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General Georgia, Georgia Histories and Pictorials

Georgia Histories and Pictorials by Region:

Central Georgia | North Georgia and the Mountains | South Georgia and the Coastal Islands | Georgia Rivers, Railroads and Transportation

• Bailey, Annie J. and Walter J. Frasser, Jr. A Photographic History of Georgia in the Civil War. Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 1996.
• Cobb, James C. Georgia Odyssey. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1998.
• Coleman, Kenneth. Georgia History in Outline. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1979.
• Coleman, Kenneth, ed., et al. A History of Georgia. 2nd ed. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1991.
• Coleman, Kenneth, and Charles Stephen Gurr, eds. Dictionary of Georgia Biography. 2 vols. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1983.
• Cooney, Loraine M., Hattie C. Rainwater, Florence Marye, and P. Thornton Marye. Garden History of Georgia, 1733-1933. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2018.
• Davis, Anita Price. Georgia During the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a Decade. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2008.
• Doster, Gary L. From Abbeville to Zebulon: Early Post Card Views of Georgia. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia, 1998.
• Durham, Michael S. and Charles Moore. Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama; [Montgomery, AL]: SPLC/Southern Poverty Law Center, 2007.
• The Encyclopedia of Georgia (Encyclopedia of the United States). New York: Somerset, 1993.
• Georgia: The WPA Guide to Its Towns and Countryside. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1990
• Georgia Biographical Dictionary 1999-2000: People of All Times and All Places Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State. Phoenix: Somerset, 1999.
• Georgia Humanities Council, University of Georgia. Press, GALILEO, and Merrill-Hall New Media. The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Athens, Ga.: Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press, 2004.
• Gleason, David K. Antebellum Homes of Georgia. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1987.
• Hemperley, Marion R. Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia between 1847-1962, 8500 Places and the County in which Located. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1980.
• Hemperley, Marion R. Indian Heritage of Georgia. Self-published, 1994.
• Joiner, Don. Faith of Our Fathers: Over One Hundred of the Oldest Most Historic Churches in Georgia: A Pictorial History. College Station, TX: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, Inc., 2012.
• Jones, Charles C., Jr. Dead Towns of Georgia. Savannah, Ga.: Oglethorpe Press, 1997.
• Kite, Andy. Vanishing Towns of Rural Georgia. Woodstock, GA: Backroad Books, 2009.
• Knight, Lucian L. Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends. Atlanta: Byrd Printing Company, State Printers, n.d.
• Kovarik, Joseph. Vanishing Landmarks of Georgia: Gristmills & Covered Bridges. Winston-Salem, N.C.: John F. Blair, Publisher, 2016.
• Krakow, Kenneth K. Georgia Place-Names. Macon, Ga.: Winship Press, 1975.
• Kyi, Tanya Lloyd. Georgia. North Vancouver, B.C.: White Cap Books, 2002.
• Lane, Mills. The People of Georgia: An Illustrated History. Savannah, Ga.: Library of Georgia, 1992.
• London, Bonita B. Georgia: The History of an American State. Montgomery, Ala.: Clairmont, n.d.
• Matrana, Marc R. Lost Plantations of the South. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
• Poland, Thomas M. Georgialina: A Southland as we knew it. Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2015.
• Poland, Thomas M. The Last Sunday Drive: Vanishing Traditions in Georgia and the Carolinas. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2019.
• Randklev, James. Georgia. Englewood, Colorado: Westcliffe Publishers, 1992.
• Seals, Sonny and George Heart. Historic Rural Churches of Georgia. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press in association with Georgia Humanities, 2016.
• Weems, Bill, Louis de Vorsey, and Judy Z. Allen. Georgia, the Home Place. n.p.: n.p., 1979.
• Wilcox, Dianne Dent. Georgia Patchwork: Pictures and Personalities from 159 Counties. Atlanta, GA: ThomasMax Publishing, 2018.
• Wills, Charles A. A Historical Album of Georgia (Historical Albums). Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1996.
• Wilson, Pamela B. Counties and Towns of Georgia in 1880. Athens, Ga.: Southern Trace Publishers, n.d.

• Coleman, Billie. Central Georgia Textile Mills. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2017.
• Doster, Gary L. East Central Georgia: In Vintage Postcards. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1998.
• Doster, Gary L. West Central Georgia: In Vintage Postcards. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1998.
• Georgia Writers Project, Savannah Unit. Drums and Shadows: Survival Studies among the Georgia coastal Negroes. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

• Adkins, Leonard M. and Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Along the Appalachian Trail: Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2012.
• Davis, Donald D. The Land of Ridge and Valley: A Photographic History of the Northwest Georgia Mountains. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2000.
• Doster, Gary L. Northeast Georgia: In Vintage Postcards. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1998.
• Doster, Gary L. Northwest Georgia: In Vintage Postcards. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1998.
• Hudgins, Phil, Jessica Phillips, and Foxfire Fund. Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia. New York: Anchor Books, 2018.
• Jackson, Olin. A North Georgia Journal of History. Woodstock, Ga.: Legacy Communications, 1999.
• Russell, Lisa M. Lost Towns of North Georgia. Charleston, S.C.: The History Press, 2016.
• Sawyer, Gordon. Northeast Georgia: A History. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 2001.

• Coastal Plain Area Planning and Development Commission, comp. Remembered Places and Leftover Pieces. Valdosta, Ga.: The Commission, 1976.
• Doster, Gary L. Southeast Georgia: In Vintage Postcards. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1998.
• Doster, Gary L. Southwest Georgia: In Vintage Postcards. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1998.
• Images of South Georgia and North Florida through the Years. Valdosta, Ga.: Valdosta Daily Times, 1999.
• Kennedy, Stetson. Palmetto Country. Tallahassee, Fla.: Florida A&M University Press, 1989.
• McCarthy, Kevin M., and William L. Trotter, illustrator. Georgia's Lighthouses and Historical Coastal Sites. Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press, 1998.
• Morris, Patricia. Georgia’s Lighthouse. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008.
• Vanstory, Burnette. Georgia's Land of the Golden Isles. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1982.

• Caldwell, Wilber W. The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair: A Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and Its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia 1833-1910. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University, 2001.
• Carver, Kaye, and Myra Queen, eds. Memories of a Mountain Shortline: The Story of the Tallulah Falls Railroad. Rabun Gap, Ga.: Foxfire Press, 1976.
• Gallo, Tom. Chattahoochee Valley Railway. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1999.
• McQuigg, Jackson. Central of Georgia Railway. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia, 1998.
• Lowry, Amy Gillis and Abbie Tucker Parks. North Georgia’s Dixie Highway. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007.
• Paterson, David E. Frontier Link with the World: The Upson County Railroad. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1998.
• Willoughby, Lynn. Flowing through Time: A History of the Lower Chattahoochee River. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1999.