University of West Georgia Special Collections

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

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Public and private papers of the second principal of the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School in Georgia, who then became the first president of West Georgia College. His term as the first president of West Georgia College lasted from 1933-1960.

Overview Papers of Collus O. Johnson, an education professor and Associate Director of Adult Education at West Georgia College from 1951 to 1964. In 1967, he became Director of Continuing Education. He was a leader of the “College in the Country,” a program to bring education to the region’s remote communities through collaboration with the college’s faculty and education students. He was instrumental in arranging international “studycades” during which local educators and students to participate in...

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Files of a history project, 2019-2020, that sought to capture the memories of people who attended or were associated with the Tallapoosa School.

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This collection contains materials related to Sand Hill School, Burwell School, Flat Rocks School, McGiboney School, Oak Mountain School, and Tallapoosa School, all elementary schools designated as Laboratory Schools associated with the West Georgia College Rural Teacher Training Education Program.