The Georgia Review records, 1940s-2000s

Summary

Creator:
University of Georgia. Georgia Review
Date:
1940s-2000s
Extent:
59 Linear Feet (59 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

The Georgia Review records, UA15-027, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Georgia Review records collection consists of materials from the late 1940s through the 2000s. These materials trace the history of the journal from its struggle to stay financially afloat in the late 1940s through its current award-winning and nationally respected modern day status. The work-related correspondence of most of the The Georgia Review's editors is found here along with documents related to exhibits and conferences the journal's staff participated in over the years. Also of interest, is a large amount of material such as original manuscripts and listings of authors and artists who have contributed to the journal.

Biographical / historical:

Founded at the University of Georgia in 1947 and published there ever since, The Georgia Review has become one of America's most highly regarded journal of arts and letters. Each quarterly issue offers a diverse collection of short stories, general interest essays, poems, reviews and visual arts and letters. The Georgia Review has twice taken a top prize in the annual National Magazine Awards competition and been finalists nineteen times in various categories including General Excellence. In the twenty years since the launch of the annual GAMMA Awards, currenly sponsored by the Magazine Association of the Southeast, The Georgia Review, has brought home dozens of gold, silver and bronze prizes recognizing virtually every individual and overall aspect of the journal, from its written content to its design and artwork. Every year since 2007, the journal has taken the general excellence honor in its class and all the major "best of" anthologies regularly feature works from its pages. Excerpted from The Georgia Review's website-2016 February 16.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 11 series: Correspondence, Editorial files, Exhibits, Conferences, Graphics, Manuscript proofs, Advertising/Promotion, Subscribers/Subscriptions, Business Manager/Financial files, Personnel files and Author log-in cards.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

The Georgia Review records, UA15-027, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.