WSSU Archives Gets a Facelift

Over the past couple of months, the University Archives has gone through some substantial changes.  In January movable shelving was installed which doubled the linear feet of storage.  This freed up space on the shelves to make room for two major accessions to the collection.  The first accession was the Fostina Holman Collection.  Holman was a long time music professor at the University and kept a substantial amount of information about the general history of the school.  The second collection was donated by the family of the Rev. Dr. Cedric Rodney.  The religion professor and University Chaplain kept a large collection of slides from his travels as well as records related to the James A. Gray Lecture Series.

Below please enjoy images of the changes made to the Archives.

The shelving before the renovation

New Archives workspace            

New movable shelving                  

1960 and 1982 Yearbook are now available

Thanks to some very generous donations, the WSSU Archives was able to scan and make available the 1960 and 1982 yearbooks.  You can view them and the other University Yearbooks by following the link below.  Also we would like to continue to fill in the gaps, so if you have information on any of the missing years, please contact Tom Flynn at flynnth@wssu.edu or call 336-750-2426

WSSU Yearbook Collection

2012 C.G. O'Kelly Friends of the Library - "Friends and Stars"

The date is quickly approaching as the WSSU C.G. O'Kelly Friends of the Library prepare for the annual Friends of the Library Dinner.  This year the theme is "Friends and Stars", and will include music, song, poetry, and dance.  The festivities will be held on Friday November 2nd at 6:30pm at the Greek Orthodox Fellowship Hall in Winston-Salem.

For Tickets please call 336-750-2442 or email washingtontl@wssu.edu

For more information please view the following promotional videos created by the staff of the C.G. O'Kelly Media Team.

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WSSU Archives Presents the new James A. Gray Lecture Series Website

The Winston-Salem State University Archives would like to present the new James A. Gray Lecture Series site as a part of the Archives' Digital Library. Each speaker has a set of photographs, videos clips, a program or brochure from their specific engagement. The site itself can be searched by name, year and soon by a drop box to find a particular speaker.


The James A. Gray Lecture Series is a lecture series which brings in outstanding speakers from academia, public life and theology scholars to discuss topics such as gender and spirituality, the African-American family and the younger generations living spiritually in a secular society. These discussions and lectures have brought great conversation and ideas to contemplate to the campus of Winston-Salem State University since 1992 until today through an endowment from James A. Gray and we present them to you in our new digital library.

James A. Gray Lecture Series Collection

WSSU Archives Material to Appear on PBS' "The History Detectives"

PBS’ television show “The History Detectives” will be airing an episode about the Winston-Salem Sit-ins which took place at the Woolworth lunch counters downtown on Liberty St. Several former WSSU (then Winston-Salem Teacher’s College) students, including Carl Matthews, Jefferson Diggs and Victor Johnson, Jr. took part in the protests.  The protest reached its climax on February 23, 1960 when several students were arrested for the non-violent actions.  The episode will air August 7^th at 8 PM Eastern.

For more on the show, please visit PBS - History Detectives - Woolworth Sign

Society of North Carolina Archivist Conference, 2012

The registration for the Annual SNCA meeting is now available.  The conference will be held in Greensboro at UNCG, and will be 3 days of great programming from March 28-30.

The WSSU Archives will be participating in a talk on Thursday, about having users be responsible for some of the metadata work with digital collections.

Please take a moment to look over the program and registration as there is something for everyone.
SNCA Program and Registration

WSSU Building Exhibit and Digital Collection

The WSSU Archives is currently running an exhibit on the history of the WSSU Campus.  On display are some of the material from the first buildings on campus as well as a streaming photograph display.  This exhibit is running in conjunction with the newest collection added to the Digital Library.

The WSSU Building Collection contains the groundbreaking and building dedication programs.  These programs talk about the naming as well as the events surrounding the dedication or groundbreaking ceremonies.