Format: Digital Collection

The Great Speckled Bird
The Great Speckled Bird was one of several underground newspapers that appeared in the United States in the 1960s. Published in Atlanta from 1968 to 1976, The Bird, as it was commonly known, was a new, radical voice from the South. The Bird stood out among the alternative press for the quality of its writing, […]

Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing is an alternative newspaper covering arts, entertainment, music, news, and politics in metro Atlanta. The paper was founded in 1972 by Deborah and Elton (Chick) Eason and expanded to other cities in the 1980s and 1990s under Creative Loafing, Inc. It went through various ownerships, starting in 2009, before being purchased by Ben […]

Steve Eberhardt Photograph Collection
Steve Eberhardt photographs the people and events (and animals) around Atlanta, Georgia. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Economist, The Nation, and The Guardian. The collection consists of born-digital photographs of marches, demonstrations, and other community events in and around Atlanta from 2014 to 2020. Events include Senator Bernie Sanders at Morehouse College, […]

Lane Brothers Collection
Photographic collection contains images of AT&T, Atlanta Gas Light Company, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, Rich’s, Shriners Yaarab Temple, and the Southeastern Fair while other images illustrate the development of Atlanta’s transportation system. During World War II, the studio produced photographic documentation of the Works Progress Administration, the Office of Price Administration, the […]