Archived News

January 2009

• Documenting Design: The Work of Alan Buchsbaum Exhibit

  Neely Lobby, Library and Information Center
  January 22-February 27, 2009
  9:00-5:00
  Open to the public

November 2008

• The Georgia Tech Archives is very pleased to announce the processing of three important collections relating to the history of Georgia Tech.

  
  The Georgia Tech Ledgers Collection consists of about 480 ledgers and a few ledger sheets containing accounts payable and receivable records, student rolls, time sheets, dormitory records, budgets, and some correspondence. The ledgers primarily document student and financial records at Georgia Tech, but they also provide particularly rich documentation of the day-to-day operation of the first fifty years of the school's existence (1885-1935). The ledgers from the earliest years of this time period (1887-1920) represent some of the earliest extant manuscripts produced by Georgia Tech.

  The George C. Griffin Papers contain the personal and business records of Griffin, who was Dean of Students at Georgia Tech from 1946 to 1964. From his first days as a sub-freshman in 1914 until his death, Griffin spent 70 years involved with Georgia Tech. His dedication to the school and its students earned him the nickname of "Mr. Georgia Tech." His personal papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, certificates and awards, and materials for his book, Griffin: You Are a Great Disappointment to Me. They mainly date from the period following Griffin’s retirement in 1964. The papers reflect Griffin's deep involvement in a variety of Tech-related activities, including Georgia Tech sports, his fraternity (Pi Kappa Phi), the Alumni Association, and the Class of 1922. This collection forms a nice complement to the George C. Griffin Photograph Collection. Many of the photographs from this collection have been digitized and are available in the George Griffin Digital Collection.

  Founded in 1947 as the Georgia Tech Dramatic Club, DramaTech Theatre is Atlanta's oldest continuously operating theater company. The DramaTech Theatre Records include production files and administrative materials, programs from plays and performances, membership rolls, meeting minutes, correspondence, and other materials documenting the company from its earliest years until about 2004. Photographs from this collection are currently being processed and will be made available in the near future.

  These and all other archival collections are available to all interested researchers at the Georgia Tech Archives, which is located in the Library Annex on the Georgia Tech campus. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For further information, please call 404-894-4586 or send an e-mail to archives@library.gatech.edu.

February 2008

• The Georgia Tech Archives is very pleased to announce the processing of the WGST Radio Records (MS330) and the WGST Radio Photographs (VAM330)
  
  The Atlanta radio station was offered to Georgia Tech as a gift from the Atlanta Constitution in 1923. Soon after the acceptance of this gift, the station adopted the call letters WGST, standing for the Georgia School of Technology. Ownership was transferred to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia from 1946 to 1973, when the station was sold to the Meredith Corporation.
  
  The WGST Records document the history of the station from its founding to its eventual sale. Correspondence, financial records and other administrative files cover the station’s daily operations. The period from 1940 to 1970 is especially well documented in the series of studio logs, which contain minute-by-minute lists of the station's programming, including titles of programs, lists of advertisements and public service announcements. The logs also provide documentation for the station's transition from CBS to ABC, the use of local and network programming, and the coverage of major local and national events during this period. The WGST Photographs feature images of individuals, studios, buildings and equipment, mainly from the period of the 1950s.

February 2007

• The Georgia Tech Archives has recently made available several significant collections relating to the early history of Georgia Tech.
  
  The Board of Trustees Minutes (UA315) are made up of the records of the Board meetings from 1886 to 1906 and from 1916 to the final meeting in 1932.
  
  A second collection of minutes, the Faculty Minutes (UA317), consists of records of discussions, decisions, rulings, and reports that occurred during faculty meetings at Tech between 1888 and 1965.
  
  The Lyman Hall Correspondence (UA309) includes the outgoing correspondence of Hall, President of Tech from 1896-1905, from the first six years of his presidency.
  
  Correspondence and a ledger of John Saylor Coon, the first Mechanical Engineering and Drawing professor, are found in the John Saylor Coon Collection (MS313).
  
  Researchers are welcome to come to the Archives between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to view these and other collections relating to the rich history of Tech.

November 2006

• The Georgia Tech Archives is pleased to announce a new online search engine for the Archives' finding aids. Users may access the search on the finding aids page of the website. Searches may be general, or they may be limited by title, creator, subject, or keyword. Many thanks to the Library's Systems Department, especially Ross Singer, for developing this excellent tool for archival researchers.
  Search: Archives' Finding Aids

October 2006

• Celebrate Georgia Archives Week by viewing rare books in the Georgia Tech Archives.
  The Archives is offering tours and special viewings of the first three editions of the Principia Mathematica (1687, 1713, 1726), nine-volume Dutch language edition of Joan Blaeu's Grooten Atlas (or Grand Atlas), and many others.
  
