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  • 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...
    Topics
    • Communication
    • Digital Collections
    • Education
    • English
    • For Faculty
  • New Resource: Don Kennedy papers

    A new collection related to Atlanta broadcaster, Don Kennedy, is now available in the Special Collections and Archives. The Don Kennedy papers document Kennedy’s wide-ranging...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General
  • Georgia State University Documents the Women’s Marches

    On January 21, 2017, the Women’s March on Washington took place in the nation’s capital, and sister marches were held across the nation and worldwide....
    Topics
    • Communication
    • Digital Collections
    • English
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Uprising of ’34 Oral History Digitization Project Completed

    In May 2015, GSU Library was awarded a grant of $121,418 by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to digitize, transcribe, and make...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • Film & Media
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • W. J. “Bill” Usery, Jr., 1923-2016

    W. J. “Bill” Usery, Jr., is best remembered as one of the sharpest and most effective labor mediators in Washington, DC, and beyond, known for...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • General
    • History
    • Oral Histories
    • Primary Resources
  • Eastern Air Lines Digital Collection debuts for Labor Day

    The Southern Labor Archives announces the Eastern Air Lines Digital Collection, unlike any other in the Southern Labor Archives. It represents the work of blue- and white-collar...
    Topics
    • Business
    • Communication
    • Digital Collections
    • Economics
    • For Faculty
  • Volunteers needed for transcription project

    The Digital Library Services department in GSU Library is seeking volunteers to transcribe video oral history interviews for a digitization and transcription project. The interviews...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • Oral Histories
  • Uprising of ’34 Interviews Now Available Online

    As announced on this blog in June, GSU Library received a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to digitize, transcribe, and make available the audiovisual...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • History
  • Georgia State University receives NHPRC grant to digitize Uprising of ’34 footage

    The documentary The Uprising of ’34, released in 1995, tells the story of the General Textile Strike of 1934. The strike, one of the largest...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • History
  • GSU Women’s Collections Commemorate the Life of Dorothy Gibson-Ferrey

    Donor and longtime friend to the University Library Women’s Collections, Dorothy Gibson-Ferrey passed away in late November, shortly after her 97th birthday. Dorothy Wiggins Gibson-Ferrey...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • For Faculty
    • General
    • History
    • Oral Histories