Historical Society Educator Web Guide

Guide to the educational resources available on the GHS website

Theme driven guide to:

 Online exhibits  Biographical Materials  Primary sources  Classroom activities  Today in Georgia History Episodes  New Georgia Encyclopedia Articles  Archival Collections  Historical Markers

Updated: July 2014 Georgia Historical Society Educator Web Guide Table of Contents

Pre-Colonial Native American Cultures 1 Early European Exploration 2-3 Colonial Establishing the Colony 3-4 Trustee Georgia 5-6 Royal Georgia 7-8

Revolutionary Georgia and the 8-10 Early Republic 10-12 Expansion and Conflict in Georgia Creek and Removal 12-13 Technology, Agriculture, & Expansion of 14-15 Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South 15-16 Civil War 17-19 Reconstruction 19-21 New South 21-23 Rise of Modern Georgia and the New Deal 23-24 Culture, Society, and Politics 25-26 Global Conflict World War One 26-27 World War Two 27-28 Modern Georgia Modern 28-30 Post-World War Two Georgia 31-32 Georgia Since 1970 33-34 Pre-Colonial

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 2 The First Peoples of Georgia  Pages from the rare book Etowah Papers: Exploration of the Etowah site in Georgia. Includes images of the site and artifacts found at the site. Native American Cultures Opening America’s Archives

Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H1— The development of Native American cultures and the impact of European exploration and settlement on the Native American cultures in Georgia.  Illustration based on French descriptions of Na- tive .  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for Native American cultures prior to European contact and the primary sources included in the set.

Historical Markers ◊ Ossabaw Island ◊ Trail Ridge ◊ ◊ St. Simon’s Park

Today in Georgia History ◊ October 23, 1972 Cumberland Island ◊ April 07, 1995 GA Peach Offi- cial State Fruit GHS Collections ◊ Coastal Georgia Archaeology Society collection on the Irene Mound ◊ Reworked spear point ◊ New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ Late Prehistoric/Early Historic Chiefdoms (ca. A.D. 1300-1850) ◊ Mississippian Period: Overview ◊ Archaic Period: Overview ◊ Paleoindi- an Period Overview ◊ Stallings Island Site ◊ Lamar Period ◊ Rock Mounds and Structures ◊ Indian Projectile Points ◊ Languages of Geor- gia Indians Suggested Search Terms Projectile points; Pre-historic; Paleo-Indian Period; Paleo-Indians; Ar- chaic period; Archaic Indians; atlatl; shell middens; Stallings Island Site; ; Woodland Indians; Mississippian period; - an culture; Mississippian ; Mound; Rock mounds; Creek Indians; Cherokee; Chickasaw; Choctaw;

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Online Exhibits Encounter and Exchange (Early Georgia Encounters)  Early European Encounters  The Spanish Conquistador  Spanish Missions  The Debatable Land  Ecological Imperialism

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 3 European Explorations  Spanish map of the coasts of and Georgia  Pages from The Spanish settlements within the present limits of European Exploration the : 1513-1561  Map from The Spanish missions of Georgia/John Tate Lan-

ning; with illustrations by Willis Physioc

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H1— The development of Native American cultures and the impact of European exploration and settlement on the Native American cultures in Georgia.  Account of Francisco Chicorana, a captured native who accompanied Lucas Vasquez Ayllon as his servant, as told by Peter Martyr D’Anghera in De Orbe Novo.  Sketch of the Etowah mound site from Etowah Papers: Exploration of the Etowah site in Georgia.  Map of Spanish Missions in Georgia Illustration by Willis Physioc.  Diego Ribero’s 1529 World Map also called the Propagan- da Map.  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for early European exploration and the primary sources included in the set.

Historical Markers ◊ De Soto in Georgia ◊ De Soto Trail ◊ De Soto Trail 1540 ◊ Kasihta ◊ Sa- pelo Island ◊ Battle of the Blankets

Today in Georgia History September 29, 1526 Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon

Table of Contents GHS Collections ◊ Map of Georgia Country in Spanish Days ◊ Map of St. Augustine, Flori- da ◊ Marmaduke and Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd papers New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ Spanish Exploration ◊ French Presence in Georgia ◊ Spanish Missions Suggested Search Terms Missions, Spanish; Missions Georgia; Spaniards Georgia History 16th century; Discovery and Exploration; Hernando de Soto; Jean Ribault; René Goulainé Laudonniére; Fort Caroline; Hugenots; ; Sir Montgomery; Magravate of Azilia; Indians; Etowah; Creek Indians; Cherokee; Chickasaw; Choctaw; Seminole; Ye- masee War

Colonial

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Eighteenth Century)  Establishing the Colony  Plan of Savannah  Colony of Georgia  Plan of Ebenezer Establishing the Colony Encounter and Exchange (Early Georgia)  Encounter and Exchange in a New Colony

 Georgia’s Famous First Friendship  African-American Life & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry  Timeline  Learn More  Buddy Sullivan Lecture segments 1&2

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 4 English Colonies  Pages from Earl of Egmont list of early settlers of Georgia, ca. 1743.

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Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H2—The colonial period of Georgia’s history  A copy of the Charter establishing the new colony of Georgia on April 21, 1732.  A promotional text written by Establishing the Colony  1734 View of Savannah  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for the founding of Georgia and the primary sources included in the set.

Featured Historical Figures  James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785)  Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700-ca. 1763)  (ca. 1644-1739)

Historical Markers ◊ Savannah: Colonial Capital ◊ Landing of Oglethorpe and the Colo- nists ◊ Indian Trading Post: Home of Mary Musgrove ◊ Savannah Water- front Today in Georgia History ◊ February 12, 1733 Georgia Colony Founded◊ October 25, 1760 King George II ◊ October 5, 1739 Tomochichi ◊ July 12, 1733 John Percival, Earl of Egmont ◊ June 9, 1732 Georgia Charter Issued to Trustees ◊ June 30, 1785 James Oglethorpe Died GHS Collections ◊ Collections of the GHS, Vol. I ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. XX ◊ Geor- gia Trustees Manuscripts, MS 0278 ◊ Gentleman’s Magazine and Thom- as Lediard articles on Georgia history

New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ Colonial Immigration ◊ James Edward Oglethorpe ◊ Savannah ◊ Mary Musgrove ◊ Tomochichi ◊ Fort King George Suggested Search Terms Colonial; James Edward Oglethorpe; Mary Musgrove; Tomochichi; Queen Anne; Georgia Trustees; Silk Production; Yamacraw Bluff; Earl of Egmont; Georgia Charter

Table of Contents Colonial

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Eighteenth Century)  Trustee Georgia  Benjamin Martyn’s Impartial Enquiry  Bethesda Home for Boys  Early Maps Encounter and Exchange (Early Georgia)  An Early Melting Pot  Jewish Colonists  Germans Colonists  The Highland Scots  The Debtor Colony that Wasn’t Trustee Georgia Encounter and Exchange (A New Encounter: Black Slaves in Geor- gia)  Pre- Slavery  Slavery in the Georgia Colony  Equiano’s Experience in Georgia

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 4 English Colonies  Pages from Earl of Egmont list of early settlers of Georgia, ca. 1743. Chapter 5 Trustee Georgia  Pages from Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge letter books, account books, and manuscripts, 1732-1739  Photographs of 1934 Salzburger Pageant  George Fenwick Jones maps and photographs on Georgia Salz- burgers, circa 1700s-1900s

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H2—The colonial period of Georgia’s history  Benjamin Martyn’s Impartial Inquiry (1741)  Patrick Telfair True and Historical Narrative (1740)  A Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical background and suggested activities for Trustee Georgia and the primary sources included in the set.

