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AHS Newsletter Winter 2016
AHS: Expanding and Sharing Knowledge of Athens History Winter 2016 Newsletter Al Hester, author of Putting on Blue (center), with current AHS President Janet Patterson and Athens Historian editor James Reap. SUNDAY, JANUARY 17 ANNUAL MEETING: ELECTIONS, PRESIDENT’S REPORT PROGRAM: AL HESTER ON HIS NEW BOOK, PUTTING ON BLUE On Sunday, January 17, at 3:00 p.m. the Athens settlement of the American West, you will be inter- Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at ested in this talk—and in his book. Putting on the Athens-Clarke County Library’s Appleton Au- Blue is a co-sponsored by the Athens Historical ditorium. The program will be Al Hester speaking Society and The Green Berry Press. It is printed on on his just-published book, Putting on Blue: Con- quality paper with crisp laser printing, and includes federates from the Athens, Georgia Area Who Be- a gallery of 45 photographs, engravings, and illus- came Galvanized Yankees. trations, many in color. The retail price is $17, but The book, in Al’s words, “is the story of 52 Con- AHS members may buy it at the discounted price federate soldiers who were captured and placed in of $12. If you order it from the AHS website, that horrific Northern prisons with little hope of quick price will include shipping. The book will also be available for sale at the January 17th meeting, release to return home. The Lincoln administration offered them freedom from prison if they would where we ask that you pay with check or cash. Al swear their allegiance to the Union and enlist in will be available for autographs after the meeting. -
Oconee Hill Cemetery
OCONEE HILL CEMETERY: ENVISIONING A LIVING LANDSCAPE by JUDSON SHEPPARD ABBOTT (Under the Direction of Eric MacDonald) ABSTRACT Oconee Hill Cemetery is an important historic landscape in the city of Athens, Georgia. However, management issues during the past decades have decreased its relevance to the local community. This thesis seeks to discover appropriate strategies to improve the current management approach at the cemetery. In order to do this, the thesis explores important background information such as the landscape’s historical context, its current management structure, and current management issues. It also studies the opinions and values of current managers and cemetery visitors. Finally, it reviews successful management models that other cemetery management teams have adopted. By overlaying these threads of information, the thesis isolates a number of appropriate and feasible strategies for Oconee Hill’s future management. Included in these recommendations are changes to the cemetery’s current management structure, an increased focus on public outreach, and the adoption of a master plan. INDEX WORDS: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Rural Cemetery Movement, Cemetery Management, Public Access, Cemetery Preservation, Public Outreach OCONEE HILL CEMETERY: ENVISIONING A LIVING LANDSCAPE by JUDSON SHEPPARD ABBOTT A.B., The University of Georgia, 2005 Kandidat, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, 2010 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ATHENS, GEORGIA 2012 © 2012 Judson Sheppard Abbott All Rights Reserved OCONEE HILL CEMETERY: ENVISIONING A LIVING LANDSCAPE by JUDSON SHEPPARD ABBOTT Major Professor: Eric MacDonald Committee: Katherine Melcher James Reap Dexter Adams Electronic Version Approved: Maureen Grasso Dean of the Graduate School The University of Georgia August 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would first like to recognize the tremendous contribution that Dr. -
East Athens Community Assessment
East Athens Community Assessment Final Report Community Partner East Athens Development Corporation Team Members Leslie Albrycht, Kelli Jo Armstrong, Megan Baer, Meghan Camp, Chelsea Gillus, Nina Goodwin, Emily Hui, Quentara Johnson, Julia Jones, Jennifer Korwan, Nyla Lieu, Lori Skinner, Anna Marie Smith, Kelsey Thompson, Megan Westbrook Instructor Rebecca Matthew, PhD Completed during the Fall of 2014 in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the course SOWK 7153. 12/9/2014 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Data Collection and Analysis.......................................................................................................... 6 Secondary Data Collection .......................................................................................................... 7 Primary Data Collection .............................................................................................................. 7 Data Analysis .............................................................................................................................. 8 Dissemination of Findings ......................................................................................................... -
Report from the Ad Hoc Committee on Baldwin Hall to the Franklin College Faculty Senate
