These programs are sponsored by the University of Georgia Libraries and the Athens-Clarke County Library as part of the celebration of Georgia Archives Week in the Athens area. Most events are participants in the UGA Blue Card program. They are free and open to the public.
For more information on archives and past Athens-Area Archives Week activities, click here.
Room 150, Student Learning Center, UGA Campus
Time of the Butterflies
(Peabody Awards entry 2001159 ENT)
A film based on the novel by Julia Alvarez about Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Patricia Miralbal and their struggle to bring democracy to the Dominican Republic. Dr. Lesley Feracho, Romance Languages and the Institute of African-American Studies, will introduce the film and lead a discussion after it is shown. The film runs 92 minutes.
For more information about the Peabody Collection, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/collections/peabody/index.html
For more information about the UGA Libraries Media Department, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/mediadept/index.html
For directions to the Student Learning Center, visit: www.slc.uga.edu/directions.html
Power To The People! Rural Electrification in Georgia
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
For most people born in Georgia after 1950 it's hard to imagine life without electricity. But for many people born earlier, particularly in rural areas of the state, the memories of life without electricity are hard to forget: No running water, no refrigerators, no electric lights inside or outside, laundry day without a washing machine, milking cows by hand, and watering crops with buckets and ditches—the list was endless!
Private
electric companies provided power to towns and cities
around the state of Georgia starting in the late 19th century, but most
people
living in rural Georgia could not get electricity until President
Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Rural Electrification
Administration (REA) to bring electricity to rural places. With hard
work and
dedication, leaders in rural communities convinced neighbors to sign up
for electricity and to become members of electric cooperatives. These
electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) worked diligently to obtain
loans from Washington and to build their network of electric lines; in
just over 10 years, 42 cooperatives were operating in Georgia—forever
altering the landscape and patterns of living for rural Georgians.
Hours for the exhibit during fall semester will be Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturdays, 1 p.m.-4:45 p.m., except during home football games and University holidays.
The exhibit is free and open to the public.
The Russell Library is located on the west
side of the Main Library, North Campus, at the University of Georgia in
Athens.Parking is available in the North Campus
Parking Deck on South Jackson Street.
For directions and maps, call (706) 542-5766 or visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/special_collections/locations.html
Auditorium, Athens Clarke County Library
A Mystery is Solved: PBS Comes to the Archives
Ken Thomas, Historian from the Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources
Thomas will discuss his experience with the “History Detectives” television show and how archives were used to research the story. After showing the episode he worked on, he will explain how local history materials were used to unravel the mystery of “Preston Brooks’ Riding Crop.”
History Detectives is devoted to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects.
Using traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies, and plenty of legwork, the History Detectives team of experts discovers that artifacts, buildings and stories can give us new (and sometimes shocking) insights into our national history.
For more information about the History Detectives program, visit: www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/
For directions to the Athens Clarke County Library, visit: www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/libraryinfo/librarydirections.html#dirath
Room 348, Student Learning Center, UGA Campus
Mummies: Unwrapping the Secrets
(Peabody Awards entry 91192DCT)
A 30 minute documentary about Peruvian indigenous people and artifacts. Speaker will be Gabriela Espejo, a Peruvian graduate student in the department of Romance Languages.
For more information about the Peabody Collection, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/collections/peabody/index.html
For more information about the UGA Libraries Media Department, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/mediadept/index.html
For directions to the Student Learning Center, visit: www.slc.uga.edu/directions.html
Tate Student Center Theater
Tupperware
(Peabody Awards Entry 2004181 DCT)
"Beneath the bowls, there was a story nobody knew..." A Center for Humanities and Arts - Peabody Conversation. Sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts and the Peabody Awards Program. The Peabody-Award-winning film Tupperware will be screened followed by a conversation between the film's creator Laurie Kahn-Levitt and Horace Newcomb, Director of the Peabody Awards Program.