Table of Contents Colonial Featured Historical Figures

 Samuel Nunes (ca. 1667-ca. 1741)  Paul Amatis  John Martin Blotzius (1703-1765)  Nobel Jones (1701-1775) Trustee Georgia  Abigail Minis (ca. 1701 – 1794)  Peter Tondee (ca. 1723 – 1775)  (1714-1770)  James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785)  Mary Musgrove (ca. 1700-ca. 1763)  Tomochichi (ca. 1644-1739)

Historical Markers ◊ Savannah Waterfront ◊ Savannah Colonial Capital ◊ Great Indian Warrior Trading Path ◊ Colonial Park ◊ ◊ Johnson Square ◊ Jonathan Bryan ◊ Mulberry Grove Plantation ◊ Savannah-New inverness Road 1736 ◊ Site of Colonial Shipyard ◊ The Georgia ◊ Tybee Lighthouse ◊ Wright Square ◊ John Wesley's American Parish◊ Italians in Georgia’s Genesis Today in Georgia History ◊ May 17, 1749 Slavery in Colonial Georgia ◊ July 07, 1742 ◊ 09, 1736 Charles Wesley ◊ October 18, 1735 Scottish Highlanders ◊ March 23, 1734 Georgia Indians in ◊ March 12, 1734 German Salzburgers Arrive in Georgia ◊ July 11, 1733 First Jewish Settlers in Georgia ◊May 07, 1738 George Whitefield ◊ De- cember 02, 1737 John Wesley ◊ May 26, 1936 Fort Frederica GHS Collections ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. ◊ Collections of the GHS, Vol. III ◊Collections of GHS, Vol VI ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. VII, part I ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. VII, part 3 ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. XX ◊ Francis Moore Manuscript, MS 0573 New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ James Edward Oglethorpe ◊ Savannah ◊ Mary Musgrove ◊ Tomochichi ◊ Slavery in Colonial Georgia ◊ Women in Colonial Georgia ◊ Trustee Georgia, 1732-1752 ◊ Trustee Garden ◊ Malcontents ◊ Johann Martin Boltzius (1703-1765) ◊ Ebenezer ◊ Colonial Architecture: Overview ◊ Salzburgers ◊ Moravians ◊ Colonial Military ◊ William Stephens ◊ Fort Frederica ◊ Battle of Bloody Marsh ◊ War of Jenkins’ Ear Suggested Search Terms Colonial; James Edward Oglethorpe; Trustee; William Stephens; Mal- contents; Salzburgers, Ebenezer; Moravian; Darien; Highland Scots; Georgia Jewish Settlers; Battle Bloody Marsh; Fort Frederica; War of Jenkins Ear; Bethesda; George Whitefield; John Wesley; Charles Wesley; War of Jenkins’ Ear; Trustee Garden Table of Contents Colonial

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Eighteenth Century)  Georgia and the American Revolution  Encounter and Exchange (A New Encounter: Black Slaves in Geor- gia)  Pre-Revolutionary Slavery  Slavery in the Georgia Colony  Equiano’s Experience in Georgia African-American Life & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry  Timeline  Learn More  Lecture by Dr. Alex Byrd

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Royal Georgia Chapter 6 Discontent in the Colonies  Pages from the James Wright Papers, 1772-1784  Pages from the secondary sources The Royal governors of Geor- gia, 1754-1775

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H2—The colonial period of Georgia’s history  A notice of six runaway slaves from the plantation of the Royal Governor James Wright.  James Wright Proclamation  Autobiography of the former slave and prominent aboli- tionist Olaudah Equiano  A Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical background and suggested activities for Royal Georgia and the

Featured Historical Figures

 John Reynolds (ca. 1713-1788)  (1721-1806)  James Wright (1716-1785)  Patrick Houstoun (1698-1762)

Table of Contents Historical Markers ◊ Hardwicke ◊ James Habersham ◊ Colonial Town Gate; Davenport House Today in Georgia History ◊ May 17, 1749 Slavery in Colonial Georgia ◊ November 20, 1785 James Wright GHS Collections ◊ John Reynolds commissions, MS 0657 ◊ James Wright papers, MS 0884 ◊ Sir James Wright Portrait ◊ Henry Ellis instructions, MS 0077 ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. III ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. XIII ◊ Collec- tions of GHS, Vol. XX New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ Royal Georgia, 1752—1776 ◊ Henry Ellis (1721-1806) ◊ John Reynolds (ca. 1713-1788) Suggested Search Terms John Reynolds 1713-1788; Henry Ellis 1721-1806; Sir James Wright 1716 -1785; Olaudah Equiano

Revolutionary

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Eighteenth Century)  Georgia and the American Revolution Georgia and the American  Council of Safety Revolution  Royal Governor Sir James Wright  Count Casimir Pulaski

 Abigail Minis

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 7 The American Revolution  Proceedings of the first of Georgia  Arrest Warrant for Royal Governor James Wright from the Georgia Council of Safety minute books, 1775-1777

Table of Contents Revolutionary Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H3—Georgia in the American Revolution  Letters from Governor Sir James Wright to the Earl of Dartmouth and Lord George Germain, Secretaries of State for America, from August 34, 1774, to February 16, 1789  List of Loyalists Whose Lands Were Confiscated, 1780s.  Georgia’s copy of the Declaration of Independence  Abigail Minis Letter  Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist by Elizabeth Lichten- stein Johnston  Georgia Gazette articles  Map showing the plan of the ,  A Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical Georgia and the American background and suggested activities for Georgia in the Ameri- Revolution can Revolution and the primary sources included in the set. Featured Historical Figures

(1739-1823 )  Count Charles Henri d’Estaing (1729-1794)  (1742-1786)  (1735-1777)  (1724-1790)  Abigail Minis (ca. 1701 – 1794)  Peter Tondee (ca. 1723 – 1775)  (ca. 1749-1804)

Lecture Series Learning Packets

 William Bartram and the American Revolution on the Southern Frontier

Historical Markers ◊ ◊ Jane Culyer ◊ Georgia Navy ◊ Governor John ◊ U.S. Marshal Robert Forsyth (1754-1794) ◊ Major John Hatcher ◊ Washington’s Southern Tour I, II, III, & IV ◊ Colby Smith (Sides 1 & 2) ◊ Fort McIntosh ◊ ◊ General (1740-1788) ◊ General Lafayette ◊ Habersham Brothers ◊ Joseph Clay, Patriot ◊ Nathan Brownson ◊ Nathanael Greene Monument ◊ Nathanael Greene Tomb ◊ Sergeant Jasper ◊ Simon Munro ◊ The Signers Monu- ment ◊ William Pentecost

