News from the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives at the UNC Greensboro University Libraries |
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Opening Our Doors Again: Adapting to Change during COVID. Read more...
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Preservation Specialist Suzanne Sawyer chronicles the washing and lining of a 19th Century Broadside.
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Catch up with SCUA departmental news, including recent community presentations, exhibits, publications, and media spotlights!
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Former University Archivist Betty Carter passed away on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Betty Carter was born August 5, 1941 in Morrisville, North Carolina. She attended Meredith College for her Bachelor's degree, and Duke for her Master's degree. Mrs. Carter began working at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Special Collections and University Archives in 1974 and retired in 2010. Read more from friends of Betty who works with her through the years...
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UNCG is pleased to announce that Christopher Hodgkins, Professor of Renaissance Literature and Atlantic World Studies and Director of the George Herbert Society, has been awarded Scholarly Editions and Translations Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The UNCG Special Collections and University Archives preserves one of the world’s largest collection of Herbert’s early books. Read more...
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University Libraries has mounted an exhibit in the Hodges Reading Room showcasing Early Masters of the Japanese Woodblock from the Edo Period in a joint effort with the Weatherspoon Art Museum who is featuring their exhibit Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints. The library exhibit will be up until December 10, 2021. |
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Visual Art & Humanities Librarian and Assistant Professor Librarian Maggie Murphy collaborated with SCUA and the ART344 class to create a visual and intellectual challenge for the creation of unique zines. These works are on exhibit in the Jackson Library lobby. Murphy created a website that discusses the project here...
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During the summer and fall, Special Collections added to our collection of Gothic fiction by purchasing many of the works of Matthew Gregory Lewis.
Lewis was a politician and diplomat who published his most famous gothic horror novel, The Monk: A Romance, when he was only 20. 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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The 24th Annual Women Veterans Luncheon was held online via Zoom on Friday, November 12th, 2021. As curator Beth Ann Koelsch is on a research sabbatical in England this semester, the luncheon kept to a British theme with keynote speaker Dr. Jane Brooks from the University of Manchester, who shared her research about British nurses tending the wounded during World War II.
You can watch the luncheon recording here...
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Our Artists’ Books Collection Development Team has been working on a project to diversify the authors and artists, as well as the subject matter, represented in our collection. Through a recent collection inventory, we were able to identify a few of the strengths of the collection as well a few of the gaps. To read more about this endeavor...
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In this newsletter, Special Collections and University Archives would like to feature writer Wiley Cash, from our Story Map website, created by UNC Greensboro Library and Information Science student, Jess Best. To follow Wiley Cash's Walking Tour, please visit here...
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