Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections

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A 30th Avenue Elementary School student catches an egg during an egg toss game at Field Day held at CSU.

Located in Mc5 Box5 M F24

Teachers and chaperones from 30th Avenue Elementary sitting during a field day held at CSU.

Located in Mc5 Box5 M F24

30th Avenue Elementary students mid-egg toss during Field Day held at CSU.

Located in MC5 Box5 M f24

30th Avenue Elementary students line up and prepare for the egg toss.

Located in MC5 Box5 M F24

Frank Brown speaking at the President's Recognition Banquet.

Located in MC5 Box2 M F.41

Emory Alexander speaks at the President's Recognition Banquet.

Located in MC5 Box2 M F.41

Geri Reguier (left) presents Sarah Luby with the Alumni Service Award.

Located in MC5 Box2 M F.41

Geri Reguier (left) present Christopher Luby with the Alumni Service Award.

Located in MC5 Box2 M F.41

Nine men wearing white button up shirts and ties standing in front of a lake. From left to right: J. P. Parker, J.V. Wallace, Otis Bunpess, Dammon Lumsford, E. Hatcher, Harold Gates, Wylie Gibson, W. Spurlvek, Allen J. Dennis.

Seven men standing in front of glass doors with Otis Bunpess looking to the side. From left to right: Wylie Gibson (Anderson Mill), Otis Bunpess, E. Hatcher, E.C.H., J.P. Parker, Dammon Lumsford, W. Spurlvek.

Seven men standing in front of glass doors. From left to right: Wylie Gibson (Anderson Mill), Otis Bunpess (Columbus Mill), E. Hatcher, E.C.H., J.P. Parker, Dammon Lumsford, W. Spurlvek.

Nine men, all wearing white button down shirts and ties, standing in front a door to a building.

The trade in slaves and the labor they produced was the foundation of Columbus both in supporting the plantation economy of cotton and the city’s rising industrial power. Slaves built and worked in the mills and they labored as blacksmiths,…

Photograph of the 59th Annual Session of the Prince Hall Grand Chapter - O.E.S.

Photograph includes men and women wearing their sashes and regalia outside the Liberty Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia

A view of one side of 5th Avenue. Some visible businesses include: Witt's Department Store, Elite Cafe, Phenix Restaurant, the Palace Theater. The date has been identified by the movie being screened at the Palace, 1958's THE BIG COUNTRY.

Six men, graduates of Bibb City Vocational School, standing together with their dipolmas. From left to right: Bernice James (received 2 degrees), Webster Balkcomi, Brady Pope, W. Oris Garrett, Henrey Whitlocks, Clifford Harden.

Seaborn Jones, a wealthy planter and Congressman, moved to Columbus in 1828. Purchasing a tract of riverfront property, he built the city’s first hydro-powered gristmill (corn and flour). In 1865, Union forces burned the City Mills and it was…

3 unidentified kids making silly faces at the camera in front of the Coca-Cola space Center for its 6th anniversary.

MC5 Box1 M F29

Built by slave labor, the Mott House was completed in 1839 for James Calhoun who was both a mill owner and the city’s mayor. James, cousin to vice-president of the United States John Calhoun, was one of the major land speculators who benefited from…
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