Pivotal stories from the grounds of the University of Georgia have been illustrated since 1886 on the pages of UGAâs Pandora yearbooks. As of January 2021, the publications between the years 1965-1974 have been made available for free online access.
This online accessibility was a result of various efforts by a partnership between Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University Archives and the Digital Library of Georgia.
These yearbooks document the years ensuing desegregation and the first social movements for UGAâs Black students, womenâs and LGBTQ liberation and campus free speech.
âA number of students depicted in the Pandora at this time were striving to create a more inclusive and conscientious campus, as evidenced by their writings, photos, artwork and images of protests,â said Steve Armour, university archivist at the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
ATHENS â Materials belonging to historic Saint Paulâs Church, Augustaâs oldest congregation, are now freely available online.
The Digital Library of Georgia has released a collection of archival documents belonging to the church including marriage registers, historical extracts, print histories, articles, clippings, booklets, calling cards, and correspondence that account for the churchâs early history, church conventions, centennial celebrations, and burials.
âFounded in 1750, St. Paulâs has a triple life as an active congregation, as a physical space encompassing buildings and a graveyard, and as a historic parish of the Episcopal Church,â said Susan Yarborough, chair of the St. Paulâs Church history committee. âThe oldest identified grave in its graveyard dates to 1783. Past parishioners of Saint Paulâs church include a signer of the U. S. Constitution, five governors of Georgia, six Confederate generals, the namesakes of several
In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of the University of Georgia, the Main Library at UGA is hosting an exhibit that chronicles the historic events of 1961, when Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter (now Hunter-Gault) became the first African American students admitted to the university.
Honored guests, including the Holmes family and members of the UGA Black Alumni Council, were among the first to tour the exhibit, “Georgia Trailblazers: Honoring the 60th Anniversary of Desegregation at UGA,” on the day it opened, Jan. 9, 2021, the 60th anniversary of Holmes’ and Hunter’s enrollment.
The day began with remarks by UGA President Jere W. Morehead and others before a ceremonial ringing of the Chapel Bell by African American UGA alumni from each decade since the university’s desegregation.
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