Science Library, UGA Campus
Bones
Georgia Museum of Natural History
The University
Libraries and the Georgia Museum of Natural History are teaming
together to highlight items from their respective collections. The
libraries have many works from early naturalists, such as John
Audubon, Mark Catesby, and John Abbot. These selections will be
on display at the Science Library along with corresponding
specimens from the Georgia Museum of Natural History. The
display will be up through the month of October.
Room 150, Student Learning Center, UGA Campus
CBS Report: Whose America Is It?
(Peabody Awards entry 85107NWT)
This Peabody Award-winning program, featuring Bill Moyers, discusses immigration to the United States, focussing on Cuba and the U. S - Mexico border. The documentary runs 60 minutes.
For more information about the Peabody Collection, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/collections/peabody/index.html
For more information about the UGA Libraries Media Department, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/mediadept/index.html
For directions to the Student Learning Center, visit: www.slc.uga.edu/directions.html
Auditorium, Russell Library, Main Library, UGA Campus
A Day in the Life of an Archivist
What is an archivist? What do they do? A panel of UGA Libraries staff and faculty who work with historical materials will demystify archival work. Please join us for a lively discussion!
For directions to the Russell Library, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/russell/geninfo/index.html
Please RSVP to Carla Buss at: cbuss@uga.edu
Room 348, Student Learning Center, UGA Campus
Born to be Wild: The Leading Men of American Dance Theatre
(Peabody entry 2003061DCT)
Features dancers from Cuba and Spain. Speaker will be Greta Browning, choreographer, Athens Ballet Theatre. Documentary runs 60 minutes.
For more information about the Peabody Collection, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/collections/peabody/index.html
For more information about the UGA Libraries Media Department, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/mediadept/index.html
For directions to the Student Learning Center, visit: www.slc.uga.edu/directions.html
Auditorium, Athens Clarke County Library
Preserving Your Personal Documents
A presentation by UGA archivists and librarians discussing preservation issues
for your most important collections. Covers paper and electronic documents.
For directions to the Athens Clarke County Library, visit: www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/libraryinfo/librarydirections.html#dirath
Georgia Museum of Art, UGA Campus
From Sideboard to Pulpit: Silver in Georgia
An exhibit of more than 100 examples of silver made, retailed, owned, or presented in
Georgia, primarily in the 19th century, curated by Ashley Callahan, curator, Henry D. Green
Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts, and Dale L. Couch, senior archivist, Georgia
Archives. Presented in the Martha and Eugene Odum Gallery of Decorative Arts. Sponsored
by the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation.
For more information, call (706) 542-4662 or visit: www.uga.edu/gamuseum/
Georgia Museum of Art, UGA Campus
Art as Document and Documents for Art: A Gallery Talk with
co-curators Ashley Callahan and Dale Couch
Ashley Callahan, Curator of Decorative Arts at the Georgia Museum of Art, and Dale Couch, Senior Archivist and Historical Research Advisor at the Georgia Archives, first will discuss their collaborative effort in organizing this exhibition, highlighting the complementary resources available through their two institutions. Then they will share their findings about selected objects in the exhibition, including a large, Neoclassical silver pitcher presented to Reverence Samuel K. Talmage in Augusta in 1836, a silver cup engraved for an Atlanta jeweler's son upon the occasion of his second birthday, and a julep cup and ewer retailed in Georgia after the Civil War by a jeweler who left the state under questionable circumstances. This free event, open to the public, will take place in the Martha and Eugene Odum Gallery of Decorative Arts at the Georgia Museum of Art.For more information, call (706) 542-4662 or visit: www.uga.edu/gamuseum/
Main Library, UGA Campus
The Poisoned Capsule: or, The Mystery of the Devoured Documents
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Was it acid in the paper or iron-toothed gophers in the quad? Delve into the mysterious disappearance of the 1872 University of Georgia Time Capsule!
For more information about the Hargrett Library, visit: http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/speccoll.html