SCUA News
Special Collections and University Archives
Month: February 2023
Mountain Cooking by John Parris
by Audrey Sage John Parris was born in Sylva, North Carolina and began writing for the local weekly paper, The Jackson County Journal, at the age of thirteen. He later went on to write as a feature writer in New York, then later in London during World War II for the United Press. He continued […]
Silver Pitchers by Louisa May Alcott
by Audrey Sage Special Collections and University Archives received a wonderful gift from Judith Fetterley, a first edition copy of Silver Pitchers: and Independence, a Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott published by Roberts Brothers in Boston, 1876. Conservator Audrey Sage was able to put a plan into action to provide some repair and restoration […]
Instruction and Teaching: Winter 2023
SCUA staff have found that our classes have almost returned to its pre-COVID numbers. Although we are still conducting some online sessions, many professors are choosing to bring their classes to the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University (SCUA). The following are a few examples of the classes that have visited SCUA during the […]
SCUA News: Winter 2023
Paper dress exhibit in Jackson Library The five dresses in the Fast Fashion of the 1960s, Paper Dresses exhibit were all designed by faculty in the UNC Greensboro Department of Art for the 1967 Art on Paper gala held at the Weatherspoon Art Museum and are held in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & […]
Student Success: Winter 2023
Liz Konopka, former UNCG student employee, shares how her experience working at SCUA prepared her for a position as collection manager for a museum Adrienne Johnson, current student at UNCG, writes about her capstone experience in SCUA My Work With UNCG’s North Carolina Community Cookbook Collection By Adrienne Johnson In this, […]
The White Maiden Male by Jeffrey Morin
by Audrey Sage sailorBOYpress, 2012, Copy 6 from an edition of 50. 11 x 9″; 28 pages. Letterpress printed with Plantin type. Printed on Barcham Green and other handmade papers. Sewn binding with matching paper covers. In 11.75 x 9″ lidded aluminum box with embossed titles. Signed and dated by artist. Jeff Morin, Colophon: “The White […]
New Acquisitions – Winter 2023
Rare Books Invisible Man / Ralph Ellison Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison’s first novel, is one of the post-Harlem Renaissance African-American novels that have entered “the Western Canon” as acknowledged classics. Special Collections’ copy is the first edition, complete with dustjacket. A Date with a Dish / Freda DeKnight Written by Freda DeKnight, Ebony‘s food editor, […]
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ PRINTS
SCUA recently received the very generous donation of two Kathe Kollwitz etchings from UNCG alumna Betsy Brinson, Ph.D.. March of the Weavers (1893-1897) and The Ploughman (1907) are welcome additions to the collection. Born in East Prussia in July 1867, Kathe Schmidt Kollwitz had an early interest in art. She studied in Munich and Berlin, with […]
Alice Boehret’s “Unmusical” Song Sheets
by Beth Ann Koelsch The students at Woman’s College (the W.C.) were essentially restricted to campus and made their own fun with clubs, pageants, theatrical and musical productions and many other traditions. One of those was the annual “Unmusical.” According to the May 13, 1949 edition of the school newspaper The Carolinian, an Unmusical was […]
