Athens Historical Society

And we're back! Thanks to everyone for your patience while we upgraded our site infrastructure!

After a year filled with novel experiences, it's great to see something familiar returning: Historic Athens Porchfest! On October 10, come on out to several of Athens' historic neighborhoods to immerse yourself in the community and atmosphere the Classic City is known for.

Hi friends! You may have noticed some problems with our website lately. Don't worry: we're aware, and we're on it! The AHS website is going to be down for (probably) a few days, but we'll let you know once everything is upgraded, updated, and running smoothly. Thanks for your patience. :-)

Hi friends, We're starting a new endeavor - a comprehensive list of historical events that have affected our city! But for this to be as complete as we'd like, we need your help. Here's the link to our "This Day in Athens History" webform. Anyone is welcome to submit their suggestion for an entry, and any suggestions that we use will receive credit for their submitter.... Get involved and let's spread some knowledge! www.athenshistorical.org/this-day-in-athens-history

Don't forget! Join us for our first live event of 2021 at the Athens-Clarke County Library Main Branch on Baxter Street! Gary Doster will be speaking on and signing copies of his new book, "Athens Streets & Neighborhoods."

Latinx immigration to the Southeast is not a new phenomenon, and we can't wait for this online event next week which will explore the history of this cultural diaspora! To register, please go to https://athenslibrary.libcal.com/event/7808988

Our friends at New South Associates are hosting another free webinar on Cultural Resource Management. We hope to see you there!

Come for Gary's book, stay for the others! A wide range of Historical Society books, cards, and maps are available at the T.R.R. Cobb House today until 2pm!

Don't forget! Today at the T.R.R. Cobb House Gary Doster is signing his new book, "Athens Streets & Neighborhoods." Come down and be one of the first to get this awesome new publication!

Thanks to the Athens-Banner Herald for covering today's fun event!

This morning AHS was proud to co-sponsor the rededication of Athens' "Moon Tree" at 120 W Dougherty Street. You *have* to check out this awesome piece of local and spaceflight history the next time you're downtown! Don't forget to register for the free online discussion about the Moon Tree program! The talk goes live today at 12 noon. https://zoom.us//regi/tJAocOGqrDoqH9R7HICZf0bF2xTQQEStMCOO

Don't forget: Tomorrow at 10:00am we'll be at 120 W. Dougherty Street to rededicate the "Moon Tree" that astronaut Stuart Roosa carried into space with him on Apollo 14! Then stay tuned afterwards for virtual remarks by Rosemary Roosa, Stuart's daughter and President of the Moon Tree Foundation. To register for Rosemary's free online discussion, please follow the link here: https://zoom.us//regi/tJAocOGqrDoqH9R7HICZf0bF2xTQQEStMCOO

The Athens Historical Society is hosting a ceremony to rededicate the Moon Tree at 10 a.m. Friday near the pine at 120 West Dougherty St.

IMPORTANT AUCTION, October 25 at 10 a.m. Ron Evans has announced the auction of his UGA and Athens historic memorabilia for Sunday, Oct. 25, at 10 a.m. -- resul...ting from the closing of the Athens,GA, Historic Display Room at the Historic Ware-Lyndon House Museum. Because of COVID 19 all bidding will be online, absentee, or by phone. Items can be viewed and bid on at the auction sites of LiveAuctioneers, Invaluables, Bidsquare and HiBids. Items can be previewed in person between Monday, October 19th, & Friday, October 23rd, by appt. Call 404.869.2478 to schedule a personal preview. The auction includes approximately 100 lots of memorabilia; some lots contain as many as 15 items. The University of Georgia items date from the late 1800s to the 1960s. Most items are grouped by decades and include an extensive collection of UGA Pandora Annuals. A large collection of historic UGA football memorabilia including 2 tickets, 1 souvenir program, 1 Yale pennant and 1 Georgia pennant from the October 12th, 1929 Sanford Stadium Dedication game. Also, many historic photos, booklets and memorabilia that span nearly a 100 years of UGA campus history. Item lot numbers 777 to 807. Other items: An extensive collection of rare 1850s & 1860s, "Bank of Athens" & "Cook & Brother", Athens Georgia paper currency. Item lot numbers 737 to 744. * An extensive collection of 19th century medical items used to interpret the lives of Doctors E.R. Ware & E.S. Lyndon, the original owners of the Historic Ware-Lyndon House (ca.1840to 1900). Item lot numbers 752 to 770. * Probably the nation's best collection of items and memorabilia from the important sports manufacturing company, Hanna Batrite baseball bat factory from Athens GA (1920s to 1960s). Item lot numbers 808 to 831. This multi estate auction will be held at Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery on Miami Circle in Atlanta Georgia.

Our spring events have been postponed, but we hope to reschedule them for later! In the meantime, we encourage everyone to keep a journal, blog, poetry, photographs, or any other way you might document what is currently going on in your world. We would love to collect anything you would like to share after this has passed, and look forward to partnering with other organizations to do so. We love you, Athens. Please stay safe and keep washing your hands.

Our friends at the Athens-Clarke County Heritage Room found this article from the 1918 flu pandemic! As a note, our spring events are currently on hold while we wait to reschedule them. We will share them with you as soon as we can! Stay safe (and 6 feet apart), keep washing your hands, and we hope to see you all again soon.

The 60th Anniversary issue of the Historian is arriving in mailboxes this week!

Our friends in the UGA History Department have some great events happening this month. Be sure to check them out!

Should be an interesting program!

Please join us, rain or shine!

Please join our Inherit Georgia Athens Chapter (in partnership with Historic Athens) tomorrow night for a Historic Haunted Pub Crawl! We will meet at the Globe downtown and move from there.

Be sure to check out Quig & The Boys at 5pm! Thanks Historic Athens for letting us be a part of this event!

Be sure to check out Porchfest today! We are sponsoring the porch at 131 Grady Ave at 5pm, featuring Quig and the Boys Band!