Special Collections & Archives collaborated with the Baum family descendants and Dr. Trachtenberg in 2021, to accept and digitize the Kurt Baum letters. While traveling in Europe, Dr. Trachtenberg posted the following on Instagram (reprinted with his permission): “Josef and Marie Baum were a Jewish couple who ran a cattle dealing business in #Bamberg, Germany.... Continue reading “Guest Post by Dr. Barry Trachtenberg, WF Rubin Presidential Chair of Jewish History” ›
Shepard Memorial Library, Greenville, NC. Photo by Lauren Clossey, NC State Library Book Repair. It’s become an important calling for me, and something I am passionate about. The week of June 16-20, I taught book repair workshops in Greenville (Shepard Memorial Public Library), Hillsborough (Orange County Public Library), and Asheville (Enka-Candler Public Library). Library staff... Continue reading “Craig Crosses Carolina” ›
Over twenty years ago, I walked through the doors of the Z. Smith Reynolds library for the first time. I climbed the steps to the eighth floor to interview for my first job after college: serving as a Microtext Specialist. I wasn’t sure what my future held, but I immediately sensed that Wake Forest University... Continue reading “A Message from the New Dean, Lauren Pressley” ›
