Spartan Stories

Tales from the UNCG University Archives

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, but please join us on Monday, January 6th for a new Spartan Story. Spencer Residence Hall in the snow, 1950

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 6th for a new Spartan Story. Foust Building in the snow, 2000

by Kathelene McCarty Smith Minnie Lou Jamison, a native of Rowan County, was one of the 225 students who entered the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) when the doors opened in the fall of 1892. From Scotch-Irish descent, Jamison attended a local academy in her native Rowan County and taught school for several […]

by Sophia Kranz Today’s Spartan Stories post was written by Sophia Kranz, a graduate student in UNCG’s Library and Information Science department. In Fall 2013, Sophia interned in Special Collections and University Archives, processing a number of collections, creating finding aids, and developed an online exhibit on the history of computing on campus. The Warren […]

by Kathelene McCarty Smith Exterior of Chinqua Penn Like a scene from Citizen Kane, in April 2012, a public auction was held to sell hundreds of items from Chinqua Penn Plantation. Spanish religious sculpture, jade and quartz statues from the East, Italian Renaissance furniture, 16th century stained glass windows, rare books, rugs and tapestries – […]

 
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