Reese Library recently transitioned the Special Collections & Institutional Archives’ information management platform, which stores the finding aids for its collections, from Archon to ArchivesSpace. The transition to ArchivesSpace took over a year to complete. From now on, Augusta University…
From Special Collections & Institutional Archives: This month I’ll highlight a scrapbook created in 1950. Most of the “objects” we house here in Special Collections are paper-based rather than the traditional objects you would find in museums or certain object-oriented…
From Historical Collections & Archives (HCA): The Health Sciences Campus Archives housed in the HCA are arranged by record groups based on the collection’s function, office of origin, or format, such as the Office of the President or Student Affairs…
From Historical Collections and Archives: A set of photographs in the Alice F. Stewart Papers is one of the most intriguing of all the photographs in Historical Collections and Archives. Alice Stewart was the director of nurses at University Hospital…
From Special Collections & Institutional Archives: The finding aid “Augusta Fire Department records, 1879-1884″ (ARCHS 007) describes records of late nineteenth century fires and associated property damage. This material was transferred to the Augusta Richmond County Historical Society by the…
From Special Collections & Institutional Archives: Our institutional archives here at Reese Library include some small, varied objects that relate to the history of the college. One such object is a small bell which was given as a gift to…
From Special Collections & Institutional Archives: In celebration of Black History Month here at Reese Library, I’ve chosen to highlight the finding aid for the Richmond County slave records (1819-1847). It is a fully processed finding aid, and currently being…
From the Historical Collections & Archives (HCA): On October 22, 2019 the University Libraries is hosting its Sixth Annual Faculty Author Reception to recognize Augusta University faculty who have written or co-authored a book or book chapter in the past year. The…