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Pilgrimage to Discovery
A 3,670-square-foot professionally-designed historical exhibit area interpreting
the Victorian English origins of The Salvation Army in 1865, its arrival
in the U.S.A. in 1879/1880 and its development throughout the American
South since 1881.
Threads of Continuity
A smaller exhibit that traces the evolution of the varied international
expressions of the Salvation Army uniform.
Network
Salvation Army reference
and referral connections:
International Archives and Research Center (London,
England)
National Archives and Research Center (Alexandria,
Virginia)
Regional Historical Centers for the Northeast (West Nyack,
New York), Midwest (Des Plaines, Illinois), and
West (Rancho Palos Verdes, California).
Congregational and Spiritual
Life Archives: Corps (local church) histories and oral histories
of the personal faith pilgrimages of Salvationists that provide researchers
with materials to access and interpret the cultures, ethos, and belief-systems
of The Salvation Army in the American South.
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Research
Facility
 Research Materials:
Artifacts, photographs, audio-visual resources, personal papers and
official records.
Library: A
small library of older and out-of-print Salvation Army materials, as well
as current and out-of-print Salvation Army materials. Researchers can
also use current and back issues of Salvation Army periodicals from the
nineteenth century to the present on microfilm. College for Officer Training
library in the same building as the Historical Center.
Swyers Memorial
Reading Room: Finding aids, microfilm, microfiche and photocopying
facilities.
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Tour and research
hours:
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Monday-Friday, 9
-12 a.m. 1- 4:00 p.m.
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Evenings and Weekends
by Appointment
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Research inquiries
are welcome
by mail, phone, FAX or e-mail:
Southern Historical
Center
1032 Metropolitan Parkway, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone: (404) 752-7578
FAX: (404) 753-1932
Historical_Center@uss.salvationarmy.org
Director:
Major Jacqueline Campbell
Associate Director/Archivist:
Michael Nagy
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