New UGA Press book: Illustrated guide to campus

On a campus with the size, age and history of the University of Georgia, it's imperative to have the right technological tools to tell, share and explore that history. Without a doubt the best technology for this task continues to be a couple of hundred [50-pound, 400 ppi (pages per inch) cream-white paper] pages held between two covers and the next very good one is here:

[Larry] Dendy, who held various positions in the Division of Public Affairs for 37 years, wrote Through the Arch: An Illustrated Guide to the University of Georgia Campus released in September, with a goal of informing others about the university's rich history.

 

"I thought after 37 years that I knew a lot, but there was a lot I didn't know but learned while writing the book," Dendy said. "My hope is that this will make people-employees, students and the wider public-appreciate the university and all of its history."

Dendy's role in authoring the book came about after some friends at the University of Georgia Press, publisher of the book, suggested he would be a good fit.

Prior to Dendy's book, the gold standard has been Nash Boney's A Pictorial History of the University of Georgia, sitting a few steps away from me at the moment and which will continue to be the go-to guide for all things historical as far as the UGA campus goes. But this new work is a welcome addition to the canon. Congratulations to Dendy and the UGA Press, one of the university's lesser-known jewels but a stalwart in American arts and letters.