Effective immediately, all books with the Library of Congress call letters I and O have been deaccessioned from the collection. Records have been removed from the library catalog and items should be pulled from the shelves by the end of the day. To see the affected subject areas, please consult the Library of Congress Classification Outline.
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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 England, Russell was a stage star from a young age in Canada before moving to New York to perform on Broadway. By the 1880s, she was one of the most popular and successful stage actresses—a contemporary of Ethel Barrymore, Edwin Booth and Maude Adams. In 1905, she traveled to England where she originated the role of Barbara Undershaft in George Bernard Shaw’s “Major Barbara.” 
The films are part of the Pebble Hill Plantation Film Collection (c. 1917-c. 1976), which includes Georgia’s earliest home movies and were donated to the Brown Archives last year. Pebble Hill, just outside Thomasville, was bought in 1896 by Howard Melville Hanna of Cleveland, Ohio, as a winter home. In 1901, he gave the property to his daughter, Kate Hanna Ireland, and her children Livingston and Elizabeth “Pansy” Ireland. Pebble Hill’s trustees donated the family’s films to the archives in order to preserve their unique scenes of the family and property.
“Twenty-eight mm film is an early home movie and industrial/educational film format that was on the market in the U.S. from 1913 through the late 1920s,” said Margie Compton, a film archivist at UGA. “Thankfully, collections like this which contain 28mm films are still coming to light and we are learning more about the format. We work with Colorlab in Rockville, Md., to provide us with new film 35mm preservation prints and digital masters so the public can continue to enjoy the films for another 100 years.”
Compton consulted a privately published history of the Hanna family. The history mentioned that the Irelands met Russell through a mutual friend, and that Russell’s home in Maine was later bought by Livingston Ireland. When one of the home movies showed a couple at a shingled cottage in a setting that looked like Maine, Compton focused on whether the couple was Russell and her actor husband, Oswald Yorke. Online images from the New York Public Library and from the archives at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. (where Russell spent her last years), indicated that it was probably Russell in the films.
Compton traveled to the Olin Library at Rollins College and showed the film to archivists Wenxian Zhang and Darla Moore, who preserve Russell’s papers and photographs, and to theater professor Jennifer Cavenaugh, who has researched and written about Russell. They confirmed that the couple in the film was Russell and Yorke, probably in the summer of 1917 or 1918 at Russell’s Maine home. They had never seen moving images of Russell.
For more information about the Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, see http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/.
For information about the archives at Rollins College, see the archives website, http://www.rollins.edu/library/find/findarchives.html.
For the Annie Russell Theatre’s schedule and to purchase tickets, see http://www.rollins.edu/annierussell/.
For more information on Pebble Hill Plantation, see www.pebblehill.com.
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 partnered with National Public Radio and the Library of Congress, the First Person Project is smaller in scale but similar in concept, providing tools to would-be oral history interviewers and interviewees, including tips on how to create questions and conduct interviews. The project was inspired by the belief that everyone is an eyewitness to history, and that everyone, sometimes with a little encouragement, has a story to tell.
Six sets of partners will be accepted for this First Person Project session. Each audio recording session takes one hour to complete. Photographs will also be taken for each session. The Russell Library for Political Research and Studies will archive the interviews to add to its documentation of life in post-20th century Georgia and will provide participants with a free digital download of the recording and photographs. A $10 donation is suggested for each pair of participants.
Reservations are on a first-come first-serve basis and can be made by calling 706/542-5788 or registering online at http://www.libs.uga.edu/russell/fpp/fpp_register.html.
For more information on this event and other upcoming First Person Project days, email russlib@uga.edu or call 706/542-5788.
Participants should meet in Room 268 of the Russell Special Collections Building, 300 S. Hull Street, in Athens.
To learn more about the Russell Library, see http://www.libs.uga.edu/russell.
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, 1766-1803: A Calendar of Plays, Together with Cast Lists for Tate Wilkinson’s Circuit of Theatres (Doncaster, Hull, Leeds, Pontefract, Wakefield, and York) and the Yorkshire Company’s Engagements in Beverley, Halifax, Newcastle, Sheffield, and Edinburgh. The collection includes 17th and 18th century British theatre playbills and engravings documenting the Yorkshire theatre circuit and non-Yorkshire theatre. Of note are playbills and engravings related to the Kemble family, Elizabeth Inchbald, and productions at Drury Lane and Covent Gardens.
