To Tell Her Glories with a Faithful Tongue; Remarks by Sauda Mitchell

Special Collections hosted a visit with Sauda Mitchell, our Dr. Samuel T. Gladding Fellow (2024-2025), where she discussed her artist’s book created for Special Collections & Archives.

“Never Before Published”: First Editions from the Wake Forest Library Rare Books Collections

In book collecting circles, the mystique of the “first edition” is impossible to ignore. But what is a first edition anyway? Are they really more desirable or interesting than later editions? And what, if any, is their research value?

Our Story of Faith: The Challenge and Joy of Writing The History of Wake Forest Baptist Church

In this talk, Dr. Shaun Price addresses how he went about the process of writing Our Story of Faith: The History of Wake Forest Baptist Church.

Why We Archive Our Labor: WGSS, Institutional Labor and Practices Presentation

Presentation by Professor & Chair of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Dr. Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

Looking Back: The History of Wake Forest Sports, A Conversation with Muggsy

Join Mike Muse, Director of Basketball Operations, as he talks with Muggsy Bogues, Wake Forest legend, who will share about his journey from a kid in the projects to the shortest player in the NBA as part of his upcoming memoir.

Author Ed Southern, Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South

Ed Southern, lifelong fan of the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, the smallest school in the NCAA’s Power 5, set out to tell the story of how he got tangled, in vines of history and happenstance, with the two giants of his favorite sport: the Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers.

Creativity, History, and Zines: A Conversation with Archivists

North Carolina Triad/Triangle archivists discuss the joy of zines—their construction, collection, and discovery as part of library collections, and what they represent for the communities and individuals who create them.

History of Wake Forest Campus Style

Special Collections & Archives and the Wake Forest Historical Museum showcase campus styles over the decades, featuring clothing, accessories, and photographs.

Irish Authors and Irish Printers at Wake Forest

Rare Books Curator Megan Mulder and Director of the WFU Press Dr. Jeff Holdridge to learn more about our Irish connections.

Glimpses of Gertrude: Piecing Together the Life of a Vaudeville Performer

Sunny Stalter-Pace will discuss her recent biography of vaudevillian Gertrude Hoffmann, whose scrapbooks and diaries are held by Special Collections & Archives at the ZSR Library.

From Tigers to Speedos: Athletic Artifacts from ZSR Library and the Wake Forest Historical Museum

An exploration of artifacts and 3-dimensional objects in the holdings of both ZSR Library’s Special Collections & Archives and the Wake Forest Historical Museum.

Exhibit Discussion, Comacina Improvisations and Variations and Q&A with Paul Bright

An exhibition centered on artist Paul Bright’s residence on the island of Comacina in the summer of 2018, which resulted in an artist’s book, [im]provvisorio.

Introduction to Rare Books, ZSR Special Collections

Thine Ancient Days, A WFU History

Wake Forest Special Collections, in partnership with the Wake Forest Historical Museum, is proud to bring you an inside look at the making of Thine Ancient Days with author Jenny Puckett.

Introduction to Special Collections & Archives

The Printer’s Art and the Conservator’s Hand: Restoration of Wake Forest’s Nuremberg Chronicle

Rare Books Curator Megan Mulder discusses the history and significance of the Nuremberg Chronicle, and Preservation Librarian Craig Fansler, describes the work undertaken to preserve Wake Forest’s copy. Please join us for an up-close look at this important artifact of Renaissance printing!