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Who ever said someone was "too old" or "too girly" to accomplish their dreams? NOT HER! To wrap up Women’s History Month, we are highlighting Juliette Gordon Low from Savannah, GA. A true force of nature, she created the Girl Scouts of America, breaking gender norms and defying all traditional beliefs of the time. Thank you, Juliette! #WomensHistoryMonth #GirlScouts #Feminist #Feminism #History Slide 1: 1900/1979, Historic Postcard Collection, Georgia Archives Slide 2: 1860/1927, New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Slide 3: 1860/1927, New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Slide 4: 1917, New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Slide 5: 1974-11, Georgia State University. Special Collections Slide 6: Postcard: 1900/1979, Historic Postcard Collection, Georgia Archives; Stamp: 1948, New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Slide 7: 1960, Floyd Jillson Photographs, Atlanta History Center Slide 8: Memorabilia: 1950/1959, Troup County Archives; Headquarters: 1900/1979, Historic Postcard Collection, Georgia Archives Slide 9: DLG Collections

So, what exactly does an archivist do? Well, today we are answering those questions! As you might already know, us archivists have adapted to the digital world and have digitized and uploaded hundreds of thousands of materials for your free, online use. This is great because it means you can access from wherever you want, whenever you want. Come take a behind the scenes tour of the Digital Library of Georgia’s newspaper digitization process! #archives #history #preservation #uga #newspapers

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Today in Georgia history, the Georgia Marble Company was founded. This transformed into a multi-billion-dollar industry for the state and still operates today. Some of the most iconic buildings around the United States are built of materials from right here in Tate, Georgia from the Murphy Marble Belt. All the photos in this post are sourced from the “Georgia Marble Company Records, circa 1910 – 2004" collection on our database, officially held by Kennesaw State University Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management @ksumarb #GeorgiaHistory #History #InterestingFacts

Congrats to all of this semester’s UGA grads! We wish you well. #graduation #uga 🎉 🍾 Images courtesy of Pandora yearbooks on our database. @hargrettlibrary @ugapandorayearbook

WARNING! Crimes such as murder, sexual assault, and robbery discussed. On this day, May 6, 2003, Carl Isaacs was executed by lethal injection. He is one of the four men behind the infamous 1973 Alday Family murders. Carl Isaacs and his fellow inmates Wayne Carl Coleman and George Elder Dungee escaped a Maryland prison and met up with William “Billy” Isaacs, Carl’s 15-year-old brother. They kidnapped and murdered Richard Miller of Pennsylvania before stealing his car and fleeing towards Florida. In Seminole County, Georgia, they stopped to attempt a burglary of the Alday family home. The victims returned to their house during the attack and were all shot and killed with Mary Alday also being sexually assaulted before her death. Though the men tried to flee, they were soon caught and their sentencing began. This is the third most deadly mass murder in the state of Georgia totaling seven victims. #TrueCrime #Scary #Crime Slide 1: Griffin daily news., May 16, 1973, Page 9, Image 9 Slide 2: Houston home journal., January 16, 1988, Image 1 Slide 3: Griffin daily news., May 19, 1973, Image 1 Slide 4: Griffin daily news., January 03, 1974, Page Page 2, Image 2 Slide 5: Houston home journal., January 06, 1988, Image 1 Slide 6-7: Griffin daily news., May 16, 1973, Page 9, Image 9

Happy Cinco de Mayo! If you haven’t checked it out yet, we have recently digitized editions of Georgia’s first Spanish-language newspaper. These are up now and you should check them out! #Hispanic #Atlanta #History

Having trouble finding good sources for those research assignments? Not anymore! With the Digital Library of Georgia’s free online database, you can find primary sources with just one click. #Research #Libraries

