RARE BOOKS

Indigenous Woman by Martine Gutierrez (2018)

Indigenous Woman marries the traditional to the contemporary, the native to the post-colonial, and the marginalized to the mainstream in the pursuit of genuine selfhood, revealing cultural inequities along the way. This is a quest for identity. Of my own specifically, yes, but by digging my pretty, painted nails deeply into the dirt of my own image I am also probing the depths for some understanding of identity as a social construction.   

The Lonely Girl in the Big City by Louise Shell (1971)

In The Lonely Girl in the Big City by Louise Shell. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Free Press, 1971 Louise Shell moved to Boston from Montgomery, Alabama. She is the mother of a ten year old daughter and a three year old son. She was a licensed practical nurse until an injury on the job made it impossible for her to work any longer. She now has found the time to write, and this is her story of her struggles to overcome her beginnings as a poor black female.

After 1921 : Notes from Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and Beyond. Edited by Crystal Z Campbell. First ed.

After 1921: Notes From Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and Beyond is a hybrid  artist book and anthology commemorating the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the largest acts of domestic terrorism on US soil, resulting in the destruction of over 35 blocks of mostly Black owned business and residences, leaving 9,000 Black people dispossessed of home, land, business and community. One-hundred years later, no one has been charged for the crimes, no reparations have been paid, and justice, still, a century later, has not been served. This collection of works reflects on and around the repercussions of this long-silenced event. (https://go.uncg.edu/qx806a )

MANUSCRIPTS

Lois Wilson Collection

SCUA recently acquired a collection from North Carolina College for Women (now UNC Greensboro) Class of 1920 alumna, Lois Wilson. This collection includes photos of the Women’s Suffrage Movement on our campus and a photo from the campus’ influenza quarantine.

Olufemi Shittu Collection

SCUA recently acquired the activism collection of Olufemi Shittu. This collection contains material related to Shittu’s Civil Rights work, including her work with Ignite NC and the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Photographic Art from the Greensboro Black Lives Matter Art

This recent acquisition, by artist Lakisha Hubacek, is from the Greensboro Black Lives Matter march that took place in the Summer of 2020.

Letters from a WWII Veteran

SCUA recently acquired two letters written by Edward F. Burrows. During World War II, Burrows was a conscientious objector and served time in prison because of his beliefs. During the Vietnam War he counseled young people who held similar beliefs. Throughout his life, Burrows was a member of many organizations interested in the advancement of equal rights for all people, especially in Greensboro. In these letters, Burrows is writing to a young man sentenced to 30 months in the federal reformatory for refusing to register for the draft during WWII.

Vintage Hats

Dr. James V. Carmichael, UNCG Library and Information Science professor, donated a collection of vintage women’s hats that will be added to Dr. Carmichael’s manuscript collection, which includes many vintage dresses, costume jewelry, and purses

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WOMEN VETERANS HISTORICAL PROJECT

SCRAPBOOKS

From the Louise MacCloud Collection

Capt. Louise MacLeod served in the United States ANC (Army Nurse Corps) through the Korean War. In the early 1950s she was stationed at the combined 3rd and 14th Field Hospitals in Pusan, Korea and some time at the 343rd Army Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. In Korea, the 3rd and 14th were combined under one command, forming a large general hospital treating POWs direct from battle, as well as injured and sick U.N. casualties. The hospitals treated all kinds of medical conditions there, from amputations to TB, frostbite and gangrene, mental health, even leprosy (one of the photographs shows several leprosy patients). At the facility thousands of patients were housed in tents and huts in barbed wire compounds. The enamel painted wood cover depicts Mount Fuji and a map of Japan.

From the Patricia Ann Roney Collection

Patricia Ann Roney served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) during World War II. The collection includes a photograph album and a diary she kept during her first nine months in the WAVES from January-September 1944.