Atlanta Historical Bulletin

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The Atlanta Historical Bulletin is a publication of the Atlanta Historical Society. It began in 1927 with one issue per year until 1937 when they began to run three or sometimes four issues per year. They made it through WWII pretty consistently with an issue a year but began to run out of steam by the mid 1950s. There were no issues between 1957 and 1965 nearly a decade represented by Vol. X. Things went pretty smoothly from then until the 1990s, except for skipping the entire year of 1974. There were occasional combined issues (1-2 or 3-4) and Volume XLV is particularly spotty signalling a major slowdown. The issue dated Spring 1978 changed the name to The Atlanta Historical Journal and the issue dated Spring 1987 changed the name to Atlanta History with a similar design to the previous volumes, but the issue marked Fall 1993 announced the opening of the new museum at the history center and presented a completely new logo, design and layout for the magazine which was to continue into 2006. The last issue in the current run is Vol. 48 No. 1 dated Spring 2006 but so far it's not even close to as long as the longest hiatus. So, surely it will return. Franklin Garrett's death in March of 2000 may have had something to do with the current slowdown.

Contents

[edit] The Atlanta Historical Bulletin

Of 169 issues, 79 sport this title

Vol Year No. Seq No. Notes
I 1927 1 1 Pioneers, Immaculate Conception, Scottish Rite hospital
1928 2 2
1929 3 3 Calico house
1930 4 4 St. Philip's
1931 5 5 Mayor Bomar; Whitehall Tavern; Sandtown
1932 6 6 James Crew
1933 7 7 Utoy Church, Ferries
1934 8 8 Large map with historical sites and events marked and described
1936 9 9
II 1937 1 10
2 11 Piedmont Park, Marthasville
III 1937, Dec 1 12
1938 2 13
3 14 Stephen Long
4 15 H.I. Kimball
IV 1939 1 16 Population, 10 cent poker club
2 17
3 18 International Cotton Exposition (1881), Eden's Founding of Atlanta I
4 19 1st Car Barn, Eden's Founding of Atlanta II
V 1940 1 20 Burns Club, Eden's Founding of Atlanta III
2 21 Peachtree Street 1886
3 22 Kimball House fire
4 23 Architcture, Part 3; Index of AHB Nos. 1-23
VI 1941 1 24 Full reprint of 1871 book Atlanta: As It Is
2 25 Civil War publications
3 26 Firemen, Saturday Night Club, Writers Club
VII 1942 1 27 Rich's, 1850 census
1943 2 28 Memorial to Thomas Henry Morgan AIA
1944 3 29 Sidney Root, Pleasure Sports
VIII 1945 1 30 Father Thomas O'Reilly
1946 2 31 West End, Early Pryor Street
1947 3 32 Early bicycling, Land Lot 77 (Kurtz)
1948 4 33 Atlanta in the 1850's, Index of issues 1-33
IX 1950 1 34 Margaret Mitchell tribute issue
1951 2 35 Origins of Fulton County; Index of AHB Nos. 1-35
1953 3 36 Historical Society by-laws and membership
1955 4 37 Biography of Joel Hurt
X 1957 1 38 Federal spies J. Milton Glass and J.C. Moore; Richard Peters
1965 2 39 Begin printing chapters of Garrett's history
3 40
XI 1966 1 41
2 42
3 43
4 44 Sandtown Trail by John Goff
XII 1967 1 45
2 46 Edgar Harold Orr
3 47 Hanson Car Company; William A. Moore (1819-1891)
4 48
XIII 1968 1 49 Lithia Springs Chautauqua
2 50 Detail account of 1917 fire. Brer Rabbit baseball
3 51 Building of Underground Atlanta, 1898-1932
4 52
XIV 1969 1 53
2 54
3 55
4 56
XV 1970 1 57
2 58
3 59
4 60
XVI 1971 1 61
2 62
3-4 63
XVII 1972 1-2 64
3-4 65
XVIII 1973 1-2 66
3-4 67 Reprint of Garrett's chapter on 1872 concluding the practice
XIX 1975 1 68 (followed one year hiatus)
2 69
3 70
4 71
XX 1976 1 72
2 73
3 74
4 75
XXI 1977 1 76
2 77
3 78
4 79

Beginning with the resumption of The Bulletin in 1965 with issue No.39, a chapter or two from Franklin Garrett's history was included in each issue up to the last issue of 1973 by which time they had reprinted chronologically to 1872 – almost the entirety of Volume I.

[edit] The Atlanta Historical Journal

Of 169 issues, 33 sport this title

Vol Year No. Seq No. Notes
XXII 1978 1 80
2 81
3-4 82
XXIII 1979 1 83
2 84 Letters of Maj. William C. Stevens
3 85
4 86
XXIV 1980 1 87
2 88
3 89
4 90
XXV 1981 1 91
2 92
3 93
4 94
XXVI 1982 1 95 (pamphlet)
2-3 96
4 97
XXVII 1983 1 98
2 99
3 100
4 101
XXVIII 1984 1 102
2 103
3 104
4 105
XXIX 1985 1 106
2 107
3 108 Allison Nelson; Laying the cornerstone for the State Capitol
4 109 GWTW at 50; Gambling lotteries
XXX 1986 1 110 New Deal
2 111 Architect Philip Shutze
3-4 112

[edit] Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South

Of 169 issues, 57 sport this title

Vol Year No. Seq No. Notes
XXXI 1987 1-2 113 Frederick Law Olmsted in Druid Hills by Gayle Sanders (name changed from Bulletin to Atlanta History)
3 114 James G. Woodward; Cascade Springs in Land Lot 216
1988 4 115 Techwood Homes
XXXII 1988 1 116 Notable burials in Oakland Cemetery by Garrett
2 117
1989 3-4 118 History of East Point
XXXIII 1989 1 119 Churches in 1890
2 120
3 121 Henry Grady's will
1990 4 122 First 21 years of the Atlanta Constitution
XXXIV 1990 1 123
2 124 Pictorial of Midtown
3 125
1991 4 126
XXXV 1991 1 127
2 128
3 129
1992 4 130
XXXVI 1992 1 131 Z.A. Rice
2 132
3 133 Presidential visits to Atlanta
1993 4 134
XXXVII 1993 1 135
2 136
3 137 Announcement that the Museum opened in October 1993 (new Atlanta History Magazine logo launched)
1994 4 138
XXXVIII 1994 1-2 139 Woodruff Arts Center
3 140
1995 4 141
XXXIX 1995 1 142
2 143
3-4 144
XL 1996 1-2 145 (spring - summer 1996)
3-4 146 (fall - winter 1996-1997)
XLI 1997 1 147
2 148 Architect G.L. Norrman designs various early fairgrounds
3 149
1998 4 150
XLII 1998 1-2 151
3 152 East Point, Georgia fights annexation in the 1920s
1999 4 153
XLIII 1999 1 154
2 155
3 156
2000 4 157 History of Zoo Atlanta
XLIV 2000 1 158
2 159
3 160 Archaeology of Atlanta's first Automobile Age
2001 4 161
XLV 2001 1 162
2 163
2002 3 164
2003 4 165 How Many Civilians Died in Sherman's Bombardment of Atlanta
46 2004 1 166 (announcement that magazine will only appear twice per year)
2 167
47 2005 1-2 168 World War II
48 2006 1 169 Community Organizing in Vine City (spring 2006 is currently the last issue)

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