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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 the artist book Miniseries (1989) by Ted Cronin and Edward H. Hutchins. The book contains numerous linocuts by Hutchins throughout depicting a dream the author has, and comparing the dream to a "mini-series" on television. The book is loosely inserted into a folding wooden box in the form of a television set, complete with "antenna" made out of a metal wire coat hanger.
Learn about the latest acquisitions to all collections HERE...
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SCUA NEWS
On April 17, SCUA Department Head Kathelene McCarty Smith was presented with the 2026 UNCG Information, Library, and Research Sciences Program's Bea Kovacs Award for Outstanding Alumni Achievement at the Cora Bomar Summit. The program expressed their appreciation for the "unwavering support that [she] has shown to the students and faculty of the LIS Program at UNCG. Her dedication, hard work, and remarkable accomplishments in the University Archives at UNCG have left a lasting impact on our program and campus community."
Learn more about SCUA activities HERE...
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PACKING UP: SCUA AND THE LIBRARY RENOVATION
SCUA continues preparing for our temporary relocation during Phase 2 of the Jackson Library renovation project. Departmental staff are busy inventorying, boxing, and labeling all material to be moved offsite. As we move into this phase of the renovation, stacks manager and archivist Sean Mulligan and his SCUA team have been busy strategizing how best to fit our collections efficiently into temporary storage.
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STUDENT SUCCESS
Grace Zayobi, former SCUA graduate assistant from fall 2023 through fall 2024,
was hired in March 2026 as the new Special Collections and University Archive Librarian at UNC Pembroke! Their Mary Livermore Library's Special Collections and Archives builds distinctive and unique collections in local history, the history and cultures of southeastern American Indians, university history, and more. These collections range from manuscripts to oral histories, photographs, ephemera, and digital records. Congratulations to Grace!
Read more about student success HERE...
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INSTRUCTION
SCUA has a strong commitment to instruction, teaching many class sessions each semester. Classes visit Special Collections and University Archives to view materials, including rare books, manuscripts, university documents, and artifacts.
Students also are given hands-on experiences. The students in ART 328 Printmaking II (on left) worked with Suzanne Helms to learn about letterpress printing.
Read more about SCUA instruction HERE...
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PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION:
MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD HENRY LEE
Senior Conservator Audrey Sage provided restoration treatment for the historic two- volume set chronicling the life, political aspirations and correspondence of Richard Henry Lee, a member of an influential Virginia family. He was a signer of Declaration of Independence and President of the Continental Congress. The books were written by his grandson.
To learn more about this book and the treatment provided, read more HERE...
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This StoryMap, created by student Ayanai Thomas, depicts the story of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, who grew up in Durham, North Carolina. Murray was a twentieth-century human rights activist, legal scholar, author, labor organizer, poet, Episcopal priest, Black LGBTQ+ trailblazer, as well as a founder of the National Organization for Women, and the first Black person to earn a Doctor of Jurdical Science degree from Yale Law School. (courtesy of the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice.)
Explore the StoryMap...
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After 32 years as a Professor in the History Department, Dr. Tolbert is retiring. She has had a long history of collaborating with SCUA archivists. In this article, Dr. Tolbert writes about her experience with students in History 430 (a course that offers an introduction to historical research methods for social studies licensure students) and shares her students' work with a 1934 campus map. Read the article HERE...
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SCUA graduate assistant Jordan Fridley writes about wordless novels, also known as woodcut novels, held in SCUA. These books use sequences of wordless images to tell a story using woodcuts. The content of these books typically centers around socialist themes, critiques of capitalism, or frustration at sociopolitical injustice.
Read more HERE...
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SCRAPBOOK SPOTLIGHT:
PAT SWEENEY
Marsha Paulette "Pat" Sweeney (UNCG class of 1964), served with the American Red Cross as a recreation aide from 1964-1965. She was stationed in South Korea at Osan Air Base and Camp Pelham. Her scrapbook documents her time at Camp Pelham serving the First Cavalry Division (the scrapbook cover features the division insignia.) Camp Pelham was very near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea.
Learn more about the scrapbook HERE...
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CAROLYN'S COOKING THROUGH THE COUNTIES: POLK COUNTY
Rare Book Curator, Carolyn Shankle, is cooking her way through SCUA's vast North Carolina Cookbook Collection! For this issue, she made cheese scones from the cookbook Fat Man’s Favorites: Saluda, N.C., Down Home & Delicious!, compiled by Ron Poole and published in 2000. SCUA's cookbook collection includes more than 2,000 volumes from churches, community groups, hospitals, and various clubs across North Carolina.
Read about Carolyn's experience baking cheese scones HERE...
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ARTIST BOOK SPOTLIGHT:
WORLD PEACE
SCUA's collections contain an copy of this work by Edward Hutchins from 2000. It is comprised of four quarter segments, folded accordion style, forming a circular map of the world. This pop-up book (on the left) illustrates obstacles (hunger, poverty, intolerance, and ignorance) to world unification.
Look inside HERE...
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Greensboro Jewish Memories is a collaborative work in progress between the UNCG Department of History, the UNCG University Libraries, the UNCG Jewish Studies Program, and organizations of the Greensboro Jewish community. The project focuses on gathering, preserving, and publishing print and digital historical materials related to Greensboro Jewish communal institutions on Digital Greensboro.
Learn More Here...
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SUPPORT SCUA
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