News from the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives at the UNC Greensboro University Libraries |
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MFA Creative Writing Students visit SCUA.
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A Day in the Scriptorium at Jackson Library.
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Senior Conservator Audrey Sage contemplates the whimsical and fascinating work of artist Lois Morrison
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Catch up with SCUA departmental news, including recent community presentations, exhibits, publications, and media spotlights!
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The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) is excited to announce its 50th anniversary year. Read more...
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View historic images of SCUA from years past.
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UNCG Special Collections & University Archives recently accepted a donation of quilts from the Monument Quilt project. Read more...
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In the spring of 2021, Dr. Maria Sánchez (UNCG English, WGSS) contacted SCUA regarding the opportunity to receive Dr. Judith Fetterley’s collection of 19th century women writers’ works. Dr. Fetterley helped found the Society for the Study of American Women Writers and the scholarly journal associated with the organization. In addition, she aided in the development of the concept of resistant reading, as represented in her 1978 book, The Resisting Reader: A Feminist Approach to American Fiction. Read more...
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One of the primary roles of Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archive is to acquire books and original materials, whether by donation, purchase, or transfer. Recent additions to the Rare Books, Manuscripts, University Archives, and Women Veterans Historical Project Collections include.... Read More...
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Founded as a school to educate women in 1891, the University Archives’ collections focus mainly on women and their connection to education in North Carolina. The following is a LibGuide to assist researchers in learning about the extensive collections that SCUA has to offer regarding education in North Carolina. View the LibGuide here...
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What does it take to make a successful interactive exercise incorporating materials from Rare Books? In the cases of ENG 336 Introduction to Chaucer and ENG 343 Beyond Chaucer, taught by Dr. Amy Vines (English), it takes weeks of planning - from compilation of potential resources to layout design - to actual implementation. For a student’s perspective of the experience, Read on here.
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University Archivist Erin Lawrimore shares the story about how a Spartan Stories blog post connected with a Texan collector.
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Anna Maria Gove was the resident physician at State Normal and Industrial School (now UNC Greensboro), from 1893 until her retirement in 1937. In 1896-1897, she journeyed to Vienna, Austria, for post-graduate study, and on her way, she visited several exotic locales. As Gove was an amateur photographer, most of the images in this StoryMap are from photographs that Gove took herself as she traveled to her destination. To explore the map, please visit here...
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An exhibition of Zulu and North Carolinian ceramic beer vessels, this project brings together the research of UNCG scholars from the School of Art and the UNCG Libraries on histories of women, entrepreneurship, and beer.
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As we quickly approach the warm summer days, we are greeted with the prospect of the ever- popular potluck picnic. When you live in the south, the invitation to a friendly potluck will always bring to mind the southern favorite dish - potato salad. To discover a plethora of potato salad recipes, Click Here...
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SCUA recently acquired the work of Sun Young Kang's artist book HAIR 머리카락
She states her work is visually minimal, delicate, and obsessively repetitive. The use of her own hair in her work becomes symbolic as she explores ideas of life and death, belonging, existence and other metaphysical concepts.
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For the year 2021, the UNCG Institutional Memory Collection interviewed two UNCG administrators and one staff member to document their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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