Special Collections & Archives

Andrew Jackson (Jack) Crutchfield was a medical doctor in Winston-Salem, N.C., a graduate of Wake Forest College (1938) and the University of Virginia Medical School (1942), and a long-time first-aid provider at Groves Stadium. This collection documents some of Crutchfield's personal life and professional work and also contains items related to wife Margaret Grehan Crutchfield, a nurse.

Andy Heck ('70, P '98) was born in North Bergen, New Jersey. He attended junior college in Nebraska before being recruited by the Demon Deacons' then-football coach Bill Tate in 1965. In 1966, Heck won the team’s Most Valuable Player award. Though he left Wake after two years to play professional football for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League, he only played one season; Heck was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps in 1967. As a soldier in the Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, Heck was wounded in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive and recuperated on Guam. He returned to Vietnam, was wounded in action again, discharged, and returned to Wake Forest to finish his college career in 1968, though he did not resume his football career. The scroll was created while Heck was on Guam, though he did not receive it until he returned to New Jersey after his discharge.

Ann Carter Pollard (1930-2016) was a graphic artist, printmaker and painter. She was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and was an art professor at Wake Forest University. This collection consists of one photo scrapbook compiled by artist Ann Carter Pollard of her art studio in the West End.

Hardaway was a student and music teacher at Oxford Female Seminary, Oxford, North Carolina.

Annie G. Harris was a resident of Wake Forest, N.C., and the leaders of the Calvin Jones Restoration Club. This collection contains correspondence, form letters, clippings, and brochures relating to the preservation of the Calvin Jones House in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and the Wake Forest Birthplace Society, Inc. 1955-1979.

This volume contains the , printed in 1892 by Edwards and Broughton, Power Printers and Binders. The original text contains lists of College trustees and professors and tutors. The book also contains a directory of attending and graduating students, 1834-1892, including information about their occupations and employers, home counties, and sometimes death dates. The book's printed pages are interleaved with blank pages, which Taylor and possibly other presidents and administrators used to note students who earned degrees up to at least 1918.

Archibald Cree was a Baptist minister from Scotland, who moved to North Carolina and served Baptist churches at Roxabel, Rich Square, Jackson, Littleton, Macon, and Vaughan, North Carolina. His papers consists of biographical and genealogical information; sermons and sermon notes; speeches and addresses; his 1878 diary of a trip to Switzerland, and broadside "Baptist Hymn." The collection also contains his wooden box with his shoemaking instruments.

Rev. Archibald Cree was a native of Scotland and a Baptist minister who moved to North Carolina.

Archibald Cunningham Cree was born in Scotland and came to the United States with his father, Archibald Cree, and mother. He was graduated from Wake Forest College (1898) and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a Baptist minister in Gaffney, South Carolina; Walnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky; Edgefield, Nashville, Tennessee; Moultrie, Georgia, and First Baptist Church, Salisbury, North Carolina. He also served as the Executive Secretary of the Georgia Baptist Association. His papers consists largely of biographical and genealogical information, and his sermons and sermon notes.

A.E. Walters graduated from Wake Forest College in 1878. This document is his diploma presented on the occasion of his graduation.

Arthur Raymond Gallimore (1885-1955) and his wife Gladys S. Gallimore (1886- ) served as foreign missionaries in China on behalf of the Southern Baptist Convention from June 6, 1918, until 1947. Gallimore was an alumnus of Wake Forest College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. This collection consists of biographical information, Gallimore's writings, autographs of Kentucky Baptist leaders, Wake Forest College and expansion clippings, a Wake Forest College scrapbook album, and postcard-sized photographs of the campus and its students.

Arthur S., an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1926), and his wife Pauline (Pittard) Gillespie were Southern Baptist missionaries to China from 1931 to 1952. Their papers consist of biographical data; correspondence between the Gillespies, and from Roland Quinche Levell (1891-1963), president of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and W. Edwin Richardson; Pauline Gillespie's life of her husband; photographs of the Gillespies and of buildings, teachers, and missionaries in China; and printed materials.

Asheville First Baptist Church, originally called Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, was founded in 1829. Materials in this collection include meeting minute books, membership lists, transcripts, and church records.

