Georgia Room – UGA Libraries News & Events http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog news and events from the UGA Libraries Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:14:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.6 Special Collections Library Building to be Dedicated Feb. 17 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5426 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5426#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:59:37 +0000 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5426 The Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia will be formally dedicated Feb. 17 with a celebration on the front lawn of the Hull Street facility at 11 a.m.

UGA President Michael F. Adams will speak, along with University Librarian and Associate Provost William Gray Potter. Representing the University System will be Chancellor Hank Huckaby, and regents Larry Walker and W.H. (Dink) NeSmith, who also chairs the Russell Foundation. Mallory L. Davis, president of the Student Government Association, also will speak.

A reception will follow. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved to the event hall in the building.

For more information, see: News Release

]]> http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=5426 0 Hargrett Library Reopens Jan. 3 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5409 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5409#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:35:43 +0000 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5409 The Hargrett Library reopens for research on Jan. 3 in the new Richard B. Russell Building at 300 S. Hull St.

Hours are M-F 8:00 am – 5:00 pm and Sat. 1:00 pm -5:00 pm.

All collections are available for use except the Georgia Room materials, which are temporarily closed for relocation.

For more information, contact the Hargrett Library after Jan. 2 at hargrett[at]uga.edu or (706) 542-7123.

We look forward to serving you in our new facility.

]]> http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=5409 0 Hargrett Manuscripts and University Archives Close for Move http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5235 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5235#respond Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:36:02 +0000 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=5235 During the fall of 2011, the Hargrett Library will relocate from the Main Library to the new Special Collections Libraries building currently under construction at 300 Hull Street.

As a result of the move, the Historical Manuscripts and University Archives collections will be unavailable for public use for a period of approximately 6-8 weeks effective 5:00pm October 21, 2011.

The Rare Books collection will remain open until approximately November 1, 2011, when it also will close temporarily for relocation.

The Georgiana collection will remain open until approximately November 18, 2011, when it will close temporarily for relocation.

To reduce the impact of the special collections move on researchers, the Libraries will partially open the Special Collections Libraries building in the late fall to provide prearranged access to materials once they have arrived at their new home.

The Special Collections Libraries building plans to open fully to the public with normal service in January 2012.

To inquire about the availability of a specific collection or item during the October-December closings, please contact the Hargrett Library at (706) 542-7123 or Hargrett (at) uga.edu.

Saturday closings: Hargrett has ceased Saturday hours October – December due to the move.

]]> http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=5235 0 New Guide: Genealogy at the UGA Libraries http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=3023 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=3023#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:01:22 +0000 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=3023 The University of Georgia Libraries have a wealth of information about family history and genealogy – maybe even yours!  We now have a new subject guide highlighting some of our print and online resources for finding obituaries, military records, newspapers, census and other vital records, for Georgia and other locations.

The library also subscribes to the Ancestry Library Edition (on campus access only), a version of ancestry.com.  This searchable database includes census records (1790-1930), military records, the social security death index, emigration records, and many other collections of information.

The Heritage Room at the Athens-Clarke County Library on Baxter Street is another excellent local resource for history and genealogy.  They regularly have free  information sessions and special programs about doing genealogical research; see the program schedule for dates and times.

]]> http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3023 6 Georgia Bibliographies http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=855 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=855#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:09:36 +0000 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=855 The Georgia Room of the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library recently added a page of Georgia bibliographies to its web page. Covering a range of topics from Athens history to World War II in Georgia, the lists are intended to be of use to students doing research papers or to curious patrons looking for the best books on a subject. The bibliographies guide Georgia Room users not only to selected Georgiana Collection books, but also to a variety of interesting newspaper/magazine articles found in the Collection’s vertical files, and to the digital articles and online databases that the Georgia Room staff most often use to answer reference questions.

]]> http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=855 0 Annual Georgia Writers Exhibit in April http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=593 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=593#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:22:29 +0000 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=593 Rare books and manuscripts of Georgia’s most famous and influential writers will be on display as part of the from the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s annual “Georgia writers Hall of Fame” exhibit, beginning April 1. Works honoring “Georgia Writers Hall of Fame” inductees from years past (see: http://www.libs.uga.edu/gawriters/) and this year’s honorees, Bailey White and the late Calder Willingham Jr., will be on display in the Hargrett Library’s Turner Gallery through Monday, April 21, 2008. Free and open to the public.

]]> http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=593 0 Georgia Writers’ Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, April 11 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=592 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=592#respond Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:14:30 +0000 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=592 Come applaud the induction of Thomasville author and NPR commentator Bailey White and Rome, Georgia’s native son Calder Willingham (posthumous), into the Georgia Writers’ Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is a UGA Libraries’ program, which celebrates Georgia authors whose work reflects the character of the state, its land and its people. This is a blue card event. 10:30 a.m. 4th Floor rotunda, Student Learning Center.

]]> http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?feed=rss2&p=592 0 New Arrivals in the Georgia Room http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=496 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=496#respond Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:25:17 +0000 http://www.libs.uga.edu/blog/?p=496 The following items have recently been added to the Libraries’ Georgiana Collection.

Georgia Quilts book coverGeorgia Quilts : Piecing Together a History. Edited by Anita Zaleski Weinraub for the Georgia Quilt Project. (University of Georgia Press)

Archaeology of the Lower Muskogee Creek Indians, 1715-1836. By H. Thomas Foster II, with contributions by Mary Theresa Bonhage-Freund and Lisa O’Steen. (University of Alabama Press)

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast. Giff Beaton. (University of Georgia Press)

We Are the Ones We have Been Waiting For : Inner Light in a Time of Darkness. Alice Walker. (The New Press)

Race, Social reform, and the Making of a Middle Class : The American missionary Association and Black Atlanta, 1870-1900. Joseph O. Jewell. (Rowman and Littlefield)

Perfect 10: The UGA Gymdogs and the rise of Women’s College Gymnastics in America. Suzanne Yoculan and Bill Donaldson. (Hill Street Press)

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