Archive for the ‘Special Collections Libraries Building’ Category
Friday, April 5th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
A 26-second film of a game played by African-American employees at Pebble Hill Plantation, circa 1919, may be the earliest moving images of baseball filmed in Georgia.
The 28mm home movie, part of the Pebble Hill Plantation Film Collection (c. 1917-c. 1976), was donated to the University of Georgia Libraries’ Walter ...
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Friday, March 29th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
Three reels of early home movies showing theater actress Annie Russell (1864-1936)—the only moving images of her known to exist—have been discovered in the University of Georgia Libraries’ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the only public institution in Georgia devoted entirely to preserving moving images.
Born in ...
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Friday, March 29th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The next interviews for the First Person Project, a new oral history series documenting the experiences of everyday Georgians, are set for April 19 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia.
Modeled roughly on StoryCorps, a national initiative ...
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
Thirty-plus recipients of the University of Georgia’s prestigious Peabody Awards will be announced via webcast at 10 a.m. March 27, and later that day, at 7 p.m., a sampling of the latest winners will be screened in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 300 Hull St., ...
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries will celebrate its first anniversary with an open house for university faculty.
Scheduled for 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, the event will spotlight faculty members who have formed innovative collaborations with the Special Collections Libraries and showcase the exhibits and collections of the ...
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Monday, March 11th, 2013 - Renna Tuten
To warm up baseball fans for the March 31 start of Major League Baseball’s regular season, the University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Award Collection will present three baseball-themed documentaries that have won the coveted award. The films will all be screened in the auditorium of the ...
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Monday, March 4th, 2013 - Renna Tuten
To warm up baseball fans for the March 31 start of Major League Baseball’s regular season, the University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Award Collection will present three baseball-themed documentaries that have won the coveted award. The films will all be screened in the auditorium of the ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
To warm up baseball fans for the March 31 start of Major League Baseball’s regular season, the University of Georgia’s George Foster Peabody Awards and Peabody Award Collection will present three baseball-themed documentaries that have won the coveted award. The films will all be screened Wednesdays in March at 7 ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2013 - Amy Watts
Community Concern Gathering
February 12, 2013 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Second Floor, Rm. 285
Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries
How should we build a strong vibrant community?
What are the challenges to achieving this goal?
The Russell Forum for Civic Life in Georgia invites you to participate in a community forum to ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The Charter of the University of Georgia will be on display Jan. 28 in the Gallery Hallway of the Special Collections Libraries building.
The charter is displayed annually on Founder’s Day, Jan. 27. Since Founder’s Day falls on a Sunday when the Russell Building is closed, it will be on view ...
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