The Augusta-born wrestling and pop-culture icon, Hulk Hogan passed away on Thursday. Born Terry Bollea at Saint Joseph Hospital in 1953, Hogan’s family moved to Florida a couple of years later. You might be surprised to learn that, though he…
As we are all now facing the heat of summer in Augusta, the University Special Collections and Archives has turned its minds to cooler times. In processing the papers of former Augusta College President Gerald Robins, we discovered a collection of…
In December, the Augusta University Libraries will begin its transition to a new integration system called FOLIO, short for the “Future Of Libraries Is Open.” The change was originally supposed to occur in July, however, the University System of Georgia…
In May of 2024, the Augusta University Libraries received a grant from the Porter Fleming Foundation to process the Don “Ramblin’” Rhodes archival collection. A year later, the collection has been processed and is ready for researchers who may be…
April was National Poetry Month and Reese Library celebrated by hosting a Student Translated Poetry Reading. Participating students could either read poems they had translated from their original language into English or read translated works from the library’s collection. Lorenzo Pastro…
We at the library want to take a moment and celebrate all the students who have and are about to graduate this year. The hard work of our students is evident to us at the library as our study rooms…
The Augusta Historical Society (AHS), in partnership with the AU Libraries Reese Library Special Collections and Institutional Archives, has received a grant from the Porter Fleming Fund to preserve the oral histories of over 1,000 Central Savannah River Area (CSRA)…
On Thursday, April 17, three Augusta University leaders with medical backgrounds spoke on a panel about women physicians at the Historical Collections and Archives Room at Greenblatt Library. Dr. Lisa Leggio, MD, Dr. Natasha Savage and Dr. Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy, talked…