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  • Bazaar Education: Night School in the Peachtree Arcade

    In 1917, at the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War I, the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce (now Georgia State University)...
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    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • For Graduate Students
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    • General
  • Extinguished Luminaries of GSU: Robert R. Johnson

    In the pantheon of distinguished GSU luminaries, the names of George Sparks (first president and recipient of the “Shining Light” award) and Wayne Kell (founder...
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    • Databases
    • Digital Collections
    • Education
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  • Blank Slate: GSU’s First Downtown Location

    The Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce (now Georgia State University) was housed in the Walton Building from 1914 to 1916. This is...
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    • Education
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    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • Little-Known and Unappreciated Facts about GSU History

    It is well known that Georgia State University traces its origins to the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce.  Nighttime classes appealed to...
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    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • MLK’s Labor Legacy began in Atlanta

    Yesterday, Creative Loafing online posted a photo essay titled “Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta” to commemorate Dr. King’s legacy and his ties to the...
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    • African American Studies
    • Digital Collections
    • Economics
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • New Resources: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    January 21 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a federal holiday which falls on the third Monday of January each year, near the time of...
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    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • GSU Oral History Roundtable to hold meetings at GSU Library

    The Oral History Association (OHA) has recently moved its national office to  Georgia State University. The OHA offices will be based in GSU’s History Department and...
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    • African American Studies
    • Communication
    • Education
    • English
    • For Faculty
  • The Changing Face of GSU: The Road To Diversity

    To mark Georgia State University’s centennial, the university library will host a series of exhibits throughout 2013. To kick off a year of celebration, you...
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    • African American Studies
    • Digital Collections
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
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  • Oral History Lecture 2013: Kathryn L. Nasstrom

    Kathryn L. Nasstrom will trace the influence of oral history on the development of civil rights historiography during its several phases. How has oral history...
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    • African American Studies
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General
  • Good Chemistry: GSU’s First Location

     In 1913, the Georgia School of Technology’s  School of Commerce held its first classes at Tech’s ivy-covered chemistry building (Lyman Hall).   The Evening School...
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    • Business
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    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General