Preservation Week 2011

Sunday marked the beginning of the 2011 Preservation Week.  This year preservation week runs from 4/24/2011 until Saturday 4/30/2011.  The WSSU Archives would like to welcome any questions or comments regarding the preservation of material.  Below is a link to this years events and poster provided by the Society of American Archivists.

SAA Preservation Week Events
SAA Preservation Week Poster

WSSU Baseball, Softball and Women's Tennis Teams Win CIAA Championships

The Archives would like to extend a congratulations to the WSSU Baseball, Softball, and Women's Tennis Teams.  Each won the CIAA Championships in extraordinary fashion.  Below are links to the CIAA Website articles providing more details about the championships.

WSSU Baseball
WSSU Softball
WSSU Women's Tennis

In honor of the great accomplishments of the WSSU Athletic Teams this year, we wanted to show how great a tradition and history sports has at WSSU.  Below is a photo of the Slater Industrial Academy and State Normal School Baseball Team c. 1924.  The image can also be viewed through Digital Forsyth along with other sports photographs.


Slater Industrial Academy and State Normal School Baseball Team c. 1924

Exhibit: Mr. Ram and Miss WSSU

Here is the official advertisement for the current display in the Archives.  Photographs and ephemera documenting the history of the Mr. Ram and Miss WSSU on campus will be shown in the Archives through the end of the spring semester.

Greek Life Photo Exhibit

Below is the official advertisement for the WSSU Archives latest photograph exhibit.  Please stop by to view the photographs and inquire about more images related to Greek Life on WSSU's Campus.

CG O'Kelly Library is now on Twitter

The CG O'Kelly Library staff would like to invite everyone to check out the new Library Twitter Page.  The Twitter account will provide news, updates, and events that are taking place at the library.  Please feel free to follow the page to get up to date information from the library.  Thanks.