University Library News

The Special Collections department is happy to welcome three new employees. Georgia State University’s new Labor Archivist, Lauren Kata, joined the curatorial staff in August...

Emma Kelly collection, 1900-2001 [bulk 1980-1999]4 (M2001-11; ca. 13 linear feet)A native of Statesboro, Georgia, Emma Kelly collaborated with Johnny Mercer, performed at her own...

John Bayne, an Atlanta book collector whose well-researched essays on Eudora Welty appear frequently in the Eudora Welty Newsletter (EWN), recently donated his extensive collection...

Mar 4, 2004 National Federation of Federal Employees The Southern Labor Archives recently acquired the complete records of the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE),...

The Special Collections department is happy to welcome a new employee. William Hardesty became a member of the Library staff as a new Archival Assistant. ...

“Preparing for Pandemonium: Civil Defense, Yesterday and Today.” The exhibit featured books, music, and photographs, plus Cold War artifacts from our archives including a Geiger...

University Archives celebrated the university’s 90th anniversary and Georgia Archives Week with an Open House. Artifacts, photos, and documents relating to the university’s 90-year history...

Sep 3, 2003 Atlanta was an early hub of country music that has been called a “pre-Nashville Nashville.” The advent of WSB radio in 1922...

United Paperworkers International Union Local 446, 1941-1997 (L2002-06; 13 linear feet)This collection covers the period when the UPIU’s separate black and white unions integrated. The...

United Garment Workers of America, 1893-1994(L1992-17; 78 linear feet)This large collection traces the United Garment Workers from the early years of the union to 1994,...