Archive for the ‘Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection’ Category
Thursday, March 27th, 2014 - Jean Cleveland
The Peabody Awards Collection will host a live viewing of the Peabody Award winners announcement, to be broadcast on the "CBS This Morning" sometime between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
Join us in the Special Collections Libraries at 300 S. Hull Street for doughnuts and coffee, and watch ...
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Monday, November 18th, 2013 - Samantha Paul
1960s Feature:
Gideon’s Trumpet
November 19, 2013
7:00pm
Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium (300 S. Hull Street).
Our 1960s feature is "Gideon's Trumpet". Henry Fonda stars as Clarence Gideon, a Florida convict whose letter-writing campaign led to the landmark 1963 Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing the right of legal counsel to anyone accused of a ...
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Monday, November 11th, 2013 - Samantha Paul
1960s Matinee: "Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing"
November 12, 2013
3:00pm
Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium (300 S. Hull Street).
In " Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing", Frank Sinatra and guests Diahann Carroll and The 5th Dimension perform classics including “Hello, Young Lovers” and chart-toppers like “Stone Soul Picnic.” Beautifully planned and impeccably ...
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Wednesday, November 6th, 2013 - Jean Cleveland
As part of the Spotlight on the Arts at UGA, the Special Collections Libraries are holding special tours of the three-story subterranean vault that holds our unique, rare, priceless artifacts! Join us at 2 p.m. for a guided tour of the three museum galleries of the Special Collections Libraries, a ...
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Monday, November 4th, 2013 - Samantha Paul
1960s Potpourri:
“Based on a True Story.”
November 5, 2013
7:00pm
Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium (300 S. Hull Street).
The more recent generations have been introduced to the 1960s through film and television drama. Popular television dramas like "Mad Men" or "The Wonder Years" or movies like "Across the Universe" or "The Help" ...
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Monday, October 21st, 2013 - Samantha Paul
1950s Movie:
Requiem for a Heavyweight
October 22, 2013
7:00pm
Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium (300 S. Hull Street).
Rod Serling might be better known for his work on "The Twilight Zone", but Mr. Serling's talents were not limited to exploring the possible eccentricities of the universe. Drawing on personal experiences, he also incorporated ...
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Monday, October 7th, 2013 - Samantha Paul
[caption id="attachment_7924" align="alignleft" width="148"] Facts About Fallout, 1955 (306714) [Electronic Record]; Government Publications; Compiled 1861-1992; Documenting the period 1828-1992; Publications of the U.S. Government , 1790-2006, Record Group 287; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD[/caption]1950s Potpourri:
America in the 1950s: Drop Out, Not Fall Out
October 8, 2013
7:00pm
Russell Special ...
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Monday, September 23rd, 2013 - Amy Watts
The Peabody Decades: 1940s Movie:
The Tuskegee Airmen
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
7:00 p.m.
Location: Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium (300 S. Hull Street)
"The Tuskegee Airmen" tells the story of the African-American aviators who overcame racism to become the "Fighting 99th," the first squadron of African-American fighter pilots in World War II. Starring ...
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Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 - Amy Watts
1940s Matinee:
World War II: The Perilous Fight
September 19, 2013.
3:00 p.m.
Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium (300 S. Hull Street).
This documentary (broadcast in England in 2002) uses rare color footage to portray events in the European theater between D-Day (June, 1944) and the War's end in May, 1945.
The screening will be ...
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Friday, September 13th, 2013 - Amy Watts
"The Peabody Decades" uses the Peabody Awards Collection, the largest broadcasting archives in the Southeast, to tell stories about radio, television, and history.
All events will be in the Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium (300 S. Hull Street).
September 10, 2013
1940s Potpourri:
America in the 1940s: More Than the Home Front
"America in the ...
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