ARTIFACT DONATIONS
A goal of the Johns Creek Historical Society is to gather in one place the records and stories of the past to create both a physical and digital archive to preserve Johns Creek's history and make the records available to the public.
We are actively collecting items for a centralized Johns Creek history archives.
If you have artifacts, photos, documents, books, recordings, or stories of life in the Johns Creek or neighboring areas during earlier times, please let us know. If you want to retain your originals, we will make digital copies for the archives.
Our focus is 1800 to 2006 and items that relate to the Johns Creek area, historic communities (Warsaw, Newtown, Ocee, and Shakerag), Old Milton County, Georgia, and southern states.
- artifacts - household, farm, clothing and personal items
- artifacts - Native American
- photos of local stuctures, roads, general landscape, activities, and people
- documents like letters, deeds, journals, scrapbooks, receipts, military records
- promotional items of events and businesses
- school, church, cemetery, and civic club records
- books, newspapers, magazines
- maps
- video and audio tapes of activities, people, locations, oral histories
- memories and stories
Please contact us at info@johnscreekhistory.org
Examples of artifacts and records donated to the JC Historical Society include:
- The Miller Newtown Collection containing documents, tapes, maps, and photos of the early park, renovation of Newtown School, and general Newtown history.
Donated by Susan and Dan Miller - The Bowers Collection containing Native American pottery shards, projectile points, historic maps, McKenney prints of Creek chiefs, and other items.
Donated by Alison Findlay - The Findley Collection containing farm tools, a few photos, and other items.
- and miscellaneous documents, photos, recordings, ephemera, and other items from multiple donors.