Volume 24, No. 1 • Spring 2006EXHIBITS TO SPOTLIGHT GEORGIA’S COURTHOUSES AND ANNE FRANKThe Troup County Archives will host traveling exhibits on Georgia Courthouses and on Anne Frank in April and May. Georgia’s Courthouses will be featured April 1-18 and Anne Frank will be spotlight April 25-May 20.GEORGIA’S COURTHOUSES: Georgia has one of America’s greatest collections of county courthouses with 132 listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The exhibit was developed by the Historic Preservation Division (HPD) of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and will be on display at the Troup County Archives. Ray Luce, Director of HPD, and Clark Johnson, Troup County Historian, will speak about the courthouses at a Historical Society brunch on Thursday, April 13th at Events on Main starting at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $15 per person. Reserve your space by calling the Archives, 706-884-1828. “We created this exhibit to call attention to Georgia’s unique collection of county courthouses because many of these landmark buildings are endangered,” said HPD Division Director Ray Luce. “Courthouses are so central to a community’s quality of life and economic development that every effort should be made to ensure that they continue as an active part of their communities.” The Courthouses project is supported by the Georgia Humanities Council and the National EXHIBITS Endowment for the Humanities and designed by Avient Museum Services. ANNE FRANK: State Representative Jeff Brown has made arrangements with the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and the Anne Frank Center, USA
A special program featuring Sylvia Wygoda, of the Holocaust Commission, and Representative Brown will be held in late April. Invitations will be mailed out soon for that event. In addition to the Anne Frank exhibit, the Archives will also host the exhibit, “Witness to the Holocaust: World War II Veteran William A Scott III at the Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp”. This exhibit is a photographic essay of one of Atlanta’s leading African American citizens, whose family founded the Atlanta Daily World newspaper. Scott was a WWII photojournalist and one of the first Allied soldiers to witness the liberation of Buchenwald. The exhibit illustrates the continuing relevance of Anne Frank’s story and the important lessons it can teach. The exhibit reminds us that the discrimination and racism did not disappear when World War II ended. Learning about Frank’s life story challenges the viewer to think about tolerance, mutual respect, and the significance of human rights. HISTORY DAY CONTEST HELD AT LAGRANGE COLLEGEWhat do Margaret Sanger, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Texans at the Alamo and Troup County’s own Clay Bryant have in common? They all took a stand on an important issue and changed the course of history. TAKING A STAND IN HISTORY: PEOPLE, IDEAS, EVENTS is the 2006 theme of National History Day. The Troup County Historical Society and Archives cosponsored the West Georgia Regional History Day contest with LaGrange College and the Georgia Humanities Council. On Friday, March 17, over 130 students, grades 6-12, from eight schools and three counties gathered on the main campus of LaGrange College for this all day event. First, second, and third place district winners advanced to the State Contest which will be held at Macon State College in Macon, Georgia, on Saturday, May 6. Winners from the state advance to the national contest, which is held on the campus of the University of Maryland in June.This year’s entries were some of the best ever and judges had a difficult time selecting winners in the four categories. Local winners, their categories and topics were: Historical Papers, Junior Division, 1st place, Edward Boswell, Long Cane Middle School, “Rosa Parks”; 2nd place, Rachel Hancock, Long Cane Middle School, “Dietrich Bonhoeffer”; 3rd place, Jamal Bruce, Callaway Middle School, “Jackie Robinson.” In Junior Individual Documentaries, Ryan West, West Side Magnet School, placed first with his entry “Rosa Parks”. In Junior Group Documentaries, 3rd place went to Henry Hughes T. J. Harlin, and Gene Mansour, Gardner Newman Middle School, for their entry, “Bob Dylan Rockumentary.” In Junior Individual Dramatic Performances, John Wagner of Gardner Newman Middle School tied for 3rd place with his entry on “Child Labor Laws”, in Group Dramatic Performance went to Emory Redding and Malcolm Kenyon of West Side Magnet School, for a performance entitled, “One Goal: W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington.” In the area of Junior Individual Exhibits, Griffin Galloway of West Side Magnet School tied for 3rd place with his entry about “Sir William Wallace”. In Junior Group Exhibits, 2nd place was won by Savannah Kemp and Whitley Giddens of Gardner Newman Middle School for a project on “Cold Case: Clay Bryant”. First Place in this category went to Dillon Norris, Denver Norris and Lewis Goode for “Protecting LaGrange from LaGrange.”
