MS. Manuscript Collections
Classification
Collection number: MS
Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:
Ross Rosenberg Art Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-91
Scope and Contents
A description of pieces by New York Artist Ross Rosenberg held by the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections:
Ross Rosenberg
I am drawn to commonplace subjects such as chairs and houses because they are comfortingly familiar but at the same time they allow me to express feelings of mystery and foreboding. It is the ambiguity that involves me.
Most of the images are based on early childhood memories. The rounded chair,...
Dates:
Acquired: 2008-09-03
Sara Tillman Christmas Costume Dress
Collection — Item 1
Collection number: MS-44
Scope and Contents
Christmas Festival costume worn in the 1949 Christmas Festival. Donated by Sara Tillman.
Dates:
Acquired: 2000-07-13; 1949
Sara Virginia Murphy Harmeyer Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-166
Scope and Contents
Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these collections that contain offensive language, viewpoints, imagery or other forms of objectionable content. Such materials document the past and should be viewed within the context of their original time period. Providing online access to these historical materials does not endorse any...
Dates:
1942-1984; Acquired: 2019-06-06
Senator Tim Golden Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-143
Scope and Contents
Tim Golden was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1990-1998. Starting in 1998 Golden served Georgia as a Democratic Senator of the 8th District, and continued to serve his district despite his switch to the Republican Party in 2010. In 2014 he announced he would not be seeking reelection. An alumni of Valdosta State University, Golden served as Chairman of the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee, Vice-Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, which is charged with writing...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2000 - 2015
Shell E. Hartley Collection
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-10
Scope and Contents
These seven folders contain tributes to the educational work of Carl Vinson, Richard Russell, Walter George, Shell Hartley, Ambrose Cleaveland, Edward Cox, M.D.Collins Several of them concern the Georgia Vocational Education. There are also photocopied photographs of African American schools such as the Magnolia Colored school in Lowndes County and the work of the Vocational Education program with these schools. The tributes were written by Shell E. Hartley.Harmful Content...
Dates:
Acquired: 1999-07-25
Sibley Report
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-168
Scope and Contents
In 1960 the Georgia Assembly set up a committee on schools, ordered it to hold hearings throughout Georgia and find out how people felt about the future of their schools. The main topic was how Georgia should handle court ordered integration. The commission heard 1800 people (1600 whites and 200 Negroes[sic])and issued two separate reports. While both reports agreed that education was better served by separation of the races, there were different ways to react to forced integration. This...
Dates:
1960
Slavery Papers, Speeches, & Manuscripts
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-146
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to Slavery. Many are speeches, while some are reports and pamphlets. Most are from the 19th century. All of these papers are available through v-text at: https://vtext.valdosta.edu/xmlui/handle/10428/718Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these collections that contain...
Dates:
1822 - 1909
Snake Nation Press Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-106
Abstract
Snake Nation Press is a small publishing company based in Valdosta Ga. Founded by Roberta George, they published their first review in 1989, and except for a brief hiatus in '99, have released them yearly. Motivated to be active in the community and increase interest in literature, they host a writing group on Saturdays where local writers convene to critique their current works.
Dates:
1989-present; Acquired: 2011-04-29
Society of Georgia Archaeology
Collection — Item 1
Collection number: MS-157
Scope and Contents
A poster from the Society of Georgia Archaelogy.
Dates:
2016
South Eastern Library Association (SELA) Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-596
Scope and Contents
The Southeastern Library Association (SELA) is headquartered in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, and holds meetings biennially. It has published the Southeastern Librarian since 1951.
The collection consists of the records and correspondence for the Southeastern Library Association from 1920-2008. Included are finacial records, committees, conferences, presidents, membership, reports, Solar Technology Transfer Project records and other materials. It contains...
Dates:
1920 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980
South Georgia
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-43
Scope and Contents
This collection contain invitations and brochures to regional cultural activities throughout South Georgia. Some are one time or yearly events while others are tourism centers that are open year round. Most of the materials are from the 1980s though there are some later papers.
Dates:
1980-2002
Southwest Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-130
Scope and Contents
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information. A nonprofit organization, chartered by Congress, ACS is at the forefront of the evolving worldwide chemical enterprise and the premier professional home for chemists, chemical engineers and related professions around the globe.
These papers are mostly from the 1970s-1980s and are concerned with the Southeast Georgia Section...
Dates:
Acquired: 2004-07-08; 1972 - 1984
Steve Barker Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-24
Scope and Contents
Steve Barker attended VSC from 1978-1982. These papers are his notes and notebooks from most of his college classes. Barker was a biology major. The collection is a snapshot of curriculum at VSC during this time period.
Dates:
1978 - 1982; Acquired: 1998-05
Tatler-Burgess Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-113
Scope and Contents
The Valdosta State University acquired this collection from Andrew and Kathy Tatler-Burgess. Andrew is an artist and an expert in authenticating and restoring documents. Kathy developed an expertise in the field as a buyer for antiquities and an owner of a gallery.
This collection documents methods of printing. Techniques including wood block printing, copper plate engraving, steel lithography and hand illustration are used in illuminated manuscripts, biblical leaves, maps, botanical...
Dates:
Acquired: 2013
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-120
Scope and Contents
Contains various copies of the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution, along with an edition of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine from 1973.
Contains papers about Gone with the Wind, and the Kennedy assassination. Years include 1939, 1949, 1963, 1973.Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these...
Dates:
1938 - 1973
The Black Panther Newspaper
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-163
Scope and Contents
Includes issues from 1969-1972. It does not include every issue printed during the time.Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users may encounter some items within these collections that contain offensive language, viewpoints, imagery or other forms of objectionable content. Such materials document the past and should be viewed within the context of...
Dates:
1969-1972
The Dark Half
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-162
Scope and Contents
An alumnus of Valdosta State University, Eric Brooks served as the music copyist for the orchestral parts of the soundtrack recording of the 1993 movie The Dark Half, with Timothy Hutton. Created and originally donated by Eric Brooks (Valdosta State University Alumnus), via Dr. Kenneth Kirk.
Dates:
1993; Other: Date acquired: 10/28/2014
The Lowndes County Review
Collection — Box 1
Collection number: MS-110
Scope and Contents
This collection contains copies of the Lowndes County Review dating from July 2001-December 2002.
Dates:
Publication: 2001 - 2002
The Southern Book Competition (SELA)
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-596-1
Dates:
1952 - 2022