''Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South'' was a publication of the

Atlanta Historical Society Atlanta History Center is a history museum and research center located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. The Museum was founded in 1926 and currently consists of nine permanent, and several temporary, exhibitions. Atlanta History Cen ...

. It was established in 1927 with one issue per year as the ''Atlanta Historical Bulletin''. In 1937, the journal began publishing three or four issues annually. At least one issue per year was published during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. By the middle 1950s, the publication again failed to have issues available each year. There were no issues between 1957 and 1965, with nearly a decade represented by Vol. X. Things proceeded smoothly from 1966 until the 1990s, except for no issues during the year 1974. There were occasional combined issues (1-2 or 3-4) too, and Volume XLV is particularly spotty signaling a major slowdown. The issue dated Spring 1978 changed the name to ''The Atlanta Historical Journal'' and the issue dated Spring 1987 finally changed the name to ''Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South'', then edited by Bradley R. Rice. with a similar design to the previous volumes. The issue marked Fall 1993 announced the opening of the new museum at the history center and presented a new logo, design, and layout for the magazine which continued into 2006. The last issue was Vol. 48 No. 1, dated Spring 2006. Franklin M. Garrett's death in March 2000 may have contributed to the current slowdown. Beginning with the resumption of the ''Bulletin'' in 1965 with issue No.39, a chapter or two from Franklin Garrett's book ''Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of its People and Events'' 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.

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