Quarterly Review
News from the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives at the UNC Greensboro University Libraries

Spring 2023 | Issue 10
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Interns and student workers discuss how their experience in SCUA has prepared them for future success!

SCUA continues to instruct UNCG students on the importance of primary sources. Read more...

Catch up with SCUA departmental news, including recent community presentations, exhibits, publications, etc. Read more...
RECENT ACQUISITIONS

Edward Gorey brought his wit to life in Tunnel Calamity, originally published as one of the Magic Windows Books™ by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 1984. The Magic Windows books were marketed as “A Series of Extraordinary Scenes in Three Dimensions”, an apt format for Gorey’s ominous art. What exactly is this calamity - why it is the “unexpected appearance of the ULUUS (thought to have been extinct for over a century) in the tunnel connecting East Shoetree and West Radish, St. Frumble’s Day, 1892.” This accordion tunnel book has a cello window pane on the front cover to allow the viewer to explore the interior scene.

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...


The University Libaries houses the most extensive collection of the works of 17th century writer George Herbert outside of Great Britain.

Senior Conservator Audrey Sage takes us through the conservation process for treatment of five editions of George Herbert's 1630's The Temple.

HIGHLIGHTED COLLECTIONS
SCUA began collecting artists' books in earnest during the 1970s and holds works by the Kelmscott Press (late 19th century) to those published by Eragny at the turn of the 20th century. The collection also includes a vast array of work from the many artists throughout the world.
This collection is comprised of community cookbooks. Community cookbooks were originally complied primarily to raise money for a civic cause. As can be seen in UNCG's collection, religious groups really took off with community cookbooks. Raising money through cookbook sales became the duty of female church goers, should the church require extra funds. The UNCG collection also features many cookbooks from schools and various women's clubs. Such history makes this North Carolina cookbook collection perfectly at home in a University founded for women.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Emeritus Librarian Mark Schumacher was recognized for his generous donations of books designed and illustrated by Amy Sacker to SCUA. Mr. Schumacher gave a curator’s talk where he discussed the life of Sacker and his research into her book artistry. An accompanying exhibit is on display in the Hodges Reading room until Fall 2023.
Dr. William Finley is the former head of Special Collections and University Archives at UNCG, where he worked from 1998-2013. Scott Hinshaw interviewed him for the UNCG Institutional Memory Collection.

SCUA is home to a collection of over two thousand North Carolina community cookbooks This StoryMap illustrates examples of the cookbooks and selected recipes from each region.
The Southern Pines Civic Club donated a copy of their only cookbook to the North Carolina Cookbook Collection. Published ca. 1920s, this cookbook strives to live up to the founding principles of the club:

·        To improve the sanitary conditions of the town
·        To foster the love for the beautiful
·        To educate the children in good citizenship
·        To welcome winter guests and to enlist their interest in
making Southern Pines more attractive.
Bayard Wooten, a native of New Bern, NC, attended the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) from 1892-1894. She not only was a professional photographer, she also designed the Pepsi Cola logo and was the first woman in the NC National Guard!

UNCG Libraries Diversity Resident Shelbi Webb deconstructs how Ishikawa's experience at Woman's College (now UNCG) was seen through the warped lens of white hegemony.
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