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Earliest known plantation baseball game film discovered

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 ...

Librarian Mariann Burright featured in Columns

Monday, April 1st, 2013 - Amy Watts

Mariann Burright, Head of Science Collections & Scholarly Communication Librarian, is featured in the current issue of Columns, discussing UGA's institutional repository Athenaeum@UGA. Excerpt: "Regionally, we are well-positioned," she said. "There already is quite a bit of openly accessible work that has been harvested and deposited in (UGA's institutional repository)." Called Athenaeum@UGA, the ...

First Person Project Interview Day April 19

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 ...

First Peabody Winners Festival set for March 27

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., ...

Special Collections Libraries to Host Faculty Open House

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 ...

Baseball documentaries from the Peabody Archives

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 ...

Charter to be displayed Monday 28th

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 ...

MLK Jr. Day Hours for the Main and Science Libraries

Friday, January 18th, 2013 - maryp

The Main and Science Libraries will be open shorter hours for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Libraries' MLK Jr. holiday hours are: Sunday, January 20 - 1:00pm to 9:00pm Monday, January 21 - CLOSED

Veteran Concert Promoters to speak at UGA Libraries

Monday, January 14th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland

The University of Georgia Libraries and the Terry College of Business will host a question and answer program with Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon, veteran concert promoters and founders of Atlanta’s Music Midtown, on Jan. 15 at 2 p.m.in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Conlon ...

Free Tutoring @ MLC Starts Mon. 1/14

Friday, January 11th, 2013 - amber

Tutoring in multiple subjects begins Monday, January 14, at the Miller Learning Center. Tutoring Schedule Writing Tutoring Daytime Drop-in Tutoring (no appointment necessary) Mon. – Fri. 1 - 4 p.m. MLC Room 302 Evening Tutoring (by appointment) Mon. 4 - 8:30 p.m. Wed. 4 - 8 p.m. MLC Room 302 Inorganic Chemistry Tutoring Mon. 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. MLC Room 370 Organic Chemistry ...