Anniversary of the University of Georgia Charter

University of Georgia Charter, 1785
University of Georgia Charter, 1785

The University of Georgia Charter, written by educator, lawyer, and statesman Abraham Baldwin, was adopted 232 years ago this week by the Georgia General Assembly on Jan. 27, 1785. The document established the University of Georgia as America’s first public university.

You can read more about the charter and its impact on higher education in a new article published Sunday by UGA Today.

The University of Georgia Charter is displayed each year in the Hargrett Gallery of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries on or near when Founders Day is celebrated. This year (2017),  it will be on display from January 23 through Jan. 27.

A history and transcription of the University of Georgia Charter can be found here.

 

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The Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room receives Common Heritage Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities

The Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room  was recently awarded the Common Heritage Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (press release available here –see pages 11 and 12 of the document for details).

This grant will be used to digitize privately held historical sources relating to the African American experience in Athens-Clarke County at a series of three day-long digitization events around the community.

Digitized material will be made available to the public with donor permission via the Athens-Clarke County Library’s partnership with the Digital Library of Georgia and the Digital Public Library of America.

The project also includes a public lecture series and tours of African American historic sites led by partner groups.

More information, including dates, will be announced soon!

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