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Atlanta's Black Business History
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- When: October 8-November 30, 2001
- Description: Several African American business personalities and
their contribution to Atlanta's business history will be highlighted, with
material from their papers in the Archives and Manuscripts Collection,
references in the Rare Books Collection, and personalities and places from
the Photographs and Prints Collection.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Auburn Avenue Research Library
on African American Culture and History, 101 Auburn Avenue,
Atlanta, GA, 30303; Tel: 404-730-4001; Web
Site: http://www.af.public.lib.ga.us/aarl/index.html
Bring Your Family Histories
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- When: October 6, 2001
- Description: The East Point Historical Society invites the
community to come and "bring your family histories." An
exhibition of the history of some East Point schools will also be
available.
- Cost: Free
- Hours: Open House, Saturday only, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
- Where: East Point Historical Society,
1685 Norman Berry Drive, East Point, GA, 30344; Tel: 404-767-4656; Web
Site: http://www.southfulton.org/eastpoint.htm
Butts County Board of Commissioners
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- Description: Commissioners proclaimed the week as Archives Week on October 8th.
- When: Ongoing
- Description: A joint exhibit of Carroll County history is on
display in the Probate Court in Carrollton. The exhibit is sponsored
by the Carroll County Genealogical Society, the Carroll County Historical
Society, the Sons of the Confederate Veterans, and the Carroll County
Probate Court.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Carroll County Probate Court, 311 Newnan Street,
Carrollton, GA 30117.
- For more information: Contact Judge Betty Cason at the
address above or call 770-830-5840.
Carrollton
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- Description: The mayor proclaimed the week of October 8-14 as Archives Week.
Catoosa County Library Activities
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- When: October 8-12, 2001
- Description: Representatives of different historical groups and authors of historical
materials will be available at the Catoosa County Library all week. The schedule is as follows:
- October 8: Local chapter of the Sons Of the Confederacy
- October 9: Catoosa County Historical Society
- October 10: Rich Streeter, author of several books pertaining to
Catoosa County's history.
- October 11: Jim Douthat, local author of many genealogical materials.
- October 12: Fort Oglethorpe Preservation Society
- Cost: Free
- Where: Catoosa County Library,
Benton Place, 108 Catoosa Circle, Ringgold, GA 30736; Tel: 706-965-3600; Website:
http://www.whitfield.public.lib.ga.us/catoosa.html
Celebrate Butts County History
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- When: October 11-12, 2001
- Description: The Jackson-Butts County Public Library will be
having a pictorial display of old photographs on Thursday, October 11 and
Friday, October 12. The Library, along with the Genealogical Society,
the Chamber of Commerce, the Historical Society, and the Mimosa Garden Club
will be hosting a reception on Thursday, October 11, from 5:30-7:30
p.m.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Jackson-Butts County Public
Library, 436 East College Street, Jackson, GA 30233; Tel:
770-775-7524; Website: http://www.jackson-online.com/library/
- When: September to December 2001
- Description: Photographs, newspaper articles, and other historical documents focus on the history of LaGrange-Callaway Airport since the early 1900s. Among the item on display are photographs of John F. Kennedy’s visit to the airport during his 1960 campaign trip. Other photographs include General Chuck Yeager’s visit in 1992, and photographs of the All-Georgia Air Tour which came to Callaway Field in 1929. Images of the airport facilities and people associated with its history are also included.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Troup County Archives,
136 Main Street in LaGrange. The archives are open on Monday and Wednesday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information please contact Charles Kelly at 706-884-1828 or
charles@trouparchives.org.
Website: www.trouparchives.org
- When: September 19, 2001 at 2:00 p.m.
- Description: Governor Roy Barnes will sign a proclamation declaring
October 8-14 as Georgia Archives Week.
- Cost: Free
- Where: State Capitol Building, Atlanta, Georgia. Call
404-651-6474 for more details.
