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News from the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives at the UNC Greensboro University Libraries |
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A Queer Kind of Death by George Baxt, published 1966 | |
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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.
Author George Baxt created the first openly gay Black homicide detective, Pharoah Love. (The spelling error of his first name is purposeful.) The first of the series, A Queer Kind of Death (1966), proved so remarkable when it was published that it was reviewed in The New York Times multiple times. Recognizing a lucrative opportunity when he saw it, he quickly followed with two additional titles in the series, Swing Low Sweet Harriet (1967), and Topsy and Evil.
Learn about the latest acquisitions to all collections HERE.
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PACKING UP: SCUA AND THE LIBRARY RENOVATION
In preparation for the upcoming Jackson Library renovation beginning in January 2025, the University Libraries Conservation Lab is temporarily relocating to the North Spencer building. Conservator Audrey Sage has been packing up the materials and equipment that has been located in the lower level space since 1974.
Read more HERE...
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SCUA sponsors events to publicize our collections and feature topics of campus and community interest. In September, Dr. Charles Bolton spoke about his recently published book Home Front Battles: World War II Mobilization and Race in the Deep South. In October, Dr. Alice Haddy spoke about former faculty member Florence Schaeffer.
Read More HERE...
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STUDENT SUCCESS
SCUA focuses on working with UNCG students to help prepare them for current and future success. This includes student projects, internships, and other first-hand experiences with Special Collections and University Archives. UNCG graduate assistant Susan Huynh wrote about her experience designing and mounting an exhibit of artifacts from the Women Veterans Historical Project collections.
Read more HERE...
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INSTRUCTION
SCUA has a strong commitment to instruction and student success, teaching many class sessions each year. In September 2024, as part of their research into the exploration and development of the Cape Fear River basin, students in ART 448 visited SCUA to examine historical maps of North Carolina. Of special interest were the early maps of the region, displayed in the Hodges Reading Room, depicting the coast and preliminary surveys of interior terrain, dating from 1676 to 1775.
Read more HERE...
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North Carolina is home to a rich tradition of folklore tales. This StoryMap, created by IRLS graduate student Odelys Morales- Sierra highlights ten books about legends from across the state.
Discover more on the StoryMap...
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TRAGEDIES ON CAMPUS AT UNCG
This guide offers a list of resources regarding tragedies on campus, as well as student responses to catastrophic national events. Pictured on the left are portraits of Evelyn and Sarah Bailey, sisters who died in the 1899 campus typhoid epidemic.
See the guide HERE...
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In one of the more fascinating stories that we have featured in our quarterly newsletter is the mystery of the lost 1962 Woman's College (now UNCG) class ring. The saga of how the ring was lost, found, and finally returned to the alumna who lost it within the first month she purchased it, captured the imagination of the staff. It was quite the saga!
Read more about this SCUA detective story HERE...
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Joanne Smart Drane is one of Woman's College's (now UNCG) most illustrious alumna. Drane made history as one of the first two African Americans to be accepted as a full-time student at W.C. She remained involved with UNCG, including serving on the Board of Trustees from 1995-1999. Drane recently added photographs, letters, books, etc., to her manuscript collection.
Read more about this collection HERE
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SCRAPBOOK SPOTLGHT:
EDGWARE ROAD MURDER
SCUA recently purchased an interesting scrapbook that will enhance our instructional efforts related to sensationalized media coverage in Victorian London. The scrapbook contains approximately 100 pages of newspaper articles, pamphlets, and clippings, many with illustrations and some annotated. They attest to the public’s fascination with horrific crimes, specifically one that took place near the North London suburb of Edgware in the dead of winter, 1836. In this articles, Kathelene Smith discusses the scrapbook and recounts the gruesome murder of Hannah Brown and the subsequent trial of James Greenacre and Sarah Gale.
Read about the story HERE...
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Rare Book Curator, Carolyn Shankle, is cooking her way through SCUA's vast North Carolina Cookbook Collection! She will have a new recipe each quarterly newsletter.
SCUA's cookbook collection includes more than 2,000 volumes from across North Carolina. The collection is comprised of cookbooks from churches, community groups, hospitals, and various clubs. Many of these are community publications, which were typically created with the intention of raising money.
Read about Carolyn's experience baking a raspberry nut torte HERE...
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SCUA owns a limited edition copy of Lois Morrison's artist book Spring in the Cabin. This is a delicate handsewn miniature book constructed of a hand drawn cover, and contains handwritten text and illustrations. This book is accompanied by a collection of thirty six small hand cut and drawn images of a variety of dead insects.
Read more about this work HERE....
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As part of the "She Can, We Can: Women Politicians in their Own Words" project, Former UNCG Museum Studies graduate student and SCUA intern Lacey Wilson interviewed former Guilford County Commissioner Carolyn Coleman on January 12, 2022. Coleman was the representative for East Greensboro and Pleasant Garden.
Watch her oral history interview HERE
Learn more about the project HERE.
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