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West Georgia College

 Organization

Parallel Names

  • WGC

Biographical / Historical

The Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School was established in December, 1906 in Carroll County, Georgia following the August 18, 1906 approval of Public Law 448 by the Georgia General Assembly, an act providing for the establishment and maintenance of schools of agriculture and mechanical arts to serve rural youth in each congressional district. The school operated from 1908-1933, becoming West Georgia College on April 15, 1933. It remained a college until noon on June 12, 1996, when it was named the State University of West Georgia. This name changed in 2005 to University of West Georgia.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Commencement addresses

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0005-0902
Overview

This collection contains commencement addresses for West Georgia College and the University of West Georgia from 1977 to 1993 and 2012. This collection also contains newspaper clippings and a list of commencement speakers for West Georgia College.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1977-1993; 1944-2012

Commencement miscellaneous

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0005-0903
Overview

This collection contains ephemera from commencement ceremonies for West Georgia College and the University of West Georgia.

Dates: 1957-2003