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Sunday, August 9, 2009

New historical resources

lots of cool stuff.
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The Digital Library of Georgia and its partners have recently released several new digital collections as part of the Georgia HomePLACE initiative:

Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive, 1808-1920 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/

Columbus Enquirer, 1828-1890 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/enquirer/

Macon Telegraph, 1826-1908 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/telegraph/

(These newspaper databases require a one-time free plug-in download to view images.)

Georgia State Fair, Macon, 1886-1960 (in partnership with the Middle Georgia Archives, Middle Georgia Regional Library) http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/gastatefair/

African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library (in partnership with ECGRL) http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/funeral/

Also, reintroducing:

Hall County Georgia Historical Photograph Collection (in partnership with Hall County Public Library) http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/hchp_search.html

Black History Society Photograph Collection (in partnership with Hall County Public Library) http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/bhsp_search.html

Georgia HomePLACE is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

The Digital Library of Georgia is a GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia Libraries (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu).

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