GEORGIA ARCHIVES MONTH - October 2025
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The Society of Georgia Archivists’ Georgia Archives Month theme for 2025 is “Leave Your Trace in the Right Place: Documenting Georgia’s Environment through Archives."
Our focus turns to the outdoors and its connection to our lives. Where we live becomes a character in our narratives and impacts the story of who we are. Even within a short period of time, most Georgia residents have seen alterations to their towns, cities, and surrounding areas.
While some attention is paid to preserving the habitats through ecological means, it is also important to preserve the memory of these spaces through collections of oral histories, photographs, maps, and other documentation. We encourage the community to share their memories and other documentation of the area with local repositories to more fully document the stories of the place for the future.
For the poster, we are looking for photographs that show not only images of changing landscapes and environments, but maps, journal entries describing changes, artifacts, or other items from archives collections from across the state that illustrate this theme. Please attach the following with your 2025 GAM Poster submission: a high-resolution .tiff of the image, caption, and citation information. To upload more than one image, you can fill out the form again. The deadline is June 30, 2025.
What is Archives Month?
Archives Month is a way to celebrate the value of Georgia’s historical records, publicize the many ways historical records enrich our lives, and recognize those who maintain our communities’ historical records. This is the ideal time to call attention to your organization or local government, and its work in preserving Georgia’s documentary heritage. The celebration will be publicized across the state through a Governor’s proclamation, a downloadable poster designed for cultural institutions across the state, on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, newspaper articles, and events at various repositories.
How Can I Celebrate?
We encourage you to think of ways in which your organization or local government can celebrate Archives Month in your community. Create an exhibit, host a reception, give tours, write articles, or develop special programs – let your imagination be the limit! To help you, the Society of American Archivists (SAA) has created a web page with several resources that include a sample press release. For additional ideas, please see previous years’ activities pages at GAM past activities and the Council of State Archivists (CoSA). If you will provide information on your planned activity, we will be happy to help publicize your event on the Georgia Archives Month Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feeds. To submit information about your planned event, please send them to archivesmonth@soga.org.
Be A Sponsor of Georgia Archives Month
Georgia Archives Month is organized and carried out by a non-profit volunteer organization. Georgia Archives Month partners with the Society of Georgia Archivists, but maintains a separate identity with a specific mission. We have no operating budget and depend entirely upon donations from sponsors to carry out this important work. Here is an introductory letter describing the mission of Georgia Archives Month and how sponsors can help. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please do not hesitate to contact us at archivesmonth@soga.org.
Need help?
For additional assistance or information, please contact archivesmonth@soga.org. For information on current GAM Committee membership, please visit the SGA's Committees page.