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Northwest Georgia High School Association records

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0044

Scope and Contents note

This collection contains a record book with the minutes of the Northwest Georgia High School Association from its first meeting in April 1905 to 1910. Newspaper clippings about the society are glued onto some of the pages, as well as a program for the annual meeting in 1911.

There are also included three letters that explain the movements of the record book. In 1935, the founder of the association, L. Josephine Rozar, sent the book to the Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville when they asked for it. The record book remained in Milledgeville until 1996, when Georgia College’s archivist decided to return it to Carroll County and gave it to UWG Special Collections.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within Bulk, 1905-1912
  • 1905-1996

Creator

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to all users; no restrictions

Conditions Governing Use note

Rights have been transferred to the University of West Georgia.

Biographical/Historical note

The Northwest Georgia High School Association was founded by L. Josephine Razor, principal of the Temple Model School, in April 1905 as a literary society for exceptional high school students in the local area. Seven schools were part of the first meeting including Bremen, Bowdon, Buchanan, Dallas, Douglasville, Tallapoosa, and Temple. Each of these schools were asked to send a boy and a girl to take part in a contest involving their oratory skills, as well as prepare one musical number for the meeting. These contests and others that involved spelling, composition, and athletics were held every year between the local schools, which had grew to include Cedartown and Carrollton by 1907. In 1912, the interest in the association and its contests had spread all the way across the state. Due to this large amount of interest, Dr. J. S. Stewart, Superintendent of Secondary Education in Georgia, suggested the association be disbanded and a similar organization developed in each district. This was done following the final meeting of the Northwest Georgia High School Association which was held in LaGrange in 1912.

Extent

0.75 Linear feet (1 box)

Language

English

Overview

A record book containing minutes of the Northwest Georgia High School Association, which existed from 1905 to 1912.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Donated by Jeremy Sayles, Head of Reference at Ina Dillard Russell Library, on June 14, 1996.

Processing Information note

Processed by Sarah Warren in April 2009.

Title
Guide to the Northwest Georgia High School Association records LH-0044
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Written by Sarah Warren and Candice Larson
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is in English

Repository Details

Part of the University of West Georgia Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States