SCUA News
Special Collections and University Archives
Month: October 2014
Enhancing Access to Oral History Interviews
Thanks to a 2014-2015 award through the University Libraries’ Innovation and Program Enrichment Program, we are currently working on providing access to audio and enhanced transcripts for the oral history interviews conducted as part of our African American Institutional Memory Project. These interviews with African American alumni from the 1960s and 1970s, which typically are […]
Happy Birthday Cello Music Collection!
October 23 marks the fifty-first birthday of the UNCG Cello Music Collection, the single largest holding of cello music-related materials in the world. This unique archive, presently representing the collections of eleven cellists, was made possible by the generosity of countless donors, but founded through the support of Friends of the Libraries. UNCG Cello Music […]
Social Media, Outreach, and SCUA
Through blogs, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, and other outreach activities, University Archives spreads stories from the records of the University’s past and promotes our work to preserve and provide access to these important records in new and exciting venues. In addition to this blog, staff write weekly posts on the Spartan Stories blog, published each Monday […]
Preserving Our Digital History
Have you ever tried to access a digital document that you created in the mid-1990s? Finding a computer with the hardware to read the 3.5” floppy or Zip disk it was probably stored on is a massive challenge. But even if you do find a way to access the files, you likely will have trouble […]
A New Exhibit in the Hodges Reading Room: Kay Brown, David O. Selznick, and Gone with the Wind
Exhibit Poster The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives is pleased to announce a new exhibit – Kay Brown, David O. Selznick, and Gone with the Wind. This exhibit features photographs and mementos belonging Dr. Kate Barrett, daughter of Kay Brown Barrett. Dr. Barrett is currently a Professor Emerita in the Department of […]
October is Archives Month!
Celebrate Archives Month!!! October is North Carolina Archives Month, an annual observance of the agencies and people responsible for maintaining and making available the archival and historical records of our nation, state, communities and people. Throughout October 2014, the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) will host numerous exhibits and events aimed […]
