Spartan Stories
Tales from the UNCG University Archives
Spartan Stories
Tales from the UNCG University Archives
Month: October 2014
Ghosts of UNCG: A Special, Spooky Spartan Story!
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by Hermann Trojanowski To celebrate Halloween, we repeat this blog post, originally posted in October 2012 by Hermann Trojanowski, who retired from Special Collections and University Archives in 2013. We hope you enjoy this extra spooky Spartan Story. Spencer Residence Hall Tales have long circulated about the ghosts that allegedly haunt the campus. In the […]
The Beginning of Physical Education on Campus: 1892 – 1917
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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Dr. Miriam Bitting, first campus physician, ca. 1892 When the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) first opened its doors in the fall of 1892, the Department of Physiology and Physical Culture was in place. Its purpose was to educate the students in the care and training of their bodies […]
Basketball before Co-Education
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by Erin Lawrimore October is North Carolina Archives Month, an annual observance of the agencies and people responsible for maintaining and making available the archival and historical records of our nation, state, communities and people. The 2014 NC Archives Month theme is “North Carolina at Play: Health and Leisure in Our State.” All of our […]
“A Tricky Little Course:” A History of the Campus Golf Course
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by Erin Lawrimore October is North Carolina Archives Month, an annual observance of the agencies and people responsible for maintaining and making available the archival and historical records of our nation, state, communities and people. The 2014 NC Archives Month theme is “North Carolina at Play: Health and Leisure in Our State.” All of our […]
Piney Lake: “The Country Club of W.C.”
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by Erin Lawrimore October is North Carolina Archives Month, an annual observance of the agencies and people responsible for maintaining and making available the archival and historical records of our nation, state, communities and people. The 2014 NC Archives Month theme is “North Carolina at Play: Health and Leisure in Our State.” All of our […]
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