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History of the Service League

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by Sean Mulligan Today’s Spartan Stories post was written by Arlen Hansen, a PhD student in History. Arlen worked in Special Collections and University Archives during Summer 2017, assisting with research related to the University’s 125th anniversary celebration. The Service League was established in 1942 as a student organization at the Woman’s College (later known […]

Frank Porter Graham

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by Sean Mulligan Frank Porter Graham was born on October 14, 1886 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In 1909, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) with a degree in law and went on to earn his graduate degree in history from Columbia University in 1916. Graham’s teaching career began as […]

Darlinettes and Rhythmettes: Big Band Sounds at the WC

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by Erin Lawrimore In 1942, big band music from the likes of Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman were all the rage, but local big bands were hard to find. Most of the musicians in these groups were male, and they were being drafted into military service during World War II. But a group […]

Farming and Feeding the Campus

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by Erin Lawrimore Looking at the current site of the Quad, you might never guess that it was once the home to a campus farm and dairy barn that supplied State Normal (now UNCG) with milk, pork, and produce. But in 1897 Charles Duncan McIver established the first campus farm on a newly-acquired plot of […]

Faculty Service During World War II

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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 […]

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