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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 56 Collections and/or Records:

Myron W. House papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0053
Overview

Papers of Myron W House, Special Collections Librarian at West Georgia from 1980 to 2006 and co-author of From A&M to State University.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1980-1998; 1943-2004

Anne G. Ingram papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0030
Overview

Papers of Anne G. Ingram, daughter of first West Georgia College president, Irvine S. Ingram, and his wife Martha Munro.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1930-2005; 1805-2005

Irvine S. Ingram papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0002-01
Overview

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.

Dates: 1886-1978

Intercollegiate Athletics Basketball records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: UA-0004-0405
Overview

Records related to the West Georgia College basketball teams, 1940-2004.

Dates: 1940-2004

Intercollegiate Athletics Football films

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0004-0401
Overview

Motion picture films of West Georgia College’s football teams playing scrimmages and against opponents.

Dates: 1980-1990

Intercollegiate Athletics Football miscellany

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0004-0404
Overview

Mixed materials and ephemera related to the intercollegiate football programs of West Georgia College Braves and the University of West Georgia Wolves.

Dates: 1958-2006?

Intercollegiate Athletics Football Press collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0004-0402
Overview

Press materials intended for distribution to press members reporting on the West Georgia College football team.

Dates: 1982-1995

Intercollegiate Athletics Football programs

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0004-0403
Overview

The collection is composed of printed programs from West Georgia College football games and spans the period from 1981to 1989.

Dates: 1940-1989

Intercollegiate Athletics posters

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0004-0406
Overview

Posters related to West Georgia College's football and basketball teams from 1980 to 2000.

Dates: 1980 - 2000

Jonathan Goldstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0069
Overview

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.

Dates: 1908-2021