Hello! I’m Sam Sfirri, the new Collections Archivist in the Special Collections & Archives team at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. It has been almost three months since I started in this position, having worked as a digital archivist for the previous five years at the Kislak Center for Special Collections,... Continue reading “Processing My First Collection as a New Member of the ZSR Special Collections & Archives Team” ›
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina was organized in 1830; among its founders were the future first president of Wake Forest College Samuel Wait and Thomas Meredith, the first editor of the Biblical Recorder, the convention’s voice in print since 1835. For 190 years now, the Biblical beliefs, church practices, and struggles of the... Continue reading “The Biblical Recorder and an Origins Story” ›
Richard Murdoch, Liz (Parish) Beasley ’79 and Lyn Tribble ’80 printing in Anne Yeats Cuala Press Studio, Dublin,Ireland Michael Thomas ’79 who also printed with Richard Murdoch in Dublin In November, 2024, our former colleague, Stephanie Bennett, left me a Winston Salem Twin City Sentinel article (entitled: WFU’s Rare Book Librarian Prints Books at Irish... Continue reading “Interview with Liz Beasley ’79: Printing in Ireland with Richard Murdoch and 2 other WFU Students” ›
After five long years – one pandemic, a brief absence, and 18 finding aids – I have completed processing the Wake Forest University Department of Athletics archival collections! Refresher: In 2020, the department of athletics announced the vacating of several offices from a building on Deacon Boulevard that has since been demolished. Special Collections and... Continue reading “Archiving Athletics: My Journey to the Finish Line” ›
This blog post was written by Special Collections & Archives volunteer Shannon Bothwell. One of the best features about archival materials is their ability to surprise. Stereotypically, archives consist of the papers of prominent men. But archived items from the 20th and 21st centuries include much more than paper; audio recordings, emails and digital documents,... Continue reading “Trailblazing Wake Forest Women Tell Their Stories Through Archives” ›
Save the dates for the number of Fall events at ZSR. For more upcoming library events, check out our calendar or follow us on our social media channels! Exhibit Fields of Fortune: North Carolina’s Legacy in Leaf and Labor (Feb.- Dec. 2025) September Humans Vs Zombies (Friday, September 12, 7:00-9:00 p.m.) We Lost the House,... Continue reading “Save the Dates! Fall Events in ZSR” ›
Join ZSR Special Collections & Archives for an afternoon of Halloween fun as we celebrate our Gothic Literature collection! We’ll have snacks, souvenirs, and a pop-up exhibit of books by Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and many more. All are welcome, and costumes are encouraged! Continue reading “A Gothic Romance Event” ›
Join us for fast and fun tours (30 minutes) that highlight how the ZSR Library is not the library you remember! We will begin in ZSR Atrium and end in Special Collections & Archives. In between, we will visit the wonderful new study spaces in the ZSR Library and drop in on some of our... Continue reading “ZSR and SCA Homecoming Events 2025” ›