Table of Contents Today in Georgia History ◊ May 12, 1791 Visits ◊ October 19, 1970 Lyman Hall ◊ February 10, 1787 ◊ January 06, 1785 Samuel Elbert ◊ June 05, 1781 American Patriots Capture Augusta ◊ October 09, 1779 Casimir Pulaski ◊ September 16, 1779 Siege of Savannah ◊ February 14, 1779 ◊ December 19, 1776 Thomas Paine ◊ August 02, 1776 Georgia Delegates Sign Declaration of Independence ◊ August 10, 1774 Meet in Savannah ◊ August 07, 1742 Nathanael Greene ◊ March 05, 1727 Lachlan McIntosh ◊ June 04, 1738 George III Born ◊ May 16, 1777 Button Gwinnett—Lachlan McIntosh GHS Collections ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. V, part 1 ◊ GHS Collection of GHS, Vol. V, part 2 ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. X ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol XI ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. XII ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. XX ◊ Collec- tions of GHS, Vol. XXI ◊ Lachlan McIntosh papers, MS 0526 ◊ John Berrien Certificate and Commission, MS 0068 ◊ Grapeshot, A-05509- 002 ◊ Drum, A-1361-107 ◊ Currency, A-1361-362 c ◊ Musket, A-1361- 376 New Georgia Encyclopedia Revolutionary War in Georgia ◊ Siege of Savannah ◊ Battle of Kettle Creek ◊ William Pierce (1753-1789) ◊ (1754-1807) ◊ William Bartram in Georgia ◊ Elijah Clarke (1742-1799) ◊ Austin Dab- ney (ca. 1765-1830) ◊ (ca. 1735-1830) ◊ Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) ◊ Lyman Hall (1724-1790) ◊ George Walton (ca. 1749- 1804) ◊ David Bushnell (1740-1826) ◊ Archibald Campbell (1739- 1791) ◊ (ca. 1720-1776/1777) ◊ Catharine Greene (1755- 1814) ◊ Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) ◊ (1740-1815) ◊ Noble W. Jones (ca. 1723-1805) ◊ (ca. 1747-1796) ◊ John Martin (ca. 1730-1786) Suggested Search Terms American Revolution; Georgia History Revolution, 1775-1783; United States -- History --Revolution, 1775-1783; Siege of Savannah; Georgia loyalists; Augusta Georgia Revolution, 1775-1783 Revolutionary

Online Exhibits Early Republic Three Centuries of Georgia History (Eighteenth Century)  Early Republic  U.S. Constitution   Early Georgia History

Table of Contents Revolutionary

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 8 Building a New Nation State  U.S. Constitution draft annotated by Abraham Baldwin, 1787

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H4—Ratification of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights Early Republic  United States Constitution draft annotated by Abraham Baldwin, 1787  Georgia Convention to Ratify the Federal Constitution Journal  Georgia Constitution, 1777.  A Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical background and suggested activities for the Georgia during the early years of the United States of America and the primary sources included in the set.

Featured Historical Figures

 Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807)  James Jackson (1757-1806)

Historical Markers ◊ "Yazoo Fraud" ◊ Cherokee Land Lottery ◊ The Sandy Springs Today in Georgia History ◊ January 12, 1798 James Jackson ◊ March 19, 1806 James Jackson ◊ January 02, 1788 Georgia Ratifies the U.S. ◊ November 22, 1754 Abra- ham Baldwin ◊ February 10, 1787 William Few ◊ May 11, 1803 Georgia’s First Land Lottery

GHS Collections Abraham Baldwin’s Annotated Draft of the United States Constitution, MS 1703 ◊ Georgia Constitution, MS 1704 ◊ Yazoo Land Records, MS 0888 ◊ James Jackson Papers, MS 0422 ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. VIII ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. XI ◊ Collections of GHS, Vol. XIII ◊ Col- lections of GHS, Vol. XVII ◊ Papers, MS 0791 ◊ Joseph Vallence Beven Papers, MS 71

Table of Contents New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ William Few Jr. (1748-1828) ◊ Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) ◊ Georgia Constitution ◊ Constitutional Conventions ◊ Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) ◊ John Adam Treutlen (1733-1782) ◊ William Pierce (1753- 1789) ◊ Nathan Brownson (1742-1796) ◊ George Handley (1752-1793) ◊ Noble W. Jones (1723-1805) ◊ John Houstoun (ca. 1747-1796) ◊ David Emanuel (ca. 1744-1808) ◊ (ca. 1750-1818) ◊ Yazoo Land Fraud ◊ James Jackson (1757-1806) ◊ (1739-1812) ◊ (1757-1818) ◊ Josiah Tattnall (1764-1803) ◊ Georgia Land Lottery ◊ Land Lottery System Suggested Search Terms Abraham Baldwin; William Few; Georgia Constitutional Convention; Yazoo Fraud, 1795; land speculation; Georgia land grants Expansion and conflict in Georgia

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Nineteenth Century)  Growth and Change in Georgia  Georgia  Cherokee Removal

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 9 The Cherokee Nation and Removal  Page from the Cherokee Indians relocation papers, 1815-1838  Page from the Memorial and protest of the Cherokee nation  Page from Memorial of John Ross and others Creek and Cherokee removal Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H5—Growth in Georgia and the U.S. between 1789 and 1840  Land grant for lot 829 in Cherokee , Geor- gia,1832.  A map of the Indian Nations in the Southern Depart- ment, 1766.  A Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical background and suggested activities for Expansion and Conflict in Georgia between 1789 & 1840.

Featured Historical Figures

 Sequoyah (1767-1843)  John Charles Frémont

Table of Contents Historical Markers ◊ Chieftains ◊ Treaty of Coleraine ◊ Indian Boundary ◊ Fort Buffington ◊ Cemetery ◊ Cherokee Land Lottery ◊ New Echota Chero- kee National Capital Today in Georgia History ◊ October 27, 1828 Dahlonega Gold Rush ◊ September 15, 1831 Worcester v. Georgia ◊ December 29, 1835 Treaty of New Echota ◊ May 11, 1803 Georgia’s First Land Lottery ◊ April 30, 1825 William McIn- tosh ◊ April 26, 1856 ◊ July 26, 1827 Cherokee Constitu- tion ◊ August 01, 1866 John Ross ◊ May 29, 1866 General GHS Collections ◊ Cherokee Indians Relocation Papers, MS 0927 ◊ Collections of GH, Vol. IX ◊ John A. Cuthbert Letter, MS 1721 ◊ Jacob R. Brooks Cherokee Language Lexicon, MS 0093 ◊ Sequoyah Postcard, MS-1361-PC

New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ John Clark (1766-1832) ◊ Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1816) ◊ Gold Rush ◊ Cherokee Indians ◊ Major Ridge (ca. 1771-1839) ◊ Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home ◊ John Rollin Ridge (1827-1867) ◊ Elias Boudinot (ca. 1804-1839) ◊ Indian Missions ◊ Federal Road ◊ John Ross (1790-1866) ◊ Cherokee Phoenix ◊ Worcester v. Georgia (1832) ◊ Creek Indians ◊ Cherokee Removal ◊ George R. Gilmer (1790-1859) ◊ Charles Rinaldo Floyd (1797-1845) ◊ ◊ George Troup (1780-1856) ◊ (1783-1870) ◊ War of 1812 and Georgia ◊ Dahlonega ◊ Land Lottery System ◊ John Forsyth (1780-1841) ◊ Wil- liam McIntosh (ca. 1778-1825) ◊ George W. Towns (1801-1854) Suggested Search Terms Cherokee Removal; Cherokee Indians Relocation; John Ross, Cherokee Indians Government relations; Worcester v. Georgia 1832; , 1838-1839

Table of Contents Expansion and conflict in Georgia

Online Exhibits

Three Centuries of Georgia History (Nineteenth Century)  Growth and Change in Georgia  S.S. Savannah  Central of Georgia Railroad  Cotton Cultivation Encounter and Exchange (A New Encounter: Black Slaves in Geor- gia)  Plantation Economy  King Cotton  Exchanges in Slavery and Freedom  Lambert Plantation  Charles Colcock Jones  The Plantation as a Cultural Landscape Technology, African-American Life & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry  Timeline Agriculture  Sites And expansion  Learn more of slavery  Buddy Sullivan Lecture—Segments 3 & 4  Dr. Erskine Clarke’s Lecture

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 10: The South Before the Civil War  Manigault Family Plantation Records 1845-1876  Arcadia Plantation Map

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 1 (Early Georgia)  SS8H5—Growth in Georgia and the U.S. between 1789 & 1840  Mulberry Grove Plantation Drawing, 1794.  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 1 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for this period of Georgia histo- ry and the primary sources included in the set.

