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SCUA Turns 50!
by Kathelene McCarty Smith The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) is excited to announce its 50th anniversary year in the UNC Greensboro University Libraries. In 1972, Emmy Mills, as the first Special Collections Librarian, organized the holding which were previously placed in the care of the University into a new department. Under […]
Civil War Union Soldier collection added to the Archives
by Sean Mulligan The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives is excited to announce the recent acquisition of the papers of Davis Hosmer, a soldier of the American Civil War. Born on April 14, 1845, in Farmington, Massachusetts, Davis was a farmer who left his family in September 1862, to enlist in Company […]
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 […]
2009 Annual Women Veterans Luncheon
The 11th annual 2009 Annual Women Veterans Luncheon was a great success! On Saturday, November 14 over 125 people gathered in the EUC ballroom at UNC-G to celebrate women veterans and the Women Veterans Historical Project. The keynote speaker was Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender, U.S. Army, Retired. Adams-Ender is a graduate of North Carolina A&T […]
