Special Collections & Archives

Oakdale Baptist Church, in Statesville, N.C., was constituted on January 7, 1962, and admitted to the South Yadkin Baptist Association. This collection contains two notebooks, one an accounting of a building fund and the other for a women's group, the Martha Yates Brady Circle.

The Odessa A. Memory Collection of Riverton, N.C., History includes historical, biographical, genealogical, and creative materials related to the town of Riverton, North Carolina. In addition to primary historical materials such as church and school programs, the collection includes document photocopies, dramatizations, memoirs, manuscripts, and song lyrics related to Riverton.

Odus McCoy Mull was a lawyer, businessman, state politician, and active Wake Forest College alumnus from Shelby, North Carolina. This collection contains Mull's correspondence, subject files, and other business, legal, personal, and political papers. The materials relate to his activities and involvement with Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Baptist Hospital, Wake Forest College, and North Carolina Vocational Textile School, legal cases and the Tennessee Valley Authority, and his race for speakership of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1941.

The Office of Civic and Community Engagement facilitates local and global involvement for WFU students, faculty, and staff. The office was formerly called the Pro Humanitate Institute and the Institute for Public Engagement. This collection includes brochures, programs, event fliers, photographs, stickers and posters.

The WFU Office of Financial and Accounting Services manages and regulates the finances of Wake Forest University. Items in this collection include annual reports, email annoucements and a retirement plan.

WFU's Office of Institutional Research is responsible for conducting and reporting research and statistical data of the University, and for University studies and planning. The office also manages the accreditation process. Materials in the collection include accreditation and annual reports, financial reports, faculty files, undergraduate and graduate school statistics, university strategic planning, and statistical trends documents.

Wake Forest University's Office of Online Education creates online learning options for courses and programs for students to utilize. Their goal is to create online learning that enhances student's experiences by offering program support and faculty development services. These records document the work and services offered by the Office of Online Education. Materials in this collection include an email.

WFU's Office of Personal and Career Development offers students tools and guidance in finding careers after college. Materials in this collection include annual reports, a financial assistance flier, handbooks, and a news article.

WFU's Office of Research and Sponsored Programs supports the development of research pursuits at Wake Forest University on the Reynold campus. Items in this collection include reserach lists, reports, programs, a leaflet, print newsletters, and email newsletters.

WFU's Office of Undergraduate Admissions communicates with, admits, and enrolls new students to the University. This collection documents the work of the office. Materials in this collection include stickers, brochures, informational books, pamphlets, applications, undergraduate bulletins, and videos, as well as College Days files for student recruitment and admissions files.

Edgar Douglas Christman was a Wake Forest University alumnus (1950, 1953 LS) and long-time University Chaplain. Jean Sholar Christman was a Wake Forest University alumna (1951) who was a teacher as well as an active member of the Wake Forest College Club (later University Club). This collection contains biographical and family materials for as well as records of the Office of the Chaplain, including chapel, memorial service, and preaching materials, course materials, and faculty and office materials. Activities are documented with audiovisual materials, awards, biographical materials, certificates, clippings, course notes and papers, meeting minutes, memorandums, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, preaching and Sunday School notes, programs, reports, and subject files.

The Office of the Chaplain's mission is to support a diverse set of beliefs and provide the Wake Forest community with the ability to explore their faith. Materials in this collection include brochures, newsletters, event programs, and promotional materials.

The Wake Forest University's Controller's Office is responsible for managing accounting, reporting, banking, and treasury services the university. Materials in this collection include memorandums from the retired Vice President of Finance and Administration John P. Anderson and controller Maureen L. Carpenter.

WFU's Office of the Dean of Students is a division of student ent life in charge of student conduct and events for the betterment of campus. Materials in this collection include anonymous comments and email correspondence.

The Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University was an interdisciplinary center that allowed for scholarly research, teaching, and engagment with the community and national interests. The Center aims to support and generate research and maintain productive relationships at the intersections of gender, race, and place in order to pursure equitable outcomes and ask critical questions. Materials include news articles, fliers, annotated biographies, and newsletters. There are also a small number of articles related fundraising.

