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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 1 Collection or Record:

Richard D. Guynn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0018
Overview

Personal research of Richard D. Guynn, a former economics professor at West Georgia College. He studied possible antitrust violations by the associations who accredited colleges and universities, and he specifically focused on lawsuits against the American Bar Association.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1993-1996; 1966-1997
Found in: University of West Georgia Special Collections / Richard D. Guynn papers