About
Mission
The Roswell Historical Society is committed to collecting, preserving, sharing, and promoting the rich history of the city of Roswell and its environs. The Roswell Historical Society is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. Membership is open to everyone. Our major financial support comes from annual membership dues, fundraising events, donations, grants and historic tours.
History
The Roswell Historical Society, established in 1971, is Roswell’s oldest historic preservation organization. Over the last fifty years the Society has amassed considerable holdings of historically significant materials and artifacts which are recorded and preserved at the Research Library and Archives, and often displayed around Roswell. The Society has had many homes, including Allenbrook, the Smith Plantation, and the lower level of the old City Hall, which is currently the Visitors Center. In 2011, the Society moved to its present location on the second floor of the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, which united the Society’s office with the Research Library and Archives.
Accomplishments
Through the years, over 290 descendants of Old Roswell Cemetery and Pleasant Hill Historical Cemetery families have been located, over 1,500
monuments properly and safely cleaned, 105 organizations have volunteered their time, donated funds or professional talents. RHS Cemetery Project
has raised funds to place hundreds of wreaths on local veterans’ gravesites by participating in Wreaths Across America. Our Research Library and Archives houses thousands of collections of manuscripts, maps, books, audio/visual material, visual arts, photographs, newspapers, pamphlets, residence and family files, textiles, and artifacts related to Roswell, Georgia and its environs.