The expansion of intercollegiate athletics has evolved into a highly competitive endeavor for colleges and universities which necessitates substantial financial resources. Since the surge in popularity and commercialization of college sports, intercollegiate athletic programs depend heavily on booster funding and capital campaigns to maintain and supplement their operations. This collection documents the fundraising efforts of the Wake Forest University Department of Athletics, as well as its supporting organizations, to sustain the institution's various athletic programs by providing assistance with facility improvements and to address the needs of the university's student-athletes.

The Wake Forest Athletics Director oversees all of the university's intercollegiate athletic programs and administrative activities. The athletics director is also involved in budgeting, hiring coaching staff, and conference compliance. This collection includes departmental reports, newsletters from the Athletics Director, and materials regarding student-athletes and athletics staff.

The Director of Women's Athletics was an administrative position that supported the intramural and intercollegiate athletic activities of female students at Wake Forest University from 1950 to 1999. The records in this collection document the work of former Women's Athletics Directors Dorothy (Dot) Casey, Marjorie (Marge) Crisp, and Dianne Dailey. The Women's Athletics Director worked closely with the University Athletics Director and other athletics faculty and staff to create schedules, operating procedures, and establish budgets for women's athletic teams. They were also members of organizations such as the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and worked to organize and administer intercollegiate competitions as well as advocate for the needs of female student athletes. This collection includes department files, annual reports, committee reports, budgets, correspondence, scheduling materials, and personnel files. Also in this collection are the organization files and records of the ACC, AIAW, and NCAA as well as biographical materials for Dot Casey, Marge Crisp, and Dianne Dailey.

The Wake Forest Field Hockey intercollegiate athletics program started in 1971 and has since grown into a competitive and successful athletic program. The materials in this collection originated in the office of the Director of Women's Athletics for administrative purposes. The coverage of materials begins with the field hockey team's participation in the Deep South Field Hockey Association in 1971 and extends into the present-day. Materials in this collection include end-of-season statistics, schedules, souvenir programs from matches, as well as rosters, administrative correspondence, and promotional materials.

The Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1970. It's purpose is to identify and celebrate athletes, administrators, and coaches who have made a lasting impact on Wake Forest's athletic legacy. Materials in this collection include nomination guidelines, as well as submission packets, certificates, and photographs from induction ceremonies.

The Athletics Department's Men's Baseball Records documents the historical and current activities of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons intercollegiate baseball team. The team was established in 1891 during its first season of intercollegiate play. Wake Forest has played under the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since 1953. This collection contains media guides, posters, schedules, and materials related to coaching staff and team alumni. Common abbreviations found in this collection are the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Wake Forest University's men's intercollegiate basketball team was established in 1906 and plays under the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This collection documents the historical and current activities of the Demon Deacons Men's Basketball team. Materials in this collections include games programs, player cards, schedules, and posters, as well as news relating to former coaches and team alumni.

The Athletics Department's Men's Football Records documents the historical and current activities of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons intercollegiate football team. The team was established in 1888 during its first season of intercollegiate competition. Wake Forest played under the Southern Conference from 1936 until 1953, and since 1953 has played under the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). This collection contains game day programs, media guides, artifacts, schedules, as well as materials related to coaching staff and team alumni.

This collection includes materials that document the history and current activities of the Wake Forest Men's Intercollegiate golf team. The team was formally established and recognized in 1941 and has since grown into a high-ranking and highly competitive intercollegiate athletics program. Materials in this collection include administrative files, publications, recruitment materials, photographs, and correspondence.

Soccer at Wake Forest began as an intramural club sport in 1972. The school fielded it's first ACC men's soccer team in 1980. The women's intercollegiate soccer team was started in 1994. Both the men's and women's soccer teams at Wake Forest have been highly successful and competive teams since their innaugural seasons. The records in this collection cover both men's and women's soccer and contain media guides, schedules, promotional materials, correspondence, and administrative files.

This collection contains materials related to the marketing and promotion of sports and athletic-related activities at Wake Forest University. Included in this collection are the athletics department publication, The Deacons, that was published from 1981 to 1991. Also included are year-end awards ceremonies materials, photographs, and communications materials such as mailers and recruitment information.

WFU's Swimming and Diving team was in existence from 1956 until 1980, when Athletic Director Gene Hooks cancelled the program. This collection documents the team and individual athletes. Materials include brochures, letters, programs, photographs, medals, trophies, and team clothing.

The Athletics Deparment's Ticket Office Records documents the function and operations of the ticket office for Wake Forest University. This collection contains information regarding ticketing systems as well as procedures.