University of Virginia Library

GREENSBORO

Holgate Library, Bennett College

Holgate Library
Bennett College
900 East Washington Street
Greensboro NC 27401-3239

Phone: (919) 370-8685

Fax: (919) 378-0511

Hours: Access is upon request/approval of Head Librarian

Services: Photocopying available

CONSTANCE HILL MARTEENA ROOM

Contains speeches and poetry by African-American women; documents from the Palmer Institute; and writings of Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Dr. Willa Player, and others.

GENERAL ARCHIVES

The Archives include video and audio recordings of commencements, baccalaureate, and other events as well as documents pertaining to the history of the college.

Greensboro Public Library

Greensboro Public Library
201 N. Greene Street
P.O. Box 3178
Greensboro NC 27402-3178

Phone: (910) 373-2471

Fax: (910) 333-6781

Open: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Friday-Saturday 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Sunday 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Services: Photocopying available

COLLECTIONS

Videos, audiotapes, and transcripts of interviews with people involved with the 1960 Woolworth's store sit-in. Also available is a bibliography of articles from the Greensboro newspapers concerning sit-in demonstrations.

Special Collections/ University Archives, F. D. Bluford Library, North Carolina A & T State University

Special Collections/ University Archives
F.D. Bluford Library
North Carolina A & T State University
1601 E. Market Street
Greensboro NC 27411

Phone: (919) 334-7159

Fax: (919) 334-7783

Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; also by appointment with Reference staff

Services: Photocopying available

COLLECTIONS

Special Collections/ University Archives has materials documenting the history of the institution from 1891 to the present. Relevant collections include

  • Presidents and Chancellors papers (1892-1993)
  • President's wives papers (1891-1925, 1955-1960)
  • Board of Trustee/Secretarial Records (1891-1897, 1908-1921, 1946-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1977)
  • George Simkins papers (materials relating to the court cases of the 1950s-1970s)
  • Gillespie Park Golf Course papers
  • Moses H. Cone Hospital papers
  • Wesley Long Community Hospital papers
  • North Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights reports
  • John Wray Family papers
  • Photograph Collection
  • Virgil Stroud scrapbook
  • R. E. Jones papers
  • Armand Richardson papers (1947-1974)
  • Boisey W. Barnes Papers
  • Gerald Marteen Film Collection