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  • Labor Day – More than just a Day Off

    What is the Labor Day holiday really about?  Here are various resources that will fill you in on Labor Day’s history as well as labor...
    Topics
    • Books
    • Primary Resources
    • Special Collections & Archives
  • 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
  • David Sackett, “Father” of Evidence-Based Medicine

    David Sackett, MD, OC, FRSC, MSc, FRCP, clinical epidemiologist, and founding Chair of the Cochrane Collaboration, has died. In 1967, Dr. Sackett founded the world’s...
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    • Books
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” in National Recording Registry

    It was announced today that Johnny Mercer’s “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” was selected for induction into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.  Each year 25...
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    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General
    • Music
  • Speaker: Civil Rights, Labor, and the Politics of Economic Development in Charlotte, North Carolina

    Join us in Georgia State University’s Department of History for Julia Gunn’s upcoming talk based on research for her in-progress dissertation, “‘A Good Place to...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Economics
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • New Virtual Exhibits

    Virtual exhibits created by the Special Collection and Archives are now available online. The current exhibit topics include the history of radio broadcasting in Georgia,...
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    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General
    • Primary Resources
  • Spring Semester Library Workshops

    University Library and CURVE will be offering workshops in technology and research skills to support research and curriculum activity on campus.   Refer to the Spring...
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    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • General
    • Instruction
  • 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...
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    • Digital Collections
    • For Faculty
    • General
    • History
    • Oral Histories
  • Atlanta Constitution: More Full-Text Added!

    The Georgia State University community can now access and search the full-text of the Atlanta Constitution online from 1868-1984! Previously, online full-text content for the...
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    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • New Resources
    • Primary Resources
  • Library Workshop: Teaching with Archival Sources

    Morna Gerrard, GSU’s Women and Gender Collections Archivist, and Jill Anderson, History/African-American Studies/Women’s Studies Librarian, will be offering a workshop for faculty and graduate students...
    Topics
    • English
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • History
    • Primary Resources