AHS Winter Program on German POWS
At our winter program on January 26, Jason Wetzel presented a programon Georgia POW Camps in World War II, his…
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Portrait of Mr. Ted Comes Home
Probably in the early 1920s, Mary Jett Franklin, a celebrated and widely traveled Athens artist, painted a large oil on…
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AHS Board Update and Special Thanks
Note: In 2017, the AHS Bylaws were updated to allow fifteen members to serve on the Board rather than twelve.…
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Athens’ First Pandemic: 1918
It may seem to many of us that the pandemic and the consequentclosings and regulations are a bizarre first in…
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Stitching Stories: Harriet Powers and Georgia Quilters
Written by our friends at Athens Heritage Room. The replica quilt is a reproduction of one of two of Harriet…
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Jennie Lou Mattox: Athens’ Housing Advocate and Volunteer
Written by our friends at Athens Heritage Room. Prior to closing the library building back in March 2020, the Heritage…
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“Oh, telephone line, give me some time:” Joanna Eppard and Telephone Operation in Athens
Written by our friends at Athens Heritage Room. But, all things must start somewhere, and phone companies got their start…
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The Dick Mendenhall Autograph Collection
Written by our friends at Athens Heritage Room. The Dick Mendenhall collection in the Heritage Room’s Manuscripts and Archives contains…
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Millie Dearing and the Athens Art Scene
Written by our friends at the Athens Heritage Room. To represent this part of Athens cultural history, the Heritage Room…
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