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Athens Area Archives Week Participants
Athens Historical Society, founded in 1959, is a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving and publishing materials on the history of Athens and Clarke County. The Athens Historian is the annual publication and the society has also compiled and published other materials such as the Cemeteries of Athens-Clarke County Georgia. The society has four educational program meetings each year which are free and open to the public. Athens Historical Society's records are in Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation As a leading advocate of historic preservation, ACHF is dedicated to conserving Athens' rich architectural and cultural heritage.
Brown Media Archives at the University of Georgia Libraries is the third largest broadcasting archives in the country. Its collections include 5 million feet of newsfilm, 50,000 television programs, and 39,500 radio programs as well as folk music field recordings and home movies from across Georgia.
Clarke-Oconee Genealogical Society (COGS) is the genealogical society serving both Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties and works to preserve and publish the records of the two counties.
Data Services assists University of Georgia students, faculty, and staff who require numeric data for quantitative research in the social sciences.
Digital Library of Georgia is a gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, audio, video, and other materials.
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia Libraries consists of four sections: University Archives, The Georgiana Collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts. The Hargrett Library's holdings reflect and support research activities in collections specific to Georgia History. In addition to these interests the Hargrett Library has substantial holdings in the performing arts, literature and natural history.
The Heritage Room of the Athens Clarke County Library is a research collection for genealogy, local history and Georgia history open to all ages. In addition to the special emphasis given to collecting materials on African American history and the War Between the States, materials from Virginia, North and South Carolina are collected because of this area's place as a major path for early migration. Materials from and about local families, events and people are sought.
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia Libraries is the premiere repository for modern political collections in the South. The Library has over 100 research collections that include politicians, political appointees, observers, and parties, as well as public policy groups.
U.S. Government Documents Collection located on the second floor of the Main Library and in the Science Library consists of U.S. Government publications issued by departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
