This collection description consists of oral histories completed by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association's Living History Program under the direction of Marilyn Somers. The oral histories are available on the Living History Program's website and are available to view under Interviews at: livinghistory.gatech.edu
The Marionettes of Georgia Tech, named in 1915 after a two year existence on campus, became one of the student body's, and the city of Atlanta's, most popular dramatic organizations. This collection is comprised of programs from the early 1920s and a yearbook photo page from the 1919 Blueprint.
This collection consists of a single Georgia Tech handbook, once belonging to Mark P. Saunders, published for a Tech course, Systems Engineering I (Systems Engineering 380).
Marvel Science Stories was begun in 1938 under Postal Publications. This collection contains issues from 1951, though the reader should note that the collection may not be complete.
The Georgia Tech Masonic Club was open to students, faculty, and staff who were Master Masons. These records reflect their four active years on campus.
This collection contains materials relating to the history of the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America, as well as documentation of the annual meetings held by the Section. By-laws, newsletters, resumes of recent officers, and some financial information are also included in the collection.
As a faculty member of the Department of Social Sciences during his tenure at Georgia Tech, Melvin Kranzberg was instrumental and influential in establishing the School of History, Technology and Society after his retirement. This collection includes professional papers, transcripts of speeches, media articles and correspondence that span his educational and academic career.
Dr. Melvin Kranzberg, leader in the field of history of technology, served as professor in Georgia Tech's history department. These photographs document his personal and professional life.
The M.H. Mitchell, Inc. Collection of Atlanta Architecture and Culture consists of architecture plans and documents related to development and redevelopment of areas in metro Atlanta. Of focus are materials relating to The Healey Building Condominiums and the redevelopment of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill.
In 1988, under the leadership of then-President John Patrick Crecine, a restructuring plan was undertaken to prepare for the future of Georgia Tech as it continued to develop as a dominant technical institution. Michael E. Thomas, then acting executive vice president, was deeply involved in the academic restructuring. These papers, including correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and proposals, document the reorganization of Georgia Tech.
This collection contains photographs of Georgia Tech while Dusenbury was a student at Georgia Tech. Included are photographs of Grant Field and the Yellow Jacket Marching Band. A leather bound copy of the 1940 commencement program is also included.
This collection documents the activities of Miller Templeton, a graduate of and administrator at Georgia Tech, with his time spanning the late 1950s through his retirement in 1998. Materials in the collection span the 1970s through the mid 1990s, documenting his time overseeing Smith Hall in the 1980s, the founding and administration of Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT), and his course notes for Psychology 1010, a precursor to today’s GT 1000.
The Multicultural Sci-Fi Organization is an Atlanta-based collective that educates the public on international science fiction and holds the Annual Atlanta Sci-Fi Film Festival. This collection contains materials from 2015-2017.
Murder Mystery Monthly was begun in under . This collection contains issues from 1945, though the reader should note that the collection may not be complete.
Mystery Book Magazine was begun in 1945 under Best Publications, Inc. This collection contains issues from 1947, though the reader should note that the collection may not be complete.
Nebula Award Stories was begun in 1966 as a published collection of science fiction stories nominated for the Nebula Award. This collection contains issues ranging from 1966 to 1981, though the reader should note that the collection may not be complete.
This collection contains a single insurance pamphlet for new Georgia Tech employees.
New Writings in SF was begun in 1964 under editor John Carnell and publisher Dennis Dobson. This collection contains volumes ranging from 1 to 9, though the reader should note that the collection may not be complete.
The Newman Family Grave Stones Photograph Collection contains 11 color photographs. The photographs, taken circa 1987, document the various grave stones in the Newman family lot in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta.
This collection contains memorabilia and a photocopy of a scrapbook dating mainly from Noye Nesbit's time as a student at Georgia Tech. The memorabilia relates mostly to the Tech football team; the photocopy of the scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and a poem documenting Nesbit's life as a Tech student and as a soldier in World War I.
The Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics Program Photographs contains group photographs of the faculty, staff, and students of the nuclear engineering program from 1964-1990.
