Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection

Join the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection on Thursday, November 12th at the Special Collections Libraries auditorium for a free screening of the newly restored Athens, GA: Inside/Out. The 1986 documentary features interviews and concert footage of notable Athens bands, including R.E.M., Pylon, and The B-52s. The film was directed, written, and shot by Tony Gayton, a first-time director who recently graduated from University of Southern California before beginning this project.

Brown Media Archives invites you to a night of fear and fun with an outdoor screening of "House on Haunted Hill" (1958)! Join us on the dead center of the Special Collections front lawn to witness such trepidation and terror. Ghostly archival clips from the BMA collection may have, somehow, someway, creeped their way into the main fright....we mean feature! 

Free door prizes and popcorn! Picnic blankets and lawn chairs encouraged. Doors open at 6:30pm, trickery starts at 7pm! 

Join Hargrett Library's Music and Pop Culture Curator Ryan Lewis on Thursday, August 20th for an exclusive tour of the Georgia Music Collection display at Akins Ford Arena! Attendees will be led through the display, which now includes Little Richard's iconic silver lamé cape, stylings of Trisha Yearwood, and so much more.
Please arrive by 6:30pm for the tour. You will enter through Gate 1 and meet at the large mural wall.

Join us at this year’s FACTS Fairs, a library open house event! Enjoy games, treats, and prizes while exploring what the libraries have to offer. Visit us on September 15 at the Main Library or September 18 at the McBay Science Library (or both!). Both events will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Join the Hargrett Rarebook and Manuscript Library on Thursday, September 10th at 6pm for a conversation with acclaimed American portrait and special photographer Nancy Ellison, in celebration of our newest exhibition Seeking Intrinsic Essence, Whatever Direction: The Photography of Nancy Ellison. Light refreshments will be provided. 

Free parking can be found in the Hull Street Deck after 5pm. 

More on Ellison and the exhibition below:

Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries for an opening reception to celebrate a series of new case exhibitions curated by UGA   undergraduate students! Enjoy food and drink in the exhibition hallway and meet student curators inside the galleries to learn more about their displays.

This event is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, please contact Jan Hebbard, jhebbard@uga.edu.

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Ada Cheng, a.k.a The Renegade Ada Cheng, back to UGA to share her latest performance piece with us. The Trouble with My Hair: Coloring, Cutting, and Coming into Who I Am is an intimate exploration of Cheng's gender, sexual, and racial identities and boundary-making through her evolving relationships with her hair and her stylists. Blending theatrical storytelling and narrative art, Ada Cheng playfully brings the audience on an emotional and thought-provoking journey of self-discovery and self-love through her struggles with her hair.

Join the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies for an afternoon of family fun highlighting the newest feature exhibition, Beyond the ’96 Games: Atlanta’s Olympic Legacy. Craft your own Olympic torch, explore the gallery, enjoy story time, and other Olympic-inspired activities.  

This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available for visitors in the Hull Street Deck.

On Tuesday, April 14th at 6pm, join the Hargrett Library and Walter J. Brown Media Archives for a free screening of Mize, a documentary by Hal Jacobs that goes behind the scenes to see what North Georgia author Jerry Grillo discovered about Baseball Hall-of-Famer Johnny Mize. 

Following the screening will be a discussion with Jacobs, as well as a reception with light refreshments. 

Free parking can be found in the Hull Street Deck after 5pm.