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Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Collection
2023 Annual Women Veterans Luncheon
by Beth Ann Koelsch On Friday, November 10, 2023, the UNC Greensboro Women Veterans Historical Project (WVHP) hosted its annual luncheon, which featured keynote speaker Ingrid Ruffin, U.S. Air Force veteran and UNCG alumna. Ingrid spoke about her experiences in the military and how she has applied the lessons learned in the Air Force to her education and […]
Pauline G. Palmer Scrapbook
by Beth Ann Koelsch Scrapbooks can often be very fragile, especially if the pages themselves are brittle. Many scrapbooks are filled with uncaptioned photographs and other materials such as programs, postcards, clippings, greeting cards, and ticket stubs. The lack of contextual information makes it challenging to understand the “story” of the creator, especially if we […]
New Acquistions: Summer 2022
RARE BOOKS French Neo-Gothic Typography and Printing Masterpiece Jean Midolle. Recueil ou Alphabet de lettres initiales, historiques avec bordures et fleurons d’après le 14 et 15 siècles. Gand [Ghent], G. Jacqmain, 1846. The title leaf and 24 chromolithographic plates were printed on porcelain coated paper, one for each letter of the alphabet (I and J were interchangeable, and […]
U.S. Army USAREUR Race Relations School Training Materials 1972-1974
by Matthew McCarthy SCUA is pleased to highlight a recent acquisition for the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project. SCUA’s acquisition includes two binders filled to the brim with an array of training materials an African American female student used for extensive training and later as an instructor for the U.S. Army’s Racial Awareness […]
SCUA 50TH ANNIVERSARY SPEAKER SERIES PRESENTATIONS & “FIRST FRIDAYS”
Please Join us for First Friday Discussions Use this Zoom Link for all presentations: https://go.uncg.edu/firstfridays June 3, 12pm: African American Employees at UNCG Before Segregation, Erin Lawrimore July 1, 12pm: A Closer Look at the Anno tricesimo tertio Henrici octavi: Frightening Laws enacted by Henry VIII!, Stacey Krim and Kathelene McCarty Smith August 5, 12pm: TBD September […]
UNC Greensboro Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project Honors Student Veterans
In honor of Veterans Day 2013, we asked UNCG students who are active duty, in the reserves, or veterans to share their photos and tell us what they learned from their military service. There are: 21,500,000 military veterans in the U.S. 72,000 veterans living in North Carolina. 468 UNCG students using their G.I. Bill educational […]
North Carolina and South Carolina archivists learn about the WVHP in Morehead City
WVHP hits the road! Curator Beth Ann Koelsch, USAF veteran/WVHP oral history interviewer/UNC Greensboro PhD candidate Therese Strohmer, and Navy veteran Pat Childers gave a presentation and conducted a panel discussion at the 2011 joint conference of the Society of North Carolina Archivists (SNCA) and the South Carolina Archival Association (SCAA) in Morehead City, NC […]
Thank you to Irene Parsons
Irene Parsons of Wilkes County, North Carolina, passed away on March 10, 2011. Irene spent three years with the Women’s Reserve of the Coast Guard (SPARs) from 1943 until 1946. Afterward, she had a long career with the Veteran’s Administration, retiring after almost thirty years of service. She was a long time supporter of the […]
NPR radio series on U.S. Military “Women in War”
photo: Ingrid Ruffin in bomb shelter in Iraq, 2003 (WV0400) There is a fascinating 5 part series that examines women’s experiences in the U.S. Military:http://www.npr.org/series/133869535/women-in-combat Women in War: ‘I’ve Lived out there with the guys’ Silver Star Recipient: A Reluctant Hero General Remembers her ‘Different’ Military Days A Soldier’s Life for a Mother and her […]
UNC Greensboro Veterans and Military Expo
On Tuesday, September 7, UNCG sponsored a Veterans and Military Expo. 130 veterans, military personnel, university officials, and local business and community leaders listened to a panel discussion about Education, Jobs and Workforce Development and met with representatives for veterans resources. U.S. Senator Kay Hagan introduced the panel discussion and Beth Ann Koelsch, the curator […]
