Odum Library

Odum Library

 

Odum Library, dedicated in 1972, is the center of academic life for the campus. In August of 1990, the library was renamed the Gertrude Gilmer Odum Library after Gertrude Gilmer Odum who was a major benefactor of the University and Professor Emerita of English. Housing approximately 453,757 bound volumes, the library is staffed with trained librarians to lend every assistance to students and faculty. The library also contains nearly 3,000 current periodicals and newspapers and a microform collection of over a million units. In 2004, a new addition opened, doubling the size of the library and adding an Internet Café, an auditorium, additional computer labs, classrooms, and a new archives section. The Internet Café is open to students, faculty and staff of VSU 141 hours per week and the Library is open 112 hours per week.

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  • Old Berrien Newsletters Vol. 2 No. 1 
    Berrien County Historical Foundation (2008)
    The Last Hanging in the Old County Jail The newsletter highlights the tall cupola tower on the southwest corner of the Old Berrien County Jail, built in 1903, which served as the execution site for condemned prisoners via ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 5 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1996-11)
    This newsletter focuses on Family Feuds that caused significant discord within the family. It details three specific instances: Jesse Shelby "Dock" Shaw's financial dispute with his nephew, Bruner Shaw, which angered Dock's ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 5 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1996-05)
    This newsletter focuses on Barzilla Allen and Rachel Moore Allen, highlighting their early family life and the subsequent life of their first son, William Barzilla Allen. Barzilla Allen, born November 29, 1837, in Lowndes ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 5 Number 1 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1996-02)
    This issue primarily details the estate of Jeremiah Shaw, Jr. , father of sixteen children, including Francis Marion Shaw. It explains his October 31, 1877 will, which appointed his sons William Jasper and Francis Marion ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 4 Number 4 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1995-11)
    This issue primarily celebrates Rachel Moore Allen Shaw, highlighting her as the family's matriarch. She is identified as a ninth-generation granddaughter of Reverend John Robinson, the spiritual leader of the Mayflower ...
  • Old Berrien Newsletters Vol. 1 No. 2 
    Berrien County Historical Foundation (2007)
    This issue covers one of the most tragic losses of life in Berrien County history: a train wreck that occurred when the southbound Dixie Flyer passenger train left the tracks and tumbled into the Alapaha river just east ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 4 Number 3 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1995-07)
    This issue primarily addresses a discrepancy in Francis Marion Shaw's death date. While his headstone and Folks Huxford's Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia record his death as January 1, 1922, newly examined estate papers, ...
  • Old Berrien Newsletters Vol. 1 No. 1 
    Berrien County Historical Foundation (Berrien County Historical Foundation, 2007)
    These articles highlight both the remarkable preservation of a specific mile-long stretch of the original 1908 Nashville to Tifton Road in Berrien County, Georgia, and the reactivation of the Berrien Historical Foundation, ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 4 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1995-04)
    This issue centers on Effie Cordelia Shaw, the fourth child of Francis Marion and Rachel Shaw. Born April 3, 1871, near Ray's Mill, Georgia, Effie married William D. Clements on December 9, 1888. They established a significant ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 4 Number 1 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1995-01)
    This issue focuses on Ida Jane Shaw, the second child and first daughter of Francis Marion and Rachel Shaw. Born on June 19, 1868, in Ray City, Georgia, Ida Jane married W. Bartow Parrish on June 29, 1884, and they established ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 3 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1994-10)
    This article describes the first Shaw family reunion held in Ray City, Georgia, on July 24, 1994, which aimed to reunite fragmented family branches. The newsletter emphasizes the joy and importance of these gatherings for ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 2 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1994-04)
    This issue centers on the preserved love letters of Chester D. Shaw, the youngest son of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Allen Shaw. In 1895, Chester left his home in Ray City, Georgia, and traveled to Louisiana, where he ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 2 Number 1 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1994-01)
    This issue focuses on the life of Francis Arthur Shaw, the eldest son of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Allen Shaw. Arthur married Martha Victoria Giddens, whose life was marked by the social stigma of her illegitimate ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 1 Number 2 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1993-07)
    This issue focuses on the life of Jesse Shelby “Dock” Shaw, the son of Francis Marion and Rachel Moore Shaw. Raised on the family farm in Ray City, Georgia, Dock married Susie Bullard and together they raised eight children ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Special Civil War Edition 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1993-05)
    This issue of the newsletter recounts the military service of Francis Marion Shaw, who was conscripted into the Confederate Army in 1864 at the age of eighteen. Serving in the Florida Reserves, Shaw was wounded during a ...
  • The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 1 Number 1 
    Shaw, Bryan Lee (1993-01)
    The issue honors the life of Francis Marion Shaw, a Confederate soldier who lost his right arm in the Civil War, and his wife Rachel Moore Allen Shaw, highlighting their resilience, compassion, and legacy. The newsletter ...
  • Historic Homes not on Court Street 
    Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center, Brooks County (Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center, 2013)
    Historic Homes not on Court Street. (1874-2013). CA-009-005: Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center, 1874-2013 series. Quitman Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center Collection.
  • Historic Homes of Quitman. Streets: North Court St., South Court St., and Screven St. 
    Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center, Brooks County (Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center, 2013)
    Historic Homes of Quitman. Streets: North Court St., South Court St., and Screven St. (1874-2013). CA-009-005: Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center, 1874-2013 series. Quitman Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center ...
  • Girl's Basketball Tournament, Ray City High 
    Ray City Community Library, Ray City Community Library (Ray City School, 1949-02-25)
    Girl's Basketball Tournament, Ray City High, Feb. 1949. Ray City School. CA014-002: Ray City Community Library, 1949-1954 Series. Ray City Community Library Collection.
  • The Beaver Yearbook, 1954 
    Ray City Community Library, Ray City Community Library (Ray City School, 1954-05-31)
    The Beaver, Ray City School Yearbook, 1954. Ray City School. CA014-002: Ray City Community Library, 1949-1954 Series. Ray City Community Library Collection.

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