Blog Posts

The wild story of crime, embezzlement, and 22 aliases. The story of Mrs. Gray, True-crime in Decatur.    Originally Posted: May 2019 Updated: Jan 2022 with additional images and information. [...]

Quite recently, a longstanding mystery of the archives was solved through a happy bit of circumstance.  A missing dress lost somewhere in the collections of the DeKalb History Center, was [...]

Clark Ashton’s sculptures sit dramatically on Druid Hill. His Commuter Gallery is perched 30 feet above North Druid Hills Road.  He is passionate and fully immersed in his art. He talks [...]

Scrapbooks are an invaluable repository of cultural heritage. The collection here at the DeKalb History Center represents a range of years and subjects. Written by DHC Intern Samantha Mooney “My [...]

By Sylvia Marshall, Intern DeKalb History Center There seems to be a great debate over the title of the first African-American church in DeKalb County. According to some historians, the title [...]

Stop! Drop! and Roll! Who doesn’t remember learning fire safety growing up?  Fire alarms and sprinklers are so much a part of the buildings we enter that we hardly give them more than a [...]

Photographs of Everyday Life {Pictured Above: One of the treasures of the Guy Hayes collection. Pictured is a kitsch image of a puppy in a cream pitcher. Though taken earlier, this photo echoes [...]

This year, the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its 80th Anniversary.  Since 1938, the Chamber has been an instrumental part of the county, helping to shape the growth of DeKalb through [...]