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West With The Vikings

The Georgia Room is pleased to hold two manuscripts by the prolific, popular author Edison Marshall, the original draft of West With The Vikings as well as an editor’s copy of the same work. We’ve set up an exhibit on … Continue reading

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Exciting new Georgia Room exhibit

In Kind by Mel Cearley An exhibit of mixed media collage preserving and honoring the memory of Augusta natives Arthur Bleakley, Mary Alice Pughe, and Josephine Sibley. Augusta artist Mel Cearley finds her inspiration in the collected ephemera discovered at … Continue reading

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A Look Back at “Evenings in the Appleby Garden”

Gather up your outdoor chairs, blankets, and picnic baskets and join us on the lawn of Appleby Branch Library this Tuesday, June 4th for the inaugural concert of the Appleby Concert Series, a free cultural event Augusta Public Library has … Continue reading

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NEWSPAPERS.COM IS OFFERING FREE ACCESS THROUGH MOTHERS DAY!

Newspapers.com is offering free access starting now to millions of pages of newspapers through Mother’s Day (May 12th)! Newspapers are such a wonderful resource for family historians searching for information about ancestors. You never know what you might find! It … Continue reading

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Augusta Public Library Celebrates Preservation Week ~ Sunday, April 28 – Saturday May 4

Did you know public libraries are the place to go when you are searching for information about your hometown history or tracing ancestors that may have lived in a certain locale. Most public libraries in Georgia collect and preserve unique, … Continue reading

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Putting The Leaves On The Tree

Join us for our workshop Putting The Leaves On The Tree With Family Search May 2nd, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. on the third floor of the HQ Library in the computer lab. Email genealogy@arcpls.org or call 706-826-1511 to make your … Continue reading

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Hamburg, South Carolina Talk in the Georgia Room

Join us for a presentation and discussion on Hamburg, South Carolina with historian and collector Milledge Murray, and author Barbara Seaborn. While your here view the exhibit on Hamburg curated by Milledge Murray.

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National Library Week: 66 Years and Counting

This year National Library Week will run from April 7th through April 13th 2024. For sixty-six years, National Library Week shines a spotlight on the importance of literacy and the value of libraries and library professions. Prior to 1958, library … Continue reading

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Women of the Georgia Room

Genealogists and researchers lament that women’s stories are often lost to history through a lack of documentary evidence. Often, very little remains to point to individual women’s hopes, dreams and accomplishments. Because of this, fragments can play a part in … Continue reading

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Augusta Fire Department Ledgers digitized by the Digital Library of Georgia

https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/gaec_agfdl?f%5Bprovenance_facet%5D%5B%5D=Augusta-Richmond+County+Public+Library In 2023, the Digital Library of Georgia digitized two unique historical items donated to the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System. The material was donated by the Augusta Fire Department and includes two oversized, bound ledgers that document thirty years … Continue reading

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