Special Collections at Georgia Southern University has been established to collect, organize, describe, preserve, and make available materials of permanent institutional and historical value to the University and the local community. Collections span both the Armstrong and Statesboro campuses and include records, manuscripts, photographs, campus publications, and books by Georgia Southern faculty, staff, and alumni.
Because Armstrong university archives comprise most of our holdings thisCollection Guide Armstrong records and finding aids is a good place to start.
To conduct research or view materials, please Schedule a Research Appointment or contact Special Collections at specolle@georgiasouthern.edu.
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K.C. Wu Collection
K C. Wu
K.C. Wu (1903-1984) served as mayor of several Chinese cities during the 1930s and 1940s and then in December 1949 was appointed Governor of Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek. Wu emigrated to the United States in 1954. Wu joined the faculty of Armstrong from 1966 to 1973. The collection consists of biographical information, manuscripts mainly of The Chinese Heritage (1982) and early novel Flags and Cross, lecture notes, clippings and information on his lawsuit with the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1972. The Wu family genealogy and writings of K.C. Wu’s father Wu Jing Ming b. 1875, see series four.
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Lawrence “Larry” Matthew Tapp Scrapbooks
University Libraries, Lane Library
Mainly newspaper article clippings, but also photographs, game schedules, and game programs documenting Lawrence “Larry” Matthew Tapp’s tenure as coach of Armstrong’s Basketball team from 1959 -1967. Extensive coverage of Armstrong basketball from the Savannah Morning Press and the Savannah Evening News. Article dates inventoried below. Also a few issues/clippings from The Inkwell, Armstrong’s student newspaper and other regional newspapers. Also news clippings chronicle Armstrong’s golf team in 1967. His scrapbooks also contain an article from 1995 about the Armstrong State Athletic Hall of Fame, and a Nomination packet for John M. Toby Browne, a professional golfer to the Armstrong Athletic Hall of Fame and the initiation program from 1996.
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Philosophy Club Papers, 1996-2017
University Libraries, Lane Library
The collection includes founding documents, fiscal records, student and faculty publications and periodicals, social fliers, photographs, and letters of Armstrong State University’s Philosophy Club. The records are divided into five binders; binder one (1996-1997)) includes the club’s constitution, newsletters, mailing lists, meeting calendars, fundraiser information, fiscal records, and issues of The Philosopher's Stone from various years; binder two (1996-1997) includes photographs, social fliers, and issues of The Philosopher’s Stone; binder three (1997-1998) includes letters, event fliers, and issues of The Philosopher’s Stone; binder four (2003-2004) includes magazine and newspaper articles and pictures, and issues of The Philosopher’s stone; binder five (2004- 2005) includes issues of The Philosopher’s Stone.
Digital copies of The Philosopher’s Stone, originally available from Armstrong university’s website are available online from the Digital Commons @ Georgia Southern.
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Pinpoint’s Residential Oral History
University Libraries, Lane Library
Founded by A.S. Varn Sr., the A.S. Varn & Son Crab Factory was the primary source of income and employment in the Pinpoint community. Crabs and oysters were harvested and shipped to local markets by boat or street car. The factory also provided a sense economic independence for individuals in the community. Men were tasked with catching the crabs or oysters during the season and transporting the catch to the factory. Children and women also played a role in the crabbing process. It was the children’s task to pick the back of the crabs while the women canned and deliver them to the local markets in the city. The first set of videotape recordings were done by Dr. Barbara Fertig’s history class of 1995 to 1996. The names of the interviewers comes from listening to the tapes, but has not been confirmed from other sources.
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Robert Gordon, Class of 1940
University Libraries, Lane Library
Mrs. Gordon (Rosalyn Weiser, Class of 1943) lent a scrapbook highlighting Mr. Gordon's athletic career, giving the archivist permission to make photocopies of its contents before returning it to her. The scrapbook contained a letter from Dean J. Thomas Askew inviting Gordon to take exams for a tuition scholarship because of his excellent high school grades. The archivist also made copies of newspaper clippings (The Savannah Morning News, The Inkwell, 1938 and 1939) related to Gordon's years at Armstrong on the basketball and football teams. The collection contains photocopies of his Athletic Hall of Fame plaque dated 1998, as well as of the Armstrong Junior College first homecoming program, November, 1938. A photocopy of a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon.Artifacts in the collection are a gold Letterman's sweater and a 1974 Big "A" Club award of appreciation plaque.
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Sigma Theta Chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Records, 1971-2000
University Libraries, Lane Library
Collection holds the contents of two scrapbooks (14 x 12 inches and 10.25 x 11.5 inches) including about ninety pages and seventy pages respectively, one threeprong folder (9.5 x 11.75 inches) including one hundred single-sided sheets of paper; one three-ring binder (10.25 x 11.5 inches) including one hundred fifty single-sided sheets of paper.
