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Special Collections and University Archives
Month: March 2026
Cooking Through the Counties – Cranberry Crisp from Mitchell County
This installment of Cooking Through the Counties features a recipe by Lorraine Goven, Cranberry Crisp, included in the cookbook Old and New, Tried and True from the Women’s Guild at St. Lucien Church in Spruce Pines, Mitchell County. Careful readers will notice a glaring error in this recipe – the main ingredient is listed as […]
In Memoriam: Ella Ross and Angela Davis-Gardner
Ella Ross We recently learned of the passing of Ella Lee Ross, UNCG class of 1965, who served as the Assistant University Archivist in SCUA for the final nine and a half years of her 30-year tenure with University Libraries. Please find her 1997 interview published in the UL staff newsletter, Jackson Leaks, as well […]
SCUA NEWS- WINTER 2026
UNCG University Libraries, the Jewish Studies Program, and the UNCG History Department have been collaborating to create an archive of Jewish history in Greensboro and the Triad area. The Greensboro Jewish Archives and Oral History Project documents and preserves oral histories and archival materials critical to the Jewish and Greensboro communities. Please hold the date […]
Rediscovered Romance: College Love Letters from WWII
by Sean Mulligan It is not uncommon for the University Archives and Special Collections (SCUA) to receive packages from Amazon, eBay, or other book vendors. So, when a library colleague brought up a box to the third-floor offices addressed to SCUA, I assumed it was simply another routine purchase. However, after taking a closer look […]
Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Leland
by Audrey Sage Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland is a collection of myths and folklore derived from the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes, recorded during the late 19th century. The work aims to preserve the rich cultural heritage of these Northeastern Algonquin tribes by compiling and narrating their ancient tales, which […]
Souvenirs of Great Cities
Verses by Dorothy A. Yule, Illustrations by Susan Hunt Yule by Audrey Sage UNCG’s Special Collections contains a copy of the wonderful four-volume artist book set by Left Coast Press. Souvenirs of Great Cities is a collaboration by Dorothy Yule and her twin sister, Susan Hunt Yule. Left Coast Press is the imprint of Dorothy […]
Student Success Winter 2026
Graduate assistant Jordan Fridley’s latest exhibit in the researcher room: UNCG’s 1967 Black Power Forum.
Renovations update: Winter 2026
While Phase One of the Jackson Library renovation project continues (see updates in the Libraries’ Renovation Review blog), we remain focused on preparing SCUA collections for our relocation during Phase Two. SCUA staff continue to prepare our space in the Becher-Weaver Building to host both collections and staff. But even the large space in Becher-Weaver is not big enough to hold all the unique archival […]
The Small, But Intriguing 1916 History of Music Class Scrapbook
by Kathelene McCarty Smith During the Christmas season of 1916, juniors in the History of Music Class at the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNC Greensboro) presented Professor Wade Brown with a small scrapbook as a token of their esteem. The scrapbook was appropriately decorated with musical bars surrounding photographs of Professor Brown and […]
INSTRUCTION WINTER 2026
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) has a strong commitment to student outreach, teaching numerous instructional sessions per semester. These sessions often include a PowerPoint presentation and a display of material from SCUA’s collections. Archivists also conduct hands-on primary source analysis exercises to encourage students’ understanding of how to distinguish between […]