University of Georgia Ephemera Collection, 1801-2021, bulk 1875-2000

Summary

Creator:
University of Georgia
Date:
1801-2021, bulk 1875-2000
Extent:
68.25 Linear Feet (120 boxes), 8 oversized folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

University of Georgia Ephemera Collection, UA85-001, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a wide variety of materials documenting the various departments and colleges at UGA. The dates of the collection range from a photographic copy of a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Josiah Meigs in 1801 to recent materials from early in the 21st century, the bulk of the dates represented in this material fall between 1875-2000.

Biographical / historical:

The University of Georgia Ephemera Collection is an aggregation of papers mostly culled in two sessions in 1985 and 1991 from the active University of Georgia Vertical Files housed in the Georgia Room of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. These materials, donated over the course of several decades by numerous donors, some anonymous, were removed from the vertical files because they were original materials housed in a collection which was not fully secure, and it was deemed more appropriate that these materials be housed in University of Georgia Archives. Ephemeral materials continue to be added to this collection.

Arrangement:

The bulk of this collection is grouped by office but arranged in order by Record Group number which follows the hierarchial arrangement of the University. However, the UGA General Information files found at the end of the collection (Boxes 90-95) are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

University of Georgia Ephemera Collection, UA85-001, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.