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Special Collections and University Archives
Month: September 2026
Down the Rabbit Hole with The Well at the World’s End
by Kathelene McCarty Smith From time to time, a book stops you in your tracks. The Well at the World’s End did exactly that. The department acquired the book in 2023, but I had not had the opportunity to take a close look at it since then. Of course, the instant I opened its vellum […]
Peg Woffington by Charles Reade 1899
by Audrey Sage The novel Peg Woffington which was written in 1853 by the British author Charles Reade. Inspired by the popular stage play Masks and Faces, Reade portrayed the London success of the Irish actress Peg Woffington (1720–1760). UNCG owns a copy of this work in the Robert C. Hanson Performing Arts collection in […]
Sheryl Oring: Writing Home: Conversations with our Ancestors
by Audrey Sage “I created “Writing Home: Conversations with our Ancestors” as an interactive performance at the Eldridge Street Project on the Lower East Side in New York City. It explored the connection between place, language and memory as it relates to the American immigrant experience. I set up a portable office within the 1887 […]
Cooking Through the Counties: Brown Sugar Pecan Pie from Rutherford County
When I examined the cookbook, The Whole Town’s Cooking, compiled by the Rutherfordton Woman’s Club, I was intrigued to find a full page of recipes for pecan pie. I’ll be the first to tell you that pecan pie isn’t one of my favorites. I often find it too sweet – it makes my teeth sing […]
Student Success: Sammi Webb
I started working in SCUA under the Women Veterans Historical Project in September 2025 as a research graduate assistant. I had just started my master’s program in Library and Information Science, and I was really looking forward to working in the archives and gaining new experiences. Throughout the year, I processed two collections, participated in two exhibits, and created a libguide for WVHP! In the beginning, I was very […]
Coralee “Coco” Burson Davis WWII Coast Guard SPARs “It’s Showtime!” Scrapbook
Coralee “Coco” Burson Davis was born in 1921 in Eagle Rock, California, and was raised in Pasadena, California. She graduated high school in 1939 and went to work at Lockheed Aircraft while also performing in shows at the Pasadena Playhouse. Davis joined the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, or SPARs [from “Semper Paratus – Always Ready”] […]
Packing Up – SCUA and the Library Renovation: Summer 2026 update
SCUA is continuing preparations for Phase II of the Jackson Library renovation project, with student workers playing an essential role in keeping the upcoming collection relocation on track. Preparing a collection of this size for transport is no small task, and we could not do this without the contributions of our fantastic student employees. From […]
SCUA News: Summer 2026
On July 12, 2026, Erin Lawrimore and SCUA graduate assistant Emma Albrecht presented at the Greensboro History Museum Flashback 70s: Family Festival. The event was billed as “From battlegrounds to Bicentennial, discover the 1770s AND the 1970s at this Semiquincentennial summer’s Flashback family festival.” Virginia Tucker Historical Marker Virginia Layden “Ginna” Tucker of Hertford, NC, was […]
New Acquisitions: Summer 2026
Rare Books Fritzi Brod’s Aesthetic Masterpiece, Flowers in Nature and Design Fritzi Brod’s early inspiration came from witnessing Pavlova and her ballet as a child, which led her to pursue costume design and incorporate floral embroidery into her work. She studied at art schools in Prague and was accepted into the competitive Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. […]