Willow Hill Resources
Orientation materials and resources for working in the Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center collections in Georgia Southern Commons.
News Articles About Willow Hill
- Statesboro Herald (September 3, 2024): Willow Hill seeks photos and info on Bulloch County’s black soldiers of World War I and II
- Grice Connect (August 27, 2024): Willow Hill Heritage and Renaissance Center to commemorate 150 years of the Willow Hill School and Community
- Statesboro Herald (August 27, 2024): Festival this weekend marks 150th anniversary of Willow Hill School, 60th of Civil Rights Act
- Statesboro Herald (June 16, 2023): Willow Hill Center awarded $92,000 grant for digitizing funeral programs
- Statesboro Herald (August 31, 2022): Willow Hill Festival returns this weekend
- Digital Library of Georgia Blog (June 18, 2021): How I Built A Funeral Program Collection for African Americans in Atlanta
- Statesboro Herald (September 30, 2020): Willow Hill Center gets $109,420 CARES grant for ‘closing digital divide’ at Portal
- Statesboro Herald (February 23, 2019): ‘If these cemeteries could talk…’ Names of freed slaves recited over their graves at Mt. Pisgah
- Fremont News Messenger (September 21, 2018): Meet Your Neighbor: Jacksons help preserve African American heritage
Online References to Willow Hill
- College of Coastal Georgia Library Guide: https://libguides.ccga.edu/obituaries
- Online Georgia Death Records and Indexes: https://www.deathindexes.com/georgia/
- Recipes- African American Funeral Home History Recipes: https://www.tfrecipes.com/african-american-funeral-home-history/
- Telfair Museum: https://www.telfair.org/event/archival-silence/
- Struggle and Progress: https://struggleandprogress.com/tag/willow-hill-school/
- Institute of Museum and Library Services Awarded Grants: https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/mh-253587-oms-23