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Roxie A. Remley Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of the papers of Georgia Southern Emerita Professor of Art, Roxie A. Remley, from 1942-2020. Materials include professional and personal correspondence, journals, day calendars, photographs, and other unpublished materials related to Remley’s work with the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), later Women’s Army Corps, Georgia Southern College, the Statesboro First Methodist Church, and other local organizations. Examples of Remley’s artwork and framed prints are included as well as materials originally belonging to Georgia B. Watson.

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Mr. Joseph Littles

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Earnest Smith

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Birda Mae Lee

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

National Mother Geneva Daughtry

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for National Mother Geneva Daughtry on Jan 29, 2022 at Royal Temple Holiness Church

Deloise Althea Jones

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Robert Strobert

African American Funeral Programs

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Patricia Ann Richardson Drummond

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Beverly Everett Walker

African American Funeral Programs

Beverly_Everett_Walker.pdf - Funeral program for Beverly Everett Walker

Ollie Albert Betts Milton

African American Funeral Programs

Ollie Albert Betts Milton had a graveside service.

Sonny Mikell Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Glenda Rose Dickerson

African American Funeral Programs

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Ms. Betty Loadholt

African American Funeral Programs

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Lou Edna Brown

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Lou Edna Brown on Jan 22, 2002 at Royal Temple Holiness Church

Arthur "Bud" Tremble Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Emily Holt

African American Funeral Programs

Emily_Holt.pdf - Funeral program for Emily Holt.

Vernell Tremble Culver

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Lela Faye Burns

African American Funeral Programs

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Helen Walker Moss

African American Funeral Programs

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Gertrude Mccullough

African American Funeral Programs

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Alvin Howard

African American Funeral Programs

Alvin_Howard.pdf - Funeral program for Alvin Howard.

Minister Dorothy Harrison

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Darryl Hendrix

African American Funeral Programs

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Mother Josie Mae Weaver

African American Funeral Programs

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Leroy N. Suddath, Sr. Papers, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of the personal papers of Lieutenant Leroy N. Suddath, Sr. during his service in the U.S. Army during World War I from 1917-1918. Materials include a handwritten diary and a bound book of reproduced letters from Suddath to his wife, Lucille Howle Suddath. Also included are diary transcripts and digital reproductions of created in 2022.

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Brannen Family Reunion Records, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of scrapbooks and other records created by members of the annual Brannen Family Reunion in Statesboro, Georgia. Materials span 1949-2019 and include organizational documents, annual meeting minutes, photographs, newspaper clippings, financial receipts and a log book detailing the operations of the family reunions.

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The Peacock Dress: The Language Of British Imperialism In India, 1899-1905, Rebecca Onken

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This essay aims to discuss the actualization of the imperialist language through the Peacock Dress of Lady Mary Curzon, the new viceroy’s wife in the British colonial India. As the essay argues, the Peacock Dress holds within it a history of appropriation, not appreciation. It highlights the unique colonizing language of the British rule, the racist cloaked as ‘civilizing’ sentiments of the West, the subjugation of the Indian textile industry, and the manifold ways that the British turned their Indian subjects into a colonial Other.

Empire, Exoticism, And Heterotopia: The Interior Of A Chinese Shop, Xinyao Lu

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This essay tries to interpret a 17^th-century Dutch painting, the Interior of a Chinese Shop from a postcolonial perspective. It argues that the picture is a reflection of the desire and anxiety of the Dutch empire to collect oriental luxuries under the context of mercantilism. It is a heterogeneous space that consists of exotic objects from different geographical zones and timelines, which corresponds to Foucault’s concept of “heterotopia.” The fantasy shown from the painting exposes real spaces and reveals the complexity between Self and Other, leading to a place that is beyond the dualist structure.

Jim Crow In Savannah's Parks, Jeffrey M. Ofgang

History: Graduate Internship Reports (2018-2022)

Savannah, Georgia maintained separate and unequal public park systems for Black and white people from the end of the Civil War until the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Black Savannahians were barred by custom from entering the largest parks, including Forsyth Park, a landmark for residents and visitors, and were allowed only in the historic Savannah squares situated in Black neighborhoods. The “Black” neighborhood parks were inferior in size, equipment, and greenery. Black swimmers could not use Daffin Park Lake or play without restriction on the only city-owned golf course. They played on basketball courts made of dirt while white …

Black Steel: Obsidian And Aztec Death Culture, Michael Stevens

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

This essay discusses the role played by obsidian, or “black steel” as it is often referred to, in the development of Aztec death culture from human sacrifice to ritualistic mutilation.