Wake Forest Historical Museum and Birthplace Society Records
The Wake Forest College Birthplace Society and Historical Museum is a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and teaching about the history of Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, N.C. Items in this collection include an event recording (DVD), society newsletters, promotional materials, letters, articles, and original cornerstone materials.
Biographical and Historical Note
The Wake Forest College Birthplace Society began in 1956 as a volunteer effort to document, protect, and preserve the artifacts of Wake Forest College in its original Wake Forest, N.C., location. Since then it has evolved into a non-profit organization that oversees the Wake Forest Historical Museum, which encourages people to visit and learn about the origins of the school. The museum includes the historic Calvin Jones house, which was moved in the 1960s from the original campus to its present location in the Wake Forest historic district. Here it continues to be restored and historically furnished by the Museum.
Collection Overview
This collection documents the work of the Wake Forest Birthplace Society and Wake Forest Historical Museum. The majority of materials focus on the origin of Wake Forest University and the historic Calvin Jones house located in Wake Forest, N.C. North Carolina. Material types include, newsletters, event programs, letters, promotional pamphlets, leaflets, brochures, cards, articles, and an event presentation on DVD.
Also present is a correspondence about orignal cornerstone coins, as well as coins themselves that survived a fire in 1934. Related correspondence is between the Wake Forest librarians and the Smithsonian Institute, who identified the coins as an English farthing of George III and an English halfpenny of William III.
Sources:
- "Range from Stone to Bibles."Old Gold and Black, 1953 October 5, page 6. ZSR Special Collections and Archives, http://hdl.handle.net/10339/1795
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by Anne Jones, 2023
- Access Restrictions
- 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
- Wake Forest Historical Museum and Birthplace Society Records (RG51.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.