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The Pauline Green Scrapbook
The scrapbook was created by Pauline Green between 1917 and 1921 and documents her time as a student at the State Normal and Industrial College (later North Carolina College for Women, now UNCG). The scrapbook is constructed of green front and back covers bound by brown leather straps and is annotated in black ink on […]
Act of Establishment Creating UNCG — 125 Years Ago Today!!
Today marks the 125th anniversary of the passage of the bill that established the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG). On February 18, 1891, the General Assembly of North Carolina agreed to fund a “normal” (teaching) school for women. The act appropriated $10,000 per year for maintenance of the school, but did not include […]
A Flair for the Dramatic: Early Campus Theater Productions,1896-1916
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1912 The students of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro claim a rich history of dramatic performance. From the campus’s earliest years as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women, the student body has authored plays, created stage sets, sewn costumes, and performed both male and female roles. The […]
Changing Times: An exhibit on the History of UNCG
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives is excited to announce the launching of a new, rotating exhibit in the first floor reading room of Jackson Library titled “Changing Times: A History of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.” The exhibit will trace the development of the school from its founding in […]
A Student’s Perspective: Behind the Stacks in Manuscripts and Archives
I started in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) as a volunteer during the fall semester of my freshman year at UNCG (2010). I had emailed someone (I can’t remember who now) in the library and asked if there was any need for volunteers in the library. I thought I’d be checking […]
McIver Statue Centennial: 1912-2012
Charles Duncan McIver, ca. 1895 Charles Duncan McIver was born on September 27, 1860, to Henry McIver and Sarah “Sallie” Harrington McIver in Moore County, North Carolina. McIver entered the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill in 1877 and graduated in 1881. After graduating from UNC, he accepted the assistant headmaster position […]
Happy Birthday Charlie: Celebrating the 150th Birthday of President Charles Duncan McIver
Charles Duncan McIver Charles “Charlie” Duncan McIver was born on September 27, 1860, to Henry McIver and Sarah “Sallie” Harrington McIver in Moore County, North Carolina. He began his formal education following his 8th birthday at a local one-room schoolhouse in Moore County. McIver enjoyed hunting rabbits, fox, squirrels, opossums, and raccoons and did regular […]
