The Georgia Archives identifies and preserves Georgia's most valuable historical documents. Whether you love history, or simply want to know how we serve the citizens of Georgia, we invite you to learn more.

1. THE GEORGIA ARCHIVES

2. NINETY YEARS
From the Capitol (1918) to Rhodes Hall (1930) to the White Ice Cube (1965)…
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3. …to today.
Safeguarding Georgia’s most
historical records and putting
them to practical use.
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4. WHAT WE DO

5. APPRAISE AND SELECT
…which government records are worth keeping forever? (about 5%.)
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6. COLLECT
HISTORICAL
RECORDS
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7. ARRANGE AND DESCRIBE
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8. STORE
…temperature- and humidity-controlled environment.
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9. PRESERVE
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10. SCAN
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11. MAKE ACCESSIBLE
…in person and online.
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12. ASSIST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
…records management, disaster preparedness.
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13. STATE
RECORDS
CENTER
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14. GEORGIA CAPITOL MUSEUM
…in person and online.
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15. 20,000 books 14,000 visitors 260,000,000
documents 1,300,000+ people served annually
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16. RECORD EXAMPLES

17. ROYAL CHARTER, 1733
…the document that made Georgia a colony.
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18. LORD EGMONT JOURNALS, 1738-44
…proceedings of the Colonial Trustees.
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19. ACTS OF THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY, 17
55-
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20. DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE, RE
CORDED COPY, 1777
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21. RATIFICATION OF U.S. CONSTITUTION
…the document that made Georgia a state.
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22. TENNESSEE-GEORGIA BORDER
…map of the boundary, 1818.
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23. LAND LOTTERY RECORDS
…tickets from 1832 land lottery.
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24. LAND LOTTERY RECORDS: MAPS
…10,000 state and county maps. 1,500,000 plat maps.
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25. CIVIL WAR RECORDS
…Ordinance of Secession, 1861.
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26. CIVIL WAR RECORDS
…photograph (ambrotype), 1862.
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27. CIVIL WAR RECORDS
…Sherman’s order to evacuate Atlanta, 1864.
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28. MODERN HISTORY
…Capitol Building plans, 1883; Georgia’s first flag, 1879.
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29. MODERN HISTORY
…Women’s suffrage act, 1921.
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30. MODERN HISTORY
…World War II.
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31. MODERN HISTORY
…Roosevelt’s casket leaving Warm Springs, 1945.
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32. AND BEYOND
…Digital Archives of Georgia.
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33. PUTTING
THE PAST TO
PRACTICAL
USE THE END
www.GeorgiaArchives.org