Spartan Stories

Tales from the UNCG University Archives

Month: December 2016

Happy Holidays!

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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 9th for a new Spartan Story. Woman’s College student Mary Frances Thompson dressed as Santa, 1960

The Rise of Campus Dramatics (Part I): The State County Fair

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Dramatics was an important part of early campus life at the State Normal and Industrial School (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Plays and skits were not only a creative outlet for the students, but also an ideal way for classmates from across the state to get to know […]

Chancellor Jackson Retires in Style

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When Dr. Walter Clinton Jackson stepped into the role of Chancellor of the Woman’s College (now UNCG) in 1934 he had big shoes to fill.   Dr. McIver had built the State Normal & Industrial School from the ground up and President Foust had kept it growing and expanding after McIver’s death, but Dr. Jackson […]

75 years ago: “Pearl Harbor Letter” from Ella

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by Beth Ann Koelsch Part of the Women Veterans Historical Project collections, this letter was written by “Ella” to her family  on 13 December, 1941, six days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. We don’t know anything about Ella except from what we can infer from the letter itself. She was a nurse with […]

Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan: Encoded in the DNA of UNCG

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by Erin Lawrimore UNCG opened its doors in 1892 as a publicly-supported school for women from across North Carolina (and beyond) to receive a higher education. But it would not be until the 103rd year of the school’s existence that a woman would serve as the university’s highest-ranking administrator. On January 1, 1995, Dr. Patricia […]

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