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  • Too Many Walton Buildings: Early GSU History Revisited

    Georgia State University traces its origins to day and evening commerce classes that began on the Georgia Tech campus in 1913.  In 1914 some of...
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    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • 1913 or 1914: When was Georgia State “Founded”?

    We know that Georgia State University was “founded” in 1913. Or was it? University Archives includes many early “bulletins” (course catalogs) that clearly state on...
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    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • Open Library for the Humanities

    Although the Open Library for the Humanities (OLH) was launched only two years ago, their responsiveness to the specific needs of Humanities researchers provides a...
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    • Applied Linguistics and ESL
    • Art & Design
    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • Ejournals
  • Meet a librarian: Denise Dimsdale, Education Librarian

    Who is Denise? I am the Education Librarian working primarily with the College of Education and Human Development. In this role, I teach users how...
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    • Education
    • General
  • 2018 Georgia Women’s Movement Spring Event: “March Into the Archives”

    The Georgia Women’s Movement Project Spring Event is held annually to highlight collections in the Georgia State University Library Women and Gender Collections, and to...
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    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • English
    • Film & Media
    • For Faculty
  • Teaching with Primary Sources: Using Comic Books to Teach Social Commentary and Representation

    Given the popularity of the new Black Panther film, Kevin Fleming, Popular Music and Culture Archivist, and Jill Anderson, History/African-American Studies/Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies...
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    • African American Studies
    • Art & Design
    • Books
    • Communication
    • Digital Collections
  • Georgia Association of Educators records open; periodicals online

    The records of the Georgia Association of Educators (1921-2015), part of the Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, at Georgia State University Library, Atlanta...
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    • African American Studies
    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Chasing Clues: Identifying the First Homecoming

    Determining when Homecoming began as a named “tradition” at Georgia State is not an easy task. Sources disagree, are unclear, and sometimes are mistaken. The...
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    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • Upcoming Workshop: Teaching with Primary Sources: Comic Books and Context

    Kevin Fleming, Popular Music and Culture Archivist, and Jill Anderson, History/African-American Studies/Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Librarian, are offering a “Teaching with Primary Sources: Comic...
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    • African American Studies
    • Anthropology
    • Communication
    • Education
    • English
  • Special Collections Celebrates International Women’s Day

    In the heart Women’s History Month, International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 8. In recognition of this special day, we would...
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    • Communication
    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • English
    • For Faculty