What kind of student are you... and be honest! With finals upon us, we just want to wish you good luck, no matter what your study methods are. #FinalsSeason #Finals #UGA Slide 1: 1961, Students studying, 1960s - Student lying on dormitory lounge couch studying, Emory University Office of Alumni Publications Photographs, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Slide 2: The Red and Black, December 10, 2014, Image 5, The Red and Black, March 14, 1994, Image 4 Slide 3: The Red and Black, March 14, 1994, Image 4 Slide 4: 1960/1969, Students studying, 1960s - Students studying in the library, Emory University Office of Alumni Publications Photographs, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Slide 5: 1960-12, Students studying, 1960s - Student studying at a table with a bottle of Coca-Cola, Emory University Office of Alumni Publications Photographs, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Slide 6: 1960/1969, Students studying, 1960s - Howard Dunlap studying outside, Emory University Office of Alumni Publications Photographs, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Slide 7: 1960, School of Medicine - Students studying at desks, Emory University Office of Alumni Publications Photographs, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library

Happy birthday to civil rights ICON Coretta Scott King! Here is a very brief overview of her life and of the accomplishments she had within it. Thank you for all you did to make the world a better place. #CorettaScottKing #CivilRights #History All of the materials used in this video can be located on the Civil Rights Digital Library, our website dedicated to preserving material related to the fight for Civil Rights. References: Alabama Media Group Collection, Alabama. Department of Archives and History 1972/1990, FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs, Georgia State University. Special Collections 1985, Andrew J. Young Oral Histories, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History 1983-11-12, Indianapolis recorder, Indiana Historical Society New Georgia Encyclopedia 1966-06, Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection, Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Step back in time to what it would have been like to be alive during World War II. Today we are celebrating Lucius Clay’s birthday, World War II general and prominent historical figure from Marietta, GA. He was also known for skipping lunch breaks calling them a “waste of time”... we are not sure we agree with this point... Most people know him because he orchestrated the Berlin Airlift, an event where US forces gave aid to struggling West Berlin during the years following the war. According to BBC journalist Tom Bower, Clay was one of only two prominent American and British officials who showed genuine commitment to denazification. He was controversial because of his sentencing decisions for various Nazi POWs during the Nuremberg trials but is overall considered a positive part of our history. Happy birthday! #WorldWar2 #History #InterestingFacts Slide 1: 1940/1945, World War Two GI's, Troup County Archives Slide 2: 1942/1945, Troup County Archives Slide 3: 1943, World War Two Scrap Metal Drive, Troup County Archives Slide 4: Georgia During World War II, Southwest Georgia Regional Library; 1934/1945, Lamar Q. Ball Photograph Collection: World War II in Georgia, Georgia Archives Slide 5: 1934/1945, Lamar Q. Ball Photograph Collection: World War II in Georgia, Georgia Archives Slide 6: 1942, Mighty Eighth Air Force Collection, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force; 1934/1945, Lamar Q. Ball Photograph Collection: World War II in Georgia, Georgia Archives Slide 7: 1944, Green Family World War II Letters, Hargrett Library Slide 8: 1949, Vanishing Georgia, Georgia Archives Slide 9: 1954-04-19, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, Georgia State University. Special Collections

Happy Earth Day! Today we are taking you are on a tour of the Appalachian Trail, which starts (or ends) in Georgia. Our beautiful natural landscapes have hundreds of years of history rooted in them, a lot of which ties to Native Americans such as the Cherokee and Muscogee. We hope you can take the time to get outside today, but if not, enjoy these lovely pictures from our database! 🌍🌳🌷 #EarthDay #History #Archives #Outdoors Slide 1: 1930, Vanishing Georgia, Georgia Archives Slide 2: 2012-10-21, New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Slide 3: 1983, Floyd Jillson Photograph Collection, Atlanta History Center Slide 4: 1900/1979, Historic Postcard Collection (Georgia Archives), Georgia Archives Slide 5: Teenage boys: 1954, Hall County Library System Collection, Hall County Library System (Ga.); Lake Trahlyta: 1900/1979, Historic Postcard Collection (Georgia Archives), Georgia Archives Slide 6: 2008 & 2006-06-23, New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Slide 7: 1900/1979, Historic Postcard Collection (Georgia Archives), Georgia Archives; 2016-11-05, New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) Slide 8: New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)