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Articles 1 - 9 of 9
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Ecgrl Unveils Valuable Local Resource For African Americans, Dorothy Demarest
Ecgrl Unveils Valuable Local Resource For African Americans, Dorothy Demarest
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article reports on the creation of an African American Funeral Program collection of resources by Dottie Demarest, a librarian and a genealogy and local history specialist at the East Central Georgia Regional Library (ECGRL) inspired by the donation from the funeral programs of African American Eula Mae Ramsey Johnson. The collection provides information on the lives of the deceased. About 1,2000 funeral programs now consist the collection following digitization of the programs through the help of Georgia HomePlace.
Review: The History Of Public Library Access For African Americans In The South Or, Leaving Behind The Plow, Maureen Puffer-Rothenberg
Review: The History Of Public Library Access For African Americans In The South Or, Leaving Behind The Plow, Maureen Puffer-Rothenberg
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the non-fiction book "The History of Public Library Access for African Americans in the South or, Leaving Behind the Plow," by David M. Battles.
Macon State Showcases 'Lost' Literature
Macon State Showcases 'Lost' Literature
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article reviews the literature exhibit "Lost" at the Macon State College's library in Georgia.
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Kenneth M. Kozel
My Own Private Library: A Peek Inside The Personal Library Of A Librarian, Kenneth M. Kozel
Georgia Library Quarterly
The author describes his personal library. His collection includes books by Stephen King, Anne Rice, Jane Austen, John Grisham, Joyce Carol Oates and Gary Larson. His books deal with art, illustration, classical literature , mysteries and horrors. He recounts rereading and cherishing his collection as he ages.
Carter Library Co-Sponsors Briars' Event
Carter Library Co-Sponsors Briars' Event
Georgia Library Quarterly
The article reports on a forum held by the Georgia Southwestern State University in celebration of the Black History Month in 2009. More than 70 participants viewed the documentary "Briars in the Cotton Patch." The event was a joint project of Kainonia Farm and Faith Fuller, director of communications for the Fuller Center for Housing.
2009 - The Fourteenth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars
2009 - The Fourteenth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars
Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books
The full program book from the Fourteenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 13, 2009. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.
Making History In The Bedroom: Americo-Liberians And Indigenous Liberians Sexual Unions, 1880s- C. 1950s, William E. Allen
Making History In The Bedroom: Americo-Liberians And Indigenous Liberians Sexual Unions, 1880s- C. 1950s, William E. Allen
Faculty and Research Publications
The article discusses sexual unions between black American settlers and majority indigenes in Liberia. According to the author, these unions forged political alliances between indigenous Liberians and Americo-Liberians, furthered the so-called civilizing mission of the colony, and created space for social mobility. Details related to the different groups living in the region, including indigenous Africans, recaptives who had been taken off illegal slaving vessels and resettled in Liberia, and free and formerly enslaved blacks from the U.S., are presented. Other topics include Christianity, polygamy, and illegitimate children.
Mills B. Lane, Jr. And Enterprise In A New South, Randall L. Patton
Mills B. Lane, Jr. And Enterprise In A New South, Randall L. Patton
Faculty and Research Publications
For a century, Citizens & Southern Bank was a fixture in Georgia. In 1991, the C&S brand name disappeared in a merger with North Carolina National Bank. This was one of the bittersweet consequences of the slow, confusing swirl of bank deregulation after 1970, when institutions such as C&S simply disappeared, swallowed by the "winners" in the new competitive environment of interstate banking in the 1980s and 1990s. Even earlier, however, the Lane family had ceased to control the bank started by Mills Lane, Sr. in 1891. Mills B. Lane, Jr. was the last member of the Lane family to …
Review: The Body In The Reservoir: Murder And Sensationalism In The South, April Renfroe-Warren
Review: The Body In The Reservoir: Murder And Sensationalism In The South, April Renfroe-Warren
Georgia Library Quarterly
Review of the non-fiction book "The Body in the Reservoir: Murder and Sensationalism in the South," by Michael Ayers Trotti.