Arrangement

Items have been maintained, for the most part, as received by the repository.

Content Description

Consists of 49 photographs of KSU library addition construction from circa July 1980, donated by Dr. John C. Greider, Professor of English, Emeritus.

Arrangement

Items have been maintained, for the most part, as received by the repository.

Scope and Contents

Residence hall guidebook produced by the Housing Department of Southern Technical Institute for the Fall Quarter of 1982. The contents describe the staff, services, facilities, programs, and policies, and other information relating to residence halls at Southern Tech.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into series according to whom they relate. Within each series, materials are arranged by format.

Content Description

This collection of records includes the Kennesaw State University Campus Master Plan and Infrastructure Drawings, both from 1998, as well as materials documenting KSU's shift from academic quarters to semesters. Includes presentations, copies of correspondence and ephemera, and four issues of The Semester Connection (Office of Academic and Enrollment Services newsletter) from 1997, and four "Guides for Determining Transistion Requirements," also from 1997.

Content Description

This collection consists various documents related to the proposal and establishment of the Confucius Institute at KSU.

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chronological

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chronological

Content Description This collection consists of the year-long schedules of lectures, performances, exhibits, films, and more relating to the "Year of" theme for Year of the Caribbean and Central America (1991-1992), Year of Ireland (1997-1998), Year of Israel (1998-1999), Year of China (2005-2006), Year of Kenya (2006-2007), and Year of Japan (2013-2014). For more information about past and upcoming "Year of" Annual Country Studies, visit https://dga.kennesaw.edu/yearof/ and...

Content Description This collection consists of physical copies of the Kennesaw State University Fact Book from 1985 through 2007. Copies missing: 1986-1987, 1989-1990, 2002-2003. in 2003-2004, the Fact Book began to be distributed digitally. At least one printed copy through 2006-2007 is available. Also available is a CD-ROM version from 2003-2004. All digital copies, 1990-2021, are available on the KSU website: https://ir.kennesaw.edu/publications/hist-fact-books.phpFact Books include statistical...

Content Description

This collection consists of two handwritten ledgers from 1879 and 1880 of John Stanley Gibson, who owned J. S. Gibson and Co., a blacksmith shop in Big Shanty, Georgia after the Civil War. The ledgers were continued into the early 1900s by Isom Fletcher Gibson, son of John Stanley Gibson. Both ledgers contain the accounts of farmers from the immediate region, who are identified by name at the top of each page. Included are loose papers and ephemera related to the family business.

Scope and Contents The James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson Music Collection consists of scores related to the brothers J.W. and Rosamond Johnson, as well as the songwriter and composer Bob Cole, and form part of the Bentley Collection within the Department of Museums, Archives & Rare Books at Kennesaw State University. The collection is periodically updated as new items are acquired and catalogued. The scores have been catalogued individually and each item is searchable through the KSU library...

Content Description

A short-lived publication distributed monthly from 1978-80. The Kennesaw Gazette’s self-described intention was to “provide human interest stories about local events and people, humorous happenings, and special articles of interest about home related subjects” not covered by other daily or weekly publications.

Scope and Contents

Title IX institutional self-evaluation reports and affirmative action plans for Kennesaw State University.

Content Description

Minutes, agendas and supporting materials for faculty, student, and staff committees.

Content Description

This collection consists of approximately sixteen applications and proposals from Kennesaw State University faculty for the 2010 Foundation Prize for Publication.

Content Description The Kennesaw State University Foundation Records date from 1969 to 1996, with the bulk of those materials dating from 1991 to 1996, and chiefly consist of materials related to business and financial matters, including quarterly reports, account books, and gift contributions; meeting minutes, including those related to the controversy associated with the course Representative Newt Gingrich taught at KSU in 1993 called "Renewing American Civilization"; by-laws, articles of incorporation; and...

Arrangement

Topical

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chronological

Content Description

Artificial collection of subject files documenting different aspects of Kennesaw State University, including general history and more, from its inception in 1963 as a Junior College to today. Artificial collections are records collected from various sources and are arranged for the convenience of description or retrieval.

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By year.

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Arranged chronologically.

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topical

Content Description

Insight was a semi-annual newletter about Kennesaw Junior College, published by the Community Services Office primarily for KJC Foundation contributors, alumni, and friends of the college. This collection is incomplete; it consists of nine editions published between 1971 and 1977.

Scope and Contents

Microfilm copies of oral history transcripts, directories of the American Association of University Women, and College of Humanities "Celebration of Services, no.66."

Content Description

This collection consists of records and general documents related to the Southern Polytechnic State University Archives (located within the Johnson Library) up until consolidation with Kennesaw State University, which was complete in 2015.

Content Description

This collection consists of records and documents from the Johnson Library, such as annual reports dating back to 1953, catalog records, art and architecture in and around the building, timelines, history, photographs and more.

Content Description

This collection consists of one handwritten letter from David Lake to his brother Charles Lake dated January 14, 1843. The letter was written from Lebanon, Cobb County, GA, which is modern-day Holly Springs, GA, now part of Cherokee County. The letter discusses Lake family news as well as the purchasing of enslaved individuals in Georgia, touching on both the costs and morality of slave trading. Included with the letter is a typed transcription.