FLASHBACK TO THE 1940s
On July 6, 2024, Kathelene McCarty Smith and Beth Ann Koelsch participated in the Greensboro History Museum’s second “Forties Flashback Family Fun Day.” Kathelene spoke about Woman’s College (now UNCG) Dean Harriet Elliott’s contributions to World War II. Beth Ann gave a presentation about American Red Cross Recreation worker Jean Moore Fasse (photo below), and then “tabled” at the event to publicize the Women Veterans Historical Project.
CRAM AND SCRAM
In August 2024, Carolyn Shankle, Anne Symonds, and Audrey Sage kickstarted the “sort operation” for the annual “Cram and Scram” rummage sale. The UNCG Office of Sustainability collects clothes and other materials UNCG students leave behind on campus. This initiative saves an annual average of 8 tons of materials from going to the landfill. The Cram and Scram Rummage sale is Friday September 13, 2024 at the Elliott Student Center from 2pm-7pm where these items will be sold to the general public and students for a flat price of $1 each.
CHANCE Program
On July 18, 2024, SCUA once again welcomed Latinx high school students who were taking part in the CHANCE (Campamento Hispano Abriendo Nuestro Camino a la Educación/Hispanic Camp Opening Our Path to Education) program. CHANCE encourages students to attend college by increasing their awareness of higher education and showing that it is well within their reach.
During their time in SCUA, students were divided into two groups. One group learned about UNCG history, archives, and primary sources from Beth Ann Koelsch. The second group met with Suzanne Helms for a hands-on activity in which students took on the role of archivists. Students were asked to work with a partner to create a list of items that they would collect to tell the story of their time on the UNCG campus. They discussed the various digital and physical artifacts they could use to narrate their stories. Some of the items they listed were CHANCE t-shirts, digital photos, texts, applications, gas or food receipts, etc. Then as a group, students were challenged to think about how the “history” of the CHANCE event might be recorded differently if someone other than themselves were documenting the experience. Students also learned about the impact an archivist may have on what story is recorded and the inherent responsibility to ensure all voices are represented in history. Students then visited the Preservation Lab and Conservator Audrey Sage showed them books in the process of restoration and preservation…and, of course, they saw the legendary Bindery Donut!
AUDREY SAGE ELECTED TO THE UNCG STAFF SENATE
Congratulations to Preservation Services Manager Audrey Sage who was elected to the UNCG Staff Senate as a representative for Academic Affairs for the 2024-2026 term.
SCUA CAMPUS OUTREACH
On August 13, 2024 Scott Hinshaw, Audrey Sage, and Suzanne Helms provided information about UNCG history for the Annual Campus Kick-Off Luncheon at Moran Commons. Faculty and staff viewed yearbooks, copies of the UNCG Arts magazine, Coraddi, university bulletins, and other display materials. Audrey and Scott answered questions about campus history and the upcoming Jackson Library renovation, and shared SCUA stickers and postcards!
Audrey Sage and Scott Hinshaw
STACEY KRIM INTERVIEWED ON “YOU HAD ME AT CELLO” PODCAST
Stacey Krim, curator of the Cello Music Collection held at the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, was interviewed by Dr. Benjamin Whitcomb for his cello music podcast! You can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/CelloDoctorWhitcomb/videos/1065558351900649
NAV1GATE
On August 18, 2024 Audrey Sage volunteered to assist with NAV1GATE, an all-day campus event, during which the University offers a variety of activities to welcome new students. They learn about opportunities on campus, meet new friends, connect with faculty, staff, student leaders, and learn about the many traditions UNCG celebrates each year. The students are presented with the resources and support systems that are available to help make their first year a success.
RESEARCHER SPOTLIGHT: SUMMER 2024
In July 2024, Dr. Joan E. Organ and her husband spent nine days in SCUA conducting research on Judge Florence Allen, the first woman elected to a state supreme court in the United States. She quickly became a staff favorite and even good-naturedly joined the SCUA staff in a surprise fire drill!
THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS (SAA) ANNUAL MEETING
In August 2024, Kathelene McCarty Smith and Erin Lawrimore attended the SAA annual meeting Chicago. Erin Lawrimore was a panelist in the session CURE for the Common Paper: Course-Based Undergraduate Research in the Archives. Her presentation “Something Happened Here: Introducing Undergraduates to University Archives and History” focused on Erin’s work with the Honors College class, “University History and Digital Storytelling” which she teaches.
Additionally, on Friday, August 1 at the North Carolina Community College Archives Association annual meeting at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, Erin presented on “Inreach: Engaging Faculty and Students With Your Archives.”
UPCOMING EVENT:
Join us on Wednesday, September 18th at 3pm in Hodges Reading Room (Jackson Library) for a presentation by Dr. Charles C. Bolton, historian, professor, and author of the recently published Home Front Battles: World War II Mobilization and Race in the Deep South (Oxford University Press). Bolton’s book explores the role of race in World War II mobilization in the Deep South, where the needs of wartime industries and bases inflamed tensions around labor, land, and military service. To accompany Dr. Bolton’s presentation, an exhibit of materials from the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives will display posters, printed materials, and other documents related to World War II, race, and military service.
Charles C. Bolton is Professor of History and the incoming Faculty Senate Chair (beginning August 1) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research focuses on twentieth-century United States, the American South, oral history, race, and politics. He is the author of many books on Southern history, including Poor Whites of the Antebellum South, The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870-1980, and William F. Winter and the New Mississippi.
