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Pat Sweeney Scrapbook
The majority of scrapbooks in the Women Veterans Historical Project Collections are from World War II. Sweeney created this homemade album with interesting graphic elements. Marsha Paulette “Pat” Sweeney (b. 1942), of Pembroke, North Carolina, served in the American Red Cross from 1964 to 1965. Sweeney was born on 17 February 1942 to Joseph Walter […]
SCRAPBOOK SPOTLIGHT
The “NINA M.H.” SCRAPBOOK MYSTERY BY HERMANN TROJANOWSKI My name is Hermann Trojanowski, and I am the former Special Projects Archivist at UNCG’s Special Collections and University Archives Department (SCUA). One of the projects on which I worked while at SCUA was conducting oral history interviews for the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project […]
Scrapbooks from the Women Veterans Historical Project
by Audrey Sage Every scrapbook tells a unique story. Looking through scrapbooks that were created by women who have served in the military throughout the last century is a very special experience. Snapshots share a moment in time that can only briefly capture the experience of the veteran. There are playful photos, very serious images, […]
New Acquisitions – Fall 2022
RARE BOOKS “Capacity Taste, and Fertile Imagination” We recently purchased a copy of François Menon’s The Art of Modern Cookery Displayed (1767) for our Historical Cookbooks in the Woman’s Collection. This copy is the first edition in English of Menon’s encyclopedic cookbook, translated from the original French Les soupers de la cour (1755). Promoting simple […]