, from the opening ceremony to the park bombing
"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's donation to the University Library significantly enhances the collection of research materials available in Atlanta," said Nancy Seamans, dean of libraries at Georgia State. "It will preserve the recent photographic history of Atlanta while supplementing other collections at Georgia State University, particularly the Popular Music, Southern Labor, and Women's Collection. It is particularly appropriate for this collection to come to GSU as much of the growth of the university as an urban research university has been during the period that is represented by this collection."
Georgia State University's photographic collection, which includes The Lane Brothers and Tracey O'Neal commercial photography, has more than 350,000 images of Atlanta from the 1930s to the 1960s.
To learn more about the Georgia State University Library, visit www.library.gsu.edu.
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