The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce the availability of the Red and Black in the Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive (GHN) at https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1179162/ . Since 1893, the Red and Black has provided a training ground for University of Georgia students interested in gaining experience in various aspects of newspaper publishing and to […]
The University of Georgia Charter, written by educator, lawyer, and statesman Abraham Baldwin, was adopted 232 years ago this week by the Georgia General Assembly on Jan. 27, 1785. The document established the University of Georgia as America’s first public university. You can read more about the charter and its impact on higher education in […]
Toby Graham, Director of the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG), was interviewed on WGAU’s Newsmakers with Tim Bryant program. The topic of this interview was the DLG’s involvement with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). It is an excellent introduction to the goals of the DPLA, and to the important role that the DLG […]
Press release: Athens, Ga. – With support from two private foundations, the University of Georgia and GALILEO are helping to build a nationwide digital library. The Digital Public Library of America is a groundbreaking project to make the nation’s local archive digital, searchable and freely accessible. Launched last summer by Harvard University, the DPLA recently […]
Home canning has regained popularity with Americans sharing a renewed interest in locally-grown food, handmade goods, and household thrift. Canning equipment sales are booming despite lean economic times, canning parties and can swaps are sprouting up throughout the country, and delicious recipes designed for storage in glass jars have recently shown up in cookbooks and […]
(Video courtesy the WSB Television Newsfilm Collection of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives at UGA.) On January 9th, 1961, Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter-Gault walked on campus to register at the University of Georgia. They were the first African American students allowed to do so. This Sunday will mark the 50th anniversary of that […]
Today would be the 101st birthday of Georgia artist Lamar Dodd. He was born September 22, 1906 in Fairburn and raised in LaGrange, Georgia. The New Georgia Encyclopedia provides an overview of his life and artistic career. You can also find his birthday marked on “This Day in Georgia History” at the GeorgiaInfo site. Dodd […]