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Special Collections and University Archives
Month: February 2013
New Exhibit! Spartan Evolution: A History of Basketball on the UNCG Campus from the 1890s to Today
Woman’s College versus Guilford College, 1963 Just in time for March Madness, the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives presents “Spartan Evolution: A History of Basketball on the UNCG Campus from the 1890s to Today.” This exhibit is housed next to the reference desk on the main level of Jackson Library, and will […]
A Few Items of Romance from the Cello Music Collections
The Cello Music Collections at UNCG are filled with classical masterpieces of music that can woo the most frigid heart, but we also preserve manuscripts and artifacts equally stirring, though of a more personal nature. On this Valentine’s Day, we would like to share with you a few of the more romantic items from the […]
WVHP Photographs in Action
On January 24, 2013, the WVHP curator was contacted by The New Yorker. They asked to use some of the images of “our” veterans in an online slide show that illustrated a story discussing the Pentagon’s decision to end the ban on women in combat. 9 of the 11 images are of WVHP vets. These […]
Art Exhibit on Joanne Smart Drane and Bettye Tillman
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives invites students, faculty, and researchers to view an artistic exhibit created as a tribute to Joanne Smart Drane and Bettye Tillman, the first two African American women to graduate from UNCG. Using 1956 original photographs from the archives, art student Rachel Propst created her own unique […]
Tragedies on Campus: The Early Years, 1892-1932
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives invites students, faculty, and researchers to learn more about the various tragic events that occurred on the campus of The State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) from its opening in 1892 to 1932 by viewing the recently installed exhibit “Tragedies on Campus: The Early Years, […]
Celebrating African American History at UNCG
This month, SCUA’s Spartan Stories blog will celebrate African American Month with a series of posts highlighting key events in African American history on campus. The first post focuses on the February 1960 sit ins at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, particularly Woman’s College (now UNCG) students who participated. Future posts will feature […]
