Activities

ACTIVITIES

FOGAH members fund and participate in many exciting projects that support the missions of the Georgia Archives and the Georgia Capitol Museum. Here's a sampling:

Educational Programs

"Mystery Manuscripts" is one of the children's programs

FOGAH has sponsored. Here participants make handmade paper.

Summer campers enjoy a tour of the Georgia Archives.

Students crowd around Georgia's Royal Charter, the document
that created the colony. Once each year the Charter and Georgia's
official copy of the Declaration of Independence are displayed at
the Capitol. Students take away educational bookmarks and other
materials provided by FOGAH.

Conservation

FOGAH funds the conservation of important historical

documents. Here a conservator removes decades-old

lamination from a Map of Cumberland Island, 1802.

FOGAH funds the conservation of the state's priceless
collection of historical flags.

Celebrations

FOGAH sponsored the celebration of the 120th anniversary of

the Georgia Capitol building.

FOGAH members enjoyed the opening of an exhibit by the

National Museum of Commercial Aviation at the Georgia

Archives.

FOGAH sponsored an employee appreciation/holiday
dinner for Division staff.

Member-Only Events

FOGAH's annual meetings are educational and entertaining.

Sarah Dunaway Scholarship

The Board of Trustees of the Friends of the Georgia Archives established the Sarah O. Dunaway Scholarship in memory of one of its greatest friends. Over the years, Sarah consistently supported the Georgia Archives and its work. She felt strongly that the records of our heritage should be preserved and FOGA honors her by supporting training for those who work with historical records. The Dunaway scholarship provides tuition for a student to attend the annual Georgia Archives Institute and one year's membership in the Friends of the Georgia Archives. After completion of the Institute, the recipient will write a brief article for the fall issue of the FOGA newsletter, The Voice. The Georgia Archives Institute is held the second and third week of June each year at the Georgia Archives in Morrow. Established in 1966 and designed for beginning archivists, manuscript curators, and librarians, it offers general instruction in basic concepts and practices of archival administration and management of traditional and modern documentary materials.

Distinguished archival educators provide training in acquisition, appraisal, arrangement, description, reference, and preservation as well as legal and administrative issues. To link archival theory with real world application, students complete individualized, three-day internships at local archival repositories.

Scholarship Eligibility - Individuals who work or volunteer at any level in an archival institution in Georgia and graduate students preparing for a career in archives at a college or university in Georgia. Georgia citizens preparing for a career in archives at a college or university outside of Georgia will also be considered. Preference will be given to applicants without access to institutional support for attendance. You must apply to the Georgia Archives Institute and be accepted in order to receive the Dunaway Scholarship.

Download a Dunaway Scholarship form