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Collection Highlights: Letter from Helen Dortch Longstreet encouraging Frances Perkins, United States Secretary of Labor
Letter from Helen Dortch Longstreet to Frances Perkins, United States Secretary of Labor under FDR, 1934, Helen Dortch Longstreet papers…
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Collection Highlights: Health Center Nurses in 1922
Health Center nurses in front of a building at Charlton and Drayton, Foltz Photography Studio (Savannah,…
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Collection Highlights: 1968 NAACP Newsletter
Inspired by the theme presented by the…
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The Steam Ship Savannah: Marvel or Monster?
June 17, 1819: Spotted off the coast of Ireland, a ship was billowing smoke. Immediately identified as…
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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Georgia’s Famous Batson Aero Yacht!
By Allison Dillard, Reference Services Coordinator Imagine being able to make…
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Juliette Gordon Low: The First Girl Scout
By Rachael Zipperer A Georgian began what would become the largest voluntary organization for women and…
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College Days and Soldier Serenades
By Allison Dillard, Reference Services Coordinator Georgia Female College….
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Crawford Williamson Long
By Rachael Zipperer At a party, Crawford Williamson Long was struck with the idea for an innovation without which modern surgical practices would be unimaginable. An attendee of “ether frolics”…
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Lt. T. H. Gignilliat: Father of the War Plane?
Nine years before Wilber and Orville…
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