Georgia Center/WGTV papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Georgia Center/WGTV papers
Creator: WGTV (Television station : Athens, Ga.)
Creator: Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Inclusive Dates: 1953-1987
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Collection Number: UA02-035
Repository: University of Georgia Archives

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Collection Description

Biographical/historical note

Cox Enterprises, owner of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution donated the channel 8 license to UGA for an educational television station. On May 23, 1960 WGTV began broadcasting out of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. In 1965, WGTV merged with a group of four stations owned by the State Board of Education to form Georgia Educational Television, later known as Georgia Public Television and the forerunner of today's GPB television network. In 1982, ownership of the license was transferred from the University of Georgia to the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission. WGTV is now a metro Atlanta station and the flagship for Georgia's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) state network.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of WGTV production stills, bulletins and guides. There are also photographs of the Georgia Center, its television studio and employees.

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Administrative Information

Preferred citation note

Georgia Center/WGTV papers, UA02-035, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

General Notes

RG 5-5

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Related Collections in this Repository

Related collections in this repository: WGTV program guide, Georgia Room LXJ35 .G4, and Georgia Center film and videotape collection.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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The advocate [production stills]

 

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Still from Basic issues of man [production still], 1961-1962

 

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Ceramics [production stills]

 

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Chatooga River [production stills]

 

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Columbia [production stills]

 

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Desert detectives [production stills]

 

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Election coverage from Atlanta Constitution building [production stills], 1972

 

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ETV docu-drama [production stills] , 1962

 

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9

Eye on you [production stills]

 

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Exploratory [production stills]

 

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Facing the test [production stills]

 

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Final thaw [production stills]

 

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For the love of Mike [production stills]

 

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General TV stills

 

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Jimmy Carter-close up: executive dept

 

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A political animal [production stills]

 

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RED by Mary Feldhaus-Weber [production stills]

 

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Sentence is life [production stills]

 

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Sometimes harmonious [production stills]

 

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Sonia [production stills]

 

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Spirit of St. Augustine [production stills]

 

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Step by step [production stills]

 

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25

Studio Theater [production stills]

 

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26

These items for sale [production stills]

 

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27

Production stills [This is no slum]

 

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28

UGA Homecoming Parade , 1980

 

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29

Urban mythology [production stills]

 

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30

Production stills

 

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WGTV bulletin , 1963-1965

 

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WXGA bulletin , 1963-1965

 

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[WGTV, WXGA and WVAN program guides], 1964-1965

 

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Notes for selective television viewers [and other WGTV materials], 1960-1971

 

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Exterior shots (small)

 

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Pictorial introduction to Georgia Center

 

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Construction

 

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Addition, 1987

 

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People

 

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6

Interior views

 

2

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Misc. items from folders

 

2

8

Misc. items from misc. envelope #11

 

2

9

Information on the Center for Continuing Education, prepared for the Alumni Committee Studying the Center, 1955

 

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10

Georgia Center expansion-1984 Kellogg Grant (from misc. envelope #11), 1984

 

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11

Publicity about the Center (from misc. envelope #11)

 

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Events at the Center (from misc. envelope #11)

 

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The Georgia Center for Continuing Education [WGTV]

 

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TV 8: prime time at Rich's Lenox-WGTV-channel 8 [images, promotional material], 1979

 

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WGTV-20th anniversary [promotion and images], 1980

 

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WGTV-20th anniversary celebration [correspondence and planning] , 1980

 

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Jerry Appy - 1st Station Manager [photographs]

 

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June Sparks-Ole Timers resolution

 

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[WGTV transmitting tower-photographs and diagrams]

 

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[Television facility layout]