10.01.2002

Archives Week Events

       Archives Week Events

The Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection has participated in Archives Week events in both Athens and Atlanta.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

The screening series was accompanied by an exhibit in the Lobby of the Main Library featuring Hispanic films and documentaries from the Brown Media Archives and the Media Department.

September - October 2002.
Give Me Something to Remember You By: A Workshop on the Preservation of Photographs, Home Movies, Sound Recordings, and Oral Histories
October 17, 2002.

Presented by Ruta Abolins, Director, Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection,
UGA Libraries; Greta Browning, Oral History Archivist, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, UGA; Matthew Darby, Audiovisual Archivist, Russell Library; Mary McKay, Photographs Archivist, Russell Library.

Archives Week October 8-12, 2001:

"The Highlights of Georgia's Filmed History
"Ballots, Broadsides, and Barbecues: Georgia’s Electoral Past and Present.
Highlighted that the answers to everything you’ve always wanted to know about electoral politics can be found on virtually every floor of the Library and via the web.

Exhibit, October-November 2000, Lobby of the Main Library.
Mining Archival Resources on the Web.
Media Archives personnel participated in the Georgia Archives Week activities at Georgia State University, October 11, 2000, highlighting the resources available through the Peabody Awards Collection, WSB footage, and other media collections available in the Media Archives.