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Thaxton, J. Ralph, Dr.

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Frank R. Reade Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-2-1-3
Scope and Contents Reade's papers invite leisurely perusal to appreciate his humor and erudition.  His papers are expansive, covering topics from his family and genealogy to administrative correspondence to correspondence with and photographs of the famous men and women of his day.  The collection includes books, journals, correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, drawings, photographs, and realia.  The correspondence ranges from a manuscript of a Civil War era diary by Frank Smith Robertson (1841-1926), Reade's...
Dates: 1841 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1934 - 1948

J. Ralph Thaxton Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-2-1-4
Scope and Contents These boxes contain papers and correspondence from VSU President J. Ralph Thaxton, the fourth President of the VSC following Dr. Reade in 1949. The dates range from 1918, before his time at VSC, until his retirement in 1966. The college underwent a lot of changes and growth during his years as President. Some topic highlights include desegregation, the establishment of intercollegiate sports and Greeks, adding a graduate program, the addition of men to the school (and therefore a name change...
Dates: 1918-1966

Valdosta State College/University History

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-22-6-2
Abstract This collection contains material from the 1950-1993 time period in Valdosta State University history.  During this time Valdosta State University was known as Valdosta State College. Renamed VSC from Georgia State Womens College in 1950, the school embarked on a new era as a co-ed campus. During the 1950?s the University expanded with the acquisition of the former Emory University campus at Valdosta in 1953, this became what is now known as North Campus. Greek organizations began to appear...
Dates: Acquired: 2010-06-09; 1906 - 2018

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Atlanta Journal Constitution 2
Converse Hall 2
Odum Library (Valdosta State University) 2
The Alumni Association 2
African American Schools 1
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African Americans -- History 1
African-Americans at GSWC 1
Amercian Council on Education 1
American Association of University Women 1
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992 1
Association of American Universities 1
Barbzien, Colonel 1
Beaver, Sandy 1
Caldwell, Harmon White, 1899-1977 1
Calloway, Cason 1
Camp Glenrochie 1
Campbell, E. Camm 1
Campus Buildings 1
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 1
Carpenter, F. Ruth 1
Carter, Marjorie Estelle, 1905-1968 1
Chandler, Iva 1
Cheating (Education) 1
Civil rights movements -- United States 1
Commencement 1
Deariso, Evelyn 1
Desegregation 1
Disney Brothers Studio -- Disney Studios 1
Dodd, Lamar 1
Donaldson, George P. (Pete) 1
Drexel Park 1
Edens, Arthur Hollis, 1901-1968 1
Education Center 1
Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938 1
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 1
Emory Junior College at Valdosta 1
Emory University 1
Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
Florida Times Union 1
Georgia Education Journal 1
Georgia Institute of Technology 1
Georgia Normal & Agricultural College 1
Georgia Review 1
Georgia Southern University 1
Georgia State College 1
Georgia State Womens College (GSWC) 1
Georgia Teachers College 1
Girl Scouts 1
Gowan, Charles 1
Graduation 1
Hanley, Edna 1
Hawks, Lena 1
Healy, H.T. 1
Honor System 1
Howell, Clark 1
Infantile Paralysis Association 1
Integration 1
Jemison, Margaret 1
King, George H. 1
Langdale, Harley, 1888-1972 1
Library 1
Log Cabin 1
Lupton, Carter 1
March of Dimes 1
Marshall, George C. 1
May Day Celebration 1
McGill, Ralph 1
Miller, Joachim 1
Moody AFB 1
Moore, A.J. 1
Munro, Thomas 1
Nabokov, Vladimir 1
National Youth Association 1
Nelson, Mike "Mique" 1
North Campus Valdosta State University 1
North Georgia College 1
Noyes, W. Wilson 1
Pannkoke, Mary Louise 1
Patterson, Lillian 1
Paty, Raymond 1
Photographs 1
Punke, Harold 1
Reade Hall (Valdosta State University) 1
Reade, Jean Cunningham 1
Reade, Willoughby 1
Rickenbacker, Eddie 1
Rivers, E.D. 1
Robertson, Frank Smith 1
Robertson, Lizzie B. 1
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 1
Rose, Frank 1
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 1
Sanford, S.V. 1
Sayward, W. J. 1
Segregation 1
Senior Hall 1
Siebert, L.R. 1
Southern Association of Colleges & Secondary Schools 1
Southern Association of Colleges for Women 1
Stuart, J.E.B. 1
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