Library Closed

July 24, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.
 
The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

The McIntosh County Shouters

July 21, 2010

 

Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 6:00 P.M.

Second African Baptist Church

123 Houston Street, Savannah

 

Derived from African practices, the ring shout combines call-and-response singing, the percussion of a stick or broom on a wood floor, and hand-clapping and foot-tapping. First described in depth by outside observers on the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia during the Civil War, the ring shout was presumed to have died out in active practice until 1980, when the shouters in the Bolden community first came to the public's attention.
 
The McIntosh County Shouters are the last of the active practitioners of this art form and the only group with a direct connection to their African roots.    Through there performance, the McIntosh County Shouters have preserved one of the oldest forms of African American cultural and religious expression.  Since 1980, they have held audiences spellbound and contributed to a greater understanding of early African American culture.

We ask that no photographic/video/audio equipment be brought into the church for the performance.
 
Free and open to the public.

 

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

July 17, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

NEH Landmarks of American History

July 11, 2010 - July 24, 2010

 

From July 11 - 24, 2010, GHS will bring 50 educators from 23 states to participate in two week-long NEH funded workshops for community college faculty entitled, “African-American History and Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry: Savannah and the Coastal Islands, 1750–1950.”  Each session will be attended by 25 community college faculty members currently teaching humanities courses at institutions throughout the country. Workshop participants will explore the broad themes of race and slavery in American history by focusing on site-specific experiences of communities in and around Savannah from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. The workshop will include lecture sessions by nationally recognized experts on African-American folklife, culture, and religion and slavery in the American South; guided tours of the streets, squares, and structures of Savannah’s Historic Landmark District; and site visits to Ossabaw and Sapelo Islands.

Library Closed

July 10, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.
 
The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

July 03, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Historical Marker Dedication

June 26, 2010

 

Haven Home Industrial Training School

 Saturday, June 26, 2010

11:00 A.M.

At Bartlett Middle School

207 Montgomery Crossroads

Savannah, GA

 

 

Marker Text:

Named for respected Methodist Bishop Gilbert Haven of Massachusetts, Haven Home School was established in 1885 with the support of the Women’s Home Missionary Society, to provide local African-American girls with a quality education. In 1917, after relocating several times, a building was constructed at this location to serve as a permanent facility.  The new facility served local female students until its closure in 1932. In 1933 the Chatham County School Board purchased the property and it served as an elementary and junior high for local black students until 1960 when Haven Home School was demolished and replaced by the integrated Bartlett Middle School.

Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the Haven Home Alumni Association

Library Closed

June 26, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

June 19, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Closed

June 12, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

June 11th - GHS Heritage Tourism Workshop: Augusta, GA

June 11, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) will be presenting four free workshops for its Affiliate Chapters and interested cultural institutions this spring focusing on local heritage tourism. The workshops, conducted by GHS staff, will train workers and volunteers in the use of local historical resources, including historical markers and online tools, for promoting heritage tourism in their communities. These one-day workshops will encourage participants to identify local cultural resources and develop ideas and strategies for incorporating these assets into local tours and history programs.


The workshops will be held throughout the state in:
•    Thomasville on May 7 at the Thomas County Museum of History
•    Savannah on May 17 at the Georgia Historical Society
•    Canton on May 21 at the Cherokee County Historical Society’s Rock Barn
•    Augusta on June 11 at Historic Augusta, Inc.’s Lamar House



For more information contact Will Hanley at (912) 651-2125 ext. 22 or to RSVP for the workshop nearest you contact Brian Williams at bwilliams@georgiahistory.com.

 

 

NEH Summer Seminar: The Civil War at 150

June 06, 2010 - July 02, 2010

 

From June 6–July 2, 2010, GHS will host a four-week National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funded summer seminar entitled, “The American Civil War at 150: New Approaches.” Sixteen participants (14 college faculty and two graduate students) hailing from 14 states will join GHS in the in-depth, scholarly exploration of the reasons behind, the players within, and the consequences of the American Civil War. The rigorous seminar will feature lectures and discussions with leading scholars in the field, readings, directed research in primary source documents, and selected site visits that will span the causes of the war, the choosing of sides, slavery and emancipation, and the war as it is remembered in our collective history and memory.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

June 05, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

GHS' New Member Reception in Augusta

June 03, 2010

 

Georgia Historical Society

You are cordially invited to join the Society at a Leadership Level of membership then attend a Cocktail Party honoring new members

 

Thursday, June 3, 2010

6:30 PM

 

Hosted by:

Shell & Wyck Knox and Ann Carter B. Boardman

At the home of Shell & Wyck Knox

 

Please contact Heidi Will at 912.651.2125, Ext. 16 for questions regarding Membership.

Holiday Closing

May 31, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Administrative offices and Library and Archives will be closed on Monday, May 31st in observation of Memorial Day.

Library Closed

May 29, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Historical Marker Dedication

May 22, 2010

 

William Scarbrough House

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Lecture on Savannah Maritime History at 10:00 a.m.

Dedication at 12:00 p.m.

 

Ships of the Sea Museum

41 MLK Blvd,

Savannah, Georgia 

 

 

Marker Text:
 

Designed by noted English architect William Jay, this house was built for William Scarbrough, president of the Savannah Steamship Company.  Completed in 1819, it is an excellent example of the neoclassical style.  Scarbrough hosted President James Monroe here in May 1819 during the president’s visit to witness the launching of the S.S. Savannah on the world’s first trans-Atlantic steamship voyage.  For 84 years (1878-1962), the house served as the West Broad Street School for African-American children and later as the headquarters for the Historic Savannah Foundation from 1976-1991.  In 1996 the house was acquired by the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum.

Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum

 

To learn more, click here. 

Library Closed

May 22, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

May 21st - GHS Heritage Tourism Workshop: Canton, GA

May 21, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) will be presenting four free workshops for its Affiliate Chapters and interested cultural institutions this spring focusing on local heritage tourism. The workshops, conducted by GHS staff, will train workers and volunteers in the use of local historical resources, including historical markers and online tools, for promoting heritage tourism in their communities. These one-day workshops will encourage participants to identify local cultural resources and develop ideas and strategies for incorporating these assets into local tours and history programs.

 

The workshops will be held throughout the state in:

•    Thomasville on May 7 at the Thomas County Museum of History

•    Savannah on May 17 at the Georgia Historical Society

•    Canton on May 21 at the Cherokee County Historical Society’s Rock Barn

•    Augusta on June 11 at Historic Augusta, Inc.’s Lamar House

 

For more information contact Will Hanley at (912) 651-2125 ext. 22 or to RSVP for the workshop nearest you contact Brian Williams at bwilliams@georgiahistory.com.

 

 

May 17 - GHS Heritage Tourism Workshop: Savannah, GA

May 17, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) will be presenting four free workshops for its Affiliate Chapters and interested cultural institutions this spring focusing on local heritage tourism. The workshops, conducted by GHS staff, will train workers and volunteers in the use of local historical resources, including historical markers and online tools, for promoting heritage tourism in their communities. These one-day workshops will encourage participants to identify local cultural resources and develop ideas and strategies for incorporating these assets into local tours and history programs.

 

The workshops will be held throughout the state in:

•    Thomasville on May 7 at the Thomas County Museum of History

•    Savannah on May 17 at the Georgia Historical Society

•    Canton on May 21 at the Cherokee County Historical Society’s Rock Barn

•    Augusta on June 11 at Historic Augusta, Inc.’s Lamar House

 

For more information contact Will Hanley at (912) 651-2125 ext. 22 or to RSVP for the workshop nearest you contact Brian Williams at bwilliams@georgiahistory.com.

 

 

Historical Marker Dedication

May 15, 2010

 

Mary Turner and the Lynching Rampage of 1918

Saturday, May 15, 2010

10:00 a.m. 

 

Webb Community Church

300 Blakely Rd

Hahira, Georgia 

 

 

Marker Text:
 

Near this site on May 19, 1918, twenty-one year old Mary Turner, eight months pregnant, was burned, mutilated, and shot to death by a local mob after publicly denouncing her husband’s lynching the previous day.  In the days immediately following the murder of a white planter by a black employee on May 16, 1918, at least eleven local African Americans including the Turners died at the hands of a lynch mob in one of the deadliest waves of vigilantism in Georgia’s history.  No charges were ever brought against known or suspected participants in these crimes.  From 1880-1930, as many as 550 people were killed in Georgia in these illegal acts of mob violence. 

 

Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, Lowndes/Valdosta Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Valdosta State University - Woman and Gender Studies Program, and The Mary Turner Project

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

May 15, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Closed

May 08, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

May 7th - GHS Heritage Tourism Workshop: Thomasville, GA

May 07, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) will be presenting four free workshops for its Affiliate Chapters and interested cultural institutions this spring focusing on local heritage tourism. The workshops, conducted by GHS staff, will train workers and volunteers in the use of local historical resources, including historical markers and online tools, for promoting heritage tourism in their communities. These one-day workshops will encourage participants to identify local cultural resources and develop ideas and strategies for incorporating these assets into local tours and history programs.

 

The workshops will be held throughout the state in:
•    Thomasville on May 7 at the Thomas County Museum of History
•    Savannah on May 17 at the Georgia Historical Society
•    Canton on May 21 at the Cherokee County Historical Society’s Rock Barn
•    Augusta on June 11 at Historic Augusta, Inc.’s Lamar House 

For more information contact Will Hanley at (912) 651-2125 ext. 22 or to RSVP for the workshop nearest you contact Brian Williams at bwilliams@georgiahistory.com.

 

 

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5p.m.

May 01, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Historical Marker Dedication

April 26, 2010

 

Canon's Point Plantation

April 26, 2010

3:00 pm

On Lawrence Road, 3 miles north of Frederica Road Roundabout

 

Marker Text: 

In 1793 John Couper, with his partner James Hamilton, purchased Cannon’s Point in northeastern St. Simons Island.  In addition to the production of cotton, Couper experimented with citrus trees, grapes, date palms from Persia, mulberry trees for silk production, sugar cane, and olive trees from France.  He became known as a leading agricultural innovator, and Cannon’s Point Plantation gained the nickname “Georgia’s Experimental Station.”  Public-spirited John Couper also donated the land for the St. Simons lighthouse on the south end of the island.  Cannon’s Point was the ancestral home of many Gullah Geechee still living in Coastal Georgia.

Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, Coastal Georgia Historical Society, Friends of Coastal Georgia History, and Sea Island Company

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Library Closed

April 24, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Annual Book Sale

April 23, 2010 - April 24, 2010

 

Georgia Historical Society Annual Book Sale

April 23, 2010 - April 24, 2010

 

Friday, April, 23rd Member preview and purchase Proof of membership is required 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.    Open to the public 10 a.m. -  5 p.m.  Saturday, April 24th Open to the public 10 a.m - 5 p.m.