Report from the Ad Hoc Committee on Baldwin Hall to the Franklin College Faculty Senate Submitted to the Senate for approval, April 17, 2019 Ad Hoc Committee Chair Christopher Pizzino, Associate Professor, Department of English Ad Hoc Committee Members Mary Bedell, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics J. Peter Brosius, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Anthropology Kristin Kundert, Associate Professor, Department of Theater and Film Studies Michael Usher, Professor, Department of Mathematics “But the past never cooperates by staying in the past. Eventually it always reaches out to us and asks, What have you learned?” Valerie Babb, at public forum Conversation about Slavery at UGA and the Baldwin Site Burials, Richard Russell Special Collections Library, March 25, 2017 (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 23, 2017) 1 CONTENTS I. Introduction: Purpose and Charge of the Ad Hoc Committee 4 A. The discovery and handling of human remains at Baldwin Hall 4 B. Events leading to the formation of the ad hoc committee 7 C. The charge of the ad hoc committee 8 D. Guide to this report: scope, structure, purpose, and use 9 II. Major Faculty Concerns 9 A. Lack of input from archaeologists during the planning of the Baldwin expansion 10 B. Secrecy and lack of community consultation between receipt and announcement of DNA results 12 C. Concerns regarding reburial practice 15 D. Treatment of issues concerning research 18 E. Official responses to valid faculty criticism 23 F. Intimidation and policing of faculty teaching activities 24 G. Institutional culture and its effects on academic freedom and integrity 25 III. Committee Recommendations for Senate Consideration 27 A. -
FRIENDS of OCONEE HILL CEMETERY
FRIENDS of OCONEE HILL CEMETERY Fall 2016 Trustees Lucy Erwin Allen Mark J. Costantino From the President Robert E. Gibson One of the many wonderful aspects of serving on this board is to see and learn Cissy Alexander Hutchinson first-hand about all of the ways our community gives and serves the cemetery. As I Helen Hudson Mills conclude my service as president of the Friends of Oconee Hill Cemetery, I wish to give thanks to the many members of our organization and board. It has been a real Walter A. Sams III honor to serve the members and work alongside a dedicated board. You, the mem- W. Thomas Wilfong bers, are our lifeblood. Without your generosity, we could not accomplish the many Nancy B. Denson, Mayor projects and serve the cemetery to enhance and preserve its history. The current Athens-Clarke County, ex-officio board has served with great dedication: raising funds through grant writing, seek- Board of the Friends ing new memberships as well as renewals, coordinating the rental of the Sexton’s Officers, 2015–2016 House and Wingfield Chapel and managing the funds in a most prudent manner. President, Joseph E. Tillman Vice-President/Recording Secretary Pro Tem, Nancy B. Bowen “There is no one thing to be thankful for…there are many Corresponding Secretary things for men to be grateful for in this world. Susan C. Field Each man may perceive things on a different level, Treasurer, Sue Boatright in a more pleasing way…just as some people are more Board of Directors agreeable with some than others.” Sallyanne Barrow —Jesse M. -
Athens Campus
Athens Campus Athens Campus Introduction The University of Georgia is centered around the town of Athens, located approximately 60 miles northeast of the capital of Atlanta, Georgia. The University was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly on January 25, 1785, as the first state-chartered and supported college in the United States. The campus began to take physical form after a 633-acre parcel of land was donated for this purpose in 1801. The university’s first building—Franklin College, now Old College—was completed in 1806. Initially a liberal-arts focused college, University of Georgia remained modest in size and grew slowly during the Figure 48. Emblem of the antebellum years of the nineteenth century. In 1862, passage of the Morrill Act University of Georgia. by Congress would eventually lead to dramatic changes in the focus, curriculum, and educational opportunities afforded at the University of Georgia. The Morrill Act authorized the establishment of a system of land grant colleges, which supported, among other initiatives, agricultural education within the United States. The University of Georgia began to receive federal funds as a land grant college in 1872 and to offer instruction in agriculture and mechanical arts. The role of agricultural education and research has continued to grow ever since, and is now supported by experiment stations, 4-H centers, and marine institutes located throughout the state. The Athens campus forms the heart of the University of Georgia’s educational program. The university is composed of seventeen colleges and schools, some of which include auxiliary divisions that offer teaching, research, and service activities. -
Whitewash: White Privilege and Racialized Landscapes at the University of Georgia
