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The Athens Historical
Society was founded in 1959 and is dedicated to preserving the history of
Athens, Clarke County and the surrounding area. The Society is a non-profit organization under
federal 501(c)(3) regulations.
Membership in the Society offers informative quarterly meetings
(third
Sunday of January, March, May and October), interesting projects, newsletters and the annual volume of
papers presented to the Society, the
Athens Historian.
Other
publications issued by the Society include ten books, a map
and a color video tour of 21 historic homes.
We welcome to our membership
anyone interested in documenting and preserving the history and heritage of the
Athens area.
Upcoming projects include the
R.E.M. in Perspective: An Athens History DVD;
Athens on film, the
Athens and Clarke County photo project, and our 50th anniversary in 2009.
AHS Meeting Schedule
for 2008
Athens-Clarke County Library Auditorium
Third Sunday afternoon, 3:00 p.m.
Meetings are free and open to the public.
| January 20 |
A Trip to
"The Bottom:" Across Dougherty and Back in Time
Charles Knox |
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Sunday, May 4
3:00 pm
Hargrett Rare Books & Manuscript Collection,
3rd floor
UGA Main Library
Email to receive notice |
Charles Brockman and the Amazing Disappearing Desk
of Governor Joseph E. Brown
This program will feature a panel of
distinguished historians and researchers talking about life in Georgia
during the Civil War and Gov. Joe E. Brown's impact on the state and the
Confederacy:
F. Nash Boney
Emory Thomas
Ken Thomas, and
Mary Ellen Brooks
Moderator: Blair Dorminey,
Vice President of AHSA
guided tour of Hargrett will follow the program.
Please park in the North Campus parking deck on Jackson Street & walk to
the library. |
October 19
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The Life and Times of Dean William
Tate
TBA |
December 7
Location to be announced |
AHS Holiday Party |
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