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Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 - Renna Tuten
The UGA Special Collections Libraries will be closed on Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. The Special Collections Libraries will reopen on Monday, November 26 at 8:00 A.M.
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012 - Renna Tuten
Thursday, November 15, 2012
3:30-6:30 p.m.
Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Auditorium (Room 271)
300 South Hull Street
THE MAN NOBODY KNEW uncovers the hidden life of legendary CIA spymaster William Colby. The consummate American soldier-spy, he served numerous presidents on both sides of the aisle and through it all maintained a ...
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 - Renna Tuten
The twenty wire recordings from the Herman E. Talmadge Collection were digitized last year and are now available online. These recordings document the 1948 and 1950 gubernatorial races and the bitter fights held in the aftermath of the Georgia Supreme Court's decision to favor Lieutenant Governor M.E. Thompson's claim to ...
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 - Renna Tuten
The annual exhibition of the Confederate Constitution will be April 26 at the UGA Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries.
The Constitution will be displayed from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the second floor gallery space of the Russell Building.
Civil War letters, documents, artifacts and images from 1862 will ...
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Sunday, April 15th, 2012 - Renna Tuten
Fred A. Birchmore and bike, 1935 or 1936. Courtesy of Vanishing Georgia, Georgia Division of Archives and History, Office of Secretary of State.
We were saddened to learn of the passing of UGA alum and Athens resident Fred Birchmore ('32, '34) today. The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library holds Mr. ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2012 - Renna Tuten
Check out the YouTube channel for the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. Enjoy clips from such items as Town Films shot in Athens, Cordele, Fitzgerald, and Bowman in the 1930s and 1940s as well as snippets from our home movie collections that document vacations, home life, ...
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Sunday, April 1st, 2012 - Renna Tuten
Beginning Monday, April 2, visitors to the UGA Special Collections Libraries can park in the Hull Street parking deck. To do so, enter at the south entrance near Baxter St and take a ticket. Before leaving, present your ticket at the security desk located in the lobby of the Special ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2012 - Renna Tuten
Athens-Clarke County has officially opened Hull Street to traffic from the corner of Waddell and Hull (by the UGA Special Collections Libraries Building) to the intersection of Hull and Baxter.
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Saturday, March 24th, 2012 - Renna Tuten
Join Special Collections Library staff each Tuesday at 2 P.M. for a tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Meet in the rotunda ...
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