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Time Periods Progressive Era to World War II (1900-1945)

1. Collection Museum of History and Holocaust Education's oral history program

Description:
Started in 2013, the Museum of History and Holocaust Education's Oral History Program preserves first-hand accounts of past events through recorded film.
Date of Original:
2013-11-12/2018-10-30
Holding Institution:
Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

2. Collection First Person Project

Description:
Personal narratives and oral histories documenting life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in Georgia.
Date of Original:
2012/2014
Holding Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

3. Collection Regional African American Museum of Northeast Georgia Exhibit

Description:
Twentieth century photographs and other materials documenting the African American contributions in Habersham, Banks, Rabun, and White counties. A virtual version of the exhibit is available.
Date of Original:
2011
Holding Institution:
Regional African American Museum of Northeast GA, Inc.

4. Collection Goin' back : remembering UGA

Description:
Oral history interviews with University of Georgia alumni describing their student days from the 1930s to the 1970s as well as reflecting on life in contemporary Georgia.
Date of Original:
2006/2016
Holding Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

5. Collection Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection

Description:
Oral histories conducted by Bob Short between 2006 and 2010 with politically prominent Georgians.
Date of Original:
2006/2013
Holding Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

6. Collection Georgia Tech historic buildings & landscapes

Description:
Documents and photographs related to Georgia Tech's built environment dating from 2001 to 2010.
Date of Original:
2001/2010
Holding Institution:
Georgia Institute of Technology. Library. Archives, Records Management and Digital Curation Department

7. Collection World War II veterans project

Description:
Oral history interviews conducted in the late 1990s to mid-2000s with veterans of World War II living in Bainbridge, Georgia.
Date of Original:
1998/2006
Holding Institution:
Southwest Georgia Regional Library

8. Collection College Histories - Centennial History of Piedmont College, 1897-1997

Description:
The centennial edition of Piedmont College History, 1897-1997 by Dr. Mary C. Lane. The Centennial History is very important for its chapter on 1990-1997, but the earlier text's deeper and broader treatment of earlier times makes it the essential version of that earlier history.
Date of Original:
1997
Holding Institution:
Piedmont College. Library

9. Collection Georgia Tech: telling it like it was

Description:
Videotaped recollections of former Georgia Tech students collected between 1994 and 1997.
Date of Original:
1994/1997
Holding Institution:
Georgia Institute of Technology. Library. Archives, Records Management and Digital Curation Department

11. Collection Southline Press, Inc. photographs

Description:
Southline Press, Inc. was an Atlanta weekly published from 1985-1988. The collection includes images of political and civic leaders, entertainers, businesses, Atlanta landmarks, and demonstrations related to civil rights and abortion rights.
Date of Original:
1985/1988
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

12. Collection College Histories - Piedmont College Graduates Make Good

Description:
Short biographical sketches of people who had been significant in the life of the College from the earliest days of the College to 1982, including students, faculty and staff, members of the Board of Trustees and of the local community.
Date of Original:
1982
Holding Institution:
Piedmont College. Library

13. Collection Frank B. Davenport photographs, 1917

Description:
Black-and-white photographs of the damage caused by the Great Atlanta Fire of 1917.
Date of Original:
1978/1980
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

15. Collection Living Atlanta oral history collection

Description:
Oral history interviews conducted between 1972 and 1980 of Atlantans discussing race relations, social life, customs, economic conditions, politics, and government during the twentieth century.
Date of Original:
1972/1980
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

16. Collection Boyd Lewis photographs

Description:
Photographs taken by African American journalist Boyd Lewis between 1970 and 1982 while he worked at the Atlanta Voice and the Atlanta Inquirer depicting the rise of the African American political class, journalists, social activists, clergy, students, and Atlanta neighborhoods.
Date of Original:
1970/1982
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

