Volume 19 Spring 2014 BEYOND THE PAGES University of Georgia Libraries Visit the Libraries’ websites: www.libs.uga.edu UGA Libraries Contact Information Special Collections Library Dr. William Gray Potter University Librarian and www.libs.uga.edu/scl Associate Provost [email protected] Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library (706)542-0621 www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett Dr. Toby Graham Deputy University Librarian Director, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Richard B. Russell Library for [email protected] Political Research and Studies (706) 583-0213 www.libs.uga.edu/russell Chantel Dunham Director of Development Walter J. Brown Media Archive [email protected] and Peabody Awards Collection (706) 542-0628 www.libs.uga.edu/media Leandra Nessel Development Officer Digital Library of Georgia [email protected] (706) 542-3879 www.dlg.galileo.usg.edu Ruta Abolins Director, Walter J. Brown Media Archives Cover Photo: and Peabody Awards Collection String musicians gather for a performance at WSB Radio. [email protected] M004_1288, WSB Radio Records, Popular Music and Culture (706) 542-4757 Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. This photo was digitized as part of the Digital Sheryl B. Vogt Library of Georgia, which is based at the UGA Libraries. Director, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies [email protected] (706) 542-0619 Sheila McAlister Director, Digital Library of Georgia [email protected] (706) 542-5418 Researchers | 706-542-7123 Events | 706-542-6331 Tours | 706-542-8079 Beyond The Pages is published twice annually by the University of Georgia Libraries. Editor: Leandra Nessel Writers: Steven Armour, Caroline Barratt, Carol Bishop, Jean Cleveland, Janine Duncan, Chantel Dunham, Callie Holmes, Patrick Kilbanoff, Jan Levinson, Greer Martin, Mary Miller, Leandra Nessel, Joe Samuel Starnes, Neal Warner Design: Jackie Baxter Roberts, UGA Press Articles may be reprinted with permission. Above is the quiet and newly renovated graduate reading room on the 3rd floor of the The University of Georgia is an equal opportunity employer. Main Library, a stark contrast to the neon colors of the 4th floor collaborative study hall, however, both new additions are highly appreciated by the UGA student body. BEYOND THE PAGES : Table of Contents Volume 19 Spring 2014 Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library Within The Pages 9 Georgia Writers Hall of Fame 4 Letter from Dr. William Gray Potter Toni Cade Bambara and 6 Mingledorf-Lorimer: Lecture Judson Mitcham inducted attracts humorist 10 Sing a Song 6 Russell Library Awarded Ethnomusicologist's research NHPRC Grant is a surprising find 7 CURO: Enriching Undergraduate 11 A New Home for Habitat Research at UGA Hargrett opens the Habitat for Humanity International records 8 Docent Profile: Bill Hugunine FEATURES Archives In the Stacks COLUMNS Gone But Not Forgotten: Ed Hamilton 12 29 UGA's Royal Connection Star football and baseball player becomes Letter from Chantel Dunham, early Georgia aviator Libraries' Director of Development 14 The Friendship Ring 31 Board of Visitors An unusual donation tells touching story of alumna. Back Cover Help identify these students! WJ Brown Media Archives 15 Widespread Preservation Archives preserves extensive live performance recordings of Widespread Panic 16 Peabody Decades Student curated exhibits and programming looks at our shared history in a new light Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies 22 First Person Project: Reaching Out Across the State Collaboration with Archway Partnership captures state's oral histories 24 Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow Exhibit looks back on America's atomic age Digital Library of Georgia 18 Fall Line Researching a Georgia novel from New Jersey 19 Georgia Folklore Collection Available Online Art Rosenbaum collection added to DLG and DPLA 20 The Importance of Being Digital UGA Libraries shares its digital mission Literary Update 26 News from the University of Georgia Press 28 News from the Georgia Review within the pages Dr. William Gray Potter University Librarian and Associate Provost n the Fall 2012 issue of this magazine, I furniture has been restored to create a ADA compliant and will provide a study mentioned the renovations then room that is elegant and faithful to the space for the students on that campus. university libraries of georgia Iunderway in both the Main and Science 1953 design. There are other changes ahead, includ- libraries. Designed to refresh both facilities On the fourth floor, new paint and car- ing the appointment of a new University 4 and to provide an environment suited to pet enlivens a large area formerly occupied Librarian. In August of this year, I will retire research and scholarship, the results are by storage, shelving, and the Digital Library after 25 years as head of the UGA Libraries. gratifying. New carpet, paint, furniture, of Georgia, which