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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 23 Collections and/or Records:

David Andrews photographs

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0089
Overview

Photographs taken by David Andrews while he attended West Georgia College.

Dates: 1939-1940

J. A. Aycock family papers

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0086
Overview

Family papers of J. A. Aycock, Vice President of Mandeville Mills, and his son, J. A. Aycock Jr., founder of Aycock Gin, Inc.

Dates: 1880-1954

Carroll County, Georgia photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0028
Overview

This collection contains photographs and photographic negatives of Carroll County, Georgia. Most depict Carrollton, Georgia at the turn of the twentieth century and include scenery such as Adamson Square and the Fourth District A & M School.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1860-1971; bulk 1860-1971

Robert H. Claxton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0044
Overview

Teaching, research files, and personal activities files of former University of West Georgia history professor. Robert H. Claxton is the author of The History of the Georgia Conservancy, 1967-1981, From Parsifal to Peron: A History of Early Radio in Argentina 1920-1944, and A History of the Carrollton Kiwanis Club among other writings.

Dates: 1899-2017; bulk 1973-1999

Director of Alumni Relations records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0004-0101
Overview

Scrapbooks, photographs, and documents about University of West Georgia history collected by a director of Alumni Relations at the University of West Georgia.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1950-2008; 1907-2012

W. Cope Goodwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0046
Overview

Collected research and notes pertaining to Banning Mills of Dr. W. Cope Goodwin, a history professor at West Georgia College.

Dates: 1971-1983

W. Fred Gunn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0022
Overview

Papers of William (known as W. Fred) Gunn, Dean of West Georgia College from 1933 to 1946.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1944-1946; 1933-1958

Dottie Sullivan Hamrick papers

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0107
Overview

Materials collected by Dottie Sullivan during her time as a student at West Georgia College.

Dates: 1957-1961

Kate Harman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0027
Overview

Papers of Kate Harman, known as “Mama Kate.” Harman was the food service manager for West Georgia College’s snack bar for eight years.

Dates: 1950-1982

Myron House oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0078
Overview

This collection contains 187 cassette tapes, 31 compact discs, 9 VHS tapes, and six paper transcripts. The recordings are oral history interviews, speeches, and musical instruction and performances.

Dates: 1942-2003