 

Hot dog sale - Saturday only! 11:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.  

2 hot dogs, chips, and a drink for $5.00 

 

 

This popular annual event raises greatly needed funds for GHS's library and archives.  Proceeds from the sale are used to purchase new library materials and to care for the oldest collection of Georgia history. This sale of donated books will include a wide range of titles covering history, biography, fiction, and much more!

 

Book donations for the book sale will be accepted through Monday, April 18th. Donations can include rare and non-rare: fiction, poetry, children's, and all non-fiction subjects including history, biography, current events, how-to, religion, business, self-help, cooking, gardening, etc.

 

Magazines/journals, outdated and obsolete audio/video/software, and games will not be accepted for use in the Book Sale.

 

Donations are tax deductible.

Library Closed

April 23, 2010 - April 24, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Library and Archives will be closed on Friday, April 23rd and Saturday April 24th for the Society's Annual Book Sale. The Library and Archives will re-open for research on Tuesday, April 27th.

Library Closed

April 22, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Library and Archives will be closed on Thursday, April 22nd in preparation for the Society's Annual Book Sale (April 23rd-24th). The Library and Archives will re-open for research on Tuesday, April 27th.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

April 17, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Georgia Historical Society's Annual Meeting and Garden Party

April 15, 2010

 

The Board of Curators and the President

invite you to attend

 

The 171st Annual Membership Meeting

& Garden Party

 

April 15, 2010

Savannah

~~~

 

171st Annual Meeting

of the members of the Georgia Historical Society 

 

Honoring

Don and Kaye Kole

John Macpherson Berrien Lifetime Acheivement Award

&

Buddy Sullivan

Sarah Nicols Pinckney Volunteer of the Year Award

 

Thursday, April 15, 2010

5:00 p.m.

Georgia Historical Society headquarters

501 Whitaker Street, Savannah

 

Members Only

 

~~~

 

Garden Party

Please Join us for a Garden Party Reception

to follow the 171st Annual Meeting of the membership

 

Thursday, April 15, 2010

5:30 p.m.

Downtown Historic Savannah location (provided upon reservation)

 

Cocktails and Hors d'oeuvres

$35 for Members

$55 for Non-members

Click here to make your reservation.

 

Library Closed

April 15, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Library and Archives will be closed on Thursday, April 15th for the Society Annual Meeting events . The Library and Archives will re-open on Friday, April 16th at noon.

Library Closed

April 10, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

April 03, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Closed

March 27, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

March 20, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

GHS's 2010 Lecture Series

March 18, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society and

 

 

present 

 

Interpreting the Gullah/Geechee Heritage

in the 21st Century

A presentation by Emory Campbell

Chair of the National Gullah/Geechee Heritage Corridor Commission

 
Promoting

 

African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry:
The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee

A new book from the University of Georgia Press

 
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 7:00 pm
Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Annex, Savannah

free and open to the public - book sale and signing to follow

 

Funding provided in part by 

 

 

 

Holiday Closing

March 17, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society administrative offices and library and archives will be closed on Wednesday, March 17th in observance of St. Patrick's Day.

 

The administrative offices will re-open at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 18th.

 

The library and archives will re-open at noon on Thursday, March 18th.

Library Closed

March 13, 2010

 

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

March 06, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Closed

February 27, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

February 20, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

2010 Georgia Days Birthday Bash and Awards Gala

February 13, 2010

 

  

SAVE-THE-DATE

Saturday, February 13, 2010

 Hyatt Regency

2 West Bay Street, Savannah

 

  To reserve seats, click here! 

 

  RSVP Deadline Extended

After 1/30/10 NO REFUNDS will be made for ticket purchases.  Thank you for your understanding.

 
The Georgia Historical Society presents an evening of cocktails, dinner, lively discussion, and dancing at its premiere annual fund-raising event, the 2010 Birthday Bash and Awards Gala. This year’s event, "As Time Goes By," will incorporate elements inspired by the landmark film Casablanca and will be the lavish culmination of the two-week commemoration of Georgia history and celebration of the life and legacy of Georgia Days Honoree and native of Cairo, Georgia, Jackie Robinson.

The 2010 Birthday Bash promises to draw an audience of business and civic leaders from across the state of Georgia. Governor Sonny Perdue will induct the 2010 Georgia Trustees, baseball legend Hank Aaron and Ted Turner, CNN Founder and Chairman, Turner Enterprises, Inc., followed by an insightful and entertaining discussion with the new inductees. In keeping with the evening’s theme, and in honor of great American pastimes explored throughout the 2010 Georgia Days commemoration and honoree Jackie Robinson, GHS will hold a raffle for sports memorabilia (click here to view items available in the raffle). Dancing to a live band will round out the evening.

The Georgia Trustees
In conjunction with the Governor’s Office, the Georgia Historical Society reconstituted the Georgia Trustees as a way of recognizing Georgians whose accomplishments and community service reflect the highest ideals of the founding body of Trustees.  The original Georgia Trustees, a governing body chartered and appointed by His Majesty King George II of England in 1732 to establish a new colony in North America, founded the Georgia colony upon the principle of Non Sibi, Sed Aliis, “Not for Self but for Others.” They established and governed the colony with this vision until their disbandment in 1752, after which Georgia became a royal colony. Reestablished in 2009, the Governor will make an annual appointment of new Trustees whose history-making accomplishments and service reflect the original Trustees’ ideals.