The Office of Computing Services developed COGITATE in March of 1985. This collection contains installation instructions and floppy disks.
This collection contains photographs used by Institute Communications and Public Affairs at Georgia Tech for marketing and publications. Some photographs are historical images, but most are from approximately 1980-1998 and pertain to events at Georgia Tech during that time period.
Records include budgets, audits, reports on examination, cost reports, and material requests, as well as correspondence dealing with campus procedures, operations, policies, and curriculum.
These records cover the two-year period during which Arthur G. Hansen was President of Georgia Tech (1969-1971), as well as the last three to five year period of the administration of President Edwin D. Harrison. These papers include administrative and personal correspondence as well as financial files.
The Crecine records contain files documenting the day-to-day operations of the upper administration of Georgia Tech from the years prior to Crecine's Presidency through his last year in office.
The Olympic Aquatic Center architectural drawings include overall plans, detailed section drawings, elevations, and schedules for the electrical, plumbing, and materials of this building.
The campus of Georgia Tech served as the Olympic Village for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. For Tech, the Olympic Village represented the single biggest construction project in the school's history. In addition to the construction of seven new dormitories, such as Sixth Street Apartments and Hemphill Avenue Apartments, Tech also acquired an aquatic center. Although the majority of the photographs are not dated, they all originated around the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.
This collection consists of photographs documenting damage to the Georgia Tech campus and buildings that occurred during the Olympic and Paralympic games as well as drawings and project timelines representing new construction, renovation, and modifications to Tech's campus and buildings in preparation for the Olympics.
These records include details of the project management for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 1996, including contracts for use of facilities, details of dormitory and fraternity house construction and renovation, and provision for Institute operations during the Olympic period.
As part of an ongoing oral history project, the Georgia Tech chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa has recorded interviews with various campus leaders. This collection contains transcripts and cassette tapes of some of these interviews.
OnyxCon is a local Atlanta convention and festival featuring a wide variety of Black science fiction-related media. This collection contains materials from 2005 to 2019, the convention's 10th anniversary.
Other Worlds Science Stories was begun in 1949 under publisher Ray Palmer. This collection contains issues ranging from 1950 to 1953, though the reader should note that the collection may not be complete.
During his long career at Georgia Tech, Dr. Paul Weber served as a faculty member in chemical engineering, dean of faculties, and vice president for planning. From 1956 to 1957, he was acting president. These papers include annual reports, correspondence, research articles, and campus publications documenting Weber’s service to the Georgia Tech community and engineering profession.
The photographs in this collection document Paul Weber's life as a faculty member at Georgia Tech and abroad.
This collection collections clippings, correspondence, photographs and other documentation of Paula Stephenson’s time at Georgia Tech. Stephenson’s majorette costumes, Ramblin’ Wreck Club hat, RATS cap, band sweater is also included.
This collection contains an high school yearbook, dance cards and invitations, newspaper articles, and a football program. It spans from 1928-1932.
This folder houses three original photos of Ryland "Jack" Swain, a pole-vaulter and high jumper who attended Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Peter Pund Collection consists of a poster of Henry Rudolph "Peter" Pund, a student and football player at Georgia Tech who graduated with a degree in Textile Engineering in 1929. The poster commemorates Pund's induction into the Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977.
Phi Eta Sigma Fraternity is a freshman honor society chartered at Georgia Tech in 1930. Its records document events that the fraternity hosted.
The Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society includes both student and faculty in recognizing the academic and individual excellence in the Georgia Tech community. The materials in this collection reflect the activities of the group.
The Philo Holcomb, Jr. papers consist of a series of laboratory manuals, notes, and engineering course work from Mr. Holcomb's time as a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The papers are dated from 1911-1918 with an additional artifact (autobiography) dated 1955.
Serving as Georgia Tech's sixth president from 1957-1969, Edwin Harrison saw the school through integration, unprecedented campus expansion, nuclear energy research, and the school's 75th anniversary. Materials relating to these subjects and many others include correspondence, architectural plans, institutional and departmental reports, meeting minutes and newspaper clippings.