New Georgia Encyclopedia
An open access, fact-checked, and fully-vetted guide to all things GeorgiaAbout NGE
The New Georgia Encyclopedia (NGE) is the nation’s first born-digital state encyclopedia. Since 2004 it has provided ready access to authoritative scholarship on a wide variety of topics. All of its entries are written and reviewed by scholars, fact-checked by reference librarians at the University of Georgia, and updated regularly to reflect new information and recent developments. Nearly twenty years after its launch, the NGE remains committed to the notion that history and culture are public resources that should be freely available to one and all.
The NGE would not be possible but for the ongoing support of the following partner organizations: Georgia Humanities, the University of Georgia Libraries, the University of Georgia Press, and the University System of Georgia/GALILEO.
The People
Editorial Staff
John C. Inscoe
Founding Editor
Edward Hatfield
Managing Editor
Anna Forrester
Assistant Editor
Fact-Checkers
Kristin Nielsen
Librarian, University of Georgia
John Prechtel
Librarian, University of Georgia
Diane Trap
Librarian, University of Georgia
Executive Committee
Lisa Bayer
University of Georgia Press
Lucy Harrison
GALILEO / University System of Georgia
Sheila McAlister
Digital Library of Georgia
Laura McCarty
Georgia Humanities
Special Acknowledgements
Today’s NGE reflects the valuable contributions of many people. We are especially grateful to a long list of former staffers and consultants, as well as the section editors and editorial advisors for the first edition of the NGE.
Project Partners
Providing statewide support for the humanities
Georgia’s virtual gateway to library resources
The oldest and largest book publisher in Georgia
Provided generous funding at the project’s inception
The largest and most comprehensive research library in Georgia
Content Partners
The NGE gratefully acknowledges the libraries, museums, research centers, institutes, and other organizations that have shared both their archival collections and the expertise of their curators and archivists with the project.Sponsors
State of Georgia
Georgia Power Foundation
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
University of Georgia
National Endowment for the Humanities
James M. Cox Foundation
AT&T
UPS Foundation
Peyton Anderson Foundation
Historic Chattahoochee Commission
Technical College System of Georgia
Wachovia Foundation
Watson-Brown Foundation
Tull Charitable Foundation
Imlay Foundation
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation
Merrill-Hall New Media
Katherine John Murphy Foundation
President’s Venture Fund, UGA
Scott Hudgens Family Foundation
