Throughout the month we’ve highlighted different stories about LGBTQIA+ culture here in Athens, but we need your help. We are seeking donations of materials related to LGBTQIA+ history for our collection. Give the Heritage Room a call at 706-613-3650, Ext. 350 to learn more.

This month, The Heritage Room is featuring content from our collection revolving around gardening, farming, the outdoors, and outdoor activities! Come by the Heritage Room and explore ways to get outside! #ACCLHR #outofdoors #outdoors #summertime #archives #athensga

Happy 4th of July from the Heritage Room! #4thofJuly #IndependenceDay #ACCLHR #Athens #Georgia

In this anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together first-person stories and more to examine the black connection to American land and agriculture from Emancipation to today. ow.ly/jC0E50Fmfu2.

Paradise Garden in Summerville, Georgia, was the home and workplace of Baptist minister and folk artist Howard Finster. Finster’s book, Stranger From Another World - Man of Visions Now on This Earth, is a rich collection of his life, beliefs, and artwork. #ACCLHR #outdoors

As UGA football season ramps up, so will the much-loved and time-honored tradition of every Bulldog fan - tailgating! Let the Big Dawg Eat contains over 200 recipes compiled by none other than long-time sideline voice of the Bulldogs, Loran Smith, along with his wife, Myrna.

The Heritage Room has the first publication of the Ladies’ Garden Club of Athens. Founded in 1891, the Ladies’ Garden Club billed itself as the nation's first garden club. #ACCLHR #outofdoors #outdoors #summertime #archives #athensga

July 19th: In “On Harper’s trail: Roland McMillan Harper, Pioneering Botanist of the Southern Coastal Plain,” Elizabeth Findley Shores details the life and eccentricity of the deep south’s greatest botanist. bit.ly/3y3lSyU

In 2009, several members of the Athens community came together and built a beautiful garden on a vacant lot on Pope St. called “The Handmade Garden.” Read more about it in this Flagpole article: ow.ly/ay1050Fri6o

Watch a pay-to-view documentary on "The Handmade Garden" from our previous post called "Old South." You can find the link here: vimeo.com/ondemand/oldso… #ACCLHR #outofdoors #outdoors #summertime #archives #athensga

Did you know that the trees planted at College Square in 1981 each commemorated an important event in Georgia history? The Heritage Room book collection includes a three-binder documenting the early planting projects of the Athens Tree Commission. Come and take a look!

The book “The State Botanical Garden of Georgia” by Carol Nourse and Hugh Nourse is a rich collection of145 spectacular photographs highlighting the garden in all four seasons of the year capturing the essence of the garden in all its changing moods. #ACCLHR #outdoors

#OutofDoors #ACCLHR We hope you enjoyed this month's social media features on the outdoors and gardening from the archives. Stay tuned for August’s theme!!

The Heritage Room is headed back to school! This month, we will feature content relating to back to school. Stay tuned for more! #Back2School #Archives #AthensGA #ACCLHR

This Flagpole article from 2002 describes the music scene in Athens around back-to-school. The “Back to School Bash” showcased local musicians in order to get University of Georgia students involved in watching live local music. Read about it here: ow.ly/YK0c50FCUPq.

Perhaps the most popular items found in the Heritage Room are yearbooks. We have more than 100 yearbooks from Athens high schools and middle schools, in addition to a large number of University of Georgia Pandoras. #ACCLHR # #Back2School #Archives #AthensGA

Desegregation in Clarke County Schools is an important part of Athens’ local history. The Heritage Room’s Bicentennial Oral History Project interviews local residents who lived through desegregation of these schools and documents their experiences. #Back2School#AthensGA #ACCLHR

Ever wonder about UGA football teams of the past? Dawgs Gone Wild by Patrick Garbin shares tales of perhaps the most scandalous band of players UGA has ever encountered. Despite their raucous behavior, these “Junkyard Dogs” became a championship team. ow.ly/WJUy50FJMdp.

A Better Life for Their Children tells of the partnership between Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roebuck & Company to build public schools for African American children in the South. Take a look at this title in the Heritage Room! #Back2School #ACCLHR

In Arthur Dunning’s book, Unreconciled Race, History and Higher Education in the Deep South, Dunning tells the story of how one man led the first non-court ordered consolidation of an historically black university and a historically white two-year college in southwest Georgia.