Digital Collections

Over 58,000 Unique Items

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  • 175th Anniversary Oral Histories
    Interviews with and photographs of retired Wake Forest faculty describing life and work on campus.
  • 30 Years of Performing Arts: The Secrest Artists Series at Wake Forest University, 1983–2013
    30 Years of Performing Arts showcases materials related to Wake Forest University’s Secrest Artists Series between the years 1983 and 2013.
  • A. R. Ammons Audio Collection
    Recorded readings by poet and artist A. R. Ammons from ZSR Library's Special Collections.
  • A. R. Ammons Watercolors Collection
    Twenty watercolor paintings by American poet, author and Wake Forest University alumni A. R. Ammons.
  • Album of Reverend Alexander Bell Smith
    Materials include birth and death dates, family information, sermon notes, notes of a student, and a Civil War letter.
  • Baptist Newspaper Collection
    A collection of Baptist newspaper titles published within North Carolina made available via DigitalNC.org. Issues date from 1857.
  • Baptist State Convention of NC Digital Collection
    Audio recordings containing presentations by prominent Southern Baptist pastors and church representatives at a number of evangelical conferences and annual meetings of the Convention in North Carolina from 1957-1980.
  • Biblical Recorder
    The official journal of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention, reflecting the history of Baptist life and culture in North Carolina since 1834.
  • Books and Pamphlets
    Digital reproductions of books and pamphlets held in the Special Collections & Archives of Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University.
  • Calvin Jones Collection
    Features handwritten documents regarding Jones' plantations in Wake Forest, N.C.
  • Casa Artom Scrapbook Collection
    Eight bound scrapbooks in which students and other visitors have written their thoughts and reminiscences about their time at Casa Artom.
  • Charles Lee Smith Collection
    Materials related to the meeting between professor and alumus Charles Lee Smith and Mohandas Gandhi in 1924.
  • Civil War in the American South
    A collaborative digital project containing items from the Civil War Era (1850-1865). Materials in this collection include letters, diaries, printed broadsides, and songs.
  • Collegiate Digest
    A periodical of national college news and photography published by the Associated Collegiate Press.
  • Confederate Broadsides
    These Civil War era poetry broadsides. consists of over 250 examples of poems written by Southerners and Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War. 
  • David L. Smiley Papers
    Materials by and regarding Dr. David L. Smiley, Wake Forest University history professor and head of the Reid Staton Bible Class, including course materials and sermons.
  • Digital Forsyth
    A collaborative digital project among Forsyth County Public Library, Old Salem Museum and Gardens, C.G. O'Kelly Library, Z. Smith Reynolds Library and Coy C. Carpenter Medical Library.
  • Dolmen Press Collection – Printing Block Series
    This collection includes wood engravings, wood cuts, linocuts, and various metal plates ranging in date from 1902 to 1985, with the bulk of the blocks dating from the mid-1960s to 1985.
  • Duke Tobacco Company Cigarette Cards
    The Cigarette Cards collection consists of cards issued as advertisement for Duke Brothers and Company, Durham, N.C., and packed in Duke's cigarettes.
  • George L. Bright Civil War Diary
    George L. Bright was a band member of the 46th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 46th OVI), an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  • Hayes and McNeill Families Papers
    Notable members of the families include Judge Johnson Jay Hayes, state legislator James Madison Hayes, Jr., Esquire editor and writer Harold T. P. Hayes, and local businessman Kyle Hayes.
  • Herbert E. Valentine Civil War Diary
    Herbert Eugene Valentine served in the Union Army, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers, Co. F. His manuscript memoirs relate various anecdotes about his army experiences, mostly in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
  • History of Wake Forest University Oral Histories
    This oral history collection (2013-ongoing) consists of audio and video interviews conducted by Z. Smith Reynolds Library's Special Collections & Archives and other university departments and programs.
  • Howler Yearbooks
    Over 100 years of Wake Forest yearbooks available online via DigitalNC.org. Please see our About page regarding sensitive content within the Howler yearbooks.
  • Ira W. Thomas Collection
    The diaries and sermon notes of Ira W. Thomas, a Baptist minister in northwestern North Carolina.
  • John D. Whitford’s Typescript of The Home Story Of A Walking Stick with Indexes
    This collection features a digitized typescript of The Home Story Of A Walking Stick: Early History of the Biblical Recorder and Baptist Church in New Bern, North Carolina Told in Every Day Talk by John D. Whitford
  • John Wesley Clay Brazil Mission Memoirs
    This collection includes memoirs of missionary work by printer, author, and Methodist missionary John Wesley Clay from 1924-1930.
  • Joseph E. Smith Music Manuscript Collection
    Collection of signatures by famous composers and conductors. The collection includes signed letters, postcards, business cards, photographs, and concert programs.
  • Joseph Severn Watercolors
    A collection of 3 pencil and watercolor images by artists Joseph Severn. These images are noted as being done on his way to Rome with John Keats.
  • Lipe Family Civil War Letters
    This collection consists of 27 letters by 7 different Confederate soldiers, telling of their experiences in the Civil War. Includes a poem and unidentified notes.
  • Lloyd Winchell Biebigheiser Collection
    Lloyd Winchell Biebigheiser was an architect and designer working during the construction of Wake Forest College’s new Winston-Salem campus. This collection provides a photographic history of nearly every aspect of the Reynolda campus construction.