LaGrange College President Stuart Gulley aided Archives’ Director Kaye L. Minchew and Education Archivist Barry Jackson, in presenting certificates and medals to the winners. Community judges for the events were Rodney Harmon, Todd Levins, Dr. Fred Mills, and Robert Bradfield who were assisted by LaGrange College history students, Stuart Miller, Judson Price, April Purdy, Liz White, Bill Gibson, Katie Rambler, James Robinson, Bill Stikes, Whitney Thompson, Margaret Blackwell, Chuck Peek, Callie Wheat, Nick Drescher, Joanna Davis, Jessica Pitts, Tanner Garrad, Michael Zeman, and Barbara Krumbach.
SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERSPreparations are underway for the 2006 Summer Institute for social studies teachers. The Institute is sponsored by the Troup County School System, Troup County Historical Society and LaGrange College and is funded by the Teacher As Historian, Teaching American History Grant of the U. S. Department of Education. This summer’s theme “The New Deal and All That Jazz,” will focus on the 1920s and 1930s with emphasis on people, places and events in Troup County and West Georgia. Participating teachers will gather at the Archives, June 5-9, for hands-on learning activities, field trips and discussions.Already lined up to speak to teachers are historians John Lupold (Columbus State), Glen Eskew (Georgia State), John Inscoe (UGA) and John Lawrence and Joe Cafaro (LaGrange College). Area citizens will speak with teachers about their lives during this period of history. In addition to studying downtown LaGrange and Troup County history, teachers will tour a textile plant, take a cemetery tour, and visit homes and churches. A “Hollywood” movie surprise is also scheduled . Teachers who participate will earn a $1000 stipend and 3 PLUs upon the completion, and acceptance by the school system, of a daily lesson plan that uses local documents to teach some phase of this period of history. Lesson plans will be posted on a school system website. RECENT ACCESSIONS AT THE TROUP COUNTY ARCHIVESAdams, Laura, Canton, Ga. Mooty family photos.Baker, Dan, LaGrange. Images of America: Warm Springs by David & Odie A. Burke. Boatwright, Ken & Lisa, LaGrange. Photographs of Louise Coogler Culpepper Boatwright, family and friends. Borders, Julianne, LaGrange. Coleman Library Card. Callaway, Russ & Heide, Concord, NC. Callaway Family Association Research Data CD. Churchill, Pat, Severna Park, MD. Building plan booklet from Newman Construction Co. and 1948 LaGrange, Georgia promotional brochure. Coffelt, Robert and Sue Swaner, Clifton, TX. Endless Cycles: The Families Gilbert, Hedrick, Hunsucker, Manley and Related. Edmondson, Rosalind J., Hogansville. Accounts of private school near Hogansville, 1855,1866. Freeman, Joyce, LaGrange. DVD of T. A. Barnes, oldest GED recipient in Ga. Gannaway, Cass, Collierville, TN. Photograph of Olivia O’Neal Finch. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Atlanta. National Register papers on West Point, Georgia, Commercial Historic District. Hodnette, Gerard Raymond, LaGrange. 89 pottery shards, believed to be Indian, found in 1960s along Chattahoochee. Hopkins, Patricia, LaGrange. “Indian Wars and Passive Activities 1607-1900”. Johnson, Clark, LaGrange. Two bentwood, caned bottom chairs used in Macon and Birmingham Railroad dining car; House & Garden Magazine with Ferrell Gardens article Mar.2006; From Vision to Reality pamphlet on First Methodist’s new organ. Leak, J. G., Kerrville, TX. Leak Families of Chambers County, Alabama. Milam, Wade R., LaGrange. Telephone handset (c1890s) used when installing original phone lines in LaGrange. Minchew, Kaye L., LaGrange. Macon County, NC, Marriages, 1829-1939; Abstracts, Haywood County, NC, Deeds, 1808-1838. Parmer, Wayne, LaGrange. Eunice Hearn Harris Whitaker papers and photographs Todd, James S., Tucson, AZ. Sword possibly used by Col. James Madison Beall, Troup County Militia, during Creek Indian War, 1836. Taylor, R. J. Foundation, Atlanta. Abstracts of Cherokee, County, Georgia, Wills and Bonds, 1847-1921. Traylor, Donald, LaGrange. Information on evangelist Frank Gonzales and memorabilia from West Side Girls Junior High. Traylor, Libba C., LaGrange. 