relocated to the seventh A search is underway for my successor by a technology, and other enhancements on the floor. This is a room that supports students committee chaired by David S. Williams, 2014 entry level of both Main and Science working in groups. They can rearrange the Associate e Provost and Director of the brought needed updates to these spaces. movable furniture to suit their needs. We Honors Program. Most gratifying has been the response of used chalkboard and whiteboard paint so As I reflect on my time at the Libraries, I Spring students and faculty. Gate counts are up they can actually write on the walls. Though am struck most by how much has changed 40% at science and the study areas on the this space has only been open for a short and how honored I am to have been a part of first floor of Main are often at capacity. time, it has become very popular. those changes. The UGA Libraries have been The move of the special collections to Another project on the horizon is the at the forefront of implementing and sus- the Russell Special Collections Building renovation of the Carnegie Library on the taining virtual library services statewide and opened up a number of spaces on the upper Health Sciences Campus. Built in 1910 at I am particularly proud of my part in the cre- floors that have allowed us to build upon the what was then the State Normal School, the ation of GALILEO and the Digital Library success of the earlier renovation projects. Carnegie Library was made possible by a gift of Georgia. GALILEO, or Georgia Library The former Hargrett Reading Room on from George Foster Peabody to the Carnegie Learning Online, is an initiative of the Uni- the third floor has been transformed and is Foundation. Placed on the National Regis- versity System of Georgia’s Board of Regents now a room intended for reading or quiet ter of Historic Places in 1975, the Carnegie that provides library resources electronically study. Large, comfortable chairs face the Library is architecturally the most significant to more than 2,000 institutions across our floor to ceiling windows that overlook north building on the Health Sciences campus. state, including the University System of campus. The old grass cloth wall paper has Renovations to this beautiful building will Georgia, the Technical College System of been replaced with new and the original restore it to its former state, will make it Georgia, K-12 schools, public libraries, and within the pages university libraries of georgia The bright and popular 4th floor collaborative study hall is ideal for undergraduate group study sessions as you can, literally, write on the walls. many of Georgia’s private academic colleges who have made my 25 years at UGA truly and universities. In 2013, users across all special. The dedicated librarians and staff systems searched GALILEO more than 400 at the UGA Libraries deserve most of the million times and downloaded more than credit for what we have accomplished 20 million full text documents. together and I know that I leave the Librar- It is also gratifying to see the impact ies in capable hands. I thank them and my that the Miller Learning Center and the other colleagues at the University of Geor- Russell Special Collections Building have gia, as well as the Libraries’ many friends had on the University community. Both and supporters. 5 buildings are integral to the success of the I am honored to have led the UGA Li- UGA Libraries and to UGA as a whole, and braries for the past 25 years; and I wish the Spring I am proud to have played a role in their Libraries, the University and each of you all design and construction. the best in the future. Beyond buildings and technology, it 2014 is the people with whom I have worked MINGLEDORFF-LORIMER LECTURE IN PRINT MEDIA ATTRACTS AUTHOR, HUMORIST n Thursday, April 10th, the UGA Libraries welcomed author, humorist, and lecturer A.J. Jacobs as the speaker for the Mingledorff-Lorimer Lecture in Print he Richard B. Russell Library for Media. Jacobs is also an editor-at-large for Esquire Magazine, an NPR commenta- O Political Research and Studies at within the pages tor, and columnist for Mental Floss magazine. T the University of Georgia has received a grant of $58,777 from the An author of four books, Jacobs is perhaps Mrs. Mingledorff also established an National Historical Publications and most well known for his two New York Times endowment to create the George Horace Records Commission to process the records bestselling memoirs The Know It All: One Man’s Lorimer Center for Print Media, which of the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the sponsors the lecture, held every other year. Georgia Republican Party. This one-year World and The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Huldah Lorimer Mingledorff recognized project will make these records available to Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as and appreciated the significant scholarly researchers for the first time.