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Crawford Long medicine chest
Medicine chest purportedly owned by Crawford Long, a doctor known for being the first to use anesthesiology in surgery.
Athens-Clarke County Veterans Memorial Plaza scrapbook
Scrapbook detailing the planning, construction, and dedication of the Athens-Clarke County Veterans Memorial Plaza.
Georgia postcard collection
Postcards depicting buildings and scenes in Athens and other Georgian communities.
J. Tanner collection of Clarke Central High School memorabilia
Student publications, event programs, certificicates, awards, and other items collected by J. Tanner as a student at Clarke Central High School in the years, 1975-1979, in addition to varied other personal items.
City of Athens Police records
Docket books from the City of Athens' Police Department/ Mayor's Court documenting individual arrest records. One-hundred-thirty-nine docket books are held by the library; eight have been digitized and are available online via the Digital Library of Georgia.
Joanna Eppard collection
Photographs and other materials document Joanna Eppard's work at the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and her involvement with the Telephone Pioneers of America.
Collection of dry plates
Sixteen exposed dry plates featuring pictures of African American families and individuals, the tombstone of Crawford W. Long, and three persons in front of a dam and mill pond.
Bicentennial Oral History Project: Clarke County Schools Before and After Desegregation collection
Oral history recordings from local Athenians interviewed by local Athenians in the mid to late 2000s. The interviews are primarily housed on cassette tapes, with some access copies on CD and some preservation copies on DVD. The collection describes the desegregation of Athens K12 and UGA in the mid 1960s. The interviewees also discuss other details about shopping, education, and churches in Athens.
May Erwin Talmadge collection
Photographs, a scrapbook, newspaper clippings, and other materials from the personal holdings of May Erwin Talmadge.
Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library Referendum collection
The Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library is a 501c(3) group non-profit organization that benefits the Athens-Clarke County library system. The Athens-Clarke County Library was included on the Special Option sales tax referendum in 1988, which the Friends of the Library supported through public programs designed to encourage library patrons and Athens-Clarke residents to vote in favor of approving the referendum.
Women's Auxiliary to the Medical Association of Clarke County collection
Meeting minutes, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to the Women's Auxiliary to the Medical Association of Clarke County. Several references to Crawford W. Long are included.
Dr. J. B. Carlton freedmen medical ledger
Ledger containing information pertaining to more than 370 African-American patient medical accounts.
Altrusa Club of Athens records
Records of the Altrusa Club of Athens, primarily covering the activities of the club during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Athens-Clarke County Veterans Memorial Plaza Committee collection
Materials detailing the planning and fund-raising work of the Athens-Clarke County Veterans Memorial Plaza Committee.
Perdue Manufacturing Company records
Fowler Family collection
Correspondence, photographs, and personal ephemera of the Fowler Family of Athens, Georgia, for the most part pertaining to Joel Jackson Fowler and his daughter, Rebecca.
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company collection
Meeting minutes of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company from 1857 to 1879, including the signatures of members. Also included is a notice of a meeting held on May 26, 1904, with accompanying signatures.
Athens Area Retired Educators Association collection
Records, publications, directories, scrapbooks, and other materials pertaining to the Athens Area Retired Educators Association.
Millie Dearing collection
This collection consists of a scrapbook kept by Mildred "Millie" Lyle Dearing describing her work with the Athens Art Association and the Georgia Museum of Art. Included in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings and other paper materials related to her own artistic endeavors, and her work with Athens Art and Georgia Museum of Art. This collection also includes photographs of Dearing from 1963 and an example of a wedding invitation she designed.
Beusse Family collection
Photographs, notebooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous other items from the Beusse Family, most of all Lena Beusse, wife of Henry W. Beusse, an Athens Chief of Police who was the son of Henry Beusse, a German immigrant who became a major political and commercial leader in Athens during the late nineteenth century.
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