Digital Library of Georgia

Digital Library of Georgia The DLG is an award-winning GALILEO initiative housed at the University of Georgia Libraries.

With the state's cultural heritage organizations, the DLG shares Georgia's history online for free through its websites.

We have released several newly digitized newspaper titles over the spring. Check out the list at the link in the comment...
05/27/2026

We have released several newly digitized newspaper titles over the spring. Check out the list at the link in the comments.

Did you know about this sealed time capsule set to be opened in thousands of years? This crypt has been sealed since thi...
05/25/2026

Did you know about this sealed time capsule set to be opened in thousands of years? This crypt has been sealed since this day, May 25th, 1940, and it will stay that way until the year 8113! Oglethorpe University President Thornwell Jacobs was inspired to preserve a snapshot of life in the 1930s by the opening of the pyramids to the public in the 1920s. Inside this mysterious vault are microfilm reels with books popular at that time, an original script of Gone With the Wind, a specially sealed Budweiser bottle, and dental floss. It is still welded closed and resides in Phoebe Hearst Hall on Oglethorpe’s campus.



Images are sourced from:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
Buildings and Grounds Photographs, Philip Weltner Library. Archives
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs, Georgia State University. Special Collections

Have you visited these places? Some are creepy and others are just plain cool! Swipe to see how iconic places in Georgia...
05/18/2026

Have you visited these places? Some are creepy and others are just plain cool! Swipe to see how iconic places in Georgia have changed over the years. What are some other cool historical places?



Central State Hospital: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs, Georgia State University. Special Collections; New Georgia Encyclopedia

Dungeness ruins: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey, Library of Congress; Floyd Jillson Photograph Collection, Atlanta History Center; New Georgia Encyclopedia

Georgia Dome: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs, Georgia State University. Special Collections

Today in Georgia history, the Georgia Marble Company was founded. This transformed into a multi-billion-dollar industry ...
05/10/2026

Today in Georgia history, the Georgia Marble Company was founded. This transformed into a multi-billion-dollar industry for the state and still operates today. Some of the most iconic buildings around the United States are built of materials from right here in Tate, Georgia from the Murphy Marble Belt.

All the photos in this post are sourced from the “Georgia Marble Company Records, circa 1910 – 2004" collection on our database, officially held by Kennesaw State University Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

WARNING! Crimes such as murder, sexual assault, and robbery discussed. On this day, May 6, 2003, Carl Isaacs was execute...
05/06/2026

WARNING! Crimes such as murder, sexual assault, and robbery discussed.
On this day, May 6, 2003, Carl Isaacs was executed by lethal injection. He is one of the four men behind the infamous 1973 Alday Family murders. Carl Isaacs and his fellow inmates Wayne Carl Coleman and George Elder Dungee escaped a Maryland prison and met up with William “Billy” Isaacs, Carl’s 15-year-old brother. They kidnapped and murdered Richard Miller of Pennsylvania before stealing his car and fleeing towards Florida. In Seminole County, Georgia, they stopped to attempt a burglary of the Alday family home. The victims returned to their house during the attack and were all shot and killed with Mary Alday also being sexually assaulted before her death. Though the men tried to flee, they were soon caught and their sentencing began. This is the third most deadly mass murder in the state of Georgia totaling seven victims.



Slide 1: Griffin daily news., May 16, 1973, Page 9, Image 9

Slide 2: Houston home journal., January 16, 1988, Image 1

Slide 3: Griffin daily news., May 19, 1973, Image 1

Slide 4: Griffin daily news., January 03, 1974, Page Page 2, Image 2

Slide 5: Houston home journal., January 06, 1988, Image 1

Slide 6-7: Griffin daily news., May 16, 1973, Page 9, Image 9

Georgia businessman and philanthropist Ted Turner died today at the age of 87.
05/06/2026

Georgia businessman and philanthropist Ted Turner died today at the age of 87.

Happy Cinco de Mayo! If you haven’t checked it out yet, we have recently digitized editions of Georgia’s first Spanish-l...
05/05/2026

Happy Cinco de Mayo! If you haven’t checked it out yet, we have recently digitized editions of Georgia’s first Spanish-language newspaper. These are up now and you should check them out!

The Omega News (1939-1982) out of Tift and Colquitt Counties is now available on the Georgia Historic Newspapers website...
04/30/2026

The Omega News (1939-1982) out of Tift and Colquitt Counties is now available on the Georgia Historic Newspapers website. The link is in the comments.

04/29/2026

Having trouble finding good sources for those research assignments? Not anymore! With the Digital Library of Georgia’s free online database, you can find primary sources with just one click.

04/27/2026

Happy birthday to civil rights ICON Coretta Scott King! Here is a very brief overview of her life and of the accomplishments she had within it. Thank you for all you did to make the world a better place.



All of the materials used in this video can be located on the Civil Rights Digital Library, our website dedicated to preserving material related to the fight for Civil Rights.

References:

Alabama Media Group Collection, Alabama. Department of Archives and History

1972/1990, FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs, Georgia State University. Special Collections

1985, Andrew J. Young Oral Histories, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History

1983-11-12, Indianapolis recorder, Indiana Historical Society

New Georgia Encyclopedia

1966-06, Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection, Alabama. Department of Archives and History

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