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New Acquisitions: Spring 2026
Manuscripts Katherine Johnson Papers Katherine (Wright) Johnson was born on August 30, 1938. She attended the Woman’s College (now UNC Greensboro) from 1956 to 1960, earning a bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts. During her junior year, she participated in a USO tour to military bases in the Far East, with stops in Japan and South […]
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 […]
SCUA Instruction: Fall 2024
SCUA staff continued to teach classes and workshops throughout the fall, incorporating primary sources from across our collections. These sessions give students the opportunity to learn from a “hands-on” experience with archival materials. Some of the notable classes and instructional opportunities this fall include: 2024 MFA Cohort Visit The incoming MFA students visited SCUA at […]
Summer 2023 Acquisitions
Rare Books The Sphere of Rocks and Water: A Fine Donation At the end of July, we celebrated the retirement of Paul Hessling, who served for 35 years as the Rare Book Cataloger for the University Libraries. During his time at UNCG, he cataloged over 27,000 books, most of them for the Rare Books collections. […]
SCUA Instruction: Spring 2023
SCUA staff taught approximately 75 classes and workshops sessions in the Spring 2023 semester, reaching over 1500 students, and incorporating primary sources from across our collections. These sessions give students the opportunity to learn from “hands-on” experience with archival materials. Some of the notable classes this quarter include: “Something Happened Here” On Thursday, April 20th, […]