Table of Contents Technology, Featured Historical Figures Agriculture  William Washington Gordon And expansion  Andrew Bryan of slavery Ossabaw Island: A Case Study on the African-American Experience Interactive Case Study  Primary Source 1: William Hughes Survey  Primary Source 2: Slave Inventory  Primary Source 3: Tabby Cabins

Historical Markers ◊ Georgia Railroad and Banking Company ◊ & Atlantic Rail- road Tunnel ◊ Hoschton Train Depot ◊ Samuel Griswold Iron-Master ◊ Big Shanty ◊ Invention of the Cotton Gin ◊ Darien’s Railroad and Depot

Today in Georgia History ◊ January 17, 1796 William Washington Gordon ◊ December 08, 1765 ◊ September 8, 1807 Horace King GHS Collections ◊ Central of Georgia Railway Records, MS 1362 ◊ Gordon Family Papers, MS 318 ◊ Mulberry Grove Plantation Drawing , MS1361-PH New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ Railroads ◊ ◊ Central of Georgia Railway ◊ Cotton Gins ◊ Ag- riculture in Georgia: An Overview ◊ Eli Whitney in Georgia ◊ Textile ◊ Cotton ◊ Slavery in Antebellum Georgia ◊ Antebellum Artisans ◊ Ante- bellum Industrialization Suggested Search Terms Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825: Cotton Gins and Ginning: Railroads Georgia History

Civil War, Reconstruction and the New South

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Nineteenth Century)  Civil War and Reconstruction Secession  Secession Conquered Banners: Georgia’s Civil War Flags  Touch Her If You Dare The at 150: New Approaches  Week 1: Causes of the War

Table of Contents Civil War, Reconstruction and the New South

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 11: Road to Disunion  Layfayette McLaws’ Court Martial  Layfayette McLaws’ Civil War Campaign Map  Photographs and prints of Layfayette McLaw

Secession Featured Historical Figures

 John C. Frémont

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 2 (Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South)  SS8H6—Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Georiga  “An Address Delivered Before the Georgia Democratic State Convention Held at Milledgeville, July 4th, 1856 by Hon. William H. Stiles of Chatham.”  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 2 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for the Civil War and the pri- mary sources included in the set.

Historical Markers ◊ Georgia's Secession Convention ◊ Plantation ◊

Today in Georgia History ◊ January 19, 1861 Georgia Secedes From Union ◊ April 02, 1814 Henry L. Benning ◊ January 07, 1861 ◊ July 15, 1854 George Towns ◊ November 14, 1869 Alexander Stephens ◊ March 06, 1857 Dred Scott Decision ◊ April 02, 1814 Henry L. Benning

GHS Collections ◊ Secession Ribbon with “Don’t Tread on Me” Rattlesnake New Georgia Encyclopedia ◊ Secession ◊ Georgia Secession Convention of 1861 ◊ ◊ Constitutional Conventions ◊ Robert Toombs ◊ Alexander Stephens (1812-1883) ◊ Georgia and the Sectional Crisis ◊ Howell Cobb (1815- 1868) ◊ George W. Towns (1801-1854)

Suggested Search Terms Secession Georgia; Georgia Secession Convention; Alexander Stephens 1812-1883; Sectional Crisis; Georgia Platform

Table of Contents Civil War, Reconstruction and the New South

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Nineteenth Century)  Civil War and Reconstruction  Civil War Conquered Banners: Georgia’s Civil War Flags  Montgomery Cross Guards  Savannah Cadets  1st Regiment Georgia Regulars  Effingham Guards The American Civil War at 150: New Approaches  Week 2: Choosing Sides  Week 3: Slavery & Emancipation African-American Life & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry Civil War  Timeline  Learn More  Dr. Jacqueline Jones Lecture segments 1-7

Featured Historical Figures

 John C. Frémont

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 12: The Civil War  Sam Richard’s Civil War diary: a chronicle of the Atlanta home front  The Southern watchman Athens, Georgia: Civil War home front coverage, 1861-1865

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 2 (Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South)  SS8H6—Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Georiga  Letter from Robert Hamilton Harris to Martha “Mattie” Love, c.1861-1863, Sapelo Island, Georgia  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 2 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for the Civil War and the pri- mary sources included in the set.

Lecture Series Learning Packets

 Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confed. Government  Bound for Canaan: The & the War for the Soul of America Table of Contents Historical Markers Georgia has over 900 historical markers related to the Civil War. Most of these markers relate to a specific soldier movements and battles. The following 15 markers were put up by the Georgia Hsitorical Society to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. ◊ March to the Sea: Ebenezer Creek ◊ Explosion at the Confederate Powder Works ◊ Civil War Women’s Riot ◊ Georgia’s Secession Convention ◊ African- American Soldiers in Combat ◊ Civil War Slave Conspiracy ◊ Georgians in the Union Army ◊ The Battles for Atlanta ◊ History of Emancipation: Special Field Orders No. 15 ◊ The Burning and Destruc- tion of Atlanta ◊ General Cleburne’s Proposal to Arm Slaves ◊Madden Branch Massacre ◊ William Clayton Fain: Georgia Unionist ◊ Birthplace of Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs ◊ Birthplace of Gen. John C. Fremont Today in Georgia History February 08, 1917Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Established◊ March 31, 1911 Alfred Iverson, Jr.◊ November 10, 1865 Henry Wirz ◊ June 23, 1865 Stand Watie ◊ April 16, 1865 Columbus Captured in the Civil War ◊ December 22, 1864 Sherman in Savannah◊ November 12, 1864 Destruction of Atlanta ◊ September 02, 1864 Sherman Captures Atlanta ◊ August 22, Slave Insurrection in Quitman ◊ August 15, 1864 First Black Soldiers in Combat in Georgia ◊ July 22, 1864 Battle of At- lanta ◊ June 27, 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ◊ May 14, 1864 Battle of Resaca ◊ May 05, 1864 Begins ◊ February 25, 1864 First POWs at Andersonville Prison ◊ September 20, 1863 Battle of Chickamauga ◊ June 11, 1863 Burning of Darien ◊ December 13, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg ◊ February 22, 1862 Alexander Ste- phens ◊ June 21, 1861 Francis Bartow ◊ January 03, 1861 Fort Pulaski ◊ January 15, 1821 Lafayette McLaws ◊ November 15, 1864 March to the Sea ◊ January 01, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation ◊ March 21, 1856 Henry O. Flipper ◊ May 03, 1816 Montgomery Meigs ◊ April 02, 1814 Henry L. Benning GHS Collections ◊ GHS is a major contributor to the project America’s Turning Point: Document the Civil War Experience in Georgia ◊ A keyword search for the Civil War on the GHS Image Catalog results in 255 records including flags, photographs, letters, and more. ◊ Collections of GHS, Volume XVI

Table of Contents New Georgia Encyclopedia Civil War in Georgia: Overview ◊ Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ◊ Wil- son’s Raid ◊ Battle of Pickett’s Mill ◊ Union Blockade and Coastal Occu- pation in the Civil War ◊ Capture of ◊ Sherman’s March to the Sea ◊ Battle of Chickamauga ◊ Deportation of Roswell Mill Wom- en ◊ Atlanta Campaign ◊ Battle of Resca ◊ Andrews Raid ◊ Nancy Harts ◊ Black Troops in Civil war Georgia ◊ Women During the Civil War ◊ Andersonville Prison◊ Civil War Dissent ◊ Confederate Gold◊ Welfare and Poverty during the Civil War ◊ Guerrilla Warfare during the Civil War ◊ USS Water Witch ◊ Emancipation ◊ Sherman’s Field Orders No. 15 ◊ Civil War: Atlanta Home Front ◊ Desertion during the Civil War ◊ Civil War Journals, Diaries, and Memoirs ◊ Civil War Industry and Manufacturing ◊ CSS Savannah

Suggested Search Terms Civil War ; United States – History – Civil War; Emancipation; Confed- erate States of America; Civil War personal narratives; Georgia--History --Civil War, 1861-1865.