Sir John Glubb letters to Diane Hanson
Sir John Glubb (1897-1986), also known as Glubb Pasha, led and trained in the Trans-Jordan’s Arab Legion (1939-1956) and served in France during World War I. After leaving the Arab Legion, he lectured and wrote numerous books. The collection consists of letters (1971-1986) from Sir John Glubb in Mayfield, England to Diane Hanson. There are also printed obituaries and memorials, photographs, and several handwritten chapters of Glubb’s book The Way of Love. There are no letters from Hanson, but Glubb’s letters are filled with his opinions on politics, religion, women’s rights, and Middle East history.
Marie Barlow Mellinger (1914-2006) was a teacher, naturalist, conservationist and scholar. She served as the first non-Atlanta president of the Georgia Botanical Society and authored the Atlas of Vascular Flora of Georgia. Mellinger led seminars titled “Incredible Wild Edibles” focused on wild flowers and plants suitable for eating as well as medicinal herbs. Additionally, she served as one of the plant advisors for the early Foxfire books. The collection consists of Mellinger’s index of flowering and nonflowering plants as well as slides, and several scrapbooks. The index includes illustrations, photographs, and cuttings from plants.
Frances Bryant Godwin (1892-1975) was primarily a sculptor, but also practiced sketching, photography, and watercolors. An example of her sculpture is on permanent exhibit at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina. The collection consists of correspondence, journals, and other writings, notes regarding Godwin’s artistic ventures, as well as genealogical information about the Bryant and Godwin families. Photographs, estate materials, manuscripts, and sketches are also included.
The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library is open for research Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm, with the exception of University holidays. For more information, please visit http://www.libs.uga.edu/scl or call (706) 542-7123.
Wed. March 27, 2013, 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM – Miller Learning Center, Rm 171
Speakers: Prof. William Lee (Journalism/Mass Communication) & Prof. David Shipley (Law School). The death of hacker-activist Aaron Swartz has sparked conversations around the issues of open access, intellectual property, and copyright law. Our panel will look at several issues connected to Swartz’s case from both a communications and copyright law perspective, and address larger questions of ethical and legal action in a fast-changing information landscape.
Wednesday, April 3, 7 PM
Russell Special Collections Library Room 271 (Auditorium).
Join the School of Social Work and the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies and Research for the 2nd Annual Donald L. Hollowell Lecture, on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The guest speaker will be Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Director General of the Foreign Service for the US State Department. A special reception will begin at 6:00 PM, followed by the lecture at 7:00 PM. RSVP by March 27 to sswrsvp@uga.edu or by phone at 706-542-3364.
Thomas-Greenfield served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia from 2008 to 2012 prior to her appointment as director general of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources. She began her career in Foreign Service in 1982 and has served in Kenya, Nigeria, The Gambia, Jamaica, Pakistan and Switzerland. From 2006 to 2008, she was principal deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs and from 2004 to 2006 she was deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
In recognition of her work with refugees, Thomas-Greenfield received the 2000 Warren Christopher Award for Outstanding Achievement in Global Affairs. She is also the 2007 and 2008 recipient of the Presidential Meritorious Service Award.
Before joining the State Department, Thomas-Greenfield taught political science at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University and the University of Wisconsin.
The Donald L. Hollowell Lecture, which is in its second year, invites presenters to share their research in civil and human rights as well as social and economic sustainability. Obie Clayton Jr., the inaugural Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Professor of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies, developed the lecture to honor Donald L. Hollowell. Hollowell, a celebrated civil rights attorney, was the lead counsel in Holmes v. Danner, the landmark case that allowed admission for Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, the first African-American students to attend the university in 1961.
The lecture is co-sponsored by the School of Social Work and the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies.
EITS Computer Health and Security Fair – April 3, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., MLC 2nd floor lobbyIs your laptop safe from all of the never-ending cyber security concerns? A free computer check from University of Georgia technology professionals may give you an answer.
The University’s Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) will offer its free, bi-annual Computer Health and Security Fair on Wednesday, April 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the second floor lobby of the Miller Learning Center.
