Spartan Stories

Tales from the UNCG University Archives

by Erin Lawrimore Students in the snow in front of the Main Building (now Foust), circa 1911 The staff of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives wishes everyone a happy holiday season! We’re taking a break this week, but please join us on Monday, January 7th for a new Spartan Story. Jackson […]

by Erin Lawrimore The staff of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives wishes everyone a happy holiday season! We’re taking a break this week and next, but please join us on Monday, January 7th for a new Spartan Story. Snow scene showing the Main Building (now Foust), the Brick Dormitory, Spring Garden […]

by Joseph Winberry Today’s post was written by Joseph Winberry, a senior history major. Joseph interned in Special Collections and University Archives during the Fall semester, and completed a resource guide focused on SCUA’s World War II era materials (http://uncg.libguides.com/wwii). Here, he writes about Woman’s College faculty service during WWII. Guy Lyle (p. 10) On […]

by Stacey Krim Carolinian, Oct. 4, 1971 (p.7) Although our University enjoys the benefits of a culture promoting equality and inclusivity, UNCG’s reputation for embracing diversity as an educational foundation was constructed over decades by student and staff advocacy. Among the more hidden stories of Civil Rights struggles at UNCG is that of the formation […]

by Erin Lawrimore At 7am on a December morning in 1969, a number of UNCG students gathered in front of the Elliott University Center with 2000 candles, white paper bags, soufflé cups, and a really big pile of sand. With these supplies, they started a campus tradition which continues today: the annual luminaire display. Alumni […]

 
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