Sam T. Gladding was an administrator and later a professor in the Counseling department at Wake Forest University. These records document the work of Sam T. Gladding while he was associate provost. Materials include memorandums.

David Brown was a professor of Economics and Provost at WFU (1990-1998), and the Vice President and Dean of the International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning (1998-2003). Materials in this collection include an annual report of the faculty from 1991.

This collection documents the "Wake the eBooks" conference, held by Wake Forest Digital Publishing, that occured in the summer of 2016 in collaboration with Library Partners Press. Items in this collection include bookmarks, promotional fliers, packets, and books.

Edwin Graves Wilson was Professor Emeritus of English and Provost Emeritus of Wake Forest University, as well as a former dean of the College. This collection documents Wilson's work from the point of his selection as first Provost of the College in 1968 through later periods as Vice President of Special Projects and Provost Emeritus. Materials represented in the collection include audiovisual recordings of speeches and public appearances, clippings, correspondence, memorandums, meeting agendas and minutes, pamphlets, programs, and reports. Realia items include NCAA and ACC championship rings and watches, a puzzle related to a party for Dr. Maya Angelou, buttons, plaques awarded to Wilson, a custom painted football, and other Wake Forest memorabilia. Selected digitized materials from both Edwin G. Wilson record collections are available through Special Collections and Archives' .

The University's Humanities Institue was founded in 2010, and has collaborated with over 230 WFU faculty across humanities, arts, social sciences, sciences, and the Schools of Law, Medicine, Divinity, and Business. Materials in this collection include event fliers, email newletters, conference announcements, schedules and programs, and an event viewbook.

Wake Forest University's Office of Minority Affairs was created in 1978 by biology professor Dr. Herman Eure to foster the success of the small number of Black students enrolled at Wake Forest and increase Black student enrollment. In 2015, it became the Intercultural Center. This collection includes data on student populations at Wake Forest, as well as programs to increase underrepresented people in student and faculty populations.

WFU's LGBTQ+ Center is the campus organization where students, faculty, staff, and alumni connect for resources, services, education, and leadership programs related to gender identity and sexual orientation. The Center was established in 2011 to serve the needs of Wake Forest's LGBTQ+ students. This collection contains documents pertaining to the LGBTQ+ Center, including news clippings, brochures, correspondence, oral histories, fliers, posters, t-shirts, training, conference, and other materials.

WFU's Office of Diversity and Inclusion supports the university's mission of creating a more diverse learning community, by offering programs, influencing policies, and elevating practices that are representative of an inclusive and equitable campus climate. Materials in this collection include articles, brochures and additional materials that document these efforts.

WFU's Professional Development Center is a collective resource between the Office of the Provost and the Human Resources Department. It is focused on developing faculty and staff. Materials in this collection include promotional materials.

William C. Gordon was the Provost at Wake Forest University from 2002-2007. Materials in this collection include an event program.

WFU's Slavery, Race, and Memory Project was designed to guide the research, preservation, and communication accurately depicting the institution of slavery in the United States, and the University's relationship to slavery and its implications across WFU's history. Materials include an annual report and a draft of the guiding principles of the project.

The WFU Title IX Office works to prevent and protect students, faculty, and all University workers from sex-based discrimination, disability-based discrimination and instances of sexual misconduct. Items in this collection include stickers, fliers, and resource guides.

Wake Forest University's Women's Center, established in 2013, sets its goals as "to create an educational and professional environment that supports women and promotes gender equality." The Women's Center works with and for students, faculty, and staff, and is open to all community members. This collection documents the work of the Women's Center. Materials in this collection include event emails and newsletters, promotional fliers and other items, booklets, and news clippings.

In March 2012, five graduates of Wake Forest School of Medicine held a panel discussion to talk about their personal and professional experiences. The materials in this collection include a CD recording of the discussoon and papers containing information about the event.