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Instruction: Spring 2026
History 212: The United States: A General Survey Since 1860 Kathelene McCarty Smith, Carolyn Shankle, and Stacey Krim curated a pop-up exhibit for the students in Alyssa Kuchinski’s HIS 212 class. The exhibit highlighted United States history from 1860 – 1990s through primary sources and popular culture artifacts. SCUA Field Experience Students’ Preservation Lab Session […]
Tele-Photo Poco Camera
Special Collections was delighted to receive a beautiful historic Tele-Photo Poco C camera, which was manufactured by the Rochester Camera and Supply Company in Rochester, New York. The self-casing, red bellows-folding camera has a striking mahogany wood case covered in “elephant grain” black leather, a design primarily seen in American designs. It had multiple lenses […]
Winter 2024 : New Acquisitions
Manuscripts Dr. Thomas K. Fitzgerald addition Artifacts donated by Dr. Thomas K. Fitzgerald to the Anthropology Department have been transferred to Dr. Fitzgerald’s manuscript collection in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives. Stylized Carved Wooden Head Polynesian grass and shell necklace and bracelets Louanne Watley Collection Louanne Watley is a visual artist and […]
New Exhibit Shines Flashbulb on Arnold Doren, Photographer and UNC Greensboro Professor
A new exhibit on the first floor of Jackson Library shines a spotlight on American and international lives during Woodstock, the Sturgis motorcycle rally, the Greensboro Massacre, and street and landscape scenes from Beijing. Arnold Doren, undated. Located in the three exhibit cases by the reference desk on the first floor, the exhibit is created […]