Finding Aids
This collection includes finding aids and container lists for materials in the Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections.
A Finding Aid contains a listing of the collection's contents and their location within Special Collections. It will often describe and summarize the contents of a collection including aspects of its arrangement; the scope of its subject matter; organizations and persons of relevancy; and its chronology.
To conduct research or view materials, please Schedule a Research Appointment or contact Special Collections at specolle@georgiasouthern.edu.
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Frazier family papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection was assembled by John A. Frazier of Bulloch County, Georgia. Materials span 1789-1973 and consist of records, mostly letters and deeds, once belonging to families allied to the Frazier family of Washington County, Georgia--particularly the Harman & Brown families, with special focus on Lucy H. Harman and Morgan Brown. Materials also include various court orders; receipts; promissory notes; land plats; genealogical records; certificates; additional correspondence and accounts.
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Fred R. Hartz papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of Frederic R. Hartz’ research on prison librarianship. Materials span 1956-1987 and include published materials from magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and books.
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Frieda Gernant Christmas Card collection
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of the materials for a museum exhibit of the work of Frieda Gernant, Professor Emerita of Art at Georgia Southern University. Materials include an inventory list, exhibit materials, and fifty-five years of homemade Christmas cards designed by Gernant from 1935-1990.
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George A. Rogers papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of the personal and research papers of George A. Rogers, Jr., Professor of History, Georgia Southern College. Materials span 1953 to 2004 and include professional correspondence, research notes on botany, aerial photographs, and variety cards on camellia species.
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George H. Shriver papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection consists of the professional and personal papers of Georgia Southern Professor Emeritus, George H. Shriver. Materials span from 1958 to 2009 and include correspondence, teaching materials, published articles, and manuscripts related to religion in the American South. Box 9 consists of an accrual of additional papers from Wake Forest University, which has been kept separate from the original collection. Additional materials related to Shriver’s coaching career for Georgia Southern’s Lady Eagles Tennis team are also included.
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George W. Scott Civil War letters
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Spanning 1857 to 1865, this collection consists of photocopies of handwritten letters from Union soldier George W. Scott to his fiancée (later wife), Kezia S. Piper, as well as his brother, John Scott. The collection also includes the discharge certificate (photocopy) of Cyrus W. Will from Company C, 185th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, May 1863.
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Georgia B. Watson papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of papers of Georgia B. Watson from 1926-1992. Materials include correspondence, corrected typescripts of Watson's books on retirement and her World War II Army Service with the Women's Army Corps, materials relating to Watson's career at Georgia Southern, clippings by or about Watson, speeches, research notes, and ephemera. The correspondence mainly documents Watson's literary career via correspondence with her editors, publishers, and the public.
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Georgia Hagin family papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of letters exchanged by husband and wife during the Civil War; family papers of Hagin and Beasley families; land records and legal documents; postcards; a Populist newspaper, The Silver Dollar, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Jan. 23, 1896, Statesboro, Ga.); and books, including textbooks, from the early twentieth century.
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Georgia Heritage Trust records
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection consists of the Georgia Heritage Trust records from 1971 to 1982 the bulk of which cover the tenure of Dr. George A. Rogers’ tenure under Governor Jimmy Carter. Materials include correspondence, annual reports, financial information, and marketing materials.
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Georgia's Offshore Oil Prospects Seminar
University Libraries, Zach S. Henderson Library
This collection consists of the materials relating to the Georgia Offshore Oil Prospects Seminar conference. Materials span 1975 to 1978, the bulk of which date to 1977, and include participant lists, correspondence, committee notes, seminar notes, records, and a cassette tape.
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Georgia Southern College dedication programs
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of event materials published by Georgia Teachers College and Georgia Southern College from 1955 to 1992. Materials include building dedication ceremony programs, booklets, information sheets, and invitations hosted by Georgia Southern College.
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Georgia Southern College miscellaneous materials, late 1980s
University Libraries, Zach S. Henderson Library
Slides, photographs, ephemera and scrapbooks documenting scattered activities at Georgia Southern College in the few years before university status, including the 1987 Retirees Luncheon, Sapelo Island Administrative Development Seminars, the GSC Alumni Association Scholarship Awards (list of winners 1962-1981), photographs of the old Alumni Gym, various invitations and GSC magazines.
