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Sheryl Oring: Writing Home: Conversations with our Ancestors
by Audrey Sage “I created “Writing Home: Conversations with our Ancestors” as an interactive performance at the Eldridge Street Project on the Lower East Side in New York City. It explored the connection between place, language and memory as it relates to the American immigrant experience. I set up a portable office within the 1887 […]
Peg Woffington by Charles Reade 1899
by Audrey Sage The novel Peg Woffington which was written in 1853 by the British author Charles Reade. Inspired by the popular stage play Masks and Faces, Reade portrayed the London success of the Irish actress Peg Woffington (1720–1760). UNCG owns a copy of this work in the Robert C. Hanson Performing Arts collection in […]
Cooking Through the Counties – Cranberry Crisp from Mitchell County
This installment of Cooking Through the Counties features a recipe by Lorraine Goven, Cranberry Crisp, included in the cookbook Old and New, Tried and True from the Women’s Guild at St. Lucien Church in Spruce Pines, Mitchell County. Careful readers will notice a glaring error in this recipe – the main ingredient is listed as […]
Souvenirs of Great Cities
Verses by Dorothy A. Yule, Illustrations by Susan Hunt Yule by Audrey Sage UNCG’s Special Collections contains a copy of the wonderful four-volume artist book set by Left Coast Press. Souvenirs of Great Cities is a collaboration by Dorothy Yule and her twin sister, Susan Hunt Yule. Left Coast Press is the imprint of Dorothy […]
Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Leland
by Audrey Sage Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland is a collection of myths and folklore derived from the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes, recorded during the late 19th century. The work aims to preserve the rich cultural heritage of these Northeastern Algonquin tribes by compiling and narrating their ancient tales, which […]
The Little Jungle Book by Linda Connor and Maria Sibylla Merian
by Audrey Sage We have added a luscious book by Linda Connor to our collection. Linda Connor is an American photographer and artist living in Northern California. Her work has taken her to remote parts of the globe, and her photographs consider the relationship of the sacred to the natural world and reflect her interest […]
Tele-Photo Poco Camera
Special Collections was delighted to receive a beautiful historic Tele-Photo Poco C camera, which was manufactured by the Rochester Camera and Supply Company in Rochester, New York. The self-casing, red bellows-folding camera has a striking mahogany wood case covered in “elephant grain” black leather, a design primarily seen in American designs. It had multiple lenses […]
Cooking Through The Counties – Sour Cream Pound Cake from Alleghany County
This installment of Cooking Through the Counties features a recipe selected from Seasoned with Love, a cookbook compiled by the Women’s Missionary Union of Mount Carmel Baptist Church, located in Glade Valley, in Alleghany County, North Carolina. Three aspects of this recipe caught my eye: the wording of the recipe indicated that the author was […]
Sky Signs: Aratus’ Phaenomena
-Audrey Sage The Phaenomena of Aratus is a co-publication of the Janus Press and Plowboy Press. This third-century work by the Greek poet Aratus describes the constellations and other natural phenomena The book is housed in a maple and birchwood slipcase with a lasercut label on the spine. The cloth-bound chemise is lined with Durer’s 1515 celestial […]
The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man by Catherine Maria Sedgwick
by Audrey Sage – Senior Conservator The University Libraries Special Collections contains a copy of Catherine Maria Sedgwick’s The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man, published in 1839 by Harper & Brothers. An important literary advocate for women in the 19th century, Sedgwick’s words, intelligence, and voice had fallen into obscurity towards the […]