Special Collections News

This spring, celebrate the spirit of nature with a nostalgic look at the 90s cartoon “Captain Planet and the Planeteers.” Linka, Kwame and the entire action figure gang of environmental activists are on display at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries as part of a special look back at the television program designed to educate and inspire children to take action and save Earth from Eco-Villians that represented real-life environmental dangers. 

This April, the University of Georgia Libraries will mark Congress Week with events featuring a former senator and political journalists.

Congress Week is an annual program sponsored by the Associations of Centers for the Study of Congress. The Russell Library, which celebrated its 50^th anniversary last year, is a founding member of the association. 

“Through our Congress Week programming, the Russell Library seeks to promote a better public understanding of Congress as the branch of government closest to the people,” said Russell Library Director Sheryl Vogt. “Focusing on civic education, the two events this year will give us perspective from a former Member of Congress and observations from two experienced political journalists.”

The University of Georgia is pleased to announce Feminisms, Gender, and Space, a new critical geography series that will publish cutting-edge and engaged social science on the topics of intersectional feminisms, sexuality, and gender as they relate to geographical spaces and places.

A special Family Day event at the UGA Special Collections Libraries features activities for the little ones and a kids’ clothing swap to celebrate sustainability for the adults.

The event, scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, will explore clothing history through the ongoing exhibit From Farms to Fast Fashion: Unraveling the Need for Sustainable Style. Open to all ages, the event will include crafts, a gallery scavenger hunt, and snacks.

To participate in the clothing swap, bring your clean, gently used clothes — size preemie to preteen — to swap with other parents and families.

The University of Georgia’s triple-threat musical theater students have added another skill to their resumes, as their newly installed exhibit goes on display at the UGA Special Collections Libraries.

The Golden Age of Broadway, a class-curated exhibit of classic Broadway musical posters and artifacts, will open in the Rotunda Gallery March 4, and the students will show off their singing, acting, and dancing skills with a special performance to celebrate the display this spring. The free event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 24, and members of the university and Athens community are welcome.

Kellie Templeman loves data so much that it’s not just her day job but her night job too. Kellie, the research data management coordinator at the University of Georgia Libraries, is a team statistician for the Athens Rock Lobsters, the minor-league hockey team that recently began playing at the Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center.

Learn more about Kellie — and how her love of data can help UGA faculty and students in their research journey — in the Q&A below.

What’s your job at UGA Libraries? 

An author and historian will discuss his latest book at the building where he researched the true story of Margaret “Muriel” White Seherr-Thoss, an American wife of a Prussian count who saved a Jewish family during World War II.

 Richard Hutto will share his research and writing process for The Countess and the Nazis: An American Family’s Private War, published in February by Lyons Press. The event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries Building.

Just months after its installation, the Georgia Music Collections exhibit from the University of Georgia Libraries, currently on display at the new Akins Ford Arena in Athens, has brought home its first award.

The exhibit was recognized as a 2025 Travel Blazer by the Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus earlier this month. The award celebrates innovative destination development projects that enhance local tourism.

A unique opportunity to perform research at one of the most ecologically and historically significant sites in Georgia is available to University of Georgia graduate students and faculty, hosted by the Center for Research and Education at Wormsloe (CREW), an interdisciplinary research site administered by the UGA Libraries. 

Take a tour through Georgia musical history, with a special free curator-led event at the University of Georgia Libraries’ Georgia Music Collections exhibit, now on display at the Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center.

Ryan Lewis, Georgia music curator for the Special Collections Libraries at UGA, will lead visitors through a display that features more than 200 legendary artists, from Arrested Development to Whisperin’ Bill Anderson. The free tours of the exhibit are part of the city’s Third Thursday activities this month, and will begin at 6:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 20.