3. To identify, select, preserve, and make accessible records that constitute Georgia’s recorded history Mission Statement: To increase the efficiency of the State Government through effective records management To improve the quality of records and archives management statewide.
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5. Every other year, the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association celebrate and recognizes the finest examples of library design by American architects – The Georgia Archives was presented with one of those awards in 2005.
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15. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. signing a copy of his first book, Atlanta, 1963 Vanishing Georgia Collection, FUL063-92
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20. Reconstruction Returns of Voters, 1867 (RG 1-1-108) : Lists voter's number; date of registry; name; number and page in Oath Book; race; time of residence in state, county and precinct within a year; nativity by state or county; naturalization (if any); and remarks (if any). Georgia Archives Microfilm #297/9-31 Department of Archives and History (RG 4) File II – Counties, Subjects, and Names (RG 4-2-46) : Alphabetically arranged within each section. Under subjects, there are subject headings such as "Negroes", "Reconstruction", and "Tunis Campbell--Black Legislator." These records contain both secondary and primary material. Department of Education (RG 12); Department of Negro Education , 1911-ca. 1966 (RG 12-6) U. S. Government. Works Progress Administration Records (RG 44) : Most notable in this collection are the WPA surveys of cemeteries, church records, county records, various publications, manuscript collections and the surveys of other states.