Odum Library Blog » Archives & Special Collections http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 (Almost) Daily Photo http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/09/30/almost-daily-photo-50/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/09/30/almost-daily-photo-50/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:11:02 +0000 lbwright http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/?p=952

The Leona Hudson Collection was unveiled today in the VSU Archives & Special Collections.

The collection spans a long time frame,  1884-2008, and includes a variety of primary material including Letters and Documents, Photographs and Scrapbooks, and Books and Artifacts.

Deborah Davis, Michael Holt, and many student assistants and volunteers worked to collect, preserve, and make the collection accessible. Many of the letters are indexed individually. The collection can searched via Google, making the information easy for researchers to discover.

Dr. Catherine Oglesby wrote a short biography for Leona Hudson.

Leona’s parents, Rose and William Strickland.

The letters in the collection span four generations!

Leona married Dugald Hudson. They wrote many letters back and forth as he traveled in the Army. Later, they continued to travel the world together.

The Leona Hudson Collection contains materials that are potentially interesting to researchers in Military History, 20th century American and World History,  South Georgia History, Valdosta, Georgia, Women’s Studies, photography, genealogy and many with other interests as well.

The Leona Hudson Collection was given to the VSU Archives and Special Collections by the estate of Leona Hudson in May of 2008. In addition, they gave Archives a grant that paid for the cost of processing the collection.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/09/30/almost-daily-photo-50/feed/ 0 Eichberger East African Art Collection http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/08/31/eichberger-east-african-art-collection/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/08/31/eichberger-east-african-art-collection/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:25:51 +0000 lbwright http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/?p=859 The VSU Achives proudly announces the opening of the Eichberger East African Art Collection web exhibit.

Andy Wallace, a professional photographer and MLIS student, shot and combined hundreds of images from the Eichberger East African Art Collection to create a beautiful and interactive website.

The online exhibit can be found at http://www.valdosta.edu/library/find/arch/eichberger/african_art_index.html

Please be patient – the site will take a moment to load.

You may also navigate to the exhibit through the library’s web site. On the library’s home page, select Archives and Special Collections,  select Exhibits, and select Eichberger East African Art Collection.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2009/08/31/eichberger-east-african-art-collection/feed/ 1 Friday Feedback: Archives? http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/04/18/friday-feedback-archives/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/04/18/friday-feedback-archives/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:01:20 +0000 Cliff Landis http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/04/18/friday-feedback-archives/ Many students love to explore Archives and Special Collections to discover some of the rare and unique items there. If you’re interested in local history and more, check ‘em out!
What do you love about Archives?  What do think needs improvement?  The only way we can get better is if we hear from you!

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/04/18/friday-feedback-archives/feed/ 2 The Eichberger East African Art Collection goes on the road http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/03/03/the-eichberger-east-african-art-collection-goes-on-the-road/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/03/03/the-eichberger-east-african-art-collection-goes-on-the-road/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:46:57 +0000 Cliff Landis http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/03/03/the-eichberger-east-african-art-collection-goes-on-the-road/ The Eichberger East African Art Collection goes on the road! Come see VSU’s African Art Collection at the Azalea International Folk Fair on March 8 at the Valdosta Lowndes County Conference Center.  There will be food, dancing, crafts, and international artifacts from around the world.  Come see the collection!

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/03/03/the-eichberger-east-african-art-collection-goes-on-the-road/feed/ 0 Archives Alive! South Georgia Folklife http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/27/archives-alive-south-georgia-folklife/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/27/archives-alive-south-georgia-folklife/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:01:33 +0000 Cliff Landis http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/27/archives-alive-south-georgia-folklife/ Check out the South Georgia Folklife Collection at the VSU Archives.

