Georgia State Guide

External Web Sites

Atlanta History Center

In 1990, the Historical Society and all its holdings became known as the Atlanta History Center. The Atlanta History Center connects people, history, and culture.

Atlanta in the Civil Rights Movement

This collaborative effort of the Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education (ARCHE) documents Atlanta's role in the Civil Rights Movement with an interactive timeline of key events, inventories of special collections held by ARCHE members, and other resources.

Digital Library of Georgia

A gateway to many digital resources related to Georgia's history and culture found in books, manuscripts, photographs and newspapers.

Georgia Archives

The Georgia Archives identifies and preserves Georgia's most valuable historical documents. Included is the Virtual Vault, which provides virtual access to some of Georgia's most important historical documents, from 1733 to the present.

Georgia.gov

Georgia.gov is the gateway to Georgia state government Web sites and information; includes selected resources on federal, county and local government.

Georgia Historical Society

The Georgia Historical Society is the private, non-profit historical society for the state of Georgia. The oldest cultural institution in the state, and one of the oldest historical societies in the country, GHS fulfills its mission to collect, preserve and share Georgia’s history by presenting a variety of educational programs, authoring publications on Georgia and southern history, and by operating a library and archives at its headquarters, Hodgson Hall, a National Historic Landmark building in Savannah.

GeorgiaInfo, from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government

GeorgiaInfo, an extensive Web online resource about Georgia. Its development was motivated by the conviction that such information, which can now be readily accessed by Georgians in every county, could help citizens and public officials of the state become better informed in order to identify new resources and make decisions to improve the quality of life in their communities.

New Georgia Encyclopedia

The nation's first online state encyclopedia, the New Georgia Encyclopedia includes authoritative articles on people, places, resources, institutions, and many other topics relating to Georgia.