17. Collection Johnny Mercer Oral History Project

Description:
Transcripts of oral history interviews with family members, friends, and colleagues of Savannah, Georgia-born lyricist and musician Johnny Mercer and his wife Ginger dating from 1970 to 2002.
Date of Original:
1970/2002
Holding Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

18. Collection Georgia Government Documentation Project

Description:
Oral histories collected from 1971 to 2002 of twentieth-century Georgia political figures.
Date of Original:
1969/2001
Holding Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

19. Collection WALB Newsfilm collection

Description:
Selected raw footage from Albany, Georgia's NBC affiliate, WALB during the Albany Movement, 1961.
Date of Original:
1961/1978
Holding Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

20. Collection Funeral programs from the Thomas County Public Library System

Description:
Over 4000 funeral programs documenting late twentieth and early twenty-first century funeral services of Georgia residents, primarily from the Thomasville, Georgia area.
Date of Original:
1960/2014
Holding Institution:
Thomas County Public Library System (Thomasville, Ga.)

21. Collection Lillian Smith letters to Ashley Montagu

Description:
Correspondence regarding the Anisfield-Wolf Award Committee, books that have been nominated for the award, and personal matters. The collection also includes a carbon from Norman Cousins to Lillian Smith, and a telegram announcing Smith's death.
Date of Original:
1956/1966
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

23. Collection Lillian Smith letter to Kelsey Guilford

Description:
One typewritten letter dated November 11, 1949, "Dear Mr. Guilford," from Lillian Smith regarding Guilford's review of Killers of the Dream.
Date of Original:
1949-11-11
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

24. Collection Blair Family Papers, 1914 - 1950

Description:
Scrapbooks, papers, and photographs from the 1940s documenting Marietta, Georgia mayor L.M. (Rip) Blair, his family, and the Bell Aircraft Company.
Date of Original:
1949/1950
Holding Institution:
Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

25. Collection Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home archives

Description:
Registers of the mothers and babies born between 1949-1971 at the home of midwife Beatrice ("Miss Bea") Borders (1892–1971) in Camillla, Georgia, the first and only maternity shelter where African American women were allowed by local doctors to receive midwife delivery for their newborns.
Date of Original:
1949/1971
Holding Institution:
Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home

26. Collection Lillian Smith letters

Description:
Correspondence between Lillian Smith and her publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, particularly with George P. Brockway and Storer B. Lunt, who discuss the distribution of her works, publicity to sell her books, and reviews of her works. Also includes letters from others relating to the distribution of or reaction to her works.
Date of Original:
1949/1966
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

28. Collection Mrs. Francis C. Smith photographs, 1948-1955

Description:
Photographs of from 1948 to 1955 of courthouses, churches, post offices, rivers, lakes, schools, industrial areas, farms, and private residences in cities and towns across North Georgia and the Atlanta area.
Date of Original:
1948/1955
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

29. Collection Minor Studio photograph collection

Description:
Black-and-white photographs of East Point, Georgia taken between 1947 and 1954.
Date of Original:
1947/1954
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

31. Collection Dawson County Library tax records

Description:
Property tax records for residents of Dawson County, Georgia covering the years 1945 to 1948, 1956, 1960, and 1964 to 1971.
Date of Original:
1945/1971
Holding Institution:
Dawson County Library

32. Collection Roland B. Daniel Papers Photographs (MC 49)

Description:
Photographs dating from the 1940s and 1950s of Roland B. Daniel, superintendent of Columbus, Georgia's public schools from 1909 to 1937.
Date of Original:
1945/1959
Holding Institution:
Columbus State University. Archives

34. Collection Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies vertical files

Description:
The Clark Atlanta University School of Library and Information Studies Vertical Files consist of newsletters, brochures, and booklets surrounding the program dating from 1944 to 2004.
Date of Original:
1944/2004
Holding Institution:
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

35. Collection Turner Scrapbook Collection

Description:
Photographs taken from a 1940's scrapbook which documents the historical people and places of Newton County, Georgia.
Date of Original:
1944/1949
Holding Institution:
Newton County Library System

