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For K-12 Educators

  • View our presentation of Dear Dr. von Braun, Letters from children, teachers, and the general public written to Dr. Wernher von Braun, director of the Marshall Space Flight Center. See also, ARC IDs 2827681, 2827677, 281557, 956170
  • The Southeast Region's The Way We Worked Essay Contest invited students to explore the world of work before computers and cubicles. More

Stories from the Great Depression

In 2007 the National Archives at Atlanta hosted a remarkable display of photographs depicting the Great Depression. These photographs serve as the background for oral history interviews conducted with National Archives staff and friends about life during the Great Depression and about the man many saw as a savior, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

We invite you to listen to the stories about our families and their lives and struggles.

Archives Store: A TVA Album

TVA postcard A postcard book containing 21 postcards with photographs from the early years of the TVA now on sale.

Also available is the book,
Great Plains Originals

Regional Partners

The National Archives
at Atlanta

Serves Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

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The National Archives at Atlanta is a center for the study of the history of the South, a diverse region rich with family tradition. Native Americans were living on the land when the first settlers arrived. African slaves were then brought over, and later came Irish, English, Italian, Russian, and Cuban immigrants. Their stories, told in the seemingly incongruous records of the federal government, provide evidence of the universal human drama that is American family life. Records in the National Archives tell the story of southern families and communities, technological advances that changed lives, and social and economic forces that shaped the makeup of our society.

The Archives

The Southeast Region's new archival facility in Morrow, Georgia

The Archives in Morrow has both a Microfilm Research Room and an Archival Research Room. We have extensive microfilm holdings of value for genealogy research and general historical interest.

We also have about 180,000 cubic feet of archival holdings dating from 1716 to the 1980s, primarily textual records but also maps, photographs, and architectural drawings. See our online exhibit for highlights from our holdings.

Bring the thrill of historical discovery to your next family reunion, corporate event, or professional meeting! Please view our
Where Family Meets History flyer and visit our Special Facility Use page.

5780 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, Georgia 30260
Phone: 770-968-2100
Fax: 770-968-2547

Email: atlanta.archives@nara.gov *

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Federal Records Center

The new Records Center at Ellenwood, GA, formally dedicated on February 16, 2005.

The Atlanta Records Center in Ellenwood stores and services records from Federal agencies in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Our Records Management program staff offers technical assistance and training to Federal agencies.
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4712 Southpark Blvd.
Ellenwood, GA 30294
Phone: 404-736-2820
Fax: 404-736-2931

Records Management

Our Records Management staff help Federal Government agencies manage information–hard copy and electronic–by offering disaster recovery, inventorying, direct assistance, retention schedules, a wide range of training opportunities, and advice on retention and disposal of records.

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