“The Computer Health and Security Fair is designed to assist students, faculty and staff with security-related concerns on their personal computers,” said Justin Williams, EITS Help Desk manager. “We provide free anti-virus removal, and security consultations and check-ups to ensure the computer is using the latest and most secure software and plugins. Our purpose is to promote safe computer usage across the University campus.”
At the event, technical volunteers will run a security check of personal computers that includes ensuring that firewalls are enabled, and antivirus and operating systems are up to date. Technicians will also look for other problems, such as slow performance, web browser pop-ups and unknown error messages.
Participants will also learn the best practices for securing their computers against intrusions, virus infections and account compromises, Williams said.
University department-issued computers will not be checked at the fair.
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 Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library at 300 Hull Street. Admission is free, and the screenings open to the general public as well as UGA students, faculty and staff.
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (March 20) – In 23 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, Henry Aaron quietly rewrote baseball’s record books. Filmmaker Mike Tollin’s powerful, inspiring portrait from 1995 focuses particularly on Aaron’s grace, dignity and focus in the face of hate mail and even death threats as he closed in on Babe Ruth’s all-time career home run record of 714 in 1974.
Peabody Awards
The Peabody Awards, the oldest in broadcasting, are considered among the most prestigious and selective prizes in electronic media. The awards recognize excellence and meritorious work by radio and television stations, networks, webcasters, producing organizations and individuals. The 16-member Peabody Board is a distinguished panel of television critics, industry practitioners and experts in culture and the arts. Selection is made by the Board following review by special screening committees of UGA faculty, students, and staff. For more information regarding the Peabody Awards program, visit www.peabodyawards.com.
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection is one of the largest broadcasting archives in the country, with over 250,000 titles preserved in film, audio and videotape, and other recording formats. The only public archive in Georgia devoted solely to the preservation of audiovisual materials, the Brown Media Archives holds programs dating from the 1920s to the present day. For more information, see http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/index.html or visit our exhibit space in UGA’s Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library.
Contact: Noel W. Holston, (706) 542-8983, nholston@uga.edu
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., Athens.
For this film festival in brief, Peabody archivists will assemble a program of roughly two hours duration from a newly announced list of winners that will include examples of TV, radio and internet entertainment, news, documentaries and public service campaigns. Last year’s winners, for instance, included “Portlandia” and “Parks and Recreation,” news coverage of the Japanese tsunami, the website TED.com, and a South African public-service soap opera about the young, the restless and the threat of HIV infection.
The 10 a.m. winners-announcement webcast will be available at www.peabodyawards.com. A complete list of this year’s winners with short descriptions will be posted on the Peabody site after the webcast concludes.
The Peabody Awards, the oldest in broadcasting, are among the selective and coveted prizes in electronic media. The awards recognize excellence and meritorious work by radio and television stations, networks, webcasters, producing organizations and individuals. The 16-member Peabody Board is a distinguished panel of television critics, industry practitioners and experts in culture and the arts. Selection is made by the board following review by special screening committees of UGA faculty, students and staff. For more information regarding the Peabody Awards program, see www.peabodyawards.com.
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection is one of the largest broadcasting archives in the country, with over 250,000 titles preserved in film, audio and videotape and other recording formats. The only public archive in Georgia devoted solely to the preservation of audiovisual materials, the Brown Media Archives holds programs dating from the 1920s to the present day. For more information, see http://www.libs.uga.edu/media/index.html or visit the exhibit space in the Russell Special Collections Building.
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 libraries.
Toby Graham, deputy university librarian, will welcome guests in the auditorium (Room 285), at 2p.m.
“UGA faculty have integrated Special Collections holdings and spaces into their teaching in exciting and productive ways during the Russell Building’s first year,” Graham said. “We welcome faculty members to the open house to hear examples from their colleagues and to consider how the libraries can help them to enrich their own research and instruction.”
The event will begin with a panel discussion from 2-3 p.m., followed by an offering of 30-minute breakout sessions further exploring archivist/faculty partnerships from 3-4 p.m. The second half of the event will feature tours of the galleries and 30,000-square-foot collections vault; opportunities to meet staff, ask questions, and discuss future collaborations; and enjoy light refreshments from Big City Bread.
To attend, University faculty and graduate students providing instruction should register online at www.libs.uga.edu/scl/facultyrsvp.html by Wednesday, April 10. For more information about the event contact Jan Levinson, outreach archivist at the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, (706) 542-5788, jlevinso@uga.edu.
