Originally published Feb. 3, 2016: Chaitra Powell, the Southern Historical Collection’s African American Collections and Outreach Archivist, is working with her colleagues to create a historical record that reflects the experiences of African-Americans in the American South.
Originally published Jan. 27, 2016: A $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help establish a permanent position in the Southern Historical Collection for an African-American Collections and Outreach Archivist.
Originally published Nov. 18, 2015: Video: Following a devastating earthquake in Haiti, UNC students met in Davis Library to assist relief efforts by creating a map of the region.
Originally published Sep. 21, 2015: Students in professor Susan Harbage Page’s women’s and gender studies class used resources in the Davis Library Research Hub to create an interactive art piece that allowed passerby to mark on a map of UNC’s campus and dowtown Chapel Hill areas where they had experienced or witnessed catcalling.
Originally published Jun. 29, 2015: The $986,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation given to the Southern Folklife Collection will advance the digitization of rare audio, visual and motion picture recordings for preservation and access.
Originally published Jun. 23, 2015: Bob Riskin, owner of McCabe’s Guitar Shops, a music venue in Santa Monica, California, has donated thousands of hours of rare recordings to the Southern Folklife Collection.
