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photoLocated on the campus of the University of West Georgia, The Center for Public History provides opportunities for research, community outreach, and civic engagement while providing hands-on work experience for our graduate and undergraduate students.

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Graduate students Katie Hicks and  Kristi Hartmann Ferguson and UWG program alumnae Arden Williams, program officer at the Georgia Humanities Council, gather at the opening of the Key Ingredients exhibit in Dahlonega in February 2009.  Hicks and Ferguson co-authored the catalog "Food, Family, and Community:  A Collection of Georgia Memories" with Dr. Ann McCleary, the state scholar for Key Ingredients in Georgia and Director of the Center for Public History.

News from the Center

To obtain a copy of the catalog about Georgia foodways or to read more about Key Ingredients in Georgia, contact the Center for Public History or visit the Georgia Humanities Council's project website.  The exhibit will be opening for the second year of its Georgia tour in Kingsland on May 3, 2009. 

To learn more about our traveling trunks on World War II and the Cold War available free to school teachers, please visit Veterans History Project.

Do you like traditional music?  We now have four CD releases in our Regional Music Project, including our most recent volume entitled "Set Your Fields on Fire, Volume 2," featuring sacred and gospel music traditions.  Check out our CDs on our webite. 

Click here for more news about the Center and our projects.