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The Pinevale High School 50th Year Reunion Yearbook (2012) is a commemorative volume celebrating the Golden Year 50th Class Reunion of the Class of 1962 from Pinevale High School, a historically significant institution for African American students in Valdosta, Georgia. This yearbook captures the essence of the school's history, the accomplishments of its alumni, and the events of the reunion weekend held on May 25-27, 2012.

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Issues of Valdosta Chanber of Commerce publication, Progress, 1979 - 1984.

A box containing items for new residents of Valdosta labeled Your Key to Valdosta, including a 1978-1979 calendar, a guide to Valdosta, and banking information.

Scope and Contents Included Articles: 7/2- Public transportation worthy of study- no author; Opinion piece that discusses the positive impacts of public transportaton on the community. Article states that public transportation assists with welfare reform, unemployment, access to schools, healthcare, and shopping.7/2- City schools group sets priorities- Pamala J. Williams; School Superintendent Dr. Gary Walker met with a strategic planning group composed of parents, business people, and...

Scope and Contents 8/2- Veteran local teacher offers prescription for education woes- Martha H. Shad; Rubye Pompey, a woman that served as a teacher for 31 1/2 years, suggess that children seem to have less respect for authority. Pompey suggests that teaching children to follow rules and respect adults prepares them for the school enviornment. She also notes that parents seem to have less interest in their children's progress at school.8/7- Whether they like it or not, race does matter- Bill...

Scope and Contents 10/2- VSU explores the diversity of mankind- Jeffery Clark; Article provides summary of Valdosta State University's third annual Multicultural Education Conference that was held on 9/25/1997. (page 11)10/2- Georgia’s flag: does it speak for you?- Donna Delaney; Article discusses the Georgia state flag and its symbols that portray messages of hatred and division. Author advocates for petitioning representives to deman removal of Confederate battle emblems from the state flag....

Scope and Contents 12/1- Race violence- no author; Six people face charges in Denver after being accused of beating a black woman that asked if they were skin heads.12/17- Dec. 31 in application deadline for area Weed and Seed project- Jodi M. Scott; 12/18- Clinton defends race initiative- no author; Clinton wanted to show the race advisory board the school systems in Fairfax County, VA as an example for diverse school systems.12/26- City seeks Weed and Seed status- Jodi M....

Scope and Contents 2/10- City schools confronted with failure rates- E. Rankin Scott; Valdosta City School System identified that 13.8 percent of all students failed English during the 1997-1998 school year while 11.9 percent failed math. Kindergarten, fourth grade, and ninth grade were identified as the grades in which the highest number of students did not meet promotion criteria. Almost one-third of ninth-grade students failed English or Math during the first semester. Forty percent of ninth graders failed...

Scope and Contents 6/11- Discrimination on the basis of accent- Bill Maxwell; Article discusses discrimination experienced by individuals with southern accents.6/18- Born in the South- Bill Maxwell; Maxwell discusses that despite being born in the south, he doesn't believe that African Americans should consider themselves as Southerners due to the fact that they were forced to live in the south and were not originally from there.6/25- Mormon sworn in as member of Lowndes County Board of...

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Letter sent to "The dean of the one time Georgia State College for Women" from Lawson Jones describing his connection to the college.

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Emails exchange between Deborah Davis of the VSU Archives and Ann Puig, Mr. Jone's daughter.

In the emails, Jones relates more of his story and answer specific questions about his time at Georgia State Women's College.

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Report by WALB Valdosta (walb.com) on the fight to preserve Southside Historic Buildings, with a focus on the historic Liberty Theater.

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Jones' notes about his childhood memories of Valdosta.

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History of VSO from 1986-2018.

A copy of a brochure dated November 10, 2018, which contains a summary of the organization's history.

A spreadsheet of VSO organizational chart, 1990-2017.

A list of board of directors, 2018.

Malcolm Rainey's reflections on the creaton of the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra.

A copy of an article from the Valdosta Daily Times, 2018, featuring Rainey.

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Commerative publiation celebrating Valdosta Wildcats Coach Bazemore.

Articles by jounalists and high school football community members.

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Published in 2002. Signed by Harley Langdale, Jr., John, John Wesley Langdale III.

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Memories of Lawson Belville Jones. Jones was born in Valdosta Georgia in 1904. He attended the training school at South Georgia State Normal School starting in 1913.

Scope and Contents The Leona Hudson Collection held at the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections contains information relevant to topics as diverse as South Georgia History, the Valdosta Social Scene, Missionaries in China, a history of devotional literature, Nazi trials, the military in Korea, and images from years of travel around the world. The collection spans a long time period, from 1884-2008, and is equally rich across those time periods. Since both Rosa Strickland and her daughter...

Scope and Contents Melvin Thompson, the first person elected to the office of lieutenant governor of Georgia, served as the state's governor in 1947-48. He is best remembered for his fight with Herman Talmadge over the governorship after the death of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in 1946. The papers of M.E. Thompson consist primarily of correspondence relating to the Three Governors Controversy and Thompson’s subsequent campaign years.  The major correspondents include Jimmy Carter, Phil Landrum, Herman...

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The scanned images are dated in 1968. They display students modeling outfits make in Mrs. Artie Marshall's Home Economics class at Pinevale High School. The photos were given to Dr. Houseal by Ms. Renae Marshall daughter of Mrs. Artie Marshall.