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Director of Alumni Relations records

 Collection
Identifier: UA-0004-0101

Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks, photographs, and documents about University of West Georgia history collected by a director of Alumni Relations at the University of West Georgia.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within Bulk, 1950-2008
  • 1907-2012

Creator

Restrictions on Access

Open to all users; no restrictions.

User Restrictions

As stipulated by U.S. copyright laws.

Biographical/Historical note

Alumni Relations is part of the Division of University Advancement. J. Franklin Pritchett, Jr., worked at the University of West Georgia for 27 years, retiring as Director of Alumni Relations in 2016.

J. Franklin Pritchett, Jr. was born November 26, 1960 to Herschel Franklin Pritchett, Sr. and Edna Earl Pritchett, graduating from Lithia Springs High School in 1979. He earned a B.A. in Mass Communications from West Georgia College in 1988 and began his career working as a reporter for the Times-Georgian before returning to West Georgia as Public Relations Coordinator. In 1992, Pritchett received the M.Ed degree in Guidance & Counseling from West Georgia College. In 1996, he became Assistant Director of Alumni Relations. In 2006, he became Associate Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving as his job expanded to include management of UWG’s Annual Fund program. He retired in 2016.

Extent

12.44 Linear feet (12 boxes)

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

Scrapbooks, photographs, and documents about University of West Georgia history collected by a director of Alumni Relations at the University of West Georgia.

Arrangement note

Divided into 5 series: Photo Albums, Alumni Records and Documents, Media, Athletic Programs and Manuals, and Alumni Artifacts.

Provenance

Transferred to Special Collections by Kevin Hemphill, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, 6 September 2016.

Processed by

Processed by Shaneé Yvette Murrain and Laurel Durham, 2016-2017.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Director of Alumni Relations records UA-0004-0101
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Written by Shaneé Yvette Murrain and Laurel Durham, February 2017
Date
2017
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is in English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of West Georgia Special Collections Repository

http://www.westga.edu/special
Contact:
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States