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SCUA NEWS: FALL 2023
TRIAD BLACK LIVES MATTER COMMUNITY PROJECT WINS AWARD The Triad Black Lives Matter Collection was selected to receive the 2023 Voices of a City Local History Award, an award presented by the Greensboro History Museum for important contributions to local history by individuals or groups. The collection includes photographs and other materials related to the Black Lives Matter […]
Student Success: Fall 2023
SCUA supports student success by providing opportunities for internships, capstone projects, practicums, student workers, and volunteers. Their projects include conducting research and archival processing, creating libguides and story maps, creating exhibits, and writing blog posts. Some of the experiences in SCUA lead to external internships and job opportunities in the field. Online University Archives Exhibit […]
Harriet Elliott
Harriet Wiseman Elliott is considered one of the most illustrious faculty members who ever taught at UNC Greensboro. Born in Carbondale, Illinois, on July 10, 1884, Elliott grew up in a close and politically active family. She soon followed in the footsteps of her father, Allan Elliott, who was very committed to causes related to […]
SCUA News: Summer 2023
Preservation Specialist Audrey Sage Honored by the Staff Senate Preservation Specialist Audrey Sage was honored by the Staff Senate for her many contributions to Service Committee, including her work with the Angel tree, the UNCG garden plot, the Spartan Open Pantry food drive, the Teacher Supply Warehouse drive, the Veterans Day card signing event, and […]
SCUA News: Spring 2023
SCUA Faculty and Staff are Awarded for Service The University Libraries Awards Committee announced the award winners for 2023: And Service Pins for: Preservation Services Student Worker Selected for Library Award Congratulations to Jordan Williams for winning 2023’s Outstanding Library Student Worker Award! She was nominated this year by her supervisor, Audrey Sage, for her […]
Mountain Cooking by John Parris
by Audrey Sage John Parris was born in Sylva, North Carolina and began writing for the local weekly paper, The Jackson County Journal, at the age of thirteen. He later went on to write as a feature writer in New York, then later in London during World War II for the United Press. He continued […]
The White Maiden Male by Jeffrey Morin
by Audrey Sage sailorBOYpress, 2012, Copy 6 from an edition of 50. 11 x 9″; 28 pages. Letterpress printed with Plantin type. Printed on Barcham Green and other handmade papers. Sewn binding with matching paper covers. In 11.75 x 9″ lidded aluminum box with embossed titles. Signed and dated by artist. Jeff Morin, Colophon: “The White […]
Student Success: Winter 2023
Liz Konopka, former UNCG student employee, shares how her experience working at SCUA prepared her for a position as collection manager for a museum Adrienne Johnson, current student at UNCG, writes about her capstone experience in SCUA My Work With UNCG’s North Carolina Community Cookbook Collection By Adrienne Johnson In this, […]
Instruction and Teaching: Winter 2023
SCUA staff have found that our classes have almost returned to its pre-COVID numbers. Although we are still conducting some online sessions, many professors are choosing to bring their classes to the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University (SCUA). The following are a few examples of the classes that have visited SCUA during the […]
SCUA News: Winter 2023
Paper dress exhibit in Jackson Library The five dresses in the Fast Fashion of the 1960s, Paper Dresses exhibit were all designed by faculty in the UNC Greensboro Department of Art for the 1967 Art on Paper gala held at the Weatherspoon Art Museum and are held in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & […]
