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News from the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives at the UNC Greensboro University Libraries |
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RECENT ACQUISITIONS
One of the primary roles of The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives is to acquire books and original materials, whether by donation, purchase, or transfer.
Our featured purchase is a copy of a 1940s show program of the all-Black musical Carmen Jones that reimagines Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen with an all-Black cast and a contemporary American setting. Originally produced by Billy Rose and directed by Hassard Short, it premiered on Broadway in 1943 at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.
Learn about the latest acquisitions to all collections HERE.
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SCUA continues preparing for our temporary relocation during Phase 2 of the Jackson Library renovation project. But even the large space in Becher-Weaver building is not big enough to hold all of the unique archival collections, rare books, artifacts, textiles, and other materials held by SCUA! Fortunately, three on-campus office spaces have been secured to serve as “deep storage” during the remainder of the renovation.
Read More HERE.
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SCUA NEWS
SCUA staff (and volunteer Hermann Trojanowski, front left) celebrated another successful year by gathering at Print Works Bistro for our annual holiday luncheon. Much fun was had by all!
UNCG University Libraries, the Jewish Studies Program, and the UNCG History Department have been collaborating to create an archive of Jewish history in Greensboro and the Triad area. The project's launch will be on Sunday, May 17th, at Temple Emanuel in downtown Greensboro.
Learn more about SCUA activities HERE.
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INSTRUCTION
SCUA has a strong commitment to instruction, teaching many class sessions each semester. Several classes visited Special Collections and University Archives to view materials, including rare books, manuscripts, university documents, and artifacts.
The sessions also included a hands-on exercise that allowed students to engage in experiential learning.
Read more about SCUA instruction HERE.
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This student-created StoryMap covers the career of Lois Lenski (1893-1974), a Newbery Medal-winning children's author and illustrator.
SCUA's collection of The Lois Lenski Papers dates from circa 1800-1974 and contains research notes, correspondence, sketches, manuscripts, illustrations, proofs, book jackets, publicity materials, artifacts, articles, toys, and other items documenting Lenski's life and career.
Explore the StoryMap.
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IN MEMORIAM:
ELLA ROSS AND ANGELA DAVIS-GARDNER
We remember UNCG alumna and former SCUA Assistant University Archivist Ella Ross and alumna, writer, and teacher Angela Davis-Gardner, who both died recently. This photo shows Ella Ross and Betty H. Carter holding Schlitz beer cans that were discovered in the ceiling during HVAC and electrical work in SCUA.
Read more HERE.
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Archivist Sean Mulligan received a surprise donation of over 350 letters written from 1941-1943 by Woman's College (now UNCG) student Sarah Hall Therrell to her boyfriend and (spoiler alert) future husband Lloyd Epting Jeffcoat. The letters are a fascinating window into the life of a college student during World War II.
Read more HERE.
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During the Christmas season of 1916, the junior History of Music students at the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) presented Professor Wade Brown with a small scrapbook as a token of their esteem.
Learn more HERE.
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CAROLYN'S COOKING THROUGH THE COUNTIES: MITCHELL COUNTY
Rare Book Curator, Carolyn Shankle, is cooking her way through SCUA's vast North Carolina Cookbook Collection! For this issue, she made a cranberry crisp from the 1983 cookbook Old and New Tried and True, compiled by the Women's Guild at St. Lucien Church in Spruce Pine, NC.
SCUA's cookbook collection includes more than 2,000 volumes from churches, community groups, hospitals, and various clubs across North Carolina. Many of these community publications were created with the intention of raising money.
Read about Carolyn's experience baking the crisp HERE.
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ARTIST BOOK SPOTLIGHT:
SOUVENIRS OF GREAT CITIES
Nestled in the SCUA stacks is this charming and delightful four-volume set of miniature books featuring four cities - London, San Francisco, Paris, and New York. Created in 1996 by artists Dorothy Yule and Susan Hunt Yule, these volumes showcase many of the special places found in each of these cities through beautiful illustrations and descriptive verses.
Look inside HERE.
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In the fall of 2025, a 99-year-old alumna of Woman's College (now UNCG) had been reminiscing about a textbook from her 1943 English course at WC. Gay Morenus Hammerman phoned SCUA with a query about the title of that textbook she remembered from 82 years prior and inspired SCUA staff to learn more about this extraordinary woman.
Read all about her story HERE.
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FEATURED ORAL HISTORY: MARY WRIGHT
Mary Wright attended UNCG from 1970-1973, graduating in three years. Afterward, she attended George Washington University Law School. After practicing law in North Carolina and Georgia, she returned to the classroom, and has served as a Professor of Law at North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham, NC, since 1985.
Listen to the interview HERE.
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