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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:

Floyd Hoskins papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0039
Overview

Papers and artifacts of Floyd Hoskins (1912-2000), sailor in the U.S. Navy from 1930 to 1959 and Lieutenant Commander in the Pacific Theater. In his later career, Hoskins served in the CIA and as a professor of history at West Georgia College.

Dates: 1930-2008