1890s hand woven cotton basket; Queen 7 flat iron. Troup County Board of Commissioners, Troup County Government Center Dedication video and prayer by Rev. Dalton L. Hammock Weldon, Virginia, LaFayette, Ala. Photo of Woodyard sisters and sisters-in-law, West Point. Wood, Carleton, LaGrange. DVD of Harry Franklin interview with Fuller E. Callaway, Jr. 1985. TCHS MembershipGovernorGeorge S. and Edna L. Cobb Foundation Senator Callaway Family Association Callaway Gardens Mr. & Mrs. Dan Evans Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Harris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bart Macomber Patriot Ms. Pat Alverson Drs. Julian & Sue Duttera Mrs. George S. Cobb, Jr. CB&T Bank Founder Dr. Leland M. Park Mr. Millard Grimes Dr. & Mrs. F. Stuart Gulley Mr. Grover A. Hobbs Mrs. Elizabeth Banks Jarrell Mrs. Collier Jordan Nancy and Kit Kesler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Malone Mr. & Mrs. Greg Minchew Mr. & Mrs. Jay Russell Mr. & Mrs. James Stogner Mr. & Mrs. Richard V. Torrance Sustaining Bank of America Mrs. Joanna Baxter Mrs. J. K. Boatwright, Jr. Hon. & Mrs. Jeff Brown Mr. & Mrs. H. Speer Burdette, III Ms. Dorothy Cammon Mrs. Lillian Cauble Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Cleaveland Mr. J. Philip Cleaveland Mr. & Mrs. Earl P. Cook Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Copeland Mr. Earnest Cosby Mrs. Julia Dyar Mr. Lee Edmundson Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Alec Evans Dr. & Mrs. William Fackler Mr. & Mrs. Charles Foster Mrs. Curmilla Furgerson Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Gay Dr. and Mrs. Garnett J. Giesler Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Greene Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Hall Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Harrell Dr. & Mrs. George Henry Mr. & Mrs. Pat Holder Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Hudson Dr. & Mrs. William L. Hutchinson Dr. & Mrs. Richard Ingram Mr. Barry Jackson Mr. Jerry Johnson Mr. & Mrs. F.C. Johnson, III Mr. & Mrs. Fred Jones Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Knight Mr. & Mrs. Louis Lester, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William J. Martin Dr. & Mrs. David Martin Mr. & Mrs. Kendrick W. Mattox, Jr. Ms. Anna Gayle McClure Mr. & Mrs. John C. McKibben Mr. & Mrs. Charles McLeod Mrs. Betty Jo Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Myhand Mr. & Mrs. Jose Reyes Mr. H. Pope Richter Dr. & Mrs. J. Harvey Saunders Drs. Eugene & Margaret Schaufler Mr. & Mrs. Tom Slagle Mr. & Mrs. Ellis Smith Dr. & Mrs. Ed Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gordon M. Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Stevens Mr. Allan Struletz SunTrust Bank Mr. & Mrs. John Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Robert Walters Mr. Frost Ward Mr. & Mrs. Richard Waterhouse Sponsor Mrs. Jane Crayton Davis Dr. & Mrs. Jung H. Ahn Mr. & Mrs. Michael Angstadt Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bartley Mrs. Claire Beall Mr. & Mrs. Jake Behr Dr. & Mrs. James A. Brennan Dr. Linda Buchanan Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Carmichael Mr. and Mrs. Zim Cauble Mr. & Mrs. Robert Condra Mr. & Mrs. Jim Crane Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Crawford Mr. & Mrs. Tom Davenport Dr. & Mrs. James Doerr Mr. & Mrs. Mack Paul Efland, Jr. Capt. & Mrs. Joseph Fagundes Mr. and Mrs. Paul French Mr. Cliff C. Glover Mrs. Selma and Dr. Tom Gore Mr. & Mrs. George Haley Mr. & Mrs. Owen C. Holleran Mr. Alex S. Hopkins Mr. Frederick D. Hoppe, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jake Jones Dr. & Mrs. James Killebrew Mrs. Joseph H. Kyle Mr. & Mrs. Don Lee Ms. Sondra Lee Mr. Frank R. Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Werner Linz Dr. & Mrs. Michael Lock Mr. Earl Marsh Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth McGreevy Mr. & Mrs. Ray McKenzie, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Alfred McNair Ms. Josievet Moss Mrs. Doris Mote Mrs. John R. Newman Dr. & Mrs. Roy Nichols Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Overall Mr. Ben H. Parham Mrs. Glenna J. Parkins Dr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Pirkle Dr. & Mrs. Chuck Pitts Mr. & Mrs. Leon Pitts Dr. & Mrs. Cliff Rainey Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Shedd Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Stark Mrs. Jane Strain Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Stubbs Mr. & Mrs. James Weldon Builder Allen County Public Library Dr. Sybil L. Allen Mrs. Ethyl Ault Mr. Lewis L. Banks Dr. & Mrs. J. Edward Bass Mr. & Mrs. Donald Bassett Mr. Gerald Becham Mr. & Mrs. Jim Biagi Drs. Jon & Kay Birkeli Mr. James T. Boyd Ms. Dee Bradley Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd C. Brewton Ms. Malinda Brooks Ms. Carolyn Burgess Mr. Rusty Callaway Mrs. J. W. Carr Mrs. Anne A. Cleaveland Mr. & Mrs. Chris Cleaveland Miss Katherine Cook Mr. Charles T. Creekman Mrs. Sally L. Culpepper Mrs. Clara B. Daniel Mr. William Davidson Miss Sara E. Davis Mrs. Marian S. Davis Jean & Joan DeMarrais Mrs. Louise Denney Downtown Development Authority Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Edge Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Edge, Jr. Mr. John Eubanks Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ferguson Mr. Jim Franks Dr. Richard A. Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Orren Gilbert Mrs. Jane Gore Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Grace Mr. & Mrs. Jackson Grady Mr. & Mrs. James T. Gresham Mr. & Mrs. William C. Guthrie Mr. & Mrs. Thelon A. Hamby Mrs. Marianna Helms Ms. Mary Ellen Hill Mr. & Mrs. William F. Holle, Jr. Mrs. Addis H. Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Houze, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Howard Mr. and Mrs. John W. Huckstep Ms. Polly Hutchinson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Ingram Mrs. Yolanda K. Jabaley Dr. and Mrs. John M. Jackson, Jr. Mrs. Laura Jennings Mr. A. Stephen Johnson Mrs. Rachel M. Jones Mrs. Ida F. T. Jones Mrs. S. Kelly Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Chris Joseph Judge and Mrs. Allen Keeble Mrs. Julia Keller Mr. & Mrs. Otto Korth Mr. Henry Labiche Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Langford Ms. Shelly Lemelle Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Eiland G. Lipham Mrs. Patricia Lively Mr. & Mrs. Bill Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Keener Lynn Mr. & Mrs. G. Melville Major Mrs. Glenda Major Dr. & Mrs. Grant R. Major Dr. & Mrs. Paul Major Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Mallory Ms. Gayle Maner Mr. & Mrs. Nasor Mansour, Jr. Ms. Betty M. Mattox Mr. & Mrs. Mickey McCoy Mrs. Gay McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Dewey R. McKenzie Mrs. Claude McKibben, Sr. Revs. Bill McLemore & Lori Lowe Mrs. Mamie Meeker Mr. & Mrs. Dusty Mills Dr. & Mrs. Fred Mills Mrs. Jack Mitchell Mr. & Mrs. George R. Moore Mrs. Frances Moore Ms. Dorothy D. Moore Dr. & Mrs. James C. Morgan Mrs. Barbara Morron Mrs. Betsy Moultrie Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Newman Mrs. Betty J. Oetjen Mr. & Mrs. Gene Page Mr. & Mrs. Howard Park, Jr. Mrs. Marthanne Parker Mr. & Mrs. David Parker Mrs. John H. Peacock Ms. Amy Penn Mr. Gus Pullen, Jr. Ms. Claire Ray Ms. Julia Ann Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Bill Rye Mrs. John J. Schuyler Mrs. Avery P. Sledge Mrs. R. Woodrow Smith Mr. V. Hawley Smith Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spinks, III Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Spinks Mrs. Clara Stewart Ms. Anne H. Stich Mr. & Mrs. Charles Storey Mr. & Mrs. James H. Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Horace Thom Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Toles Mr. & Mrs. Ferrell T. Towns Mrs. Elizabeth Traylor Mrs. Sybil Traylor Mr. Gus Valeri Ms. Lynda Veal Col. M. Reid Wallis Mrs. Gail Walsh Mr. Robert Weeks Dr. & Mrs. Tom West Mr. E. DeForest Winslow, III Mr. & Mrs. James C. Woodyard Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Woosley Mr. Richard H. Worrell Ms. Patty Youngblood EXHIBIT SPOTLIGHT: ANNE FRANK
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the Troup County Historical Society and Archives, 136 Main Street, P.O. Box 1051, LaGrange, GA 30241. Phone: 706-884-1828; fax: 706-884-1840 Email: info@trouparchives.org Website: www.troupachives.org
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