- When: 24x7
- Description: In celebration of Georgia Archives Week October 9-14, 2001, explore and
discover the visual treats and documentary treasures available online at Georgia
State by visiting the Pullen Library Special Collections website at http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll.
View three online photographic exhibits of 500 representative images of
twentieth-century Atlanta in the O'Neal Photographic Collection and of the
photographs of Judge Spooner's nineteenth-century farm in Faceville, Georgia.
Examine major events in twentieth-century labor and the career highlights of
former Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery, Jr. by linking from the Southern Labor
Archives web page. Study the chronology of Johnny Mercer's life and career as a
lyricist and composer at the Popular Music Collection site. View a pictorial
history of Georgia State University by linking to timelines in the University
Archives site. Abstracts of over 100 interviews with Georgia governors and other
major figures can be accessed through the Georgia Government Documentation
Project page. Finding aids, research guides, and photographs enhance the sites
of each of the seven curatorial areas in the Special Collections Department.
Investigate these rich historical resources of Georgia.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Online at http://www.library.gsu.edu/spcoll.
Hunting for Andersonville
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- When: October 13, 2001
- Time: 1:00 p.m.
- Description: A joint program with the Clarke Oconee Genealogical
Society is "Hunting for Andersonville" by Robert Scott Davis. Davis
will talk about how he has researched the people of the P.O.W. Camp at
Andersonville including the guards, prisoners and escapees. After a refreshment
break, Mr. Davis will answer genealogical "how-to" and "where to
find" questions from the audience. Books from area genealogical and
historical societies will be for sale before the program and during the break.
This is also an official program of the Athens-Clarke County Bicentennial
Celebration.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Athens-Clarke Library,
Library Auditorium.
- For more information: Laura W. Carter, The
Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens, GA
30606; Tel: 706- 613-3650 Ext. 350; Fax: 706-613-3660; Email: carterl@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us
Investigate Our History: River and Cotton in Columbus,
Georgia
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- When: October 8-December 15, 2001
- Description: Over thirty items from CSU archival collections
will be on display, including photographs, pamphlets, books, and other print
documents which trace the path cotton would take from field to market, and
highlight the importance of the Chattahoochee River in the development of
cotton manufacturing in the Columbus region.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Columbus State University
Archives, located on the 3rd floor of the Simon Schwob Memorial
Library. The archives are open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 11:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m., Wednesday 11:00 a.m-6:00 p.m., and Friday 10:00 a.m-4:00
p.m.
- For more information: Reagan Grimsley, Archivist,
at 706-568-2247 or grimsley_reagan@colstate.edu.
Local Lore at the Library
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- When:
Sunday October 14
- Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
- Description: Informal vignettes of Clarke County will
be presented by a panel of folks who have grown up here, researched the area
extensively, or both. Panel includes: Virginia Crawford, Gary Doster, Milton
Hill, Charlotte Marshall and William Pope. The panel has people who grew up in
rural Clarke County and the City of the Athens and two who have done much
research on Clarke County. The purpose is to let people know more about Athens
and Clarke County as each was in the past and talk about local resources for
further exploring that history. After brief presentations by each panelist,
audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions. The program will be
taped to be added to the oral history collection the Heritage Room is building.
This is also an official program of the Athens-Clarke County Bicentennial
Celebration.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Athens-Clarke Public Library,
Library Auditorium.
- For more information: Laura W. Carter, The
Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter Street, Athens, GA
30606; Tel: 706- 613-3650 Ext. 350; Fax: 706-613-3660; Email: carterl@mail.clarke.public.lib.ga.us
Thy Mother Is Like a Vine in Thy Blood: Viola P. Andrews and the Andrews Family
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- When: September 28, 2001-January 12, 2002
- Description: This exhibition celebrates Viola Perryman Andrews and her remarkable family. Mrs. Andrews raised ten children, first as a sharecropper in Morgan County, Georgia, and then as a seamstress in Atlanta. She fought with single-minded determination to educate and inspire her children. Despite the hardships they faced, the family lived in a creative and imaginative environment that shaped the rest of their lives. “I honestly believe that all of the Andrews have ‘art’ also ‘Writing’ talent,” Mrs. Andrews concluded. Drawn from the personal papers of Viola Andrews, of artist Benny Andrews, and of novelist Raymond Andrews, the exhibition tells the family’s story through objects that they created: autobiographies, novels, short stories, correspondence, scrapbooks, paintings, photographs, and drawings. Mrs. Andrews’ story and her writings chronicle, in the words of her son, Benny, “a life and time that has not only passed, but has been inadequately represented.”