 

Raffle Sponsored by: 

 

To see photos from last year's event, click here!

 

Georgia Days Signature Sponsor:

 

Georgia Days Presenting Sponsor:

 

Georgia Days 2010

Birthday Bash and Awards Gala

Host Committee

 

  HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Honorable Sonny Perdue
Honorable Thurbert E. Baker
Honorable Roy Barnes
Honorable John Barrow
Honorable Paul Broun

Honorable Saxby Chambliss
Honorable Ben Harbin

Honorable Johnny Isakson

Honorable Eric Johnson
Honorable Otis S. Johnson
Honorable Jack Kingston
Honorable John Lewis
Honorable Sam Nunn
Honorable Kenneth C. Stewart
Honorable Michael L. Thurmond
 

BENEFACTOR

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Blanchard

Mr. and Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Jepson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones III
 

HOST COMMITTEE CHAIRS

 

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Carp 

Mr. and Mrs. A. Dano Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hale
Mr. and Mrs. Wyck Knox
Mr. and Mrs. John F. McMullan
Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Smith
Mr. William W. Sprague III and Ms. Donna Butler
Ms. Helen Steward
  

HOST COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Barrow III
Dr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Bolch III
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Davis

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Davis
Mrs. Edward F. Downing
Mr. and Mrs. George Fawcett
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Helmken II
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Jacobs

Mr. and Mrs. Don Kole

Mr. and Mrs. Stratton Leopold
Mr. and Mrs. R. Vincent Martin III

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Platt
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Sadler
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Solomons, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tucker
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Watt 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Weller, Jr.

 

For a full listing of Georgia Days sponsors, click here. 

 

For a full listing of Georgia Days events, click here.

 

 

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Georgia Days 2010 Preferred Savannah-Area Lodging

 

 

 

Other Recommended Lodging

AVIA Hotels

Savannah Riverfront Marriott

Hilton Garden Inn Savannah-Midtown (of the Stay In Savannah Lodging Group)

The Mansion on Forsyth Park

 

Library Closed

February 13, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Founder's Day Run

February 12, 2010

 

Founder's Day Run

Friday, February 12, 2010, 8:45 A.M.

Stone Mountain Park, Atlanta

 
The Joint Force Headquarters of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard will be hosting the second annual Founder's Day Commemorative run marking the anniversary of General Oglethorpe's landing at Savannah.

Known as the "Purple Pig Run", it's a five mile loop around Stone Mountain, at Stone Mountain Park. The public is welcome to participate, and registration is required by 6 February. Park access is $10 per vehicle, and registration is $12.  For more information and to register, please contact SGT Astacia Frasier at (678) 569-5166 or astacia.frasier@us.army.mil.

 

This event is sponsored by the Joint Force Headquarters of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard.

 

 

 

 

2010 Georgia Day Parade

February 12, 2010

 

Friday, February 12, 2010, 10:30 a.m.
Bull Street from Forsyth Park to City Hall, Savannah

Thousands of costumed local elementary school children march behind their hand-made banners in commemoration of Georgia’s founding in 1733.  A colorful parade of students, musicians, local dignitaries, and costumed characters is preceded by a military color guard and marching band. Beginning at Forsyth Park and continuing around all five squares of Bull Street, the procession culminates with a program in front of City Hall, where the mayor and other officials bring greetings and present awards for the annual Banner Competition. Free and open to the public.

 

Additional support provided by:

 

 

Georgia Day Dignitaries Coffee

February 12, 2010

 

Friday, February 12, 2010, 9:00 a.m.

Invitation only

 

Georgia Day begins with a coffee for dignitaries, sponsors, and special guests. The event features greetings from dignitaries, introductions of historical characters, and a continental breakfast. The Georgia Day Dignitaries' Coffee will also feature the unveiling of new plaques honoring the creators of named endowment funds at the Georgia Historical Society. Attendees are invited to join the Georgia Day Parade, which begins at the conclusion of the Coffee just steps away from the Georgia Historical Society at the north end of Forsyth Park.

 

Additional support provided by: 

 

 

Savannah Book Festival

February 07, 2010

 

 

Savannah Book Festival Sunday Brunch

Sunday, February 7th, 2010, 11:30 a.m.

Jepson Center for the Arts, Telfair Square, Savannah

The Festival is also thrilled to welcome back Festival favorite Julia Reed as Sunday Brunch Speaker.  Ms. Reed is the author of Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena; Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes), a collection of her essays on food for the New York Times Magazine; and The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story, a memoir.  The fundraising Sunday Brunch and talk by Ms. Reed, a much-anticipated event in Savannah’s social calendar, will be held in the Jepson Center for the Arts at 11:30 am.

