New Digital Program Specialist at WSSU - Olivia Carteaux

This past June, the WSSU Archives was fortunate to be awarded a  LSTA grant through the State of North Carolina. The grant will fund a project to digitize and make available the entirety of the WSSU University Photograph Collection. A major part of this process will be creating original metadata to make the images searchable. Olivia will be responsible for creating the metadata for the project. Below is a brief message from Olivia introducing herself.

Hello, my name is Olivia Carteaux and I am the new Digital Program Specialist in Library Services at the WSSU Archives. I've been in NC since 1998, and in Greensboro since 2009, recently graduating with my MLIS from UNCG in 2014. I have worked in an audiovisual archive and have done some work with manuscripts, and look forward to adding photographs to the list, and learning about WSSU and Winston-Salem in the process sounds pretty all around fantastic to me. Aside from archives, non-commercial radio is my passion (I was GM of WUAG in Greensboro for 2 years), so I am also looking forward to getting acquainted with WSNC 90.1 FM.


Stay posted from updates on the project as we will be asking for the public's help in identifying many of the images that we are digitizing.

Larry Little: NC Black Panther Legacy

Please help us celebrate the donation of the Larry Little Manuscript Collection

to the Winston-Salem State University Archives

This reception is open to everyone.

For more information please call

Tom Flynn at 336-750-2426

or email to flynnth@wssu.edu

Forethinkers: The Evolution of Math Beyond Equations and Solutions

Below please find the video highlights from the most recent C.G. O'Kelly Friends of the Library Event.  For a complete video of the event please contact the WSSU Archives at 336-750-2426.

 

 

 

 

Personal Library of Dr. Simon G. Atkins

"A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life,” wrote abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. Dr. Simon Green Atkins, educator, religious leader, community developer and founder of Slater Industrial Academy, now Winston-Salem State University, understood Beecher’s philosophy. Dr. Atkins managed to amass nearly 500 books over his 71 year lifespan.

The Simon Green Atkins Book Collection contains poetry by Virgil, edition of Carter G. Woodson’s The Journal of Negro History, and guides to understanding government and laws.

A complete bibliography of the personal library of the Atkins Family will be made available in the coming weeks.

Post written by Harvey Long.

Photo Identification at Hall of Fame Reception

On Friday November 8th, 2013 Winston-Salem State University welcomed the 2013 inductees to the C.E. Gaines Athletic Hall of Fame.  In an attempt to crowdsource the identification process of images held in the WSSU Archives, a table was set up to allow the inductees to view and identify fellow athletes during the reception hour.  Based on the dates the athletes attended WSSU, 224 unidentified images were compiled for them to browse through.  With a little under an hour to get photographs identified, we are pleased to announce that 23 images were identified and have since been confirmed.

We would like to thank and congratulate all those inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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.

Promo 1
Promo 2
Promo 3

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.

Two Collections Added to the WSSU Digital Library

Two more collections were recently added to the Digital Library.  The first collection added is the WSSU Published, "Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity".  This journal is produced by the the WSSU School of Health Sciences and there are currently 4 issues available online.  More issues are being scanned and will be available in the near future.

The second collection added is the student created newspaper, the "News Argus".  The Archives has made available every issue currently in their holdings.  The run covers the years 1962-2011 and is text searchable.  The Archives would like to thank the staff at the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center for scanning the "News Argus" as well as the Yearbooks.  Both collections wouldn't have been available as fast as they were if it weren't for their great work.

WSSU Archives Launches its digital collections in the new Digital Library

After months of scanning, uploading, and adding metadata, the WSSU Archives has finally launched its new Digital Library.  Using cloud technology, the Digital Library allows the Archives to share documents, photographs, and movies.  Attached to each image, movie, or document are metadata fields describing the collection it came from as well as the item itself.  Keywords were added so that the items are searchable within the collections level.

The first three collections available on our new Digital Library are: The WSSU Yearbooks, Commencement Programs, and Teaching Portfolios.

The Yearbook collection was scanned and made text searchable by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.  The Yearbooks cover the years of 1935-2010.

The Commencements Programs (1926-2007) list the names of graduates as well as any award winners for that graduation year.

The Teaching Portfolios are a collection of WSSU Faculty portfolios that were submitted for many of the teaching and service awards available at the university and within North Carolina.

Please visit the newly uploaded collections and feel free to leave a comment here or at the Digital Library with your thoughts and ideas.  Thank you and keep an eye out for our next collection to be uploaded.  The next collection will be the student newspaper The News Argus.

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.

WSSU Archives Website Updated

Over the past couple of months there have been several changes that occurred to the WSSU Archives Homepage.  I welcome you to visit the new website and encourage any suggestions for it.  WSSU Archives

The biggest change was to the Manuscript Collection.  The new title of the link is University Records & Manuscript Collection.  The Archives holdings are divided into three headings: University Records, Manuscript Collections, and Photograph Collections.  Each of the three sections contains some updated finding aids or new collections that were recently processed.  Below are a list of the most recent updates.

University Records:
RG 1.2 - Simon G. Atkins Collection  Although the finding aid is the same, it is the first use of Archivists' Toolkit by the WSSU Archives.  We are continuing to populate Archivists' Toolkit and look to move as many of our finding aids over to the software.

RG 1.2 - Francis L. Atkins Collection

Manuscript Collections:
MC 2 - C.E. Gaines/Clint Johnson Collection  This collection contains material related to their work on the book "They Call me Big House"

Photograph Collections:
Two different photograph collections were created.  One contains photographs related to the coaching and athletic directing career of C.E. Gaines.  The second one contains general photographs of the and for WSSU.
RG 8.1 - C.E. Gaines Photograph Collection
RG 8.2 - General Photograph Collection

Camera 'Flash' Back

I couldn't resist with the title.  The other day while taking photographs of the Archives to document some of the changes that have occurred, we thought it would be fun to photograph some of the cameras from our collection.  Although I doubt any of the cameras still work, it was interesting looking at the digital camera we were using and realizing that it will, one day, be obsolete like the cameras we were photographing.  Here are a couple of shot taken of the WSSU Camera Collection.