Archived News

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.

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.
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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

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)

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

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.

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)

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.

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.

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)

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.