Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 - Renna Tuten
The Hargrett Library is pleased to announce several newly accessioned collections that document the Civil War:
Charles B. La Hatt family papers, ms 3778
Charles Burdge La Hatt (1839-1908) was born in Muscogee County, Georgia, son of Charles Henry La Hatt (1796-1872) and Elizabeth Windham (1824-1906). He was a teacher and Methodist ...
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013 - nadine
The Hot Country : a Christopher Marlowe Cobb thriller by Robert Olen Butler
PS3552.U8278 H68 2012
Christopher Marlowe Cobb, the swashbuckling early 20th century American newspaper war correspondent, travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that country’s civil war, the American invasion of Vera Cruz and the controversial presidency ...
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 - Amy Watts
Just got word that coverage of the discovery of the oldest known film of African-American baseball players will be on both "World News with Diane Sawyer" and "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley." This is after coverage in the New York Times today.
The footage was discovered as part of a ...
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 - Deborah Stanley, Web Editor
Students: Would you like to help us improve our web site? Would you like to earn a free $10 print/copy card? If so, please consider helping us out with some usability testing of our web site. The test involves sitting down with one of our staff and trying to complete ...
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 - Renna Tuten
The Hargrett Library is pleased to announce four new broadcasting and journalism collections:
Sidney Pike papers
Sidney Pike's (b. 1927) career in television began with producing and directing baseball programming for Boston's WBZ-TV and WHDH-TV for 17 years. During his tenure at WHDH, Pike also produced a documentary, "American Way of Life," ...
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Friday, April 19th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
An exciting new initiative began today when the Digital Public Library of America launched its first six service and content hubs. The hubs promise to unleash millions of historical, scientific and cultural documents from many of America’s national and state institutions, making them easily searchable as digital records to anyone with an Internet ...
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Thursday, April 18th, 2013 - Deborah Stanley, Web Editor
Hallie Pritchett, head of the Map and Government Information Library, has been appointed to the Depository Library Council for a three year term. The 15 member Council advises the Public Printer of the United States on policy matters related to the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The University ...
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Thursday, April 11th, 2013 - amber
The Miller Learning Center now lends audiovisual equipment to UGA students (in addition to laptops, iPads, and e-readers). Stop by the MLC 3rd Floor East Desk with your UGACard to check out the equipment, including:
Canon T2i DSLR cameras
Panasonic HDC-TM700 camcorders
Flip Video MinoHDs
Zoom H1 Digital Audio Recorders
Tripods
Gorillapod videos
Camera-mounted microphones
Lavalier microphones
For more ...
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Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 - Renna Tuten
The Hargrett Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of four new collections.
Arthur W. McDonald collection of theatre engravings and playbills
Arthur W. McDonald, former chair of the Department of Fine Arts at the College of Charleston, is the author of several works about the Yorkshire theatre including The Yorkshire Stage, ...
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Thursday, March 14th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
Thirty-plus recipients of the University of Georgia’s prestigious Peabody Awards will be announced via webcast at 10 a.m. March 27, and later that day, at 7 p.m., a sampling of the latest winners will be screened in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 300 Hull St., ...
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