Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University in Atlanta houses a collection of Confederate sheet-music imprints, as well as information on African American music, including the James Weldon Johnson Collection. Other materials document African American entertainment in Atlanta and music halls in the state. The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History in Atlanta houses books, manuscripts, and jazz, blues, and gospel sound recordings. The center also houses the records of the Georgia Federation of Music Clubs from 1920 to 1949, in addition to numerous other manuscripts and books related to music. The Atlanta History Center provides a home for the Graham Washington Jackson Papers, as well as for Jackson’s famous accordion, which he played during U.S. Zion Church in Albany, features photographs and other materials on the civil rights movement in southwest Georgia, particularly relating to the Freedom Singers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum, located at the historic Old Mt. Many archives, museums, libraries, and historical societies in Georgia preserve the state’s music and make it available to researchers.
With native performers ranging from Johnny Mercer to Little Richard and musical styles ranging from Sacred Harp singing to hip-hop, Georgia boasts a proud popular-music past and a growing future.
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