Set in and around moss-draped Telfair Square in historic Savannah, Georgia, the Savannah Book Festival, which will take place February 5-7, 2010, is an annual, free and open-to-the-public celebration of the written word and its role in improving the human experience.  Our mission is to promote reading, writing and civil conversation.  For each of the past two years, the Festival has attracted dozens of popular and critically acclaimed authors and thousands of readers from all over America to Savannah’s Telfair Square and the culturally significant buildings that surround it—Telfair Academy, Trinity Church and Jepson Center for the Arts.  Within this beautiful venue, the Festival’s authors and their readers experience the intimacy and hospitality for which Savannah is famous.  As renowned historian Charles Bracelen Flood observed after the 2009 Savannah Book Festival:

As the author of 12 books and a former president of the American PEN Center, I have attended every kind of book-related gathering here and abroad.  In recent years I have appeared at the Texas Book Festival and the LA Times Book Festival, as well as giving talks at the Smithsonian and the National Archives.  The Savannah Book Festival is as good a forum for an author as any to which I’ve been.  My wife and I were treated royally.  My own talk was attended by perhaps 150 people in an attractive hall that had excellent acoustics.  The introduction was informed and gracious, the questions were all knowledgeable, and the atmosphere was stimulating.  The signing of my books after my talk and at one of the general welcoming parties was very well handled.

No one can be blasé about the beauty of Savannah [and] its synthesis of history and architecture. Charles Bracelen Flood

 

For more information, contact Katherine Oxnard at 912-358-0575 or  katherineoxnard@savannahbookfestival.org, or go to www.savannahbookfestival.org.

Super Museum Sunday

February 07, 2010

 

Sunday, February 7, 2010, 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.

Savannah-area museums (Full listing of participating venues available here)

Georgians and visitors alike experience our area’s rich history and cultural life as historic sites, house museums, art museums, and other points of interest in Savannah and coastal Georgia open their doors to the public, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience the history in our own backyard.  From Statesboro to Darien, over 40 cultural institutions throughout coastal Georgia participate in this popular GHS’s Georgia Days annual family event. Free and open to the public.

 

Additional support provided by: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colonial Faire and Muster

February 06, 2010 - February 07, 2010

 

Saturday (Family Day) and Sunday, February 6-7, 2010, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Wormsloe State Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Road, Savannah

 

Take your family back in time to the site of one of the earliest and most beautiful colonial-era plantations of the Georgia coast.  This popular annual living-history event features costumed re-enactors and vendors offering students and adults a taste of the excitement and adversity of life for the first settlers of colonial Georgia.  Highlights of this weekend-long event include cannon and musket firing; blacksmithing, craft, and cooking demonstrations; Native American and slave life interpretations; and period music and dance.  An hourly schedule of events will be available upon arrival at Wormsloe.  Free and open to the public

 

Sponsored by:

Additional support provided by: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia 

 

Savannah Book Festival

February 06, 2010

 

 

Savannah Book Festival 

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Telfair Square, Savannah

 

 

2010 Savannah Book Festival Schedule

Saturday, February 6, 2010

10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Speakers and Locations:   
Fiction Authors – Sanctuary, Trinity Church
Poets – Fellowship Hall, Trinity Church
History & Biography Authors – Rotunda, Telfair Academy
Contemporary Issues Authors – Sculpture Gallery, Telfair Academy
Lifestyle Authors – Neises Auditorium, Jepson Center for the Arts
Free Speech Authors – Free Speech Tent, Telfair Square

8:00 pm
Concert: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kate Campbell, Claire Holley and
Caroline Herring in a Musical Tribute to Eudora Welty
Location: Trinity United Methodist Church, Telfair Square

 

For more information, contact Katherine Oxnard at 912-358-0575 or  katherineoxnard@savannahbookfestival.org, or go to www.savannahbookfestival.org.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

February 06, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Savannah Book Festival

February 05, 2010 - January 05, 2010

 

GHS is proud to partner with the Savannah Book Festival in bringing this exciting series of events to our community.

 

Savannah Book Festival Keynote Speech 

Friday, February 5th, 2010, 5:30 p.m.

Trinity Methodist Church, Telfair Square, Savannah

The Third Annual Savannah Morning News Savannah Book Festival is proud to announce that internationally renowned and bestselling thriller writer Vince Flynn will kick off the 2010 Festival with a Keynote Speech on Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 5:30pm.  Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Dick Eckburg, hosted by Trinity United Methodist Church and free and open to the public, this exciting keynote talk will feature a presentation by Mr. Flynn, author of several New York Times bestselling novels including his latest, Pursuit of Honor.  Mr. Flynn’s novels feature counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp, who proves himself to be a hero unafraid "to walk the fine line between the moral high ground and violence" (The Salt Lake Tribune) for our country's safety, for the sake of freedom, for the pursuit of honor.

Mr. Flynn will also appear during the Festival itself on Saturday, February 6th, 2010, again in the sanctuary of Trinity Church, to talk about his life in letters and his eleven novels, several of which are a part of the beloved Mitch Rapp series.  Mr. Flynn, who overcame dyslexia and went on to fame and fortune as a writer, supports many worthy charities, including Tee it Up for the Troops and the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation.

 

Friday, February 5, 2010

9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Imaginative Storm Writing Workshop, with renowned memoirist Allegra Huston and award-winning spoken word artist and poet James Navé

Location: TBA

5:30 – 7:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Best-selling novelist, Vince Flynn
Location: Trinity United Methodist Church, Telfair Square

 

For more information, contact Katherine Oxnard at 912-358-0575 or  katherineoxnard@savannahbookfestival.org, or go to www.savannahbookfestival.org. 

