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Yoko Ishikawa: A Look at a Student’s Cultural Exchange Experience in the 1950’s
By Shelbi Webb Institutions of higher learning not only offer opportunities for academic knowledge, but also philosophical and cultural understanding. The “foreign exchange student” has long served as a pathway for experiencing the world. However, cultural exchange can be implicitly biased. Yoko Ishikawa, a Japanese exchange student at Woman’s College or “W.C.” (now UNCG) in […]
Beginnings : GOOD GROWING PAINS: THE 1980S AND 1990S
by Emilie Mills Thinking about the Special Collections Division as it was then known in the 1970s, I realize that is was the decade of “figuring it all out”. We had to bring together a variety of uncataloged book collections secured in a variety of locations (or, as it turned out, not so secure for […]
Dr. Anna Gove Goes West!
by Kathelene McCarty Smith Photographs taken by Dr. Anna Gove, the second resident “lady doctress” at the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNC Greensboro), have proved a rich source of both campus and local history. A native of New Hampshire, Gove arrived in North Carolina at 26 years of age, becoming one of the […]
Flashback to 1921!
by Beth Ann Koelsch SCUA has an amazing collection of over 75 scrapbooks made by students and “classes of” . These scrapbooks range from from the late 1800s through the twentieth century. I love scrapbooks and yearbooks and have had to restrain myself from going anywhere near them because I know if I start paging […]
Darlinettes on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday
On Saturday, May 30, NPR listeners around the country were treated to a story about the Darlinettes, a big band composed of students from Woman’s College (now UNCG) in the 1940s and early 1950s. The piece aired as part of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday. WFDD’s David Ford used resources in University Archives (as well as […]
University Archives Videos Now on YouTube
University Archives has started posting some video clips to the University Libraries’ YouTube account. The clips are digitized from films held in University Archives. A “Films from UNCG University Archives” playlist collates all the University Archives clips in one place. You’ll find scenes from past commencement activities, special campus events and visitors, and even a […]
Celebrating Women’s History Month
To celebrate Women’s History Month, the University Archives Twitter feed (@UNCGArchives) will be posting photos throughout the month, highlighting our founding and history as an institution focused on women’s education (from 1891 through the arrival of the first male undergraduates in Fall 1964). As always, you can also learn more on our Spartan Stories blog. […]
University history (and University Archives materials!) featured in Our State article
The January 2014 issue of Our State features a wonderful article highlighting the history of UNCG. The piece, titled “A Place of Distinction,” explores the history of Woman’s College through the experiences of alumna and former director of admissions Alice Irby. The article (found on pages 54-63 and at http://www.ourstate.com/womans-college-greensboro/) focuses on campus changes during […]
What’s New in SCUA
Mary Channing Coleman This month in SCUA, we’re showcasing a painting that we’ve recently acquired from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Kinesiology Department. The portrait is of Mary Channing Coleman, painted by Albert A. Wilkinson, head of the UNCG News Bureau from 1947-1967. Coleman was a long-time faculty member at Woman’s College; […]
Article on Woman’s College Resources in Segregated North Carolina
If you’re interested in learning more about the Library’s – and specifically librarian Charles Adams’ – struggles in allowing students from Bennett and North Carolina A&T to use Woman’s College Library resources, there is an article in the newest issue of North Carolina Libraries focused on the topic. And almost all of the research was […]
