Oral History Project: Continuing the History of Wake Forest

Expanded Wake Voices: Inclusive Student Life Project

The Special Collections & Archives (SCA) serves as a research repository for rare, unique, and primary source materials in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Open to all, SCA acquires, preserves, and provides access to a wide range of primary research materials. Since 2014, SCA has strived, through the creation and collecting of audio and video interviews, to expand the documentation of the Wake Forest experience, with particular attention to voices that are rarely heard in official histories. Expanded Wake Voices: Inclusive Student Life give us the opportunity to collect interviews from many current students and alumni, sharing their unique perspectives on the Wake Forest experience.

All of the nearly 130 interviews which have have been completed thus far, are included with others on the History of Wake Forest Oral Histories site.

But, we need your voice too! We would like to invite you to participate in an interview. By adding your voice to this collection, you will help record and preserve the history of the University for future generations. To register, please send your contact information to archives@wfu.edu and we will set up a time for you to share your story.

For further information about this project or providing support for this work, please contact:

Tanya Zanish-Belcher, Director
Special Collections & Archives, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
zanisht@wfu.edu