| Give to Libraries | Digitizing the Allen Thomas Oral History Collection
Listening to many of these stories emphasizes the need to not only study our past, but make it as accessible as possible. By Tedi [...]
Recording the Local Response to COVID-19 in the Home of the Bulldawgs
Imani Carter served as a digital projects summer intern through a program funded by Georgia Public Library Service during summer 2021. Imani helped [...]
Learn and preserve history at your local library: here’s how
Oral histories enable people to share their stories in their own words, and public libraries from Athens to Perry to Bainbridge to Augusta [...]
Digitized oral histories from Cairo, Georgia, share early 20th century African American experiences
“A lot of women just needed someone to hold their hand and tell them it would be all right. What I got [...]
Digitized Scrapbook Tells the Story of Early Maternal Care in Georgia
The maternity home was the first of its kind in Georgia, providing around the clock pre- and postnatal care to pregnant women, [...]
Digitizing Oral Histories from the African American Community in Cairo, Georgia
A Georgia Public Library Service intern learns that an unexpected change of plans can lead to an enriching experience that benefits an entire [...]
Five Ways to Explore History at Your Library
Five Ways to Explore History at Your Library October is Georgia Archives Month, and the Georgia Public Library Service has some great tips [...]