Civil War, Reconstruction and the New South

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Nineteenth Century)  Civil War and Reconstruction  Reconstruction Encounter and Exchange (A New Encounter: Black Slaves in Geor- gia) Reconstruction  Exchanges in Slavery and Freedom  A New Landscape for Freed Slaves African-American Life & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry  Timeline  Learn More  Jacqueline Jones Lecture segments 7-10  Dr. Alison Dorsey Lecture

Ossabaw Island: A Case Study on the African-American Experience Interactive Case Study  Primary Source 4: 1881 Newspaper

Table of Contents Civil War, Reconstruction and the New South

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 13: Reconstruction  Hugh L. Dennard Pardon and Loyalty Oath, 1865-1867  William Jones Pardon, 1865

Featured Historical Figures

Reconstruction  Mother Mathilda Beasley

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 2 (Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South)  SS8H6—Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Georgia  Photograph of former slaves in front of slave cabin on St. Catherines Island  “The First Colored Senator and Representatives in the 41st & 42nd Congress of the United States.”  Pardon of William Jones by President  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 2 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for the Reconstruction and the primary sources included in the set.

Historical Markers Smyrna’s First Mayor ◊ Bellevue ◊ Exile Camp ◊ Toombs County ◊ The Home of Charles Jones Jenkins, Jr., LL.D ◊ Houston Baptist Church ◊ Nicholsonboro ◊ Dorchester Academy ◊ Saint Phillips Monumental A.M.E. Church Today in Georgia History ◊ January 16, 1871 Jefferson Franklin Long ◊ April 01, 1812 Tunis Campbell ◊ May 08, 1915 Henry McNeal Turner ◊ September 19, 1868 The ◊ September 08, 1807 Horace King

GHS Collections ◊ Pardon from President Andrew Johnson to Hugh L. Dennard, MS 1999 ◊ Pardon to William Jones of Columbia County, Georgia, MS 449 ◊ Reconstruction-era letter from Edward, MS 1487 ◊ Isabella Caroline Hamilton Papers, MS 0359 ◊ A search on the GHS Image Catalog for “picking cotton” results in 11 photo records that provide a visual repre- sentation of the cotton industry in the New South.

Table of Contents New Georgia Encyclopedia Reconstruction Conventions ◊ Camila Massacre ◊ Confederate Veteran Organizations ◊ Black Legislators during reconstruction ◊ in the ◊ Freedmen’s Bureau ◊ Susie King Taylor ◊ ◊ Tunis Campbell ◊ Jeferson Franklin Logn ◊ James Longstreet (1821-1904) ◊ Redemption ◊ Reconstruction in Georgia ◊ Sharecropping ◊ Freedmen’s Education during Reconstruction Suggested Search Terms Reconstruction; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Freedmen’s Bureau Civil War, Reconstruction and the New South Online Exhibits

Three Centuries of Georgia History (Nineteenth Century)  Growth and Change in Georgia  S.S. Savannah  Central of Georgia Railroad  Cotton Cultivation Three Centuries of Georgia History (Nineteenth Century)  Technological Advancements  Automobile Racing  Wright Brothers  Social Movements  Girl Scouts USA New South Encounter and Exchange (Progressive Encounters)  Early Movements for Civil Rights in Georgia  The Savannah Men’s Sunday Club  The  Progressive Encounters with the Urban Environment  Progressivism in Georgia  John Nolen’s Encounter with Savannah  Spring Cleaning in Georgia’s Oldest City  The Swat the Fly Campaign, 1912  The Slums  The City Market African-American Life & Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry  Timeline  Sites  Learn more  Buddy Sullivan Lecture—Segments 4&5  Dr. Alison Dorsey Table of Contents Featured Historical Figures

Ossabaw Island: A Case Study on the African-American Ex- perience Interactive Case Study  Primary Source 3: Tabby Cabins  Primary Source 4: 1881 Newspaper Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources New South Chapter 15: Georgia at the Turn of the Century  Juliette Gordon Low Photographs and Letters

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 2 (Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South)  SS8H7—Political, social, and economic changes in Georgia be- tween 1877-1918  Booker T. Washington “Atlanta Exposition Speech”  “From Darkness to Light” Cotton States Promotion  “Official Guide to the Cotton States and International Exposition.”  “The South and Her Problems.”  “Lynch Law in Georgia.” pamphlet  Coverage of the Sam Hose in the Athens Weekly Athens Banner.  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 2 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for the New South and the pri- mary sources included in the set.

Historical Markers Mary Turner and the Lynching Rampage of 1918 ◊ Lynching ◊ Bellevue, Home of Sen. ◊ Birthplace of Benja- min Harvey Hill ◊Joel Chandler Harris ◊ Felton Home ◊ Booker T. Washington 1856-1915 ◊ Cotton States Exposition of 1895 ◊ Alfred Holt Colquitt

Table of Contents Today in Georgia History September 6, 1905 Alonzo Herndon ◊ June 2, 1868 John Hope ◊ Au- gust 17, 1915 Leo Frank Lynching ◊ July 28, 1913 Leo Frank Trial ◊ Sep- tember 18, 1895 Atlanta Cotton States & International Exposition ◊ October 21, 1891 Henry Grady ◊ November 9, 1886 John B. Gordon ◊ November 21, 1922 ◊ November 30, 1894 Jo- seph E. Brown ◊ April 20, 1824 Alfred Colquitt ◊ October 7, 1866 ◊ August 21, 1907 Georgia’s Literacy Test ◊ June 14, 1923 Fiddlin’ John Carson GHS Collections The Race Question Scrapbook, MS 1568 ◊ Steve Oney Papers MS 2361 ◊ The Foltz Photography Studio photographs, MS 1360 includes photo- graphs dating from the New South era. New Georgia Encyclopedia Redemption ◊ Bourbon Triumvirate ◊ Leo Frank Case ◊ Alonzo Hern- don ◊ Cotton Expositions in Atlanta ◊ Henry W. Grady (1850-1889) ◊ Black Suffrage in the Twentieth Century ◊ Hoke Smith ◊ Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 ◊ Rebecca Latimer Felton ◊ Segregation ◊ W.E.B. Du Bois in Georgia ◊ Atlanta Compromise Speech ◊ Clark Atlantia University ◊ Populist Party ◊ County Unit System ◊ Constitutional Convention of 1877 ◊ Joseph E. Brown ◊ Lucius Holsey ◊ Lost Cause Religion ◊ Farmers’ Alliance ◊ Thomas E. Watson ◊ ◊ Auburn Avenue (Sweet Auburn) ◊ Grant Park ◊ Inman Park ◊ Lynching ◊ Woolfolk Murder Case ◊ Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century ◊ Convict Lease System ◊ Jesse O. Thomas (1885-1972) ◊ John Hope (1868-1936) Suggested Search Terms Southern States--History--; Southern States--History-- 19th century; Georgia; Leo Frank 1884-1915

Rise of Modern Georgia

Online Exhibits Great Depression & the New Deal Three Centuries of Georgia History (Twentieth Century)  1930s  Great Depression  New Deal

Table of Contents Rise of Modern Georgia Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 17: The Great Depression and the New Deal  Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album 1940-1941

Great Depression Opening America’s Archives & the New Deal Primary Sources Set 2 (Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South)  SS8H8—Georgia After WWI  Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album 1940-1941.  “The Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil” pamphlet  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 2 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for the Great Depression and the New Deal and the primary sources included in the set.

