Archive for the ‘Hargrett Library’ Category
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The latest episode of "Unscripted with Alan Flurry" will air this Saturday (4/27) at 2 pm and features printmaker Nicola Lopez. The episode was filmed at the former location of the Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library in the Main Library.
"Unscripted with Alan Flurry" is a television series in which ...
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 - Renna Tuten
The Hargrett Library is pleased to announce four new broadcasting and journalism collections:
Sidney Pike papers
Sidney Pike's (b. 1927) career in television began with producing and directing baseball programming for Boston's WBZ-TV and WHDH-TV for 17 years. During his tenure at WHDH, Pike also produced a documentary, "American Way of Life," ...
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Monday, April 22nd, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
Brian Croxall, an Emory University English professor whose research explores representations of technology within fiction and philosophy, is the featured speaker at the Futures of the Book Symposium April 27.
The symposium will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richard B. Russell Jr. Special Collections Building.
Croxall’s talk is ...
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Friday, April 19th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
An exciting new initiative began today when the Digital Public Library of America launched its first six service and content hubs. The hubs promise to unleash millions of historical, scientific and cultural documents from many of America’s national and state institutions, making them easily searchable as digital records to anyone with an Internet ...
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
The only surviving copy of the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America will be on display in the gallery of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
An accompanying exhibit focuses on the year 1863 and features letters, diaries and publications from that ...
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 - Renna Tuten
The Hargrett Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of four new collections.
Arthur W. McDonald collection of theatre engravings and playbills
Arthur W. McDonald, former chair of the Department of Fine Arts at the College of Charleston, is the author of several works about the Yorkshire theatre including The Yorkshire Stage, ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2013 - Renna Tuten
The Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia Libraries maintains a collection of more than 1,000 historic maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. Although not limited to a single geographic subject, the collection heavily emphasizes Georgia as colony ...
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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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Friday, January 11th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
In conjunction with the Aaron Burr exhibit currently on display in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Gallery, UGA alumnus and collection owner Brian Hardison will speak about Burr's life Jan. 23. The talk will be at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Russell Special Collections Libraries Building.
The ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2013 - Renna Tuten
[caption id="attachment_6726" align="alignleft" width="228"] UGA Alum Curtis Beall. Photo by Beth Newman, courtesy of Georgia Magazine.[/caption]
We were saddened to learn of the passing of Curtis Beall, UGA alum, cheerleader, and WWII veteran. The University Archives unit of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library maintains the Curtis A. Beall Papers, ...
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