KSU Archives and Special Collections

The KSU Archives and Special Collections is the repository for the records of Kennesaw State University, as well as materials from north and northwest Georgia.

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Happy #PrideMonth! The KSU Archives is pleased to announce that @RottenTomatoes now includes film reviews by LGBTQIA critics as documented in our collection of the Southern Voice newspaper. Read more about the project here: https://t.co/rkJccAQuw8
#KennesawStateUniversity #TBT

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Check out our new blog post from Spring 2023 Intern Max Blafer! In this post, Max uses the Sentinel student newspaper to explore the challenges of student life in the 1960s: https://t.co/x4NmoMtkwh

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Join us today at 2:30 pm for an open house celebrating the Lawrence V. Johnson Library on our Marietta Campus. The event will include exhibits on the history of Southern Polytechnic State University courtesy of the KSU Archives. #KennesawStateUniversity #TBT

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Dr. Bill Carpenter (@ksuarchitecture) demonstrates a few analog drafting tools dating from the beginnings of our architecture program in the 1940s and 50s. A selection of legacy tools from our collection will be on exhibit in Johnson Library beginning this Thursday, April 13th!

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Today we're throwing back to 1977, when our school officially became "Kennesaw College." We dropped the "Kennesaw Junior College" title in anticipation of transitioning from a two-year to a four-year school.
#KennesawStateUniversity

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The Archives was thrilled to host Kandice Fowlkes and her English Composition class for a visit earlier this month!

Interested in your students learning primary source literacy? Email [email protected] to plan an archives session.
#KennesawStateUniversity @KennesawEnglish

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Help the Archives increase the accessibility of oral histories with local history makers and barrier breakers! Apply for a Summer or Fall 2023 internship today: https://t.co/ay50wAPejs
#WomensHistoryMonth #KennesawStateUniversity

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The Woman's Auxiliary to the Cobb County Medical Society worked to advance health and health education through advocacy and volunteer work. This 1968 scrapbook shows their efforts to educate Cobb County women about breast cancer detection and prevention.
#WomensHistoryMonth #TBT

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! Did you know that Georgia Marble was used in the 1945 renovation of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan? It was chosen for its resemblance to the original marble and its durability.
Images from the Georgia Marble Company Records.

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Internships are a great way to learn more about the Archives profession! Consider applying to the KSU Archives and Bentley Rare Book Museum program for summer or fall 2023.
#KennesawStateUniversity

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Apply today for Archives and Special Collections Summer or Fall internships! Interns will index interviews in our collection as part of our NEH-funded Mountains to Metropolis Oral History Project while earning $11.50/hr and course credit. Visit https://t.co/ZsQF1q1O6g to apply!

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Spring has sprung in Kennesaw! B.C. Yates was the first superintendent of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, and in his copy of the 1892 Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, we found these beautiful pressed plants and flowers.
Is your favorite Georgia flora in bloom?

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Did you know that KSU's first social sorority, Delta Chi Gamma, formed on the Kennesaw College campus in 1982? The chapter affiliated with a national organization in 1989, becoming @PhiMuKSU.
#KennesawStateUniversity #TBT #WomensHistoryMonth @KSUGreekLife

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Applications are now open for our Summer and Fall 2023 Archives internships, paid and course credit-eligible! Visit https://t.co/RRhm0bq5oa to apply!

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Did you know that the @ksusentinel has been in continuous publication since 1966? We are thrilled to be working with the Sentinel staff to preserve our longest-running campus tradition.
Check out digitized issues here: https://t.co/eVYgGXzZH1
#KennesawStateUniversity #TBT

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Last spring, the KSU Archives assisted the Mable House Museum in Mableton with the preservation of this circa 1880 portrait of Celia, a formerly enslaved Cobb County woman. Read more about the preservation of this piece of local history: https://t.co/QCm9VzBqN9

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@KSUOWLSMBB won the 2004 NCAA Division II Championship and moved to the Division I Atlantic Sun Conference two seasons later. Come to the Convo tonight and cheer them on as they play for first place in the ASUN conference standings!
#KennesawStateUniversity #TBT #OneKS

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The Historic Black Acworth Image Collection documents the history of the Black community in Acworth, Georgia, through images of individuals, families, places and events. Browse the collection at https://t.co/v4OvaQwNAa
#BlackHistoryMonth #GeorgiaHistory

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This week, KSU pays tribute to former President Betty Siegel, who led our university for twenty-five years. Dr. Siegel passed away in February 2020 at the age of 89.
Visit https://t.co/aHoLWPw0op to learn more about Dr. Siegel's life and legacy at KSU.

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Today we're revisiting Fall 2022 Archives intern Kellee Wood's blog post on the history of KSU's African and African Diaspora Studies program: https://t.co/kpz20PdYyK
#KennesawStateUniversity #TBT #BlackHistoryMonth @KSUISD