Scope and Contents Dr. William Montgomery Gabard (1922-2006) was a member of the faculty at Valdosta State University where he served as professor and head of the history department and the founding Director of International Studies. He was a founding member of the board of directors of the Southern Center for International Studies and The Japan-America Society in Georgia. Active in the Georgia Historical Society, he served that organization as its first non-Savannah president. He was founding president of the...

Scope and Contents Victoria Pennington (1943-2015), Valdosta State University Associate Professor Emeritus, was a member of the Theatre faculty. Victoria Pennington collected these 16 framed maps that highlight places she traveled.. The collection includes important early maps of St. Augustine, FL and the Georgia/Carolina coast created by French mapmaker Jaques Bellin (1703-1772) and Samuel Lewis. There are maps of the Southeastern U.S. ,Georgia and the Gulf of Mexico by American S. Augustus Mitchell...