West Georgia College
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 89 Collections and/or Records:
Irvine S. Ingram papers
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.
Intercollegiate Athletics Basketball records
Records related to the West Georgia College basketball teams, 1940-2004.
Intercollegiate Athletics Football films
Motion picture films of West Georgia College’s football teams playing scrimmages and against opponents.
Intercollegiate Athletics Football miscellany
Mixed materials and ephemera related to the intercollegiate football programs of West Georgia College Braves and the University of West Georgia Wolves.
Intercollegiate Athletics Football Press collection
Press materials intended for distribution to press members reporting on the West Georgia College football team.
Intercollegiate Athletics Football programs
The collection is composed of printed programs from West Georgia College football games and spans the period from 1981to 1989.
Intercollegiate Athletics posters
Posters related to West Georgia College's football and basketball teams from 1980 to 2000.
Collus O. Johnson papers
Jonathan Goldstein papers
Correspondence, publications, books, photographs, newspaper articles, manuscripts, and slides created or collected by Jonathan Goldstein, Professor of History, during his 33-year career at the University of West Georgia.
W. Benjamin Kennedy papers
Papers of W. Benjamin “Ben” Kennedy, history professor at the University of West Georgia from 1962 to 1999 and History Department Head from 1967 to 1971.