Georgia Days Kickoff Event

February 02, 2010

 

Library Closed

January 30, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Faces of America Educator Workshop

January 29, 2010 - January 05, 2010

 

 

 

Faces of America Educator Workshop

January 29, 2010

National Archives, Southeast Region

Morrow, Georgia

Visit www.gpb.org for details and registration

 

Georgia Public Broadcasting in cooperation with WNET will be hosting an educator workshop in Atlanta on Friday, January 29, 2010.  Based on the PBS series, Faces of America, this free workshop will provide information to Georgia educators about incorporating genealogical research into history education.  The workshop is open to public, private, and home school educators of k-12 students.  For more information and to register for the workshop, please visit www.gpb.org .

 

Faces of America is a production of Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films and THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG in association with Ark Media. Corporate funding is provided by The Coca-Cola Company. Additional funding is provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.  Additional support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.

Library Closed

January 23, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

January 16, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Closed

January 09, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

January 02, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

New Year's Day Closing

January 01, 2010

 

The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices and Library and Archives will be closed on Friday, January 1, 2010.

 

The Library and Archives will reopen at 10:00 a.m on Saturday, January 2, 2010. The Administrative Offices will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2010.

Library Closed

December 26, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

 

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Holiday Closing

December 24, 2009 - December 25, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices and Library and Archives will be closed on Thursday and Friday, December 24-25, 2009.

 

The Library and Archives will reopen at noon on Tuesday, December 29, 2009. The Administrative Offices will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, December 28, 2009.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

December 19, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Closed

December 12, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

 

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

December 05, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Closed

November 28, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

 

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Thanksgiving Closing

November 26, 2009 - November 27, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices and Library and Archives will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 26-27, 2009.

 

The Library and Archives will reopen at noon on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The Administrative Offices will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 30, 2009. 

Library Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

November 21, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Library Closed

November 14, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

 

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Veteran's Day Closing

November 11, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices and Library and Archives will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2009. The Administrative Offices will reopen at 8:30 a.m. and the Library and Archives will reopen at 10:00 a.m on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

November 07, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers' Project

November 05, 2009

 

Library Closed

October 31, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Historical Marker Dedication

October 25, 2009

 

Ashantilly

Sunday, October 25, 2009

11:00 a.m. 

 

Ashantilly Plantation

Darien Georgia 

 

Marker Text: 

 

Built in ca. 1820, Ashantilly was the mainland residence of prominent antebellum planter Thomas Spalding (1774-1851), owner of the nearby Sapelo Island Plantation.  The house, likely built by Spalding's slaves, was constructed of tabby, an equal mix of oyster shell, sand, water and lime.  Ashantilly was named for Spalding's ancestral home in County Perth, Scotland.  He died at Ashantilly and is interred in the family burial ground adjacent to the property.  William G. Haynes, Jr. (1908-2001), proprietor of the Ashantilly Press, was the last private owner of Ashantilly.  In 1993 the Haynes family donated the property to the Ashantilly Center, Inc. 

 

Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and The Lower Altamaha Historical Society.   

Library Closed

October 24, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

 

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Soul of a People: Symposium

October 21, 2009

 

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

October 17, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Profiles in Leadership

October 15, 2009

 

On August 17, 1915, Leo M. Frank, the Jewish superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, was lynched for the murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory employee.  A highly controversial trial fueled by societal tensions and anti-Semitism resulted in a guilty verdict in 1913.  After Governor John M. Slaton commuted his sentence from death to life in prison, Frank was kidnapped from the state prison in Milledgeville and taken to Phagan’s hometown of Marietta where he was lynched before a local crowd.  Without addressing Frank's guilt or innocence, and in recognition of the state’s failure to either protect him or bring his killers to justice, the State of Georgia granted Frank a posthumous pardon in 1986.  

PBS will air a new documentary on the Frank lynching this fall, The People v. Leo Frank, and with the centennial of the events of 1913-1915 fast approaching, GHS has assembled a stellar panel for a timely and important discussion about one of the most controversial and darkest chapters in Georgia and American history.  We'll examine the key role of leadership played by Georgia Governor John Slaton and others involved in the case, as  well as the ongoing legacy of the Frank lynching and the continuing controversy surrounding Frank's guilt and 1986 pardon.

 

 

For directions to Georgia Public Broadcasting, click here .

 

Host Committee

(in progress)

 

Honorary Co-Chairs

Honorable Kathleen Ashe
Honorable Vincent Fort
Honorable John Lewis

Honorable Sam Nunn
Honorable Michael Thurmond

 

Benefactors

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Blanchard
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Hale
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones III

 

Chairs

Honorable and Mrs. Roy Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brown, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Kole
Mr. and Mrs. John F. McMullan 

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wallace

 

 

Host Committee Members

Mr. and Mrs. Earl P. Cook
Honorable and Mrs. David H. Gambrell
Mr. and Mrs. John Helmken II
Honorable Willis B. Hunt, Jr. and Mrs. Ursula Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Walsh, III

 

In Cooperation With

Georgia Public Broadcasting
Anti-Defamation League
The Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum

 

Soul of a People: Richard Wright

October 14, 2009 - May 14, 2009

 

Richard Wright and Twelve Million Black Voices

 

Columbus Day Closing

October 12, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2009, and will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.  

 

Soul of a People: Drums and Shadows

October 10, 2009

 

Library Closed

October 10, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be closed.

 

 

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Historical Marker Dedication

October 06, 2009 - August 27, 2009

 

Roosevelt's Barnesville Speech

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

10:00 a.m. 

