New Georgia Encyclopedia

Tweeting Georgia's history and culture. NGE is a project of @GAHumanities, in partnership w/@UGAPRESS, @galileolibrary, and the Office of the Governor.

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The *New* Georgia Encyclopedia is finally here. We've got a:
💅 Fresh new look
📷 Richer archival images
🔍 Improved search and discoverability
📚 Tools that make research easy
📱 Mobile site that actually works

Let us know what you think! https://t.co/VNr5j2Xtyd

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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

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The September issue of POETRY is live! 📙📙📙

Edited by @CharifShan, this issue features a folio of previously unpublished work by Ntozake Shange.

Cover art by Tré Seals.

https://t.co/Tw66KlyxPy

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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

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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

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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

📷: @ajc

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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

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This Veterans Day, we remember Max Cleland—a 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

📷: @USNatArchives

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Then and now, world champions! Congrats, Atlanta @Braves

📷: 1995, @ajc
📷: 2021, @Braves

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Willie Lee Perryman, who performed as “Piano Red” and “Dr. Feelgood,” was a self-taught pianist who played in the barrelhouse blues style. Learn more: https://t.co/Q9aanA7UtY

📷: Photographs from booklet "Piano Red, Dr. Feelgood," by Norbert Hess

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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

📷: @gsu_archives

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The oldest city in Georgia, Savannah is home to the 4th busiest container port in the United States.

Check out this now and then:

📷: Container ship at Port of Savannah, via @gdecd
📷: Naval Stores in Savannah ca. 1904, via @librarycongress

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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

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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

📷: Jonathan Schilling

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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

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Every picture tells a story. Of the people and places that make us who we are.

📷: 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

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How did a shade plant once nicknamed the “porch vine” become the plant that ate Georgia? Find out in the New Georgia Encyclopedia:
https://t.co/sQDBTeNB2C

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@GeorgiaStudies Thank you 😊

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@gahumanities Thank you 😊

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@mrs_tatman Thank you so much @mrs_tatman 😊

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@RussellLibrary Thanks @GCSU_Library !!