Friends of the UNCG Libraries

Courage is often identified as a dramatic act of bravery in combat, saving someone’s life at personal risk, or some other heroic action.  There is, however, a quieter kind of courage that all too often goes unrecognized. Bob Galbreath, who died on February 1, exemplified this quieter courage.  After serving as Assistant Director for Collection Management in Jackson Library beginning in 1990, Bob was stricken with multiple sclerosis and found it necessary to stop working due to disability in 2000, officially retiring in 2004. For over fifteen years Bob fought this dread illness with determination and optimism.  Though confined totally to his bed and unable to attend scholarly presentations or conferences or cultural events that he loved, Bob never lost his love of life or his sense of humor.  A dedicated scholar with a Ph.D. in history, Bob taught at the college level, served for a number of years as director of the honors program at the University of Wisconsin ...

Please join University Library's Digital Projects Team for Vintage Viands, a taste testing of vintage recipes showcased in the online Home Economics, Food, and Nutrition Pamphlets Collection in the Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives Department.  Faculty and staff of the University Libraries will be working hard to make these recipes as authentic as possible for people to try. There will be a competition for the best and worst food from the recipes, so we invite library patrons to attend, and need your taste buds and your votes! The tasting event will be Friday, February 13, 2015 from 12:30-2:30 in the Reading Room of Jackson Library. We will be serving food until it runs out, so come out early! In addition to the taste testing, the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collection & University Archives will have a display of the actual pamphlets held by the Libraries. Please contact Callie Coward at cemoss@uncg.edu or 336-334-5781 or Erica Rau at elrau@unc...

Courtesy of Shawn Delgado and the Center for Creative Writing in the Arts, here is their latest e-newsletter:   For those readers who enjoy poetry, I wanted to announce the upcoming release of Time Pieces , the newest collection of poetry from former CCWA Director Mark Smith-Soto.      The book will retail for $14, but for a limited time, the publisher is offering it  for online purchase  for the pre-publication sale price of $8 plus tax and shipping.       To acquire a copy of Time Pieces—or just to take a peek at what the book will look like— go to my Main Street Rag’s author’s page at  http://mainstreetrag.com/bo okstore/product/time-pieces/ We at the CCWA, are proud to congratulate Dr. Smith-Soto on his new collection.      UNCG Authors and Campus Literary Events: MFA Thesis Reading: Matthew Barrett, Abigail Lee, and Mike Ponticoloni —Friday, January 30 th , 7:00P...

Dr. Kathy Reichs photo by Marie-Reine Mattera Like her protagonist Temperance Brennan, best-selling author Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist—one of only about a hundred ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. A professor in the department of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, she is the former vice president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and serves on the National Police Services Advisory Council in Canada.  Reichs’ own life, as much as her novels, is the basis for the long-running TV show Bones . Tickets are available from Triad Stage by calling 336-272-0160 on online .  The evening begins with a reception at 6 pm, followed by a seated dinner  in Cone Ballroom of the Elliott University Center and a short business meeting.  The presentation begins at 7:45 and will be followed by a book signing. Copies of the author's books will be for sale by the UNCG Bookstore both prior to the event a...

Wednesday, February 25: Presentation by journalist Jim Schlosser, “Greensboro at the Beginning of World War I.” 4 p.m. Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library 2nd floor, UNCG.  Free and open to the public.  In the summer of 1914, when  World War I erupted in Europe, Greensboro residents were curious but not too concerned about an event so far away. Few Greensboro men knew anything of military service. The last draft was 50 years ago in the Civil War. For this latest war, President Woodrow Wilson pledged strict neutrality for America. As the world observes the centennial of the  war’s beginning, Jim Schlosser, retired writer for the Greensboro News & Record and O. Henry Magazine , will discuss life in Greensboro from 1914 to April, 1917 when the nation finally went to war against Germany and its allies. During the  interlude,  Henry K. Burtner continued to sell furniture at his family’s Burtner Furniture Store on South Elm Street. Floyd W. Booker...

  Happy holidays to all.  See you in 2015.

photo by Carly Glazier Photography A conference room in UNCG’s Jackson Library has been named for retiring U.S. Representative Howard Coble.  The J. Howard Coble Conference Room is located on the third floor of Jackson Library, where the Congressman’s papers reside in the Special Collections and University Archives.  “We are thrilled and honored to have Congressman Coble's archive at the UNCG libraries,” says Dean of University Libraries Rosann Bazirjian. “Researchers, faculty and students will make wonderful use of his valuable papers and we are so proud that we can provide access to and preserve his collection for generations to come.” "We are so honored by this very generous donation," says Keith Gorman, Head of the Special Collections and University Archives. " This gift helps to support our efforts in collection development, research support, and the use of archival materials in instruction.  Moreover, the newly named conference room will provide us with ...