Category Archives: Georgia Heritage Room

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (3/28/13) – The Augusta Museum of History is pleased to announce the special hours that the Museum will be open and available for visitors during Master’s week: Sunday, April 8, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, … Continue reading →

Join Aiken State Park (Windsor, SC) on March 23, 2013 at 2 p.m. for a special program devoted to park’s African-American legacy. The program will talk about the African-American detachment of the Civilian Conservation Corps and tour some of the … Continue reading →

We look forward to seeing you at our March regular meeting at 6:30 in the Conference room of the Burke County library. We are very excited to have Christine Miller-Betts, Executive Director of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum, as our … Continue reading →

The Paine College History Club students will present free tours at Cedar Grove Cemetery this Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Each tour will have historical re-enactments of famous African Americans buried at Cedar Grove. For … Continue reading →

  The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region will be hosting a monthly webinar on Tuesday, March 12th at 2pm. The webinar is titled, “loc.gov: Using Our Nation’s Library Online.”  According to the website, webinar attendees will “explore one of … Continue reading →

Just a reminder that the Georgia Room is hosting a Civil War tour at Magnolia Cemetery this Saturday, March 9 at 2pm. We will meet at the main entrance and the tour will be conducted by Russell Liner, our in-house … Continue reading →

In preparation for a class later this spring, I’ve been searching out hair and eye color, length of life and any other physical tidbits I can find. I’m putting this information on an ancestry chart. The results have been very … Continue reading →

Dr. Leslie J. Pollard, retired Calloway Distinguished Professor of History from Paine College, will be speaking  on his manuscript on African American doctors in Augusta in the late 19th/early 20th century tonight at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 2230 … Continue reading →

Dottie Demarest, of the Georgia Heritage Room at the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library was featured with Gloria Lucas and Corey Rogers on a Channel 6 program about African American Funeral Programs. Watch it here: http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2013/feb/13/2/local-african-american-funeral-program-collection-ar-5586500/

Fold3 is offering free access to their Black History Records in honor of Black History Month. I don’t know how long this will last so hop to it! http://go.fold3.com/blackhistory/?xid=1577