Special Collections 50th Anniversary

Support Our Work: The Dr. David B. Gracy II Endowment

To honor the legacy of Dr. David B. Gracy II and the founding of Special Collections and Archives, we recently established the Dr. David B. Gracy II Graduate Research Assistantship for Special Collections and Archives.

With your support, this endowment will fund one graduate student to create innovative new ways of promoting the importance of archives throughout the Atlanta community.

For questions or additional information about donating to the endowment please contact [email protected].

Bridging Communities: 50 Years of Collecting at Georgia State University

It’s exciting to begin our 50th-anniversary celebrations by launching our latest exhibit “Bridging Communities: 50 Years of Collecting at Georgia State University”. The exhibit features stories from our collections that highlight key themes across our nine collecting areas.

We look forward to opening the physical exhibit later this year when it is safe to re-open our exhibit gallery to the public.

50 Treasures for 50 Years

To celebrate this year’s 50th anniversary, our archivists pulled 50 “treasures” from our collections to highlight. We chose items that were unique and quirky with great stories to accompany them. If you have questions about any of these items we would love to hear from you at [email protected].

Georgia Women’s Movement Spring Event: Leveling the Playing Field

The Georgia Women’s Movement Spring Event is held annually to celebrate and highlight materials in the Women’s Collections at Georgia State University. The 2021 event focused on the history of women’s sports in Georgia and at Georgia State University. Speakers include Anne Harper, Jaray Mazique and Kelsey Roegiers.

The Importance of Archives in Communities

We could not have a public opening, but we’re delighted to share this recent conversation with six of our donors and community partners.

We asked our panelists about the importance of the archives, and the conversation touches on several interesting questions. Why are immigrant stories important? What happens to the accounts of those whose lives were cut short by AIDS? And how do we document rural-Georgia women activists that the national and urban media ignored?

What our panelists had to say moved us, and we are grateful for their time and thoughtfulness. We hope you, too, will appreciate the vital work that our partners do in and around Atlanta.

50 Years of Archives at Georgia State University

In this 50th-anniversary video, we discuss the history of our collections and the objects we collect. We also share some of our upcoming events planned to celebrate this momentous occasion.