ATLANTA ARCHIVAL RESOURCES
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER, Kenan Research Center
130 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30305
http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/research/kenan-research-center
Primary Contacts:
Felicia Render, Visual Culture Archivist
Leah Lefkowitz, Manuscript Archivist
LLefkowitz@atlantahistorycenter.com
Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday, 10-5
http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/index.php?p=research/kenan-research-center
Relevant Collections / Materials
> City of Atlanta finding aid (mostly on the box rather than folder level)
o Series VI: Planning and Community Development
o Series VII: Public Works
> Harry J Baldwin Papers (Mostly 1940, but there is material about Techwood)
> Atlanta Housing Authority photographs
> Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. Records (series 1)
> Digitized photos available on Album: http://research/album.html
> Unprocessed / unpublished materials:
o Reference to an unprocessed collection within our visual material, 1989.318, that has photos of Techwood housing. If you would like to view it, contact Felicia Render, Visual Arts archivist.
o Unpublished finding aids available in the reading room. A word search of the title list did not reveal anything particularly promising, but you are welcome to do some further digging.
ATLANTA HOUSING
230 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Atlanta Housing Archives Virtual Exhibit: University Homes: Building Communities, Building Hope
Primary Contact:
Meredith Mitchem, Archivist
Meredith.Mitchem@atlantahousing.org
Hours:
The AH Archives are available by appointment from 8:00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays
Relevant Collections / Materials:
> Centennial Place Records (includes Techwood and Clark Howell Homes records)
> Charles Forest Palmer Papers
> Janet Crawl Shortt's History of University Homes Records
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Archives Research Center
111 James P. Brawley Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30314
Primary Contacts
Tiffany Atwater, Public Services Archivist
Hours
https://www.auctr.edu/about/facilities-services/library-hours/
Relevant Collections / Materials
> Atlanta Community Relations Commission Collection, Atlanta Urban League Papers (Atlanta slums photographs)
> Atlanta University Presidential Archives
o John Hope (e.g.: Box 172, 173)
o Florence Read (e.g.: Box 194)
o Rufus Clement (e.g.: Box 208, Folder 9)
> Atlanta University Bulletins from relevant years
> David Roberts Oral History Collection (finding aid all digitized and online)
> John and Lugenia Burns Hope Papers (on microfilm; finding aid on Canvas)
> John Wheeler (Morehouse graduate, did a lot of work in NC and Atlanta, urban housing development in the 1960s)
> W.E.B. DuBois surveys (Neighborhood Union surveys of areas directly around AU)
AUBURN AVENUE RESEARCH LIBRARY (AND ARCHIVES)
101 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Primary Contact
Derek Mosley, Archives Division Manager at Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History
derek.mosley@fultoncountyga.gov
404.613.4001 (main library number)
Hours
The Archives Division operates by appointment only.
To schedule an appointment please click the appointment link: https://www.fulcolibrary.org/auburn-avenue-research-library/aarl-archival-appointment/ (Links to an external site.)
Finding Aids
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ARCHIVES
Georgia Institute of Technology Library
266 4th Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0900
Primary Contacts
Amanda Pellerin
Access Archivist, Archives & Records Management
amanda.pellerin@library.gatech.edu
Jody Lloyd Thompson
Head, Archives & Records Management Department
jody.thompson@library.gatech.edu
Hours
http://www.library.gatech.edu/archives/
Relevant Collections / Materials
> Photographs of GT students who lived in the Techwood Homes (McDaniels dormitory), late 1930s-early 1940s
> GT Presidential papers during the construction of the building, 1930s
> GT Presidential papers during the Olympics, 1990s
> Annual reports, 1930s-1940s
> Artifacts from President Roosevelt's visit
> Technique, student newspaper
> Subject files on the Techwood Homes, McDaniels dorm (mainly newspaper clippings from 1930s-1940s and event programs)
> Subject files Techwood Homes, 1980s-1990s
General Searches
> Georgia Tech Archives Subject Files
Visual Materials and Images/plans/drawings
> Digital portal (run keyword searches)
> The Edward B. Van Voorees Visual Materials Collection
> Georgia Tech Photograph Collection
> Georgia Tech Institutional Drawings Collection
> Robert D. Neill Photograph Collection
> Student publications may have useful information. A lot has been digitized via SMARTech
STUART A. ROSE MANUSCRIPT, ARCHIVES AND RARE BOOK LIBRARY, Emory University
Woodruff Library, 10th floor
https://rose.library.emory.edu/
Primary Contacts
Gabrielle Dudley, Instruction Archivist
Kathy Shoemaker, Reference Coordinator, Research Services
Hours
https://rose.library.emory.edu/using/index.html
Relevant Collections / Materials
OTHER ARCHIVES / COLLECTIONS OF NOTE
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
John M. Carmody Papers. Federal Works Administration.
John Ihlder Papers, U.S. Housing Authority Press Releases and Publications.
Georgia State University
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photograph Collection
Library of Congress Manuscripts Reading Room
Jack Kemp Papers
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland
General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Record Group 207
U.S. Public Housing Administration Project Files, Record Group 196