Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History

Scope and Contents The Harmon Perry Collection consists of images taken by photographer Harmon Perry, who worked for the Atlanta Daily World and as a reporter of the Atlanta Journal. The photographs in this collection are of Atlanta social life, politicians, educators and everyday snapshots of people in Atlanta from the 1960s to the 1980s.This collection will benefit researchers of Atlanta black life during the late 20th century, these photographs serve as a history of predominately black...

Scope and Contents The Historic District Development Corporation Collection contains 114 rolled architectural plans. Included are neighborhood street maps, construction plans, property surveys, and buidling designs, sites that are all located in the Old Fourth Ward. Among these are Auburn Avenue Research Library (AARL) architectural sketches, site plans for Edgewood lofts, a large census tract map for the city, mayor Bill Campbell's approved plans for Atlanta's transportation and Solid Waste Services and...