Browse Exhibits (4 total)
At a Crossroads: MidTown, Inc. 2005-2015
MidTown, Inc., a community development organization in Columbus Georgia, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015. This exhibit is a digital summary of the student’s research includes a timeline of MidTown Inc., oral histories and transcripts conducted with people involved with its creation, and demographic maps of Midtown's age, race/ethnicity and education levels.
Bibb City: Collected Lives from a Mill Town
A rich variety of interpretive materials on Bibb City, a former company-owned mill village in west central Georgia. This exhibit includes an oral history play, text and images from the history exhibit, "in character" walking tour scripts, a printable self-guided community tour, and a downloadable audio tour.
Carson McCullers
The Mary Mercer and Margaret Sullivan collections are two of several collections documenting the inspiring life of Carson McCullers. Born in Columbus, Georgia on February 19, 1917, Lula Carson Smith, more commonly known as Carson McCullers, is an important figure in Columbus’ history. Her legacy continues on today through her works and the artifacts found in these collections.
Night and Morning in Columbus: A Book, and a Family in the South
This exhibit argues that this 1841 American edition of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel Night and Morning shows how global print culture reached early Columbus, Georgia, and how books like this shaped the identity and values of families such as the Fontaines. By looking at its story, its physical wear, and the faint handwriting inside, we can trace how the Victorian novel became part of a Southern household's intellectual life and survived as a material across generations.