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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 89 Collections and/or Records:

West Georgia College, Chieftain printing plates

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0006-0206
Overview

Metal plates used for printing the West Georgia College Chieftain yearbook.

Dates: 1948 - 1955

West Georgia College Faculty Wives Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0057
Overview

Materials of the West Georgia College Faculty Wives Club, a voluntary social organization lasting from 1960 to 1985.

Dates: 1960-1984

West Georgia College memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0009-0019
Overview

This collection contains memorabilia related to West Georgia College, 1933-1996.

Dates: Unknown

West Georgia College, New Student registers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0006-0203
Overview

The collection comprises new student registers of West Georgia College spanning a period from 1971 to 1993.

Dates: 1971-1993

West Georgia College, Office of Academic Affairs Committee records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0005-38
Overview

Records of the West Georgia College of Academic Affairs.

Dates: 1934-1995

West Georgia College Review [serial]

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0005-32
Overview

This collection contains volumes of the West Georgia College Review which was published by West Georgia College.

Dates: 1968 - 1995

West Georgia College, Risk Management records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0003-0204
Overview Two West Georgia College documents, created in the early 1990s, addressing risk factors at the college. The Status of Risk Management at West Georgia College (1991), was designed to be a point of departure for West Georgia College's efforts to implement pro-active risk management. The West Georgia College Loss Control Manual (1993) was a handbook distributed to college management as an aide to assist in the task of managing...
Dates: 1991 - 1993

Sherman Vann Wilson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0035
Overview

Papers of Sherman Vann Wilson, a 1941 graduate of West Georgia College.

Dates: 1941-1989

WWGC-FM records

 Collection
Identifier: LH-0092
Overview West Georgia College's first radio station, WWGC-FM, began broadcasting in 1973 under the supervision of the College's Director of Instructional Media, Dr. Charles L. Faires. The station continued to grow and expand its programming until ultimately assigning its license to the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (GPTC) in 2009. Today, the station runs a simulcast of GPTC programming only. Records from this collection include various legal documents such as radio license applications...
Dates: 1958-2009