Historical Markers Home of Governor E.D. Rivers ◊ Roosevelt’s Barnesville Speech ◊ Georgia Warm Spring Foundation ◊ Marion Bayard Folsom ◊ Flint River Farms Resettlement Project

Today in Georgia History April 12, 1945 FDR Dies at ◊ January 30, 1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt ◊ April 11, 1990 Vidalia Onion: Georgia’s Official Veggie ◊ August 11, 1938 FDR’s Controversial Speech in Barnesville ◊ August 12, 1909 Boll Weevil in Georgia ◊ August 20, 1933 Georgians at World’s Fair ◊ July 9, 1936 Chattahoochee National Forest ◊ April 6, 1936 Gainesville Tornado of 1936 ◊ March 13, 1902 Jesse Jewell GHS Collections ◊ Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, MS 1250 ◊ A search in the GHS Image Catalog for “Works Progress Ad- ministration” results in 53 photo records depicting W.P.A projects in Georgia. ◊ President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Savannah Stadium, No- vember 18, 1933, MS 1360. ◊ N.A. Pape’s personal diary, Jan. 5-Mar. 27, 1933, MS 605 New Georgia Encyclopedia Civilian Conservation Corps ◊ Franklin G. Roosevelt in Georgia ◊ Flint River Farms Resettlement Community ◊ Great Depression ◊ New Deal ◊ E.D. Rivers (1895-1967) Suggested Search Terms United States Works Progress Administration; New Deal, 1933-1939; Great Depression; Stock Market Crash, 1929; Hoover, Herbert; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Table of Contents Rise of Modern Georgia Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Twentieth Century)  1930s  Gone with the Wind  Social Movements  Women’s Suffrage Movement

Opening America’s Archives Culture, Society Primary Sources Set 3 (Moving Towards Modern Georgia) & Politics  SS8H8—Georgia After WWI  Political Poster of as 1926 Democratic candidate for Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture.  Eugene Talmadge for Governor. Political handbill  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 2 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for the post-WWI Georgia and the primary sources included in the set. Featured Historical Figures

Historical Markers Bobby Jones and the Beginning of the Grand Slam ◊ Raymond- Richardson Aviation School ◊ Johnny Mercer ◊ Today in Georgia History September 17, 1994 “Ma” Rainey ◊ September 11, 1894 ◊ November 8, 1900 Margaret Mitchell ◊ September 13, 1922 and Bessie Kempton Crowell ◊ September 28, 1892 John Donald Wade ◊ October 11, 1927 Lindbergh Day ◊ December 17, 1903 Erskine Caldwell ◊ December 25, 1929 Fox Theatre Opens ◊ Au- gust 13, 1921 Georgia Women Gain Vote ◊ January 10, 1933 Eugene Talmadge ◊ December 15, 1939 Gone with the Wind Premiere ◊ Febru- ary 29, 1940 Gone with the Wind Wins 8 Oscars ◊ February 20, 1888 Ben Epps ◊ January 8, 1911 Butterfly McQueen ◊ November 18, 1909 Johnny Mercer ◊ September 27, 1930 Bobby Jones ◊ March 22, 1943 First Masters Tournament Begins ◊ September 3, 1888 Thomas Milton Rivers ◊ January 23, 1993 Thomas A. Dorsey ◊ January 31, 1944 Thom- as Hardwick ◊ March 25, 1940 Crypt of Civilization ◊ March 24, 1939 Georgia Demands Return of the General ◊ August 19, 1921 Ty Cobb Gets 3000th Hit ◊ February 26, 1926 Tiger Flowers ◊ June 26, 1918 Prohibition—Georgia Ratifies 18th Amendment ◊ December 21, 1911 Josh Gibson ◊ May 30, 1910 Ralph Metcalfe ◊ August 26, 1903 Caroline Miller Table of Contents GHS Collections ◊ The Foltz Photography Studio photographs, MS 1360 includes photo- graphs depicting life in the 1930s & 1940s. ◊ Stage prop used in the filming of ”Gone With the Wind.” A-1361-358 ◊ Crowed lined up for tickets for "Gone with the Wind" at Lucas Theater, MS 1360 ◊ Photograph of Eugene Talmadge, MS 1360 ◊ Photograph of Eugene Talmadge at rally, MS 1360PH

New Georgia Encyclopedia Viola Ross Napier (1881-1962) ◊ Helen Douglas Mankin (1894-1956) ◊ in Georgia ◊ Howard Coffin (1837-1937) ◊ Progres- sive Era ◊ Woman Suffrage ◊ Ina Dillard Russell (1868-1953) ◊ Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987) ◊ John Donald Wade (1892-1963) ◊ Gone With the Wind(Novel) ◊ Gone with the Wind (Film) ◊ Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) ◊ Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946) ◊ Ben Epps (1888-1937) ◊ Fox Theatre ◊ Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) ◊ Bobby Jones (1902-1971) Suggested Search Terms Jazz; Eugene Talmadge; ; Women’s Suffrage; Gone with the Wind; Margaret Mithcell

Global Conflict Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Twentieth Century)  Global Conflict 

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources World War One Chapter 16: World War I and the 1920s  WWI related items from the Frank O’Driscoll Papers, 1917-1982

Featured Historical Figures

 Juliette Gordon Low (WWI and the Girl Scouts)

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 2 (Civil War, Reconstruction, and the New South)  SS8H7—Political, social, and economic changes in Georgia be- tween 1877-1918  Newspaper coverage of Otranto shipwreck  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 2 includes historical back- ground and suggested resources for studying WWI in Georgia.

Table of Contents Historical Markers Walter Bernard Hill Hall ◊ Forsyth Park ◊ The Orga- nized 13 February 1736 Today in Georgia History April 17, 1917 World War I in Georgia GHS Collections ◊ War Camp Community Service Club Papers, MS 0835 ◊ A keyword search for World War, 1914-1918 on the GHS Image Catalog results in 50 objects related to World War I ranging from medals to uniforms. ◊ Frederick William Mingledorff, Jr. family Papers, MS 1991 ◊ George Lawrence Armitage Letters and Photograph, MS 2188

New Georgia Encyclopedia World War I in Georgia ◊ ◊ Fort McPherson Suggested Search Terms World War I; World War, 1914-1918; Otranto

Global Conflict

Online Exhibits Three Centuries of Georgia History (Twentieth Century)  Global Conflict  World War II

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 18: America and Georgia in World War II World War Two  USO Club, St. Mary’s Catholic School Dance from the Foltz Photography Studio photographs

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 3 (Moving Towards Modern Georgia)  SS8H9—Impact of WWII on Georgia  “Georgia Schools at War, 1944.” Booklet  Lamar Q. Bell Photograph Collection  Photograph McEvoy Shipyard  Photograph for Union Bag & Paper Company  Photograph of USO Club St. Mary’s Catholic School Dance  Letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to William Dodd, Ambassador to Germany, December 2, 1935.  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 3 includes historical back- ground and suggested activities for the WWII in Georgia.

