- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Atlanta History: A journal of Georgia and the South
- Creator:
- Pascoe, Craig S., 1952-
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-31
- Subject:
- Periodicals
Atlanta (Ga.)--History--Periodicals
Georgia--History--Periodicals - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the journal Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South. In 1926 a group of fourteen Atlantans, led by prominent attorney Walter McElreath, formed the Atlanta Historical Society (AHS). The organization's goal was the "preservation of sources of information concerning the history of the City of Atlanta in the State of Georgia." Membership benefits included a subscription to a yearly publication called the Atlanta Historical Bulletin, of which McElreath was the first editor.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-history-a-journal-of-georgia-and-the-south/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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