 

Gordon College

Barnesville, Georgia

 

 

Marker Text:  

On August 11, 1938, as many as 50,000 people gathered in the stadium of Gordon Military College for an address by President Franklin Roosevelt dedicating the Lamar Electric Cooperative, a project of the New Deal’s Rural Electrification Administration (REA). As part of a campaign to promote New Deal policies and the politicians who supported them, FDR also used the occasion to attack Walter George, the incumbent U.S. Senator from Georgia, and endorse George’s rival in the 1938 Democratic primary, Lawrence Camp.  FDR's endorsement drew wide criticism in Georgia and despite Roosevelt’s popularity, Georgia voters returned George to the Senate until 1957.

 

Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, the City of Barnesville, Gordon College, and Southern Rivers Energy

 

'Soul of a People' Kick-off Celebration

October 03, 2009 - May 23, 2009

 

 

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

 

 

During the Great Depression the Federal Writer's Project (FWP) provided work for talented but destitute writers. Five programs, free and open to the public, celebrate this innovative relief project's legacy. Armstrong Atlantic State University's Lane Library, with support from the Georgia Historical Society, is helping Savannahians explore the various ways that these writers' voices pieced together the fabric of Depression-era America.

 

A kick-off celebration depicting life in Savannah during the New Deal Era

 

Saturday, October 3rd

 

1 p.m. - 5 p.m., at the Bull Street Branch of the Live Oak Public Libraries

 

An afternoon of music, storytelling, and presentations on the Federal Writers' Project will set the stage for the program series by celebrating American life in during the 1930's. 

 

For more information about local programs, please contact Caroline Hopkinson, Lane Library, Armstrong Atlantic State University caroline.hopkinson@armstrong.edu or 912-344-3109

 

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story is a major documentary television program about the Federal Writers' Project produced by Spark Media, Washington, D.C., and broadcast on the Smithsonian Channel HD. Soul of a People programs in libraries are sponsored by the American Library Association Public Programs Office with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. 

 

Library Hours 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

October 03, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Savannah Bar Association Tour and Reception

September 24, 2009

 

Affiliate Chapter Event

September 10, 2009

 

AUGUSTA, GA: Historic Augusta’s 2009 Perfectly Aged: Antiques and Wine benefit auction will be held Thursday, September 10, at Saint Paul’s River Room, 605 Reynolds Street.

The gala evening begins at 6:30 pm with a wine tasting, cocktails, and hors d’oeuvres provided by Augusta’s top restaurants and caterers, and a silent auction of antiques and fine wines.  A raffle will be held for three luxury items.

The live auction begins at 8 p.m. Patrons may bid on fine antiques, art, premium wines and innovative entertainment packages presented by auctioneer Bryan Simkins of Augusta.

Admission is $100 per person.  For those who are age 35 and under, admission is $50 per person.  

Proceeds benefit the projects and programs of Historic Augusta, Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve historically or architecturally significant buildings and neighborhoods in Augusta and Richmond County, Georgia.  

Perfectly Aged: Antiques and Wine is sponsored in part by The Augusta Chronicle, First Bank of Georgia and University Health Care System.

For more information or to purchase a ticket, call Historic Augusta at (706) 724-0436.  Preview auction items as they arrive at www.historicaugusta.org.

 

Labor Day Closing

September 07, 2009

 

The Georgia Historical Society Administrative Offices will be closed on Monday, September 7, 2009, and will reopen at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2009.  

 

See You In Class

August 24, 2009

 

Introduction to Genealogical Research

Lecturers: Nora Lewis and Lynette Stoudt

Dates: June 29, July 13, and August 24
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  

Cost: $50

Beginning genealogical research can be intimidating with the amount of resources available on the Internet and in print. An Introduction to Genealogical Research is geared towards those just starting out on the journey to discover their past. GHS staff will help novice researchers to dive into the sea of genealogical resources with confidence.

Professional archivists from GHS’s Library and Archives will provide an orientation to genealogical resources at the Georgia Historical Society. Following an hour of resource education, staff will assist participants in performing personalized basic genealogical research using the resources available in the library.

 

Please note that GHS's genealogical sources focus on the state of Georgia and may not be applicable to ancestor searches that pertain to other states. 

 

Click here to make your reservation. 

See You In Class

August 20, 2009

 

Oral History: It's Recorded, Now What?

Lecturer: John Dickinson
Dates: June 4 and August 20
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Cost: $35 per person

The most common problem with oral histories is the lack of follow through once a recording has been made.  Often tapes sit unattended because individuals lack the skills or technical knowledge to process the information.  This class will introduce students to the hardware and software to take an oral history recording from original medium to digital production.  Students will see options for both audio and video uploading and production.  Students do need to possess basic computer and internet skills but do not need any special equipment to participate. 

 

Click here to make your reservation. 

See You In Class

August 17, 2009

 

Oral History: Getting Started

Lecturer: John Dickinson
Dates: June 1 and August 17
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Cost: $35 per person

This class will discuss how to setup and begin taking an oral history.  Whether one is interested in recording the stories of family or planning a project to preserve the memories of a particular community, this class will provide students a basic understanding to begin recording oral histories.  Students do not need any special equipment or technical skills to participate.

 

Click here to make your reservation. 

