Vertical Files (Printed Materials) Collection
The Vertical Files Collection contains printed materials, clippings, and ephemera relating to Wake Forest College, now Wake Forest University. The collection includes printed materials from College and University events and functions. Coverage includes campus departments and organizations, alumni, faculty, and staff, and other campus events, programming, and athletics.
Biographical and Historical Note
Wake Forest College was founded in the city of Wake Forest, North Carolina in 1834. World War II led to a drop in attendance and in 1942 the College began admitting women. In 1946 an agreement between the trustees of Wake Forest College and the Baptist State Convention led to a decision to move the main campus from Wake Forest to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The late Charles and Mary Reynolds Babcock donated much of the R.J. Reynolds family estate as the site for the new campus and the official move took place during 1956. The "old campus" is now the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1962 Wake Forest College enrolled its first black student, Ed Reynolds of Ghana. College enrollment continued to increase and the college became a university in 1967.
Collection Overview
The Vertical Files Collection focuses on campus events, including academic departments, athletics, the arts, a variety of institutes, lectures, student groups, student achievements, charity events, and other campus celebrations. Chronologically, the collection begins close to the origins of Wake Forest College and continues through 2017. Separate record group collections also document campus events, people, and other aspects of University history.
Collection Arrangement
Resources are arranged alphabetically by subject, department, personal name, or corporate name except where "WFC" or "Wake Forest University" is a leading term in the title.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, 2013
- Conditions Governing Access
- This collection is open for use.
- Preferred Citation
- Vertical Files (Printed Materials) Collection (RG15), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.