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UGA Black Alumni Oral History Project, 2019-2020

Description:
The UGA Black Alumni Oral History Project interviews document the experiences of Black students who attended the University of Georgia in the years following the University's 1961 desegregation. Some of the topics alumni discuss include their reasons for enrolling at UGA, their social lives, their academic goals, their experiences with racism on and off campus, and how time their time at UGA has shaped their lives.
Date of Original:
2019/2020
Contributing Institution:
Hargrett Library

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Collection
Civil rights collection

Description:
27,000 photographs documenting the Civil Rights movement in the South from 1960 to 1965.
Date of Original:
2005/9999
Contributing Institution:
Take Stock (Firm)

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Collection
John Burrison Georgia Folklore Archives collection

Description:
Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive recordings in 1967 at Georgia State University. He trained undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in his folklore curriculum to conduct oral history interviews. Students interviewed men, women, and children of various demographics in Georgia and across the southeast on crafts, storytelling, music, and traditions.
Date of Original:
1966/1970
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

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Collection
William Tate UGA desegregation files

Description:
William Tate (1903-1980) was the Dean of Men, University of Georgia, 1946-1971. The materials in this collection document events surrounding the desegregation of the University of Georgia in January 1961.
Date of Original:
1961
Contributing Institution:
Hargrett Library

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Collection
Lillian Smith letters to Rochelle Girson, circa 1960

Description:
The collection consists of four annotated letters from Lillian Smith to Rochelle Girson. Correspondences regard Ms. Smith's selection of books on race relations for the Anisfield-Wolf Award, and include her opinions of works by Louis Lomax, Peter Ritson, and Charles Dickens.
Date of Original:
1960
Contributing Institution:
Hargrett Library

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Collection
Lillian Smith letters to Ashley Montagu

Description:
Correspondence regarding the Anisfield-Wolf Award Committee, books that have been nominated for the award, and personal matters. The collection also includes a carbon from Norman Cousins to Lillian Smith, and a telegram announcing Smith's death.
Date of Original:
1956/1966
Contributing Institution:
Hargrett Library

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Collection
Southern school news

Description:
Southern School News is the official publication of the Southern Education Reporting Service, an objective, fact-finding agency established by southern newspaper editors and educators with the aim of providing accurate, unbiased information to school administrators, public officials and interested lay citizens on developments in education arising from the U.S. Supreme Court opinion of May 17, 1954 declaring segregation in the schools unconstitutional.
Date of Original:
1954/1965
Contributing Institution:
University of Georgia. Libraries

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Collection
Faith Holsaert papers 1950-2011

Description:
The collection contains correspondence, newsletters, publications, and other materials relating to the activities of Faith Holsaert from the 1960s to the present.
Date of Original:
1950/2011
Contributing Institution:
Duke University. Library

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Collection
Historic Schools Photograph Collection

Description:
The Historic Schools Photograph Collection contains approximately 1,800 images taken by the Georgia Department of Education in the 1950s of White and African American school buildings.
Date of Original:
1950/1959
Contributing Institution:
Georgia Archives

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Collection
Omer Clyde Aderhold papers

Description:
The collection documents the administrative business of the University of Georgia during O.C. Aderhold's tenure as president from 1950-1967. Materials of particular interest are those documenting the desegregation of the university in January 1961 when Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes became the first two African American students to attend UGA.
Date of Original:
1950/1967
Contributing Institution:
Hargrett Library

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Collection
Lillian Smith letter to Kelsey Guilford

Description:
One typewritten letter dated November 11, 1949, "Dear Mr. Guilford," from Lillian Smith regarding Guilford's review of Killers of the Dream.
Date of Original:
1949-11-11
Contributing Institution:
Hargrett Library