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Special Collections and University Archives
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives
Joanne Smart Drane Addition
Elizabeth JoAnne Smart Drane was a student of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina (now UNCG), graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. She saved many materials from her time as a student as well as her contributions to the University as an alumna. Drane’s 2024 donation includes […]
SCUA Programming
SCUA continued to present excellent programming this quarter with the following presentations: Dr. Chuck Bolton Discussed His New Book Home Front Battles: World War II Mobilization and Race in the Deep South On Wednesday, September 18th, in Hodges Reading Room, Dr. Charles C. Bolton spoke about his recently published book Home Front Battles: World War II […]
Library Conservation Lab Relocation During Jackson Library Renovation
by Audrey Sage When the university expanded the library in 1974, building the iconic tower in the what was the center of campus at the time, they included a wonderful conservation and bindery lab. There it has remained in its basement location for these last fifty years. The conservation staff has provided the care, maintenance, […]
Spring in the Cabin by Lois Morrison
-Audrey Sage The Special Collections and University Archives contains a copy of Lois Morrison’s artist book Spring in the Cabin. This delicate handsewn miniature book is 2.5″ x 2.5″ square, is constructed of a hand drawn cover, and contains handwritten text and illustrations. This book is accompanied by a collection of thirty six small hand […]
New Acquisitions: Fall 2024
MANUSCRIPTS Punk Concert Flyers Punks on Paper, a comprehensive look back at the history of North Carolina Punk and Hardcore through detailed show listings, flyers, posters, and ticket stubs, went online in 2014 as the personal website of John Rivera. By 2019, the collection had grown to over 5000 show entries and over 3000 flyers […]
Student Success: Odelys Morales-Sierra
I began working at SCUA in May 2024, and it has quickly become one of my favorite positions. The experience has been immensely rewarding, particularly my involvement with the North Carolina Literary Map project. It has been incredibly enjoyable to discover new authors and literary figures that I had never encountered before. This project has […]
NEW ACQUISITIONS: SUMMER 2024
MANUSCRIPTS ANNE WALL THOMAS PAPERS Anne Wall Thomas was a Class of 1949 alumna of Woman’s College. Thomas graduated from Lilesville High School and earned a BFA and MFA from Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, now UNC Greensboro. Her teaching career began in the public schools of Oxford, NC, and continued in […]
Preserving the Tuttle Collection
-Audrey Sage Lelia Judson Tuttle was born in 1878 in Caldwell County, North Carolina, where she grew up on the family farm. She graduated from the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) in 1900, and did postgraduate work in English at the State Normal before receiving her Master of Arts degree in English from […]
“Carolyn is Cooking Through the Counties” Icebox Cheese Cookies, Wake County
Rare Book Curator, Carolyn Shankle, is cooking her way through SCUA’s vast North Carolina Cookbook Collection! She will have a new recipe each quarterly newsletter. This issue’s recipe comes from the North Carolina State College Woman’s Club Cook Book [undated, between 1952-1974], submitted by Mrs. H.A. Patten. This club was formed in 1919 with membership […]
Spring 2024: New Acquisitions
MANUSCRIPTS ART SUPPLY BOX This art supply box originally belonged to Josephine Crocker Maddrey Alston, a member of the Woman’s College class of 1948. Alston was a Home Economics major while attending WC. WORLD WAR I AMERICAN RED CROSS POSTERS These WWI posters stress the importance of giving to the American Red Cross. The Red […]