Social & Cultural Geography, Vol. 9, No. 4, June 2008 Whitewash: white privilege and racialized landscapes at the University of Georgia Joshua F. J. Inwood1 & Deborah G. Martin2 1Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA, jfi[email protected]; 2School of Geography, Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610, USA, [email protected] This paper examines racialized landscapes at the University of Georgia to better understand the ways that whiteness—or more specifically white privilege—is positioned in and uses landscapes. Given a history of segregation, violently contested desegregation, and a contemporary student body that is disproportionately white (compared to the population of the entire state of Georgia), we investigate the meanings and contradictions of the University’s historic ‘North Campus’. Using a multi-method qualitative approach—including open-ended interviews and ‘roving focus groups’—we argue that privileged, white landscapes operate through a kind of whitewashing of history, which seeks to deploy race strategically to create a progressive landscape narrative pertaining to ‘race’. Key words: roving focus group, landscapes of memory, landscape studies, place identity, race, white privilege. Whitewash: 1. means employed to conceal mistakes the display was a photograph of Ms. Hunter- or faults.-v. 2. attempt to clear reputation by Gault pushing her way through a crowd of concealing facts. (Thompson 1998: 1049) angry white students with a large caption that read: ‘Make way for the nigger’. Before the In the winter of 2005 the University of Georgia exhibit was unveiled the campus newspaper, (UGA) unveiled an exhibit in Myers Residence The Red and Black, ran several newspaper Hall honoring Charlayne Hunter-Gault and articles highlighting the significance of the Hamilton Holmes, the first African Americans exhibit. -
November 21, 2019 the Athens Welcome Center Committee & The
November 21, 2019 The Athens Welcome Center Committee & The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau Re: Athens Welcome Center October Visitation Report Dear Friends, October at the Athens Welcome Center saw our overall visitation slightly higher for the month, and a bit lower year-to-date from 2018. International visitation, heritage travelers, and music related visitors were higher both for the month and year-to-date. This is excellent news because these groups are known to stay longer and spend more money! We are super excited to find that our year-to-date Gift Shop sales are nearly 70% higher compared to October of 2018. With our space being small, maintaining well-curated local items is critical, amidst the trend of robust online sales. Despite the UGA Football weekends, Classic City Tours had an especially busy month. The number of year-to- date tours and participants were higher for both Heritage and Museum Mile Tours. We hosted two well- attended Music History Tours for OLLI groups, a special Heritage Tour for Georgia Planning Association Conference VIP’s for A-CC Planning Director, Brad Griffin, and two Museum Mile tours for the Atlanta Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. October is always the time for our Haunted History Tours, which was revamped with a new moniker – The Athens Eerie Evenings Tour. This year, we weeded out erroneous fictional tales that ‘crept’ in, while adding new stories from local newspaper archives in a restructured driving and walking format covering Cobbham, Prince and Milledge Avenues, and South Campus. We typically see an uptick in attendance nearing Halloween, however Historic Athens’ free Haunted History Tour took a bite out of our late October attendance. -
5T H International Semantic Web Conference
5 th International Semantic Web Conference November 5 – November 9, 2006 Georgia Center for Continuing Education Athens, Georgia, USA http://iswc2006.semanticwe.org WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL CHAIR....................................................................................2 CONFERENCE CHAIRS...........................................................................................................................................3 ORGANIZER ..............................................................................................................................................................4 FUN THINGS TO SEE AND DO IN ATHENS........................................................................................................5 CONFERENCE VENUE ............................................................................................................................................8 CONFERENCE MAPS.............................................................................................................................................10 BUS SCHEDULE ......................................................................................................................................................12 CONFERENCE PROGRAM – OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................13 NOVEMBER 5, SUNDAY ...........................................................................................................................................13 NOVEMBER 6, MONDAY ..........................................................................................................................................14 -
Community Agenda for the Athens-Clarke County Comprehensive Plan
