Academic Departments. Art Department. Visual Resources Center Records
Finding Aid & Inventory
Wake Forest University's Visual Resources Center is a collection of 200,000 images available to students and faculty managed for the Art department by a librarian. This collection includes an undated VHS inventory, a 1991 catalogue of the collection, and videocassettes documenting exhibits.
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Biographical and Historical Note
Wake Forest University's A. Lewis Aycock Visual Resources Center and Print Collection is managed by the Art department. Located in Scales Fine Arts Center, the center is a reference collection of digital images, slides, art books, journals, videos, and DVDs. The image collection consists of 200,000 images of art and architecture from prehistoric times to present day. These materials are used by the art history and studio faculty and students and other faculty and visiting lecturers in other disciplines including literature, religion, world history, civilization, and languages. The current librarian is Martine Sherrill and the current Visual Resources Technican is Kendra Battle.
Collection Overview
This collection includes an undated VHS tape inventory, a catalogue of the print inventory from 1991, and videocassettes documenting exhibits and spans 1992-2007.
Collection Inventory
- VHS tape inventory (undated) box 1 folder 1
- The WFU Print Collection: A catalogue for and by students catalogue (1991) box 1 folder 2
- Colescott Slide Lecture, VHS-C (1 videocassette) (1992 November 12) box 2
- Diving in the Spirit, Parts 1 and 2, VHS-C (2 videocassettes) (undated) box 2
- Hanes Gallery Dedication speeches, Hi8 (1 videocassette) (undated) box 2
- Collections Master, Hi8 (1 videocassette) (2002-2003) box 2
- Collections and Fellowship show, Hi8 (1 videocassette) (2001 October) box 2
- Out of the Shadows, VHS (1 videocassette) (1995 February) box 2
- "David Finn: A Theater of Indifference," by Mitsuru Hayashi, VHS (1 videocassette) (1987) box 2
- Colescott lecture, VHS (1 videocassette) (1992 November 12) box 2
- Student Show video awards, VHS (1 videocassette) (2001) box 2
- Fox 8 Morning show spots, VHS (1 videocassette) (2007 October 24) box 2
- Student Exhibition opening reception (2000) box 2
- Collections with Ed Wilson narration, VHS (1 videocassette) (2001) box 2
- Fox 8 Projectionist feature (2007 February 8) box 2
- Student videos (2001 April) box 2
- "Year of Arts" New Directions Session, VHS (1 videocassette) (1997) box 2
- Schulz TV spots, VHS (1 videocassette) (2006) box 2
Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Academic Departments. Art Department. Visual Resources Center Records
- ID
- RG16.2.3
- Date
- 1987-2007, undated
- Quantity
- 1 half-document box, 1 document box
- Extent
- 0.63 Linear Feet
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, 2016 March
- Revision Description
- Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2022
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
- Preferred Citation
- Academic Departments. Art Department. Visual Resources Center Records (RG16.2.3), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.