Supporting Scholarship and Research

Zach S. Henderson Library Special

Collections:

Katrina Jackson and Wendy HarrisonGeorgia Southern University

Thursday May 15, 2014

Housed within Special Collections at Zach S. Henderson Library are rare books, manuscript collections and artifacts relating to the history of the Statesboro region and Georgia Southern University.

Special Collections

History department graduate Public History Certificate programInterns

History department graduate assistants Paid through History department, experience

in the field

Interns and Graduate Assistants

History DepartmentDia de los MuertosBibliographic instruction Intro to Special Collections librarianship

Political Science Department Archival instruction

Art DepartmentExhibits Bernie Solomon Collection Instruction sessions

Museum Exhibits

Working with Faculty

Inter-Library Loan Loaning/scanning of Special Collections

material to make available for patrons through these types of requests

Government Documents Exhibits

Legacy Book Collection (in collaboration with Collection & Resource Services)Re-classifying some older books as legacy

books so they can circulate

Working with Other Departments

Bulloch County Historical Society“Rambling through Bulloch” newsletters

Bulloch County Retired Teachers AssociationScrapbooks

Daughters of the American Colonists Scrapbooks

Brannen Family Scrapbooks

Working with the Local Community

Entire organizational historyOrganization publicationsAnnual conference History department students conducting oral

histories Criminal Justice department

Peace Officers Association of Georgia

CONTENTdmSheet Music CollectionFrancis Harper

PhotographsCommander William M.

Rigdon Photographs Marvin Pittman and a

Legacy of Educational Excellence

Digital Special Collections

Digital Special Collections