We have images, audio and video clips online detailing South Georgia Culture from sacred harp singing to southern food and home crafts to the folklife of South Georgia’s emerging Hispanic population. The collection also includes hundreds of digitized audio and video files, books, transcripts, clippings, and research on everything from turpentine to suckerfish.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/27/archives-alive-south-georgia-folklife/feed/ 0 Archives gets the prize! http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/20/archives-gets-the-prize/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/20/archives-gets-the-prize/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:48:31 +0000 Cliff Landis http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/20/archives-gets-the-prize/ The VSU Archives and Laurie Sommers, ethnomusicologist, have been awarded the 2007 Brenda McCallum Award for “exceptional work dealing with folklife archives” from the American Folklore Society.  Award winners were: Dr. Laurie Sommers, Deborah Davis (Archivist), Michael Holt (Archives Staff member), John Taylor (Archives Webmaster), Stacey Wright (Student Assistant), and Jack Fisher (Acquisitions Librarian).  This prize honors the South Georgia Folklife Collection, a combination of the physical collection and  a 500+ page website documenting Folklife in South Georgia.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/20/archives-gets-the-prize/feed/ 0 GALILEO adds Georgia Official and Statistical Register http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/19/galileo-adds-georgia-official-and-statistical-register/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/19/galileo-adds-georgia-official-and-statistical-register/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:01:21 +0000 Cliff Landis http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/19/galileo-adds-georgia-official-and-statistical-register/ “The Georgia Official and Statistical Register was published from 1923-1990 by the Georgia Archives. Considered an important reference work for historical research, the Register covers Georgia’s executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, providing biographical sketches of elected and other state officials. Georgia members of U.S. Congress and federal judges are included, as are county officials and regents of the university system. The Register contains election returns, provides basic reference data on Georgia counties, and covers Georgia miscellany, such as the state flag, state flower, state song, rosters of Georgia governors, and legal holidays” (from Georgia Official and Statistical Register).

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/02/19/galileo-adds-georgia-official-and-statistical-register/feed/ 0 Archives Alive! The Einsatzgruppen http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/01/23/archives-alive-the-einsatzgruppen/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/01/23/archives-alive-the-einsatzgruppen/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:01:58 +0000 Cliff Landis http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/01/23/archives-alive-the-einsatzgruppen/ The Einsatzgruppen: They were a twentieth century horror, formed by the Himmler and the SS in Germany, and responsible for killing over 1.3 million Jews between 1941-1945. They were the ones responsible for the shootings and mass graves, rather than the death camps. Twenty four high ranking members of the Einsatzgruppen were tried during the Nuremberg trials. The VSU Archives and Special Collections has a rare 20 volume collection of the Einsatzgruppen trial record and transcripts. These volumes are one of a few copies that were used by the judges of those trials. Dr. L. Schmier and Dr. J. Dunn recently had the Holocaust History class use these as the basis of plays. Come and see a part of history in the Archives.

For more on the Einsatzgruppen, you can also read the online book Masters of death: the SS-Einsatzgruppen and the invention of the Holocaust.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2008/01/23/archives-alive-the-einsatzgruppen/feed/ 0 Check Out Our Babylonian Clay Tablets http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2007/12/05/check-out-our-babylonian-clay-tablets/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2007/12/05/check-out-our-babylonian-clay-tablets/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:41:41 +0000 Cliff Landis http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2007/12/05/check-out-our-babylonian-clay-tablets/ Did you know VSU has a collection of 5000 year old Babylonian clay tablets? They are on display in the Archives, open from 9-5 weekdays, and are also available as a digital display. These tablets give details of animal sacrifices at temples and information about diet and the economy almost 5000 years ago.

]]> http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2007/12/05/check-out-our-babylonian-clay-tablets/feed/ 0 Check out the East African Art Exhibit http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2007/11/28/check-out-the-east-african-art-exhibit/ http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2007/11/28/check-out-the-east-african-art-exhibit/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:37:51 +0000 Cliff Landis http://www.valdosta.edu/library/blog/2007/11/28/check-out-the-east-african-art-exhibit/ Have you seen our East African Art exhibit? The 91 pieces, mainly from Ethiopia, include a 400 year old devotional book written in Geeze, musical instruments, a large pipe, spears, sculptures, carvings, furs and textiles, which are on display in the Browsing Books area and in Archives. Archives is open from 9-5, weekdays, so be sure to stop by that part of the exhibit in the day time. Please pick up an exhibit guide when you come.

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