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Special Collections is the repository for archival collections, rare books, and other unique materia
05/11/2021
Special Collections is always receiving new materials from units around campus. We are excited to have incoming materials from the Department of Music! We already have 27 boxes of Department of Music recordings and 8 boxes of programs, but this Friday are getting historic photographs of the choir and scrapbooks dating back to the 1940s!
Pictured here are two Department of Music album covers from 1967 and 1973.
05/10/2021
In this video of our Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program series, GRA Lalah will discuss a few collections in our Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program. She focuses on politicians that work on the national level in this video, including, Newt Gingrich, Guy Scull, David Warnick, Bob Barr, Mac Collins, Pat Swindall, and Lynn Westmoreland. Thank you for watching this video and if you have any questions about our political collections, email us at [email protected]!
04/29/2021
In today's video of our Special Collections 101 Series, GRA Jennah is providing a virtual tour of our COVID-19 Library Guide! Click the link in the comments if you want to follow along!
About the collection: In spring semester 2020, UWG Special Collections set out to document the social and historical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on how the outbreak affected the west Georgia region. We are actively seeking submissions to this collection, including journal entries / personal reflections, short stories, poetry, photographs, social media posts, or any other materials documenting the pandemic that you would like to share.
If you have objects that you would like to contribute, please email us [email protected] for more information!
04/05/2021
Check out this photograph of the Bonner House being moved to the Fourth District A & M School's campus in 1913 and another of the Bonner House at its current location on Front Campus Drive, circa 1960s!
To learn more about UWG history, check out our University History Library Guide here: https://libguides.westga.edu/uwghistory
03/26/2021
This morning our Head of Special Collections, Blynne, had an interview with WLBB Carrollton. Check it out!
03/23/2021
In this video, GRA Jennah will show you how to find UWG Special Collections on campus!
03/04/2021
UWG Special Collections is collecting and curating materials related to the impact of COVID-19 on campus and the West Georgia region! We would like to collect the materials you are creating right now that document this time and submit them for archiving and future research. If you have objects that you would like to contribute, please complete the submission form in our bio (click the "About" tab, then link tree, and then click COVID-19 submission form) or click the link in the comments and then contact us at [email protected]. 🐺
02/19/2021
This weekend, our talented Head of Special Collections, Blynne Olivieri, will be presenting at the Progressive Connexions, Spirituality and Supernatural Conference (virtually). Her paper is entitled "Archival Evidence of Exceptional Human Experiences" and she used our archival collections to do her research! Check out her abstract and a sneak peek at a slide from her presentation. We are so proud of Blynne for her hard work and dedication to UWG Special Collections! 😀
02/01/2021
Here at UWG Special Collections, we are committed to protecting the pack! We are currently allowing limited in-person research appointments. To ensure the health and safety of all students and staff members, we want to remind you to wear a mask, practice physical distancing, and wash your hands regularly! We provide a sanitizing station at the entrance of UWG Special Collections and a sanitizing station for supplies when you come in for research appointments. If you have been exposed to COVID-19, you can reschedule your appointment. For more information or to schedule a research appointment, please contact [email protected]. Go wolves!
01/26/2021
Check out these photos of Sanford Hall, circa 1960s-1980s. Sanford Hall was originally the library for West Georgia College. Construction of the building was funded through the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) and was completed in February 1937. The library was named after the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, S.V. Sanford. Annie Belle Weaver, who was hired as the college's first librarian by President I. S. Ingram in 1933, (when the library was a single room in the west wing of the Administration Building) continued to serve as the librarian after the completion of the building. Sanford Library was central to West Georgia's first accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The building now houses the offices of the President, Provost, Chief of Staff, and other administrative departments.
01/11/2021
In this video of our Psychology Series, we will explore Humanistic Psychology and some of the notable Humanistic Psychologists whose collections we house in UWG Special Collections.
Here are the time stamps of the Humanistic Psychologists we highlighted in this video: 01:06 Arthur Combs 02:18 Sidney Jourard 03:02 Edith Weisskopf-Joelson
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About Us
Special Collections in the Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library gathers, preserves, and publicly shares primary sources to advance teaching, learning, scholarship, and community engagement in service to the University of West Georgia (UWG), the regional community, scholars, and members of the general public. At UWG, Special Collections is the repository for primary sources such as archival collections, rare books, and other unique materials.
The significant collecting areas of Special Collections are central and responsive to the research, teaching, and learning priorities at the University of West Georgia and include the University Archives, West Georgia Regional History & Culture, Georgia's Political Papers and Oral History Program, and Psychology collections with particularly topical specialities in Humanistic Psychology and Exceptional Human Experiences. Additionally, Special Collections recognizes and honors other historical organizations and individuals who also gather, preserve, and make public primary source materials. As a partner, Special Collections has a Community Archives program that offers opportunities for community members to tell their stories and to facilitate the preservation of these stories. The Community Archives program helps in the creation and care of archives representative of the people and free of the traditional institutional repository.
Special Collections is free and open to members of the public on Monday-Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to noon and from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. Special Collections located on the ground floor of Ingram Library and can be accessed either using the elevator or taking the marble staircase down from the main lobby.
It is advisable to call ahead to schedule a research visit. Please call (678) 839-5455 or email [email protected] for more information.
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Opening Hours
| Monday | 8:30am - 12pm |
| 1pm - 4:30pm | |
| Tuesday | 8:30am - 12pm |
| 1pm - 4:30pm | |
| Wednesday | 8:30am - 12pm |
| 1pm - 4:30pm | |
| Thursday | 8:30am - 12pm |
| 1pm - 4:30pm | |
| Friday | 8:30am - 12pm |
| 1pm - 4:30pm |