Finding Aids
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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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 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 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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Gignilliat family papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of papers of the Gignilliat family of Savannah (Ga.) from ca. 1891-1975. The bulk of the collection relates to Clifford Gignilliat Sewell and includes correspondence (1928-1932) between Sewell and W.L. Sewell as well as correspondence (1928-1934) between Sewell and others. Materials also include manuscripts of Sewell's works, newspaper articles, scrapbooks, and loose clippings and articles written by Sewell about the history of Savannah. The collection also contains correspondence (1891-1908) to and from Robert Deas Gignilliat, Jr, information on Leigh Robinson Gignilliat, and other genealogical materials on the Gignilliat family including photographs.
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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.
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Guthrie Parker Meade papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection consists of papers of Guthrie P. Meade from 1942-1993, the bulk of which document his naval service aboard the U.S.S. Ancon from 1942-1945. Materials include photographs, printed material, military records, clippings, and journals.
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Guy H. Wells papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection consists primarily of writings, notes, and letters spanning 1951-1965 written by South Georgia Teachers college president Guy H. Wells. Materials also include a travel diary, a scrapbook with news clippings, and a CD of scanned images from the collection.
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Guyton City Council records
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of materials related to the Guyton city government. Materials include city council minutes from the time of Guyton’s incorporation in 1887 through 1916; photographs of the city council in 1977, a photograph of Guyton City Hall and a photograph of an open minutes book.
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Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes collection
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of the research papers and recordings compiled by English author Michael Gray during the writing of his book on Georgia blues legend Blind Willie McTell, one of the earliest blues performers to record. Materials range from 1991 to 2010, and include recordings and transcripts of interviews with witnesses and folklorists, images of relevant census records, copies of court records, manuscript drafts, extensive correspondence, and the unissued complete recording of McTell’s last studio session in Atlanta, 1956.
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Helen Williams Coxon family papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
The collection consists of the papers of Helen Williams Coxon. Materials date from 1765, bulk 1921-1989, and include correspondence, clippings, printed material, photographs and writings pertaining to Coxon's involvement with the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Colonists; her service with Georgia's Pardons and Paroles Board, the Georgia House of Representatives, and the Georgia Senate; and as editor and publisher of the Ludowici News (Ludowici, Long County, Georgia). Eighteenth and nineteenth-century materials included in the collection were collected by Coxon and pertain to family history.
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Henrietta Lovejoy Skinner Wiley papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of personal and family papers of Henrietta Lovejoy “Joy” Skinner Wiley. Materials in the collection span 1825-1991 consist of photographs, letters, greeting cards, invitations, scrapbooks, college yearbooks, and various other documents.
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Horace and Maggie Simmons Hagin family papers
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
This collection consists of materials, spanning 1915-1960, related to the education and careers of Horace and Maggie Simmons Hagin’s five daughters: Bertha, Dell, Ruth, Ida Mae, and Louise Hagin. Materials include report cards, bills, notebooks, photographs, and clippings that document their experiences as college students in Statesboro and as teachers in Bulloch County. The collection also includes drafting plates by Ruth Hagin and Barnie Kennedy, as well as a few personal items.
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Hugh M. Gillis papers
Zach S. Henderson Library. Georgia Southern University
This collection consists of materials from the Soperton office of Georgia Senator Hugh M. Gillis from 1957-1995. Materials include constituent correspondence, news releases, and newspaper clippings.