Table of Contents Historical Markers Raymond-Richardson Aviation School ◊ S.S. Oklahoma and Esso Baton Rouge ◊ Pre-Flight School ◊ Finney General Hospi- tal ◊ The Georgia Hussars Organized 13 February 1736 ◊ S.S. James Oglethorpe and the Battle of Today in Georgia History December 31, 1946 World War II in Georgia ◊ March 04, 1944 Eighth Air Force Bombs Berlin ◊ April 08, 1942 World War II: U-Boat Attaks ◊ November 2, 1897 Richard B. Russell ◊ July 16, 1963 Carl Vinson ◊ April 29, 1950 Dobbins Air Force Base Dedicated ◊ March 30, 1942 Bell Bomber Plant

GHS Collections ◊ GHS collection of World War II Papers & Other Materials, MS 1548 ◊ Lois Dozier Norvell Papers, MS 1690 ◊ A keyword search on the GHS Image Catalot for world war, 1939-1945 results in 60 objects. ◊Frederick William Mingledorff, Jr. family Papers, MS 1991 ◊ Harold J. Hart Papers, MS 1840

New Georgia Encyclopedia World War II in Georgia ◊ U-boat Attacks during World War II ◊ Carl Vinson (1883-1981) ◊ Richard B. Russell Jr. (1897-1971) ◊ Union Camp ◊ Lucius D. Clay (1897-1978) ◊ Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum ◊ Fort Gordon ◊ Fort Stewart ◊ Fort Benning ◊ Dobbins Air Reserve Base ◊ Robins Air Force Base ◊ Naval Air Station Atlanta

Suggested Search Terms World War II; World War, 1939-1945

Modern Georgia

Online Exhibits

Three Centuries of Georgia History (Twentieth Century)  Social Movements Modern Civil Rights  Civil Rights Movement Movement Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 20: The Civil Rights Era  Correspondence from the A. Pratt Adams, Jr. Collection, MS 2165

Featured Historical Figures

Table of Contents Modern Georgia

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 4 (Growing Pains, 1945-1970)  SS8H11—Role of Georgia in the modern Civil Rights Movement  Issues of the Red and Black during integration of Modern Civil  Selection of items from the A. Pratt Adams, Jr. Collec- Rights Movement tion  Selected items from the Ethel Hyer Family Papers  Video clips from WSB-TV  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 4 includes historical back- ground and suggested resources for studying the Modern Civil Rights Movement in Georgia.

Lecture Series Learning Packets

 Carry Me Home: Birmingham,

Historical Markers Moores Ford Lynching ◊ Savannah High School ◊ Koinonia Farm ◊ Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn ◊ Dr. Thomas H. Brewer ◊ Dorchester Academy Boys Dormitory ◊ Thankful Baptist Church ◊ Civil Rights Trail

Today in Georgia History February 4, 2005 Ossie Davis ◊ January 13, 1982 ◊ June 13, 1977 James Earl Ray ◊ October 16, 1973 Maynard Jackson Elected ◊ November 07, 1972 ◊ February 03, 1969 Ralph McGill ◊ April 04, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. ◊ October 14, 1964 MLK Wins the Nobel Prize ◊ July 02, 1964 ◊ August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr.’s ’’ Speech ◊ November 25, 1961 ◊ August 23, 1961 Desegregation in Atlanta ◊ January 09, 1961 Desegregation of UGA ◊ October 12, 1958 Temple Bombing ◊ September 05, 1956 Heart of Atlanta Motel ◊ February 06, 1956 Massive Resistance ◊ February 05, 1945 Poll Tax Abolished ◊ July 08, 1944 Hamilton Holmes ◊ February 21, 1940 ◊ January 14, 1940 ◊ April 27, 1927 ◊ October 06, 1921 ◊ September 30, 1915 ◊ March 15, 1911 Ivan Allen, Jr. ◊ December 12, 1897 ◊ November 16, 1894 Thomas ◊ January 11, 1955 ◊ July 3, 1918 Ern- est Vandiver ◊ February 5, 1945 Poll Tax Abolished ◊ August 31, 1992 Charles Weltner ◊ December 27, 1956 Jackie Robinson ◊ July 29, 1912 Clarence Jordon Born

Table of Contents GHS Collections ◊ Ethel Hyer Family Papers, MS 2117 ◊ W.W.(Westley Wallace) Law Speech and Transcriptions, MS 1670 ◊ Joseph L. Bernd collection of Federal Bureau of Investigation records on the 1946 Georgia Election, MS 5920 ◊A. Pratt Adams, Jr. Papers, MS 2165

New Georgia Encyclopedia Atlanta Sit-ins ◊ Freedom Rides ◊ Universal Negro Improvement Asso- ciation ◊ Freedom Singers ◊ ◊ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ◊ Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) ◊ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) ◊ C.B. King (1923- 1988) ◊ Hamilton Holmes (1941-1995) ◊ (1927-2012) ◊ Donald Hollowell (1917-2004) ◊ (b. 1935) ◊ Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) ◊ Earl T. Shinhoster (1950-2000) ◊ (1926-2000) ◊ William Bootle (1902-2005) ◊ (1926-1990) ◊ Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996) ◊ A.T. Walden (1885-1965) ◊ Thomas Brewer (1894-1956) ◊ William G. Anderson (b. 1927) ◊ Claude Sitton (b. 1925) ◊ Jean Childs Young (1933-1994) ◊ Frances Pauley (1905-2003) ◊ Julian Bond (b. 1940) ◊ Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) ◊ (1905- 1993) ◊ Dorthy Rogers Tilly (1883-1970) ◊ Mary Frances Early (b.1936) ◊ (b. 1942) ◊ Slater King (1927- 1969) ◊ W.W. Law (1923-2002) ◊ (b. 1936) ◊ Joseph Lowery (b. 1924) ◊ Charles Weltner (1927-1992) ◊ Roy v. Harris (1895 -1985) ◊ Leroy Johnson (b. 1928) ◊ (1916-2011) ◊ Horace T. Ward (b. 1927) ◊ First African Baptist Church ◊ King Center ◊ Student Movement of the 1960s ◊ Lemuel Penn Marker ◊ Albany Movement ◊ King Papers ◊ Civil Rights Movement ◊ Ministers’ Manifesto ◊ Segregation ◊ Americus Movement◊ Desegregation of Higher Education ◊ Bus Desegregation in Atlanta ◊ Angelo Herndon Case ◊ Martin Luther King Jr. Streets in Georgia ◊ Communists ◊ Columbians Suggested Search Terms --Civil rights--Georgia--History--20th century; Civil rights--United States; African Americans--Civil rights--History-- 20th century; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Albany Movement; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; ; Civil rights--Georgia-- Savannah.

Table of Contents Modern Georgia

Online Exhibits

Three Centuries of Georgia History (Twentieth Century)  Global Conflict   Technological Advances  Nuclear Ship Savannah

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 19: Changes in Georgia and America  Letter from Corporal Harold Cheves, Korea, to Mrs. Gladys Post-World war Cheves (mother), Savannah, October 8, 1953 Two Georgia Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 4 (Growing Pains, 1945-1970)  SS8H11—Post-WWII developments of Georgia from 1945 to 1970  Collection of photographs used for the second “Forward Atlanta” campaign  “Agriculture in Georgia” pamphlet  “Know Georgia’s Products: Key to a New Economy” booklet  Video clips from WSB-TV  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 4 includes historical back- ground and suggested resources for studying post-WWII in Georgia.

