The largest grant in University Libraries history will allow the Southern Folklife Collection at the Wilson Special Collections Library to preserve and digitize rare audio and visual recordings from Carolina’s libraries and from six partners across the state.
Cherokee language resources. Dean Smith’s personal papers. A first-person account of an enslaved woman. The millions of artifacts and documents at the Carolina’s libraries have supported researchers and helped make the University a hub for the study of the American South. Read more from Endeavors.
The Pine Tree Foundation of New York has provided $12,100 for cataloging and digitization work. Many of the items are extremely rare.
A collaboration between librarians and an instructor gave students in English 295H a research experience like no other. The class curated the Wilson Library exhibition, “Reconstructing Frankenstein’s Monster: Mary Shelley’s World in Print,” on view through August 26.
The Society of American Archivists has named its 2018 award recipients. Three awards will go to archivists at the University Libraries and their campus and community partners.