See You In Class

August 13, 2009

 

The Gardens of Clermont Lee: A Downtown Walking Tour

Guide: Christy Crisp
Dates: July 30 and August 13
Time:  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Cost: $20 per person

The tour will begin in GHS’s Hodgson Hall with a unique look at the Clermont Lee collection housed in the GHS archives.  Following this introduction, participants will visit several downtown gardens designed by Lee, one of the city’s most popular and talented garden designers.  Along the way, we will discuss the history of gardening in Savannah – from the Mulberry trees of the Trustees' Garden, to the utilitarian kitchen gardens of the city’s earlier residents, to the beautiful courtyard gardens of today.  Please note that this is a downtown, urban walking tour approximately one mile in length.  Tours may be postponed or canceled due to weather.

 

Click here to make your reservation.

See You In Class

August 10, 2009

 

Savannah Women: A Downtown Walking Tour

Guide: Christy Crisp
Dates: July 27 and August 10
Time:  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Cost: $20 per person

This tour will begin in GHS’s Hodgson Hall with an introduction highlighting materials from the GHS archives related to the women who will be the focus of the walking tour:  Abigail Minis, one of the Georgia colony’s earliest settlers; Mother Matilda Beasley, Georgia’s first African-American nun; and Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts.  Following this introduction, participants will explore a variety of sites and the city’s diverse history through the lives of some of its most fascinating women.  Please note that this is a downtown, urban walking tour approximately 1.5 miles in length.  Tours may be postponed or cancelled due to weather. 

 

Click here to make your reservation.

See You In Class

July 30, 2009

 

The Gardens of Clermont Lee: A Downtown Walking Tour

Guide: Christy Crisp
Dates: July 30 and August 13
Time:  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Cost: $20 per person

The tour will begin in GHS’s Hodgson Hall with a unique look at the Clermont Lee collection housed in the GHS archives.  Following this introduction, participants will visit several downtown gardens designed by Lee, one of the city’s most popular and talented garden designers.  Along the way, we will discuss the history of gardening in Savannah – from the Mulberry trees of the Trustees' Garden, to the utilitarian kitchen gardens of the city’s earlier residents, to the beautiful courtyard gardens of today.  Please note that this is a downtown, urban walking tour approximately one mile in length.  Tours may be postponed or canceled due to weather.

 

Click here to make your reservation.

See You In Class

July 27, 2009

 

Savannah Women: A Downtown Walking Tour

Guide: Christy Crisp
Dates: July 27 and August 10
Time:  9:00-11:00
Cost: $20 per person

This tour will begin in GHS’s Hodgson Hall with an introduction highlighting materials from the GHS archives related to the women who will be the focus of the walking tour:  Abigail Minis, one of the Georgia colony’s earliest settlers; Mother Matilda Beasley, Georgia’s first African-American nun; and Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts.  Following this introduction, participants will explore a variety of sites and the city’s diverse history through the lives of some of its most fascinating women.  Please note that this is a downtown, urban walking tour approximately 1.5 miles in length.  Tours may be postponed or cancelled due to weather.

 

Click here to make your reservation. 

GHS Affiliate of the Year Award Presentation

July 21, 2009

 

Roger K Warlick Local History Achievement Awards:

Media Project

 

  Presented to the

Thomaston-Upson Archives and

the Upson County Historical Society

  On July 21, 2009

 

Thomaston-Upson Archives

301 S. Center Street 

 

 GHS President and CEO Dr. Todd Groce will present the 2009 Roger K. Warlick Local History Achievement Award for Media Project to the Members of the Thomaston-Upson Archives and the Upson County Historical Societyat 5:30 p.m. on July 21, 2009.

 The Media Project award recognizes the efforts of historical organizations within the Affiliate Chapter Program to interpret and share Georgia and American History through creative media. The Thomaston-Upson Archives and the Upson County Historical Society is being recognized for its History Radio Spots.

 

In addition to the award presentations, Dr. Groce will also present a lecture, "Making Georgia Howl: Sherman and the Birth of Modern Warfare" a reception will preceed the presentation and lecture.

GHS Affiliate Chapter Award Presentation

July 21, 2009

 

Roger K Warlick Local History Achievement Award:

Affiliate of the Year

 

Presented to the

Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute Library

On July 21, 2009

 

Meadows Room, Georgia Hall

Roosevelt Warm Springs 

6135 Roosevelt Highway

Warm Springs, GA 

 

 GHS President, Dr. Todd Groce will present the 2009 Roger K. Warlick Local History Achievement Award for Affiliate of the Year to the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute Library at 2:30 p.m. on July 21, 2009. 

See You In Class

July 20, 2009

 

Basic Preservation for Your Family Treasures

Lecturers: Nora Lewis, Lynette Stoudt, and Alison Bentley    
Dates: June 8 and July 20
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Cost: $75 per person
Materials included in the price of the class

Taking proper care of your family treasures will ensure that they will be around for future generations to learn from and enjoy. "Basic Preservation for Your Family Treasures" will provide participants with effective and easy-to-use solutions to prolong the life of family history materials. All techniques are based on archival professional standards and suitable for a wide variety of items. This class will focus on preserving paper-based items such as letters, diaries, newspaper, photographs, scrapbooks, books, and artwork.

Professional archivists from GHS’s Library and Archives will provide information on how to perform basic preservation techniques for the most common forms of family history materials. Following an hour of introduction, staff will provide personalized consultations on items brought to the class by participants. Please note – participants are limited to one item each. Additionally, participants will be instructed in a hands-on preservation activity. All participants will receive one archival document case, ten archival folders, and five archival photograph sleeves.   

 

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