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Tracing a History of Atlanta’s Public Transit
Atlanta, originally named Terminus, has a profound history which is extensively intertwined with transit. This project visualizes how the city’s public transit system, now a...
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A Race Against Time: Saving Atlanta’s Photographic History
Online exhibit feature photographs and negatives from Georgia State University’s Special Collections and Archives, consisting of images from six photographic collecting areas: Lane Brothers Commercial...
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Beltline: A History of the Atlanta Beltline and its Associated Historic Resources
Prepared by the Spring 2006 Preservation Planning students. This project, developed in a collaborative effort by the Atlanta Urban Design commission and GSU students, was...
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Downtown Folk Tour
Recorded stories from Dr. John Burrison, Folklorist and Professor of English at Georgia State University, who has collected stories of folk music, pottery, legends, medicine,...
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The Great Speckled Bird
The Great Speckled Bird was one of several underground newspapers that appeared in the United States in the 1960s. Published in Atlanta from 1968 to...
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The Great Speckled Bird: What a Beautiful Thought I Am Thinking
The exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of The Great Speckled Bird. Content in this exhibit incorporates resources from...
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The Reckoning
Leading up to and after the Women’s March of 2017, Georgia activists, Lucy Hargrett Draper, and her niece, Chrisy Erickson Strum documented emerging and ongoing...
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Out in the Archives: Gender and Sexuality Collections at Georgia State University
Highlights aspects of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ history that are most fully documented by GSU Archives & Special Collections. The Gender and Sexuality Collections at Georgia State...
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Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing is an alternative newspaper covering arts, entertainment, music, news, and politics in metro Atlanta. The paper was founded in 1972 by Deborah and...
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Bridging Communities: 50 Years of Collecting at Georgia State University
Founded in 1913, Georgia State University grew as it supported the educational needs of Atlanta and the state of Georgia. Originally an evening program intended...
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Atlanta Geology Walking Tour
Granite, limestone, and marble building stones are found in a 20-block area that is centered around the beginning of Peachtree Street. These three commercial types...
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The Art of Nursing & Caring for the Sick and Afflicted: The Grady School of Nursing Legacy
In commemoration of the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. The Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, chartered...
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