From Special Collections & Institutional Archives: This month I’ll be highlighting one of our recently processed collections, MSS 401, the Walker family papers. The Walker family was a prominent Augusta family during the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Walker…
Anatomical atlases are illustrated maps of the human body and provide insight and knowledge for students and practitioners of the health sciences and fascination to the casual reader. Metal plate engraving, a 16th century printing innovation, allowed detailed drawings of…
In the public area outside the Historical Collections and Archives room is a new exhibit case showcasing William Hunter’s Gravid Uterus. Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Wilkes graciously gave the Gravid Uterus anatomical atlas to the Greenblatt Library in February 2013.…
From the Special Collections & Institutional Archives: Although Reese Library’s Special Collections & Institutional Archives doesn’t collect many objects, one of my favorites is Stephen Vincent Benet’s typewriter. Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) was a poet, novelist, and Pulitzer Prize winner.…
From Historical Collections and Archives (HCA): A little-known publication housed in Historical Collections and Archives is the Bulletin of the University Hospital which was written and produced by the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia. A little history lesson…
From the Special Collections & Institutional Archives: This month, we are highlighting another record group. Record groups are a way to hierarchically organize archival collections—for example, in our last post highlighting record groups, Renee and I both focused on specific…
From Historical Collections and Archives (HCA): Medicos was the name of the MCG’s football team in the early 20th century. Yes, the Medical College of Georgia had a football team for various years between 1907 and 1920. The HCA has…
This month we’ll be highlighting finding aids for manuscript collections from both Reese Library’s Special Collections & Institutional Archives, and Greenblatt Library’s Historical Collections & Archives. Finding aids are tools that that help researchers determine whether a manuscript collection will…
From Historical Collections and Archives (HCA): As a child, did you have a View-Master®? If so, you are familiar with stereoscopy or stereoscopic photography. Stereoscopic photographs are produced by photographing the same object at slightly different angles. When the pair…
From the Special Collections & Institutional Archives: At Reese Library’s Special Collections & Institutional Archives, the majority of our collections are focused on paper-based materials, but we occasionally end up taking in objects, also called “ephemera” in the world of…