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Pope A. Duncan Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2007

Pope A. Duncan Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the appointment booklets of Dr. Pope A. Duncan from 1920-2003. These materials span his years as president of South Georgia College, Georgia Southern College (1971-1976), Stetson University (1977-1987), and his later retirement.

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Michael Braz Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2007

Michael Braz Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of materials documenting the career of contemporary American composer and Georgia Southern University Professor Emeritus Michael Braz. Materials span 2004 - 2007, and include professional files, photographs, costume designs, a three-dimensional set model, and articles primarily related to the 2007 production of A Scholar Under Siege. The opera concerns desegregation and racial politics in 1941 Georgia, focusing on the firing of Marvin Pittman, President of Georgia Teachers College, by Georgia governor Eugen Talmadge.

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Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2007

Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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This collection consists of the transcripts, original cassette tape recordings of public speeches, lectures, and oral history interviews spanning from 1962-2007. Interviews were conducted and recorded by Georgia Southern University’s Department of History and Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections. Those interviewed are mostly locals to Bulloch County and neighboring counties. Interviewees discuss their personal and family lives, historical events they were a part of, and circumstances surrounding their successes. The public speeches and lectures originated from an assortment of sources.

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Magnolia Gardens Research Transcripts, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Jan 2007

Magnolia Gardens Research Transcripts, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

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The collection consists of recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Dr. George A. Rogers and Susan Moody in 1997 and 1998. Those interviewed were Mrs. Lee Anderson, Dr. Charlton Moseley and Mrs. Willie Lee Moseley, James Rigdon, and Mary Lee Jones Tucker. Interviewees remembered Daniel Edgar Bland and his wife Catherine as well as their farm, Magnolia Springs. Mr. and Mrs Bland both attended First District Agricultural and Mechanical School. The land on which their farm thrived is now part of the University, and the homestead itself is now the University Botanical Gardens.

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Bland And Keown Family Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library, Special Collections Jan 2007

Bland And Keown Family Collection, Zach S. Henderson Library, Special Collections

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Spanning 1864-2007, this collection contains the personal photos of the Bland and Keown families and their lives in Statesboro, Georgia, as well as abroad in France and Germany. Included are personal documents belonging to the families such as, receipts, obituaries, personal correspondence, published articles, maps, and documents belonging to Oscar Devoy Keown.

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