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Georgia Southern College News scrapbooks
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Each box contains a large scrapbook of local and regional newspaper clippings about the college, from First District A & M School in 1923 to Georgia Southern College. There are lone volumes for 1923 and for 1931-1935, then the volumes are relatively constant from 1957-1985. Many of these volumes were prepared by Richard Mandes as head of Georgia Southern College Publicity.
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Georgia Southern College sports scrapbooks
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection includes oversized scrapbooks of local and regional newspaper clippings about college sports at Georgia Southern College. Many of these volumes were prepared by Richard Mandes as head of Georgia Southern College Publicity.
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Georgia Southern College Student Theatre collection
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of programs, photographs, and promotional material from Georgia Southern College’s social events as well as campus and local theatre productions from 1936 to 1988. Documented are productions performed on Georgia Southern’s campus, mostly by outside theatre companies.
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Georgia Southern College University Designation collection
Zach S. Henderson Library, Special Collections
This collection consists of materials pertaining to the attainment of university status by Georgia Southern College spanning 1989 to 1990. Materials include official statements, newspaper clippings, programs, and memorabilia.
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Georgia Southern Football Gameday programs
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The Georgia Southern Football Gameday Programs collection contains official publications produced for Georgia Southern University football games, most recently titled, Georgia Southern End Zone: The Official Publication of Eagle Football. The collection also features official gameday programs from away games, published by the hosting teams as well as special-issue editions from the postseason. These materials, spanning 1985-2009, document team rosters, coaches, statistics, and game information, offering a comprehensive record of Georgia Southern football events both at home and on the road.
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Georgia Southern Honors Day Convocation programs
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection contains programs from the Georgia Southern Honors Day Convocation event from 1935-2016.
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Georgia Southern University Award For Excellence collection
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of materials documenting the Georgia Southern Award of Excellence established in 1985. Materials span 1985 to 1999 and include texts, drafts, notes, and sound recordings of the addresses given by Georgia Southern faculty members upon whom the award had been conferred.
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Georgia Southern University Bill of Rights Conference collection
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection contains materials related to a 1991 conference on the Bill of Rights organized by the Georgia Southern University Department of History. The Conference title was “An Unfinished Agenda: Retrospective and Prospective on the Rights of Individuals.” Materials include correspondence, grant materials, conference schedule, promotional materials, and newspaper clippings.
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Georgia Southern University Commencement programs
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of programs related to Georgia Southern University’s commencement ceremonies, with coverage from 1910 to 2025. Materials include official commencement programs as well as ancillary materials concerning commencement exercises and related events including student graduate lists.
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Georgia Southern University Controller’s Office records
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of bonds, deeds, cancelled and bad checks, mortgages, banking records, annual reports, insurance policies, and letters pertaining to the legal and financial affairs of Georgia Southern, from before its beginning as the First District Agricultural and Mechanical School to the late years of Georgia Teachers College Also included are documents pertaining to construction and maintenance of campus buildings, a class ring, an award pin, and a vault key.
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Gerald H. Achenbach papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of a list of speeches and lectures given by Gerald.H. Achenbach dated 1953-1988 including a keynote address and a speech on the free enterprise system. Also in this collection are pamphlets and brochures written by G.H. Achenbach and personal memos and lecture outlines.
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Gignilliat Family Papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Spanning 1930-1978, this collection consists of the papers of the Gignilliat family of Savannah, Georgia. The collection primarily contains Clifford Gignilliat Sewell's correspondence (1928-1934), including letters with W.L. Sewell (1928-1932) and others, along with manuscripts of Sewell's works and their source materials. It also includes scrapbooks, loose clippings, and articles written by Sewell, mainly about Savannah's history. The collection also includes correspondence (1891-1908) to and from Robert D. Gignilliat, information on Leigh R. Gignilliat, genealogical data on the Gignilliat family, and family photographs. Find this collection in the libraries' catalog.
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Glass Plate Slides on Astronomy
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of twenty-six glass plates slides used to teach Astronomy at Georgia Southern Teachers College, probably in the 1930s. They were produced by the Eastern Science Supply Company of Boston.
