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150 Years Ago This Week…
On January 19, 1861, Georgia suceeded from the union and was an independent state for a few weeks. During that time, Captain Arnold Elzey, the commanding officer of the United States Arsenal in Summerville, surrendered it to Governor Joseph E. Brown. The details were worked out … Continue reading
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Mystery Solved!
Tonia Owens and Russell Liner from the Information Desk of the Augusta-Richmond Public Library, suggested to Travis Hollaway that the church in the painting “Old Town Augusta” by Herbert Day might be Saint Paul Baptist Church and that seems to be the correct answer. Way to … Continue reading
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Old Town Augusta Painting
Horace Talmage Day (1909 – 1984) Old Town Augusta Signed and Dated 1934 Oil on Canvas 30 x 36 Inches Peter Clarke, Director of the Clarke Gallery in Newburyport, Massachusetts, asked the following question in an email to Eric Montgomery about a … Continue reading
Interview with Butterfly McQueen
Here is just a snippet of the interview with Butterfly McQueen. At this time (and I hope that changes) we only have one copy of the interview and it is in terrible condition. I appologize for the background hum which … Continue reading
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Oral Histories of Augusta
Books aren’t the only thing we have in our Georgia Room collection. We have interviews on audio tape which were part of an oral history project the Augusta Public Library conducted in the mid-seventies. There are also 15 slim books of … Continue reading
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Augusta City Directories
We had a telephone question from a patron this week about our city directories. Yes! There are city directories for Augusta and they go back as far as 1841 although not all years are covered before 1870. We have them in our … Continue reading