Scope and Contents The Pavesic Restaurant History and Reference Collection chiefly consists of publications containing training courses from the Lewis Hotel Training School, later renamed the Lewis Hotel-Motel Training School, and located in Washington, D.C. The training courses consist of various lessons, about 52 in total, which were provided for enrolled students of the school. Other mateials include sound discs (vinyl) containing lessons and interviews, pamphlets, advertisement clippings and postcard, and...

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This collection consists of insurance appraisals made of the Kennesaw State University permanent art collection in March 1999 by appraiser Paul Edward Sternberg, Sr. of Marietta, Georgia. There are 228 individual works of art (paintings, graphic images, drawings, etchings, sculptures, and more) appraised in this collection, as well as 17 images of artwork located in the office of the Jolley Lodge as of September 1997.

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12.5"x 2" cardboard box labeled "Duo-Art, The Orchestrelle Co., London;" contains one piano player roll with song: "March Mignon, Op. 15, No. 2, Dainty March. Poldini, played by Robert Armbruster." undated, circa 1900.

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This collection contains records of the Pickens Historical Society (formerly the Marble Valley Historical Society). It consists of books and other bound volumes, court and local government documents, financial records, photographs, publications, maps and posters, artifacts and ephemera. The records relate to local history, genealogy, the preservation of historic buildings and cemeteries, and law enforcement.

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Faculty and staff bulletins and newsletters printed by the Office of Public Relations at Southern Technical Institute (later Southern College of Technology) between 1963 and 1995. The original publication was a bulletin titled "Intercom," which was printed between 1963 and 1977. This was followed by a newsletter titled "Buzzin' Around" which ran from 1979 to 1983, and was retitled "Around Campus" in 1983.

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Publication of the Public Relations Department of Southern Polytechnic State University. Includes articles relating to campus growth, academics, university development, athletics, university history and traditions, student experience, faculty, staff, and alumni.

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The Technician's Log is an annual yearbook published by student staff with a faculty advisor for Southern Polytechnic State University. It was published from 1949 (v.1) to 1997 (v.48).

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Yearbooks are arranged by format and chronologically by publication year.

Content Description The Sting was the Southern Polytechnic State University’s (SPSU) student news publication from 1948 to 2016. The first issue, originally called The Technician, was published in September 1948. The publication has undergone several name changes: The Engineering Technician (beginning with the issue of February 20, 1964); Whatsizname? (beginning with the issue of...

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The Norman J. Radow Collection consists of two engineering drawings related to the Apollo project, dated 1964-1965. The copies are possibly diazo prints, and were sent to Paul Radow (Norman's father), from the Otis Elevator Company, where he worked as an engineer and led the design team on creating the elevator system for the Apollo project. Also included is the envelope in which the drawings were sent.

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The Rare Book Collection is an artificial collection consisting chiefly of new acquisitions in the Bentley Rare Book Museum. The items include bibliographic information, plus other information relevant to the mission and collecting scope of the museum. The collection was created in March 2018, and new items will be added as catalogued and/or received by the repository. Additionally, the finding aid will be updated to reflect the new additions.

Content Description The Renewing American Civilization Course Controversy Collection contains documents gathered as part of and relating to the legal case concerning Congressman Newt Gingrich, the course he taught at Kennesaw State College (now Kennesaw State University) in 1993 called "Renewing American Civilization," and the handling of monies related to the course by the KSU Foundation. Materials includes correspondence, memorandums, business and financial records, newspaper clippings, course description and...

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This collection consists of 37 humorous writings submitted by Robert L. Steed to the Atlanta Constitution, Peachtree Papers, Atlanta Weekly, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia. They are included with attached correspondence from 1985-1988 between Robert L. Steed and the editors of said papers.

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This collection consists of two (2) copies of the program from the October 19, 2016 Investiture Ceremony of Kennesaw State University's fourth president, Samuel L. Olens. (The date printed on both programs is a typo. The investiture did indeed happen in 2016, not 2017)

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This collection consists of one series: Images of Acworth, Georgia, 1800s-2000. The digital images in this collection were collected by the Save Acworth History Foundation and are held by the City of Acworth, Georgia.

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The collection represents the work of Dr. Secrist as Cobb County Commissioner from 1988-1992.

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Bound volume containing copies of correspondence, memoranda, reports, committee minutes, and other materials relating to the separation of the Southern Technical Institute from the Georgia Institute of Technology between 1975 and 1979. In these records, faculty and administrators discuss organizational challenges as well as funding, staffing, facilities, and other issues faced by STI while a unit of Georgia Tech and during the separation process.

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This collection contains reaffirmation materials as it pertains to re-accreditation of Kennesaw State University throughout the years 1967-2007 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The materials include reports, responses, correspondence, memoranda, and more.

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This collection contains reaffirmation materials as it pertains to re-accreditation of Southern Polytechnic State University throughout the years 1968-2009 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The materials include reports, responses, correspondence, memoranda, and more.

Content Description The records consist of materials related to the administration and operation of the nonprofit organization, Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI). The records date from circa 1973 to 2016, and include files related to multiple artists and scholars associated with the organization; materials related to the annual conferences from SGCI, as well as those from SESAC (Southeastern College Art Conference); materials related to various exhibitions, chiefly organized or co-organized by...

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Affirmative action plans for Southern Technical Institute dating from 1983 to 1993.

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The newspapers are arranged chronologically by publication date.

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This collection includes written papers, photocopied articles, and booklets pertaining to special education of the learning disabled and mentally retarded from 1942 to 1974 in mid-century America. There are four distinct series within the collection- 1. Negro Education, 2. General Learning Disabilities and Education, 3. Learning Disabilites and Environmental Allergens, 4. Mrs. Alida F. Rose, school papers.

Scope and Contents Institutional planning and assessment summaries for Southern Polytechnic State University dating from 1997 to 2000. These documents were used by SPSU to develop its operational plan for the academic year. Each institutional planning summary includes planning information relating to institutional operations, the President's office, Academic Affairs, Advancement, Business and Finance, Student and Enrollment Services, and Information Technology, as well as the annual report for the previous...

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The collection consists of administrative records for the Kennesaw State University Administrators Council, including founding documents and agendas and meeting minutes.

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Records are arranged in series by document type and then chronologically,

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Chronological.

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Chronological

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Items arranged as received by repository.

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Items have been maintained, for the most part, as received by the repository, which were mostly arranged chronologically, by fiscal year. Many of these documents were received in binders, which have been removed and placed in their original order in acid-free folders.