Tweeting Georgia's history and culture. NGE is a project of @GAHumanities, in partnership w/@UGAPRESS, @galileolibrary, and the Office of the Governor.
The *New* Georgia Encyclopedia is finally here. We've got a:
๐ Fresh new look
๐ท Richer archival images
๐ Improved search and discoverability
๐ Tools that make research easy
๐ฑ Mobile site that actually works
Let us know what you think! https://t.co/VNr5j2Xtyd
Congratulations to our very own @kara_krewer, NGE graduate assistant, whose work appears in the September issue of @poetrymagazine! Read her poem here: https://t.co/Lsx8ajYWYc
The September issue of POETRY is live! ๐๐๐
Edited by @CharifShan, this issue features a folio of previously unpublished work by Ntozake Shange.
Cover art by Trรฉ Seals.
https://t.co/Tw66KlyxPy
The New Georgia Encyclopedia is hiring! We're seeking an assistant editor to support new content development, keep existing entries up to date, and create strategies for connecting with key audiences.
Learn more and apply: https://t.co/daWymBs5dz
Call for Papers: The Athens Historian, published by the Athens Georgia Historical Society, is looking for articles, essays, oral histories, and edited primary source materials on the history of Athens and the surrounding area. Submit by 12/1.
Learn more: https://t.co/Z2FnyMAkeQ
On this day, 1976, baseball legend Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final home run. Learn more about his record-breaking career in the NGE! https://t.co/kRz8Bqv0eL
๐ท: @ajc
A 1907 broadside celebrating the passage of Georgia's statewide prohibition law. Featured in "Wrestling Temptation," a digital exhibit from our partners at
@RussellLibrary
Explore the exhibit: https://t.co/6Ip8uHyatG
This Veterans Day, we remember Max Clelandโa lifelong public servant and disabled war veteran. Cleland was the youngest person to ever head the VA and the first person to receive >1 million votes in a Georgia election. Learn more: https://t.co/LrehsZVaTE
๐ท: @USNatArchives
Willie Lee Perryman, who performed as โPiano Redโ and โDr. Feelgood,โ was a self-taught pianist who played in the barrelhouse blues style. Learn more: https://t.co/Q9aanA7UtY
๐ท: Photographs from booklet "Piano Red, Dr. Feelgood," by Norbert Hess
Born #onthisday 1924, "Mr. Atlanta Music" Bill Lowery was a disc jockey, manager, producer, and publisher whose work was central to establishing the Atlanta pop music scene from the mid to late twentieth century. Learn more: https://t.co/fGHGCnMfEf
๐ท: @gsu_archives
The oldest city in Georgia, Savannah is home to the 4th busiest container port in the United States.
Check out this now and then:
๐ท: Container ship at Port of Savannah, via @gdecd
๐ท: Naval Stores in Savannah ca. 1904, via @librarycongress
Hey, @DigLibGA, what's better: Archiving in the olden days with paper and microfiche, or archiving in the cloud nowadays. Seems they both have pros and cons. #AskAnArchivist
Q: What word is printed across the top of the arch on the Great Seal of Georgia?
A) Liberty
B) Freedom
C) Constitution
D) Peaches
Test your knowledge of Georgia trivia with our new quick facts quiz! https://t.co/ubrIhcJjjj
๐ท: Jonathan Schilling
The history of this land begins well before the founding of the Georgia colony, with Native American cultures that date back nearly 13,000 years.
The town at Etowah was settled by the twelfth century, during the Mississippian Period.
Learn more on NGE: https://t.co/hSQUUak2FB
Every picture tells a story. Of the people and places that make us who we are.
๐ท: A student demonstrates for gay rights at UGA, ca. 1971. @hargrettlibrary
Explore images from archives, museums, and libraries around the state and across the country: https://t.co/evRhrbSRM9
How did a shade plant once nicknamed the โporch vineโ become the plant that ate Georgia? Find out in the New Georgia Encyclopedia:
https://t.co/sQDBTeNB2C