You can help the Digital Library of Georgia improve GeorgiaInfo. On the GeorgiaInfo homepage you will find a link to a six question survey. This survey will collect information from users about the site’s strengths and weaknesses, and also about the types of improvements they would like to see implemented. If you can spare a […]
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A new project from the Digital Library of Georgia and Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL). You can access the site here. From the ASERL press release: ATLANTA—(April 4, 2011)—Over the past 18 months, members of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) have been developing a new, collaborative web portal to provide one-stop access […]
President Franklin D. Roosevelt slept late on the morning of April 12, 1945, at the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. He had a slight headache when he awoke, but was soon up and about. He ate a light breakfast around 9:30 in preparation for a barbecue planned for that afternoon; he also planned […]
We are running a contest to reach 400 fans on Facebook! Suggest our page to your friends, because the 400th fan and the person who recommended them will both get to choose a Georgia history related book from a selection of Georgia Press releases. The image to your right is of a dot counting contest […]
On this day in 1989, Georgia decreed the Gopher tortoise as its official state reptile. GeorgiaInfo provides links to learn more about our burrowing friend, as well as the text of House Bill No. 531 which amended Code Section 50-3-63 of the Official Code of Georgia. You can view the official state government page for […]
The Digital Library of Georgia and the University of Georgia Press have collaborated to make important works on Georgia history available in a digital format. A list of titles is available from the University of Georgia Press website. Access to the digital editions is available through the Digital Library of Georgia’s collection homepage. From the […]
Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr. was born on this day in 1911. In honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth, we highlight a few of the primary resources found in the Digital Library of Georgia related to Allen and the life he devoted to Georgia’s capital city throughout most of the twentieth century. Ivan […]
There are a number of place names in Georgia that are more famously associated with other states. For example, everyone knows Nashville, Tennessee, as the center of the country music world. But there is also a Nashville, Georgia, which is the county seat of Berrien County in south Georgia. While much smaller than Music City, […]
Frank Buckles misrepresented his age to recruiters in 1917 because the 16-year-old yearned for the adventure of warfare. His service in “the war to end all wars” left him with a fresh understanding of the horror. News that Buckles passed away Sunday at 110 years old makes it a fitting time to reflect on what […]