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Special collections libraries fellows uga center for. Uga hargrett library athens, georgia library facebook. The library serves the university scholarly community, as well as researchers worldwide. The hargrett rare book and manuscripts library has collected more than two hundred thousand books representing the history of the state of georgia. The hargrett library focuses on georgia history and culture, holding rare books and georgiana, historical manuscripts, photographs, maps. Image courtesy of hargrett rare book and manuscript library.

Hargrett rare book and manuscript library university of. Campus news womens history month honors voting rights. Although not limited to a single geographic subject, the collection heavily emphasizes georgia as colony and state. This oneday exhibit will highlight some of the more fragile and rare items held by the hargrett rare book and manuscript library. The hargrett librarys online collection of maps includes early maps of colonial and revolutionary america and maps of georgia from revolutionary times through the 1939. Brown media archives and peabody awards collection. University of georgia special collections libraries. This database serves as a finding aid for hargretts broadsides holdings and provides digital versions of most broadsides. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library university of georgia libraries main library, 3rd floor 320 south jackson street athens, ga 306021641 fax number. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library wikipedia. A new mapp of his maiestys flourishing province of south.

This applies to all outstanding book requests, including interlibrary loan requests, slated to be picked up at the main library, until further notice. Center for geospatial research, university of georgia 1944. This tour stop highlights a handcolored engraving on display inside the hargrett rare book and manuscript librarys ongoing exhibition the strategies of 01. The hargrett rare book and manuscript library is located in russell special collections building at the university of georgia in athens, georgia. As players and fans prepare for the kickoff of the university of georgias football season, the hargrett rare book and manuscript library plans to revisit recent program history in the new exhibit beautiful and brutal. Jul 06, 2019 this oneday exhibit will highlight some of the more fragile and rare items held by the hargrett rare book and manuscript library. Russell library for political research and studies. Instructors will highlight the exhibition the strategies. Georgia center for continuing education library records.

Subject interests include georgia, book arts, theater, music, history, literature, journalism and genealogy. As history unfolds during the covid19 pandemic, the university of georgia special collections libraries are collecting experiences and responses from. Russell library for political research and studies, or the walter j. Since 1886, the pandora has been the yearbook of the university of georgia. The hargrett rare book and manuscript library is located in russell special collections. Babylonian clay tablets, 17thcentury persian manuscript of the mathnawi, reed creek collection of dahlonega gold coins, original constitution of the confederate states of america, list of georgia settlers recorded by the trustees for. Further research into the history of university of georgia athletics can be done through the collections of the hargrett library, which holds the archives of the university as well as the archives of the uga athletic association. The hargrett rare book and manuscript library consists of not only rare book and manuscripts but also the georgiana collection, the university of georgia archives, and records management. Russell special collections libraries building on the campus of the university of georgia. The manuscripts area of the hargrett library is the repository for over six million individual items including family papers, diaries, letters. Uga libraries to document coronavirus era for posterity uga. The images provided are the property of the hargrett library.

Beautiful and brutal exhibit looks at 2017 uga football. January 24 august 31, 2020 russell library gallery. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library archives uga today. University of georgia libraries university of georgia athens, georgia 306021641 706. Participants should meet in the rotunda on the second floor of the richard b. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library news release university of georgia libraries. The maps depict georgia cities and coastal areas and document transportation by rail, river, and highway. Mar 17, 2015 the hargrett gallery is located in the richard b.

Staff listing hargrett library university of georgia. Mobilizing a nation for womens rights opens at the richard b. Brown media archives and peabody awards collection, the hargrett rare book and manuscript library and the richard b. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library on instagram. Starting as a publication of the fraternities, the pandora combined facts, photography, cartooning and humor to provide an annual record of university activities. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library uga calendar of. Special emphasis is placed on rare books, maps, broadsides and other printed material dealing with the state of georgia and the southeast as the state developed from precolonial times to the present. The places of athens throughout the decades magazine. Russell building special collections libraries on jan. Mazie bowen public service coordinator university libraries, richard b. A research account is required to use materials or order digital copies from the hargrett rare book and manuscript library, the richard b.

The hargrett rare continue reading in the spotlight. The university of georgia s hargrett rare book and manuscript library will pay homage to the centennial anniversary of womens suffrage this spring. Sep 19, 2019 hargrett rare book and manuscript library is the home to the lillian smith papers. By registering to use the library s montgomery reading room, researchers may work with unique materials that reveal more than three centuries of georgia people, places, and culture. Hargrett library resources world war ii resources at uga. In compliance with the governors stayathome order, uga libraries will no longer offer book pickup or scanning services. Russell building special collections libraries anne devine outreach and access coordinator for rare books hargrett rare book and manuscript library. Jun 20, 20 the hargrett rare book and manuscript library advances the research, instructional, and service mission of the university of georgia by collecting, preserving, and sharing the published and unpublished works that document the history and culture of georgia. The hargrett library collection includes books and documents as early as the 15th century relating to georgia history and culture, photographs, maps, broadsides, archives and records. Winston churchill paintings on display at hargrett rare book. Hargrett from the vault uga libraries calendar university. Browse exhibits uga special collections library online.

This 1869 map shows franklin college, which now constitutes north campus. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library a repository on georgia history and culture, the hargrett library houses several of the libraries special collections. This semester, i have the fun job of putting together three cases for an exhibit in the special collections library at uga. Questions about topics related to the many collections of the hargrett rare book and manuscript library can be. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library, university of georgia libraries. The hargrett library focuses on georgia history and culture, holding historical manuscripts, rare books, georgiana, photographs, maps, and the university of georgia archives.

Hargrett rare book and manuscript library rare map collection. This database serves as a finding aid for hargrett s broadsides holdings and provides digital versions of most broadsides. Reference, or user copies, are available for much of the collection for use in the university of georgia libraries media department or at the special collections library. The history of this antebellum gold rush is displayed this summer at the university of georgia hargrett rare book and manuscript library to tell an often untold story. The hargrett rare book and manuscript library collects materials concerned with the history and culture of georgia, as well as on university of georgia history, performing arts, natural history, and womens history. Russell building special collections libraries is home of the hargrett rare book and manuscript library, the russell library for political research and studies, the walter j. The university of georgias hargrett rare book and manuscript library will pay homage to the centennial anniversary of womens suffrage this spring. Hargrett rare book and manuscript library and university archives staff. This tour stop highlights a handcolored engraving on display inside the hargrett rare book and manuscript library s ongoing exhibition the strategies of 01. Guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the walter j. At uga, the project was led by faculty members amma gharteytagoe kootin standing and emily sahakian center and based on archival research conducted for an exhibit on georgias incarceration history at the hargrett rare book and manuscript library. Going for gold history at the hargrett rare book and.