The 14 founders of the Atlanta History Center could not have envisioned their future impact when, in 1926, they formed what was then known as the Atlanta Historical Society. Beginning as a group of civic-minded Atlantans – led by prominent attorney Walter McElreath and meeting in each other’s homes, collecting early manuscripts and photos, and publishing research bulletins to “arouse in the citizens and friends of Atlanta an interest in history” – it has turned into a primary source of Atlanta, regional and national history. In 1990, the Historical Society and all its holdings became known as the Atlanta History Center. Today, the History Center is located on 33 acres in the heart of Atlanta’s Buckhead district and includes: one of the Southeast’s largest history museums; a research library and archives that annually serves more than 10,000 patrons; six signature exhibits: Turning Point: The American Civil War, Shaping Traditions: Folk Arts in a Changing South, Metropolitan Frotiers, Down the Fairway with Bobby Jones, Centennial Olympic Games Museum, and Phillip Trammel Shutze: Atlanta Classicist, Connoisseur, and Collector; two historic houses illustrating over a century of Atlanta’s history; a two-acre midtown campus which houses the Margaret Mitchell House - the beloved writer of the famous novel, Gone With the Wind.