Table of Contents Historical Markers Gravesite of Lt. (jg) Thomas E. Zellars ◊ Nuclear Ship Savannah Today in Georgia History September 07, 1923 Louise Suggs ◊ September 9, 1941 Otis Redding ◊ October 24, 1962 James Brown ◊ October 26, 1971 ◊ December 5, 1932 Little Richard ◊ September 23, 1930 Ray Charles ◊ October 17, 1932 Paul Anderson ◊ September 14, 1917 Byron Herbert Reece ◊ January 13, 1982 Hank Aaron ◊ December 7, 1946 Winecoff Ho- tel Fire ◊ January 5, 2009 ◊ April 15, 1964 Atlanta Fulton County Stadium ◊ May 15, 1925 ◊ June 03, 1962 Orly Air- port Crash ◊ March 20, 1907 ◊ March 15, 1911 Ivan Allen, Jr. ◊ December 20, 1994 Dean Rusk ◊ May 23, 1914 ◊ March 1, 1890 William B. Hartsfield ◊ May 27, 1991 Ed Dodd ◊ Novem- ber 29, 1991 Frank Yerby ◊ June 16, 1967 Six Flags Over Georgia Opens ◊ August 18, 1965 Beatles Play Atlanta ◊ May 04, 1965 Rolling Stones Play at Statesboro ◊ September 12, 1964 Carving ◊ July 31, 1960 Atlanta Motor Speedway ◊ February 13, 1956 Georgia Flag Change ◊ March 07, 1951 Ezzard Charles ◊ March 08, 1949 Broad- casting in Georgia ◊ July 01, 1946 Centers for Disease Control ◊ August 29, 1945 Wyomia Tyus ◊ December 11, 1944 Brenda Lee ◊ May 28, 1944 Gladys Knight ◊ February 28, 1940 Joe South ◊ March 9, 1937 Dave Prater ◊ February 17, 1936 ◊ February 27, 1930 ◊ May 18, 1928 Pernell ◊ April 10, 1926 Junior Sam- ples ◊ March 26, 1925 James Moody ◊ December 14, 1920 Charley Trippi ◊ October 10, 1920 Frank Sinkwich ◊ February 19, 1917 Carson McCullers ◊ August 25, 1913 Walt Kelly ◊ November 11, 1908 Bobby Dodd ◊ February 7, 1905 Wally Butts GHS Collections Griffin B. Bell Papers, MS 2305 New Georgia Encyclopedia Orly Air Crash of 1962 ◊ Louise Suggs (b. 1923) ◊ Otis Redding (1941- 1967) ◊ James Brown (ca. 1933-2006) ◊ “Little Richard” Penniman (b. 1932) ◊ Ray Charles (1930-2004) ◊ Paul Anderson (1932-1994) ◊ Byron Herbert Reece (1917-1958) ◊ Hank Aaron (b. 1934) ◊ Griffin Bell (1918-2009) ◊ Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium ◊ Ellis Arnall (1907- 1992) ◊ Three Governors Controversy ◊ Dean Rusk (1909-1994) ◊ Cel- estine Sibley (1914-1999) ◊ Ivan Allen Jr. (1911-2003) ◊ William B. Hartsfield Suggested Search Terms Ellis Arnall; Ivan Allen Jr.; Georgia—History—20th century; William Hartsfield; Atlanta—History—20th century; Agriculture—Georgia—History Modern Georgia

Chapter by Chapter Primary Sources Chapter 23: Georgia Today and Tomorrow  Objects and documents related to the 1996 Olympic events held in Savannah, Georgia.

Opening America’s Archives Primary Sources Set 5 (Social, economic, and political develop- ments in Georgia since 1970)  SS8H12—Role of Georgia in the modern Civil Rights Move- Georgia since 1970 ment  Photographs of doing humanitarian work  President Jimmy Carter’s Annotated Statement on the Failed Rescue Mission Regarding the Hostages in Iran, Selected items from the Ethel Hyer Family Papers  Photographs of Techwoods Homes demolished for 1996 Olympics  renderings  Newspaper article on 8th grade involvement in Olympic preparations  Teacher Guide to Primary Source Set 5 includes historical back- ground and suggested resources for studying Georgia since 1970.

Lecture Series Learning Packets  An Evening with Leah Ward Sears

Historical Markers Olympic Games in Athens ◊ UGA Historic Athletic Grounds

Today in Georgia History August 03, 2008 Skip Caray ◊ May 19, 2007 Steve Bartowski ◊ March 02, 2005 Leah Ward Sears ◊ June 10, 2004 Georgia on My Mind ◊ April 03, 2004 Dominique Wilkins ◊ May 06, 2003 Carl Isaacs Executed ◊ Novem- ber 05, 2002 ◊ July 18, 2000 ◊ April 24, 1999 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame ◊ January 25, 1999 Robert Shaw ◊ No- vember 06, 1998 ◊ June 25, 1997 Atlanta Thrashers ◊ July 19, 1996 Atlanta Olympics Begin ◊ October 28, 1995 Braves Win the ◊ April 07, 1995 Georgia Peach: Official State Fruit ◊ June 29, 1993 Georgia Lottery Began ◊ November 03, 1992 Cynthia McKinney ◊ June 17, 1992 ◊ October 15, 1991 Confirmation ◊ April 11, 1990 Vidalia Onion: Georgia’s Official Veggie ◊ July 23, 1988 ◊ July 20, 1988 Democratic National Convention ◊ November 28, 1987 R.E.M. Table of Contents Today in Georgia History ◊ July 10, 1985 New Cole & Coca-Cola Classic ◊ February 16, 1985 Phil Continued Niekro ◊ April 18, 1983 Cheryl Haworth ◊ December 04, 1982 ◊ June 21, 1981 Atlanta Child Murders ◊ May 02, 1981 Murder in Savannah Inspires Bestselling Book ◊ June 01, 1980 CNN Debut ◊ No- vember 04, 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis ◊ August 30, 1979 Jimmy Carter Rabbit Episode ◊ June 22, 1979 First Home Depot Opened ◊ April 19, 1979 Azaleas and Callaway Gardens ◊ April 5, 1977 ◊ July 14, 1976 Jimmy Carter Presidential Nomination ◊ October 23, 1972 Cumberland Island ◊ July 25, 1972 Atlanta Hosts Baseball’s All-Star Game ◊ October 29, 1971 Duane Allman ◊ May 31, 1971 Jimmy Carter on Cover of Time Magazine ◊ July 04, 1970 Peachtree Road Race ◊ July 05, 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival ◊ August 09, 1967 Deion Sanders ◊ April 14, 1966 Greg Maddux ◊ July 24, 1962 Kevin Butler ◊ March 11, 1948 ◊ October 20, 1946 Lewis Grizzard ◊ August 24, 1942 Max Cle- land ◊ March 21, 1941 Bobby Cox ◊ January 24, 1939 Ray Stevens ◊ No- vember 19, 1938 Ted Turner ◊ March 29, 1937 Billy Carter ◊ February 11, 1936 Burt Reynolds ◊ June 07, 1935 Harry Crews ◊ September 04, 1932 Vince Dooley ◊ July 17, 1924 Olive Ann Burns ◊ October 01, 1924 Jim- my Carter ◊ March 10, 1924 Tom Murphy ◊ March 14, 1921 Truett Cathy ◊ January 20, 1920 DeForest Kelley GHS Collections ◊ Leah Ward Sears, MS 2427 ◊ Vince Dooley Papers, MS 2363 ◊ John P. Rousakis Papers , MS 1678 ◊ Savannah Olympic Support Council Rec- ords, MS 1856 ◊ Bull Street Improvement Project Records, MS 1719 New Georgia Encyclopedia Latino Immigration ◊ Boundaries of Georgia ◊ Civil War Reenacting ◊ Carter Family ◊ Cornelia Bailey (b. 1945) ◊ Millard Fuller ◊ ◊ ◊ Olympic Games in 1996 ◊ County Unit System ◊ Third Parties ◊ Grace Towns Hamilton (1907-1992) Suggested Search Terms Georgia—History—20th century; Carter, Jimmy,--1924; Presidential elections--1970-1980; Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.); Southern States Emigration and immigration; County Unit System — Georgia

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