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Sources for studing Atlanta and southern regional history and culture. The 42,000 square foot library possesses over 15,000 cubic feet of records, including 33,000 published volumes, more than 2,000 manuscript and photograph collections, and 7,800 rolls of microfilm.<ref>[http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/kenan-research-center Kenan Research Center] in ''Atlanta History Center'' (accessed 11 September 2015).</ref> Their collection includes African-American history and the Civil Rights movement; Atlanta politics; gay and lesbian historical studies; regional photography and the history of photography; folklore; transportation and economic development; the Beverly M. DuBose Jr. and Thomas S. Dickey libraries on the Civil War and military ordnance; and the Sons of the American Revolution genealogy collections, family and county histories from Georgia, North and South Carolina, and Alabama. They also have Georgia censuses and indexes, the Garrett Necrology (cemetery survey and obituary abstracts) 1855–1933, Fulton County estate records, and historic Atlanta newspapers.<ref>[http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/about-us/history/collections/krc/genealogy-and-family-history-southeastern-us Genealogy and Family History of the Southeastern U.S.] in ''Atlanta History Center'' (accessed 12 January 2016).</ref>