Browse Exhibits (18 total)

'Alma Mater' echoed over the hills.  'Glory, Glory to Old Georgia' in its wake. 

- Atlanta Journal, October 31, 1915

This is a digital exhibit examining the early history of the University of Georgia football program, 1892-1917.  These years saw the formation of the program, the establishment of several traditions and rivalries which carry on to the current day, and the careers of several prominent players and coaches.  

This digital exhibit is concurrent with a physical exhibit that will be on display at the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries Building from August 31 through December 22, 2017, though this website will be available online after the physical exhibit has been removed.

Further research into the history of University of Georgia athletics can be done through the collections of the Hargrett Library, which holds the archives of the University as well as the archives of the UGA Athletic Association. 

All materials and photographs in this exhibit are from the collections of the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Permission to copy or in any way re-use these images must be granted through the Hargrett Library.

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In 1848, more than 300 attendees gathered in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss women’s rights. That meeting catalyzed an organized, national movement. In the decades that followed, suffragists gathered, discussed, spoke, wrote, performed, paraded, and protested to give American women the right to vote. They waged a determined battle for greater agency, one that united women across barriers of race and class while also revealing social tensions and racial prejudices that persisted in American society.  

This exhibit explores the women’s suffrage movement from the hosting of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 until the ratification of the 19^th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920. It focuses on the visual and verbal appeals activists used to promote their message to the public. The publications, photographs, advertisements and ephemera displayed here document the strategy and struggle of this suffrage movement.     

Acknowledgements 

This exhibit was made possible with collections and support from the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law. In addition, we thank our curator, Sidonia Serafini; Mary Linnemann, who assisted with scanning and graphics creation; Dr. Nan McMurray, who served as an outside reader for the script; Amber Prentiss and Kathleen Kern, our tireless fact checkers; Zakkary Greene, who assisted in the production of graphics; and Celia Clark, who assisted with object retrieval and overall organization.

Unless otherwise identified, all items featured in this digital exhibit are part of the collections of the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law at the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

In 1961, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter became the first Black students to enroll at the University of Georgia. Facing down adversity, they succeeded in desegregating the campus and winning a battle in the broader struggle for civil rights. However, the process of integration and building a more inclusive university continues today. Making Space: Fighting for Inclusion, Building Community at UGA explores the stories of these trailblazing students and those that followed them in shaping the campus.

The exhibit considers the ways that Black and LGBTQ+ students have cultivated spaces for themselves at UGA since the 1960s, finding agency and building safe spaces. It will highlight their activities - how they gathered, lobbied, and protested for acceptance and change. It will consider the people and places that offered support to these students, as well as those that put up barriers to block the path forward.

Today, the university recognizes that each student is made up of many identities. The intersection of these different identities shape the perspective of each student and their experience on an ever-changing campus. Making Space will serve as a timely guide for thinking about and advocating for continued progress not just on one college campus, but within a nation that so often looks to its past as a roadmap to its future.

Acknowledgements

This exhibit was inspired by the 60th anniversary of UGA’s desegregation, and made possible through the hard work and contributions of many people on our team. Thank you to Chanara Andrews, our student curator who worked in the strange new world of 2020 to develop the exhibit script. Thank you to Steve Armour, university archives and electronic records archivist, for assisting with early discussions on content and direction and to Kat Stein, director of the Hargrett Library, for her support and encouragement. Thank you also to Mary Linnemann, who assisted with scanning and graphics creation; to Dr. Barbara McCaskill, Dr. Nan McMurray, and Patrice Green, who all served as outside readers for the script; to Diane Trap, who assisted with fact checking; and to Jan Hebbard who refined the script, selected items for display, and assisted with object retrieval and overall organization.

In 1919, the city of Atlanta began construction on Washington Park, the first recreational space built for use by the Black community in the city. Work on the park continued until 1928 and included the construction of a swimming pool, dance hall, pavilions, and tennis courts. The park became the centerpiece of a historically Black neighborhood developed by businessman Heman Perry in the 1920s, offering outdoor space and amenities that residents were denied in other areas of the city during the segregation era.  

Housed at the Hargrett Library the Washington Park Historic District Archive  is available for research and preserved for future generations. Donated by The Conservancy at Historic Washington Park, the collection documents the history of the Washington Park neighborhood and the efforts of the Conservancy and other civic and community organizations to celebrate, preserve, and develop the area. 

This digital exhibit highlights items from this collection, as well as other resources that document the history of Washington Park, and provides an overview of the area’s historic structures, notable residents, and ongoing preservation work in the community today.    

In 2026, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding. In anticipation of this event, the University of Georgia Press has developed the Georgia Open History Library: From Colony to Statehood in the New Union. This resource provides free digital access to the 45 out of print volumes focused on Georgia from the colony's founding through the American Revolution in Georgia; the Creek Nation; the papers of Revolutionary War General Lachlan McIntosh and the state's founder James Edward Oglethorpe; and records of the German-speaking Protestant Salzburger settlement. 

This digital exhibit showcases a selection of original manuscripts and rare books held by the Hargrett Library documented in these newly digitized volumes. A physical exhibit of these materials is currently on display at the UGA Special Collections Building; high resolution scans and transcriptions of these documents can be found in the Digital Library of Georgia.

The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. To learn more, visit the Georgia Open History Library website.