Community Agenda for the Athens-Clarke County Comprehensive Plan April 9, 2008 Table of Contents I. Community Agenda - Athens-Clarke County 1. Resolution ....................................................................................................1 2. Introduction .................................................................................................2 3. Community Vision Guiding Principles for Community Agenda ..........................................6 Community Character Areas ....................................................................24 Growth Concept / Character Areas Map.................................................32 Implementation: Future Development Map’s Implementation Strategies.........................................................................33 Implementation: Future Development Map..........................................44 Implementation: Zoning Compatibility Matrix.....................................45 4. Vision Statements, Issues and Opportunities & Policies.......................46 5. Short Term Work Plan................................................................................71 6. Appendix Report of Accomplishments ......................................................................82 Capital Budget and Improvement Plan...................................................105 Athens-Clarke County Community Agenda Page 1 of 249 Introduction Athens-Clarke County Community Agenda Page 2 of 249 Introduction The Comprehensive Plan for Athens-Clarke County and the City of Winterville, -
Digital Library of Georgia
Georgia Library Quarterly Volume 56 Issue 4 Fall 2019 Article 16 10-1-2019 News - Digital Library of Georgia Mandy L. Mastrovita University of Georgia, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Mastrovita, M. L. (2019). News - Digital Library of Georgia. Georgia Library Quarterly, 56(4). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol56/iss4/16 This News is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Georgia Library Quarterly by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Mastrovita: News - Digital Library of Georgia Digital Library of Georgia cultural or social values can be studied through the lunacy and guardianship records that Bartow History Museum Vertical File Records contain information on how people were from 1850 to 1929 Now Freely Available Online diagnosed and labeled, as well as how children were legally handled in cases of custody or The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to guardianship. Some of the indenture records announce the availability of the Bartow History show the plight of children after the Civil War, Museum vertical file record collection at and some further contain information that speaks to matters of race relations.” 30TUdlg.usg.edu/collection/barhm_bhmvfU30T. The collection, which belongs to the Bartow History Museum, is available online thanks in part to Genealogist Yvonne Mashburn Schmidt noted the DLG's Competitive Digitization grant "this area's rural, agricultural, and yeoman program, a funding opportunity intended to families generally were unconcerned with broaden DLG partner creating records participation for themselves...This statewide historic record collection held digitization projects. -
Albert D. Sams and the Church-Waddel-Brumby House
ALBERT D. SAMS AND THE CHURCH-WADDEL-BRUMBY HOUSE: RECONCILING THIS GENEROUS BENEFACTOR’S INTENT WITH EMERGING REINTERPRETATION PHILOSOPHIES by MICHELLE MARIE THERRIEN (Under the Direction of Wayde Brown) ABSTRACT For several decades before his death in 1986, Albert Dobbs Sams was dedicated to the preservation of Athens, Georgia’s historic properties. A driving force behind several house museum restorations, Albert Sams was integral in furnishing them with donations of period antiques. Now, twenty years later, one of the historic sites to which he donated, the Church- Waddel-Brumby House, circa 1820, is being reinterpreted with a more focused period of significance. For this reason, the committee charged with restoration determined many furnishings donated by Albert Sams are no longer appropriate and must be deaccessioned. This thesis considers the current events surrounding the Church-Waddel-Brumby House and attempts to provide practical solutions for those responsible for the collection by reviewing National Park Service guidelines concerning collections management and deaccession standards. INDEX WORDS: Athens, Georgia, Albert D. Sams, Church-Waddel-Brumby House, Taylor-Grady House, Joseph Henry Lumpkin House, White Hall Mansion, Historic Preservation, Cultural Resource Management, Special Collections, Deaccessioning Protocols ALBERT D. SAMS AND THE CHURCH-WADDEL-BRUMBY HOUSE: RECONCILING THIS GENEROUS BENEFACTOR’S INTENT WITH EMERGING REINTERPRETATION PHILOSOPHIES by MICHELLE MARIE THERRIEN BFA, University of Georgia, 2002 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ATHENS, GEORGIA 2005 © 2005 Michelle Marie Therrien All Rights Reserved ALBERT D. SAMS AND THE CHURCH-WADDEL-BRUMBY HOUSE: RECONCILING THIS GENEROUS BENEFACTOR’S INTENT WITH EMERGING REINTERPRETATION PHILOSOPHIES by MICHELLE MARIE THERRIEN Major Professor: Wayde Brown Committee: John C.