“The Georgia Historical Commission: Its History and its Role in Historic Preservation.” Jan Gilmore. PhD dissertation, 1975 (copy in HPD library).
“Georgia’s Historic Preservation Office: A Brief History.” Elizabeth A. Lyon. Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 63, Spring 1979.
“From Landmarks to Community: The History of Georgia’s Historic Preservation Movement.” Elizabeth A. Lyon. Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 83, No. 1 (Spring 1999).
(on the 30th Anniversary of the State Historic Preservation Office)
“Georgia State Historic Preservation Office Timeline 1951-2010.” Helen Talley-McRae, editor, Historic Preservation Division.
(online HPD’s website)
(This version of the timeline – “Preserving the Past of the Georgia State Historic Preservation Office” – is an updated and expanded version of HPD’s earlier timeline.)
“History of Historic Preservation.” Lyon, Elizabeth A. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Original entry 10/03/2006; updated 10/172016.
New Georgia Encyclopedia citation: Lyon, Elizabeth A. “History of Historic Preservation.” New Georgia Encyclopedia. 17 October 2016. Web. 08 February 2017.
For additional articles about historic preservation on the New Georgia Encyclopedia website, go to the “New Georgia Encyclopedia” website (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org) and enter “historic preservation” in the front page search box.