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A new group of paintings by Raed Al-Rawi have been installed by John Chapman of the Asolare Art Foundation. Al-Rawi is an Iraqi native who has lived in the US for 28 years. His evocative and colorful figurative work is worth experiencing. Take a look and enjoy a summer of art in ZSR. Continue reading “Asolare Art Exhibit: Paintings by Raed Al-Rawi” ›
ZSR Special Collections & Archives is pleased to report that the Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection project has received LSTA funding for its third year. Wake Forest’s ZSR Library has partnered with Duke Divinity School and the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill for this project, which seeks to provide digital access to primary... Continue reading “One State, Many Faiths: The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection Project” ›
ZSR has received a wide variety of films recently that can be seen on our New Films page. I would like to suggest a number of these fascinating titles for your possible viewing pleasure; ones with which you might not be familiar. Documentary Features A Great Day in Harlem (1994). DVD 12376. The story of... Continue reading “Summer viewing recommendations from ZSR!” ›
Maya Angelou (1928-2014) never intended to write an autobiography. In 1968 she was active in the civil rights movement and had a busy and successful career as a poet, playwright, performer, and educator. A recent project– writing, producing, and hosting the PBS series Blacks, Blues, Black— had brought her to California, where she met Jules... Continue reading “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou (1969)” ›
Applications are now being accepted for 2014-15 Special Collections and Archives research grants. The Provost’s Grant for Library Research and the ZSR Travel Grants provide financial support for visiting researchers who wish to use Wake Forest’s manuscripts, rare books, or archival collections. Since its inception in 2009, the ZSR Special Collections and Archives grants program... Continue reading “Grant Funding Supports Research at ZSR Special Collections and Archives” ›
Did you ever wonder who Jasper Memory was? Or want to know more about Bostwick Residence Hall? We have got the online exhibit for you! Special Collections & Archives is excited to release Buildings & Roads of Wake Forest University: A Student Perspective on our University’s History. This project started last summer when John Walsh, Class... Continue reading “Buildings & Roads of WFU: A Student Perspective” ›
Dean Lynn Sutton, head of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library since 2004, has been named Vice Provost of the University effective July 1. She succeeds Jennifer Collins, who is leaving Wake Forest to become Dean of the Law School at Southern Methodist University. “These have been the best ten years of my professional life,” says... Continue reading “Sutton Appointed Vice Provost” ›
A new finding aid is available for the Bianca Artom Collection. Mrs. Artom and her husband, Dr. Camillo Artom, fled fascist Italy in 1939. They came to Wake Forest, NC where he had been hired as chair of the biochemistry department at Wake Forest College Medical School. He was a world-renowned chemist whose study of... Continue reading “Bianca Artom Collection Finding Aid” ›
E is for.. Edmund Gamble Military Order This document, dated Aug. 16, 1779, is apparently an order to Edmond Gamble, Assistant Commissary, to take charge of the provisions for the Continental troops during the American Revolution. He was apparently commissioned by Governor Caswell of North Carolina, and served to the end of the war. To see this... Continue reading “The ABCs of Special Collections and Archives: E is for…” ›
Special Collections and Archives is honored to recognize the Class of 2014 with a new exhibit “Dream Big: Commencement at Wake Forest University Through the Years.” Commencement is the culmination of years of academic work, when Wake Forest graduates are recognized and introduced to the wider world. “Dream Big” is a visually dynamic exhibit featuring... Continue reading “Dream Big: Commencement at Wake Forest University Through the Years” ›