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50 Years of Integration
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: UA-22-39
Scope and Contents
Valdosta State quietly and peacefully integrated in 1963, and 2013 marked 50 Years of Integration. This collection contains materials recognizing the anniversary including a collection of photographs of the early days of integration, several newspaper articles detailing the history of VSC's integration, and event items like t-shirts and cups.Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the...
Dates:
1963 - 2013
Brooks County Historical Board Collection
Collection
Collection number: CA-010
Scope and Contents
The Brooks County Historical Board Collection documents the work of the Brooks County Historical Board, an African American-led organization founded to preserve, celebrate, and share the rich heritage of Black communities in Brooks County, Georgia. The Board brings together local leaders, alumni, and advocates committed to historic preservation, education, and public engagement—especially through efforts to safeguard landmarks, collect oral histories, and highlight the achievements of...
Dates:
2023
Catherine Oglesby Civil Rights Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: UA-23-31
Scope and Contents
This collection of papers was donated to the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections by Professor of History Dr. Catherine Oglesby. They mostly date from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Containing newspapers, magazines, legal papers, and newsletters most of these materials were produced in the Civil Rights Era which gives a special insight into that topic. Subjects that appear throughout the collection include: Integration, desegregation, gender bias, cooperatives...
Dates:
1964 - 1975
Civil Rights Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Collection number: MS-134
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials relating to civil rights, dating from 1893 to 1962. The subjects covered include: civil rights, segregation, integration, the NAACP, the League of Women Voters, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Party. These materials are also available as scanned images through v-text: Harmful Content Policy:
Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collection’s collection houses materials collected to elucidate the past. We recognize that users...
Dates:
1893 - 1962
Copeland African American Museum Collection
Collection
Collection number: UA -9-10
Scope and Contents
In 1989, Roy Copeland informed his wife, Cheryl, that he did not wish to select a gift for Christmas. Rather than doing this she decided to surprise him! For Christmas that year, she presented him with a seasonally wrapped box. Inside the box, to his surprise, was a set of autographed Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. This expression of love for her husband, led to a labor of love from that Christmas forward. Each year, Cheryl selected a unique piece of memorabilia for Roy. He then parlayed those...
Dates:
2021-07-13
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
Macedonia Community Collection (Morven, Ga.)
Collection
Collection number: CA-008
Scope and Contents
The Macedonia Community Collection document the rich history and heritage of the Macedonia Community in Morven, Brooks County, Georgia. Developed in partnership with the Macedonia Community Foundation and Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, this collection brings together a variety of digitized materials—including photographs, family histories, memoirs, letters, folktales, books, and school reunion records—spanning from the 1880s to 2023. These resources capture the...
Dates:
Digitized: 2024-08-19
Margaret Leonard / Long Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-126
Scope and Contents
Margaret (Sissy) Leonard and her family have a strong legacy in journalism and activism throughout the 20th century. The tradition started with her grandfather, George Long, who courageously criticized the Ku Klux Klan in his editorials for the Macon Telegraph in the early 1900s. Margaret's mother, Margaret Long, was a progressive journalist who worked at several newspapers in the southern United States. She managed to raise two children mostly on her own while also writing two published...
Dates:
1900 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1970
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
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 Southern Patriot
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-124
Scope and Contents
The Southern Patriot was a progressive southern newspaper that ran from 1942-1976? out of South Carolina. The newspaper supported and advocated desegregation before and after the Civil Rights Movement. It covered groups like the militant-leaning Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in a favorable light. It covered the youth movements, sit-ins, and acts of civil disobedience surrounding the Civil Rights Movement and inspired activists in their endeavors.The Southern...
Dates:
1965 - 1976
Valdosta Black Heritage Group
Collection
Collection number: MS -186
Scope and Contents
Members of the African American Community representatives of the Black Heritage Group, representatives from the city of Valdosta and the Georgia Department of Transportation met on April 27, 2023 to discuss the proposed St. Augustine Overpass project, which was currently in the planning stages.The history of the African American community of Valdosta with Georgia Department of Transportation projects has been primarily negative. This collection contains articles...
Dates:
2023-07-25
Valdosta State Events
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-22-43
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items from events that were held at Valdosta State University. There is a wide range of genres represented from the history of Valdosta State, to visiting artists and exhbits. Included are the materials of exhibits such as the House in the Woods, Valdosta State's 100 year anniversary, and the history of integration at Valdosta State. Valdosta also had Maya Angelou, Jancie Daugharty, and the We the People exhibit as well as hosting theater conferences.
Dates:
Acquired: 2001-01-08
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