Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Rare Books and Manuscripts Department Records
Z. Smith Reynolds Library's Rare Books and Manuscripts Department is a predecessor of the Library's Special Collections and Archives. This collection includes event programs, brochures, written materials, and items related to a Friends of the Library group.
Biographical and Historical Note
The Rare Books and Manuscripts department is a predecessor of the Special Collections and Archives at Wake Forest University's Z. Smith Reynolds Library. The Rare Books and Manuscripts collections are particularly strong in American, Irish, and British literature of the 18th through 20th centuries; African-American history and literature; and cultural and social history, with special emphasis on North Carolina history and regional Americana. The department was headed by Rare Books Librarian Richard Murdoch from 1978 to the early 1990s, and Sharon Snow from 1993 to 2009, before becoming part of Special Collection and Archives.
A Friends of the Library group existed at Wake Forest College's Heck-Williams Library. A second such group was created from roughly 1986-1988, led by Richard Murdoch, Sharon Snow, Dillion Johnston and Ed Wilson.
Collection Overview
This collection documents the work of the Rare Books and Manuscripts department, as well as personnel. Materials include event programs, brochures, written materials, and items related to a Friends of the Library group.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by Riley Richards, 2018 February 19
- Revision Description
- Revised by Katie Lawrence, Ashelee Gerald Hill, Stephanie Bennett, 2018 September, 2019 October, 2022
- Revision Description
- Revised by Chloe Patz, added new materials , 2024 February
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
- Preferred Citation
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Rare Books and Manuscripts Department Records (RG5.9), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.