36. Collection The 116th AAA Gun Bn Mobile typescript (photocopy)

Description:
The volume, compiled and styled by John Grove Murray, chronicles the 116th AAA Gun battalion unit from its beginning in 1943 through the Normandy Invasion on Utah Beach on 6 June 1944, on through Paris and Sedan, France into Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Included are unit commendations, rosters, and other vital statistics, and comments added by Colonel James D. Shearouse 42 years later.
Date of Original:
1943/1944
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

37. Collection Green family World War II letters

Description:
Collection consisting of materials that cover William Walter Green’s time serving in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1943-1945.
Date of Original:
1943/1945
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

38. Collection Interdenominational Theological Center audio visual collection

Description:
Audio recordings spanning the years 1943 to 1969 of sermons and presentations given to ITC students during the 1960s.
Date of Original:
1943/1969
Holding Institution:
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

39. Collection Lillian Smith and Paula Snelling letters

Description:
Correspondence of a personal nature, regarding health and family matters, but some discuss Smith's activities while on lecture tours. Includes an editorial from 1951 calling Smith's book "Strange Tripe."
Date of Original:
1943/1955
Holding Institution:
Hargrett Library

40. Collection Raymond B. Nixon Photographs, 1943

Description:
Black-and-white photographs of the 1943 launching of the liberty ship, U.S.S. Henry Grady in Brunswick, Georgia.
Date of Original:
1943
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

42. Collection Southwest Georgia Regional Library System Collection

Description:
Collection of photographs and documents of the Bainbridge Army Airfield in Bainbridge, Georgia during World War II. After the war the airfield was transformed into a flight school for commercial pilots, named Southern Airways School. The collection includes several yearbooks from Southern Airways School.
Date of Original:
1943/1959
Holding Institution:
Southwest Georgia Regional Library

43. Collection Van Buren Colley photographs, 1873-1970, undated, (bulk 1953-1970)

Description:
Black-and-white photographs from 1873 to 1970 of Fulton County (including Atlanta and more rural areas such as Alpharetta and Adamsville) that feature Catholic life in Atlanta and street scenes.
Date of Original:
1943/1952
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

44. Collection WAVES

Description:
Photographs of WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) being trained at the Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville from 1943 to 1945.
Date of Original:
1943/1945
Holding Institution:
Russell Library. Special Collections

45. Collection Bell Aircraft Corporation photographs, 1942-1952

Description:
Black-and-white photographs of the construction of the plant, the buildings and grounds, employees, and construction and flight of the B-29 aircraft.
Date of Original:
1942/1945
1951/1952
Holding Institution:
Atlanta History Center

47. Collection Harold J. Hart papers, 1942-1945

Description:
Photographs most likely taken by Sgt. Harold J. Hart while he was a member of the 7th Photo Technical Squadron stationed at the 36th Base Headquarters at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia from 1943 to 1945.
Date of Original:
1942/1945
Holding Institution:
Georgia Historical Society

48. Collection Maternity Hospital Scrapbook

Description:
Scrapbook documenting the establishment of the Rabun County Maternity Home in Clayton, Georgia, with material dating from 1942 to 1991.
Date of Original:
1942/1991
Holding Institution:
Northeast Georgia Regional Library System
Rabun County Public Library

49. Collection Mighty Eighth Air Force collection

Description:
Digitization of materials that focus on the activity at Savannah Army Air Base (Hunter Field), Savannah, Georgia to prepare the Eighth Air Force for combat following its activation on January 28, 1942.
Date of Original:
1942/2002
Holding Institution:
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

50. Collection Sting student newspaper collection

Description:
Student newspaper of Southern Technical Institute, Southern College of Technology, and Southern Polytechnic State University.
Date of Original:
1942/1945
Holding Institution:
Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management