Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School (Carrollton, Ga.)
Dates
- Existence: 1906 - 1933
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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Director of Alumni Relations records
Scrapbooks, photographs, and documents about University of West Georgia history collected by a director of Alumni Relations at the University of West Georgia.
W. Fred Gunn papers
Papers of William (known as W. Fred) Gunn, Dean of West Georgia College from 1933 to 1946.
Myron House oral history collection
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.
Anne G. Ingram papers
Papers of Anne G. Ingram, daughter of first West Georgia College president, Irvine S. Ingram, and his wife Martha Munro.
Postcard collection
Various postcards of Carrollton and West Georgia region buildings, houses, and churches and scenes of the University of West Georgia campus.