Local history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Foxfire magazine, 1969-1993
Series — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS 010.016
Overview
Early issues of Foxfire magazine.
Dates:
1969-1993
Al Hester papers
Collection
Collection number: MSS-069
Overview
Research files of Al Hester, a professor of journalism at the University of Georgia who later in his life wrote extensively on Athens history. The files pertain to the planning and writing of three books: Enduring Legacy: Clarke County Georgia's Ex-Slave Legislators Madison Davis and Alfred Richardson; Putting On Blue: Confederates from the Athens, Georgia, Area Who Became Galvanized Yankees; and Athens Memories: The W.P.A. Federal Writers’ Project Interviews; and related historical topics....
Dates:
1980-2017; Majority of material found within 1998-2017
Michael Gagnon papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MSS-088
Overview
Research files for Gagnon’s articles about Georgia railroads and for his book, Transition to an Industrial South: Athens, Georgia, 1830–1870, and documentation of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company microfilming project.
Dates:
1990