- Cost: Free
- Where: Special Collections Department, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University,
540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322-2870; Tel: (404) 727-6887; Fax: (404)
727-0360; Email: speccollref@emory.edu;
Website: http://info.library.emory.edu/Special/
September 11 Archives
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- Description: For Georgia Archives Week 2001, the City of Savannah Municipal Research
Library is sponsoring the creation of an archive of September 11, 2001, by
their own employees.
- For more information: Glenda Anderson, Director,
Municipal Research Library, City of Savannah, Georgia,P.O. Box 1027, City
Hall, Room 103, 2 E. Bay St. at Bull St., Savannah, GA 31402; Tel:
912-651-6412; Fax: 912-233-1992; Email: ganderson@ci.savannah.ga.us
Smyrna
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- Description: The Mayor proclaimed the month of October as
"Investigate Your World War II History" at the Smyrna Museum.
Smyrna and Cobb County Veterans of World War II
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- When: September 21, 2001-September 30, 2002
- Description: The exhibit contains photographs and memorabilia
from Smyrna and Cobb County veterans of World War II. Raw interview
tapes of veterans describing their experiences and activities will be
available at the museum for viewing and research. The exhibit will be
used in conjunction with groundbreaking ceremonies for a new 20th Century
Veterans Memorial near the Village Green in Smyrna. Citizens of the
area are encouraged to donate World War II memorabilia, documents, letters
from veterans, photographs, uniforms, and other artifacts of the
era.
- Cost: Free
- Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
- Where: Smyrna Museum, 2861
Atlanta Street, Smyrna, GA 30082; Tel: 770- 435-7549 or 770-431-2858; Web
Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gashgs/
State Archives of Georgia: Learning to Investigate Your
History
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- When: October 9-13, 2001
- Description: The State Archives of Georgia, in conjunction with
other Atlanta area facilities, is celebrating Georgia Archives Week by
helping researchers learn where they can investigate their
history.
- Tuesday, October 9: Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
Learn more about the Genealogical Department and branch libraries
such as the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture
and History.
- Wednesday, October 10: Washington Memorial Library
Find out why the Genealogical Department is well-known all over the
State of Georgia.
- Thursday, October 11: Special Collections, Georgia State University
Hear about the Popular Music Collection, the Southern Labor Archives,
the Georgia Government Documentation Project, the Women's Collection,
and more.
- Friday, October 12: Oakland Cemetery
Discover Atlanta's oldest cemetery and the records available to you.
- Saturday, October 13: Atlanta History Center and State Archives of
Georgia
Explore personal and governmental resources, and find out how
they are related.
- Cost: Free
- Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10:00-11:00 a.m.; Saturday,
10:00 a.m-12:00 p.m.
- Where: Georgia Department of Archives
and History, 330 Capitol Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30334; Tel: (404)
651-6474; Web
Site: http://www.georgiaarchives.org/
University of Georgia Archives Week Activities
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Valdosta State University History
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- When: October 8-14, 2001
- Description: For Georgia Archives Week the
Valdosta State University Archives will be kicking off an October series of
presentations on the history of Valdosta State University. A book signing for a recently published
History of VSU will also be held during
that week.
- Cost: Free
- Where: Valdosta State University,
Odum Library, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA 31698-0150; Tel:
912-333-7150; Web
Site: http://books.valdosta.edu/arch/archives.html
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