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Sjoquist's Book About Atlanta
Dr. David Sjoquist is Professor of Economics, and Director of Domestic Programs and Director of the Fiscal Research Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University. He recently...
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Georgia’s Red-Headed Stepchild Comes of Age
Georgia State students on Ivy Street (Kell Hall entrance), 1946Georgia State University: you’ve come a long way, baby! From a commuter night school in downtown Atlanta specializing in adult education...
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GSU Institutional History Highlights Founders &“Firsts”
Barbara Hunt (far right) (family photo) Do you know who our first female graduate and faculty member was? Can you name one of the young people who tried to integrate our school in 1956? Who was our...
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Educating the Urban New South…with a Wry Twist
Students inside Kell Hall, 1946 ff. Like the red-headed stepchild whose history it tells, Dr. Merl E. Reed’s Educating the Urban New South: Atlanta and the Rise of Georgia State University, 1913-1969...
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October is Georgia Archives Month!
Every October, archives and repositories across the country celebrate Archives Month in order to showcase their collections of unique primary resources for research and to increase awareness of their...
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Photo of the Week: Photo Manipulation of the 1914 Fulton Bag Strike
The deceptive editing of photographs has a long history prior to its current popularity using PhotoShop. Tent camp of families on strike against the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill, Atlanta, 1914 This...
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Photo of the Week: Unidentified Intersection, Atlanta, 1966
Unidentified intersection, Atlanta, GA, 1966 Can you name this unidentified Atlanta intersection? This photo was taken in 1966 for the Overnight Transportation Company located at 2427 Moreland Ave....
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Photo of the Week: Unidentified Street Scene, Atlanta, 1946
Unidentified street scene, Atlanta, GA, 1946 Can you confirm the location of this unidentified Atlanta street scene which was photographed in 1946? The building on the left is a Sherwin Williams Paint...
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AJC Newspaper Photograph Exhibit in Library North
David Duke, Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, salutes a fiery cross at an annual Stone Mountain gathering ca. 1975. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive. SOUTHERN LIGHT:...
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Portals to the Past: Creative Web Uses of Historic GSU Photos
Peachtree Street looking northeast from Five Points, 1953 Several Web sites are making innovative use of historic Atlanta photographs from Georgia State University Library Collections. The Atlanta...
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Rediscovering “Heaven Bound”
How exciting to discover a box filled with over 90 rolls of film that have been unseen since the 1930s! These previously unknown 35mm negatives offer a remarkable glimpse of life in Atlanta 75 years...
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Celebrating a Half Century of Sisterhood and Philanthropy
Georgia State University’s Delta Xi Chapter of the Alpha Xi Delta national fraternity for women will celebrate its 50th anniversary on campus in 2013. Shown in the photo is a ceremony from a...
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Good Chemistry: GSU’s First Location
Lyman Hall Chemistry Laboratory, Georgia School of Technology, ca. 1913. Photograph courtesy of the Georgia Tech Archives In 1913, the Georgia School of Technology’s School of Commerce held its first...
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Blank Slate: GSU’s First Downtown Location
Walton Building (Walton Street, NW at Cone Street), 1973 The Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce (now Georgia State University) was housed in the Walton Building from 1914 to...
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Bazaar Education: Night School in the Peachtree Arcade
Peachtree Arcade (Peachtree St. at Wall St.), 1957 In 1917, at the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War I, the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce (now Georgia State...
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Photo of Overlooked GSU Landmark Rediscovered
Murphy Building, 18 Auburn Ave, 1950s; Same view, 2013 Director George Sparks’ earliest memory of what is now Georgia State University was when it was located at Pryor St. (now Peachtree Center Ave.)...
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Moment in GSU History: “Building Jarred,” 1949
Collapsed building at 6 Ivy Street (Peachtree Center) with the Hurt Building across the street. (LBGPNS6-034a) In 1949, the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia—precursor to Georgia State...
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GSU Library’s Digital Collections Now Include Video
An audience member addresses the panel at the Decision Conference '93 community forum on youth violence. The first of Georgia State University Library’s digital collections to feature video content is...
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