  • Max and Gertrude Hoffmann Music Manuscript Collection
    A collection of music manuscripts from the collection of famed vaudevillians & performers Max and Gertrude Hoffman.
  • Max and Gertrude Hoffmann Photograph Collection
    Stunning photographs from the collection of Max and Gertrude Hoffman of Vaudeville and many stage performances from 1900-1956.
  • Mirror of Winston-Salem
    A short-run weekly publication focusing on activities of Winston-Salem society. It contains photographs of notable women, book reviews, articles about sporting evenings, social clubs, promotions, and theatrical plays.
  • North Carolina Baptist Church Records
    The majority of the N.C. Baptist Church Records contain minutes of meetings, membership lists, and financial records.
  • North Carolina Baptist Church and Association Files
    Ephemeral materials related to churches or associations that are associated with Baptist communities of North Carolina and surrounding areas.
  • North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection Resources
    Finding aids and inventories of church records in the Department of Special Collections & Archives.
  • Old Gold and Black
    Digital copies of Wake Forest University’s Old Gold and Black student newspaper. Issues span from 1916 through 2018.
  • Religion in North Carolina
    A collaborative project regarding religious bodies in North Carolina via the Internet Archive. It includes church histories, periodicals, clergy biographies, cookbooks, event programs, directories, and more.
  • Reynolda School Hiawatha Play Photographic Album
    On May 25, 1921, the Katharine Smith Reynolds’ Reynolda School produced a dramatic version of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem The Song of Hiawatha.
  • Ronald Watkins Collection
    Selected digitized materials from the Ronald Watkins Collection. This collection includes materials from his time at Harrow School for Boys in Middlesex England as well as audio lectures on various Shakespearean plays and topics.
  • Samuel & Sarah Wait Collection
    Scanned images and transcripts of selected material from the Wait collection; digital finding aid for the entire collection.
  • Special Collections and Archives Finding Aids
    These finding aids provide online access to inventories of the archival and manuscript collections in the Special Collections Department. The funding for the majority of these came through an NCECHO LSTA grant.
  • StoryCorps: Winston-Salem
    StoryCorps came to Winston-Salem in 2009 and 120 of the resulting interviews are included in this collection. Please note that this collections is accessible only when connected to the Wake Forest University campus network.
  • The Student
    80 years of The Student, the Wake Forest literary magazine, available online via DigitalNC.org
  • The Wake Forest Student Index
    Digitized catalog cards of The Wake Forest Student, the Wake Forest literary magazine from 1882 to 1995. The title changed to "Three to four ounces" with the Fall 1995 issue.
  • Theater Actor Prints and Photographs Collection
    Early stage and film actors and actresses, performers, directors, and royalty from the 1880s through the 1930s.
  • University Archives Audio Recordings Reel to Reel Collection
    Selections from Wake Forest's RG11.1: Audio Recordings: Reel to Reels collection.
  • University Archives Photograph Collection
    This photograph collection covers Wake Forest University’s deep history. It captures images of people, places and events dating back as early as 1881.
  • University Archives Records Collection
    A compilation of smaller digital collections relative to Wake Forest University
  • University and N.C. Baptist Biographical Files Collection
    Ephemeral materials related to individuals associated with Wake Forest University and/or Baptist communities of North Carolina.
  • Voices of Wake Forest
    This audio collection includes the many and varied voices of Wake Forest--interviews, oral histories, and presentations from WFU administrators, alumni, staff, students, and faculty, including "Mr. Wake Forest" himself, Dr. Ed Wilson.
  • WFU Website Archive
    Archive of Wake Forest University websites and WFU-related web properties available online via Archive-It.org
  • Wake Forest Catalogues & Bulletins
    Over 100 years of Wake Forest catalogues and bulletins available online via DigitalNC.org
  • Wake Forest Commencement Programs
    Over 100 years of Wake Forest commencement programs available online via DigitalNC.org
  • Wake Forest Magazine
    Digital copies of Wake Forest University Magazine publications from 1928 to 2019.
  • Wake Forest Original Campus Collection
    Photographic images, reports and other information pertaining to people, places and events related to the original Wake Forest campus in Wake Forest, NC.
  • Wake at Work Oral Histories
    Class project focuses on faculty and staff work experiences.
  • Wilbur J. Cash Collection
    This collection consists of some of Cash's writings, including the Mind of the South in typescript, articles, review clippings, business, and personal correspondence of W.J. Cash and his wife Mary, photographs, and ephemera.
  • William Crenshaw Papers
    This collection includes handwritten bills of sale of enslaved African Americans owned by Crenshaw, as well as other handwritten financial documents dating back as early as 1817.
  • William Louis Poteat Collection
    Digitized materials from the William Louis Poteat Papers collection. Poteat was an educator, Wake Forest alumnus (Class of 1877), biology professor, and President of Wake Forest College from 1905-1927.
  • World War I Collection
    This collection includes materials from soldiers in the war. It includes a songbook, a journal, uniform materials, and research pertaining to U.S. military personnel.
  • Zion’s Landmarks
    Newspaper of the Wilson Primitive Baptist Church available online via DigitalNC.org