Category Archives: Special Collections & Archives

Great American Songbook Competition

On Saturday May 11th, The Michael Feinstein Great American Songbook Initiative will host a high school vocal academy and competition dedicated solely to the music from Broadway, Hollywood musicals and the Tin Pan Alley era of the early to mid-twentieth … Continue reading

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Machinists Celebrate 125 Years; Birthplace was Atlanta Railroad Pit

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) was founded in Atlanta 125 years ago this coming Sunday. On May 5, 1888, nineteen machinists led by Tom Talbot joined together to found the Order of the United Machinists and … Continue reading

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Photo of Overlooked GSU Landmark Rediscovered

Director George Sparks’ earliest memory of what is now Georgia State University was when it was located at Pryor St. (now Peachtree Center Ave.) and Auburn Ave.  See Sanborn map of location here and hear Sparks describe the college.  When … Continue reading

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Georgia State University’s Urban Pioneers

Students in the 1950s in front of the University System of Georgia Center

People and Places: Georgia State’s Urban Pioneers is a new exhibit celebrating Georgia State’s centennial by focusing on the people and places that define our campus. This exhibit is next to the Library South entrance. Throughout 2013 the library plans … Continue reading

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Prison and Baseball in the Southern Labor Archives?

Jennifer Williams, a Graduate Research Assistant currently working with the Southern Labor Archives photograph collection, has found some interesting (and unexpected) things while preparing photographs for inclusion in Digital Collections. This blog post was inspired by images found in the … Continue reading

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Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions: A Centennial Celebration

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions, Georgia State University is presenting an event that highlights the significance of the conventions and their importance in the development of country music.  The event … Continue reading

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Georgia Women’s Movement Project Spring Event 2013: Doe Dialogues

DOE DIALOGUES The Georgia Women’s Movement Project Spring Event is held annually to highlight collections in the Georgia State University Library Women and Gender Collections, and to celebrate the lives of the unsung heroines of the women’s movement in Georgia. … Continue reading

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Domestic Workers records available online

The records of the National Domestic Workers Union (NDWU) have been digitized by Gale/Cengage Learning and made available through their Archives Unbound database. Gale, “a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses,” approached the Southern … Continue reading

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GSU Oral History Roundtable meeting February 22

The next meeting of the Georgia State University Oral History Roundtable will meet February 22, 2013, at noon in the Colloquium Room on Library South 8. Staff from the Library’s Special Collections and Archives will present on the department’s oral … Continue reading

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Bazaar Education: Night School in the Peachtree Arcade

In 1917, at the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War I, the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce (now Georgia State University) moved into two rooms at the newly constructed Peachtree Arcade near Atlanta’s Five Points.  The … Continue reading

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