  When: October 11, 2006 from 2:00-4:00
  Where: Reading Room in the Georgia Tech Archives
  Cost: Free and open to the public
  For more info contact Jody Thompson - 404-894-9626

June 2006

• The Athletic Association Records (UA #300) are now available for perusal in the Georgia Tech Archives. This collection primarily consists of contracts, correspondence between university presidents (e.g., telegrams and typewritten letters), and newspaper clippings. Materials that are of particular interest include contracts of head football coaches John Heisman and William Alexander, transcripts of the 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) investigation into Georgia Tech’s recruitment practices, and an extensive collection of University of Georgia vs. Georgia Tech football game programs. 
  View the Collection:
  Athletic Association Records (UA #300)

March 2006

• Ryan Austin Gravel's 1999 thesis for the College of Architecture, "Belt Line - Atlanta: Design of Infrastructure as a Reflection of Public Policy," is now available online in its entirety through the Library and Information Center's institutional repository SMARTech.  Gravel's highly-requested thesis provides excellent information concerning Atlanta's BeltLine development project and includes an addendum written Dec 2005.
  The thesis can be found at:
  Belt Line - Atlanta: Design of Infrastructure as a Reflection of Public Policy

December 2005

• Archives and Records Management will be closed Dec 19, 2005 through Jan 20, 2006 for inventory. We will resume our regular operating hours on Jan 23, 9am to 5pm. To accommodate researchers, we will be open by appointment only.

November 2005

• Complementing the recent release of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection, Georgia Tech Archives and Records Management is pleased to announce the processing of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Architectural Drawings Collection (VAMD #004) and the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Related Materials Collection (MS #177).
  View the Collections:
  FBCM Architectural Drawings (VAMD #004)
  FBCM Related Materials (MS #177)
  
• The newly processed Joseph F. and Vary T. Coates Papers (MS #175) features a rich collection of printed and manuscript materials in the field of technology assessment. The collection particularly documents the Coates' work for the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), an office of the U.S. Congress that functioned from 1972 until 1995.
  View the Collection:
  Coates, Joseph F. and Vary T. Papers (MS #175)

October 2005

• GEORGIA ARCHIVES WEEK :: Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Exhibit.

  In honor of Georgia Archives Week (October 1-9), the Georgia Tech Archives is presenting a small exhibit of materials from the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Records. The exhibit, located in the Reading Room of the Georgia Tech Archives (in the Library Annex Basement), highlights the materials in the Fulton Bag collection, featuring especially the strike of 1914-1915.

  The exhibit is open for viewing on Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the month of October. All members of the Georgia Tech community and visitors to the campus are welcome.

September 2005

• We are proud to announce our newest online exhibit, the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection, which includes over 300 noteworthy letters, photographs, memos, drawings, reports, and testimonies which highlight the rich history of the Fulton Bag Mills in the Cabbagetown neighborhood of Atlanta.
  View the Online Exhibit:
  FBCM Digital Collection
• September 20 :: Brown Bag: Archives and Records Management and SMARTech: Your guide to managing and preserving campus records.

  Learn how these Georgia Tech Library programs and services offer solutions for managing the day to day workflow of records material in your office. The Archives collects and preserves records which document the culture and history of the Institute, while Records Management can offer solutions for the long-term storage of campus business records.
  SMARTech is Georgia Tech’s digital repository for research and technical reports, as well as Tech’s electronic publications.

  Come discover how these programs can assist you in managing your records.

August 2005

• Georgia Tech Archives announces the processing of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Records and Photographs.

  Founded in Atlanta during the late 1860s, the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills operated under the management of Jacob Elsas and his descendants for more than a century. The processed portion of this collection documents the business activities and concerns of management and workers in the Atlanta mill during the early twentieth century. Materials relating to the 1914-1915 strike in Atlanta include the correspondence of Oscar Elsas, transcripts of testimonies given before the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations, and a group of operative reports. Correspondence and operative reports also provide some documentation of union activities and working conditions at other Fulton Bag mills, including those in St. Louis, Brooklyn, Dallas, and New Orleans.

  View the Collections:
  Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Records (MS #004)
  Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Photographs (VAM #004)

July 2005

• New Website for Georgia Tech Archives and Records Management.

  Archives and Records Management at Georgia Tech welcomes you to our new website. The new site offers researchers easy access to our finding aids, rare books, digital collections, databases, and more. In addition, it includes vital information on records management practices and procedures, and pages designed to assist you in using the resources in the archives. Additional conversions of finding aids to the new design are expected in the near future.

  Please contact a staff member for any questions or comments on this site.