In the early days of Records Management, the majority of university records could be disposed though recycling or waste (simply throwing records in the trash). Due to the confidential nature of university records and ever increasing security concerns, shredding is now mandatory for most temporary records. Fear not! Records Management provides a free shredding service […]
We have recently contributed to the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) Civil War in the American South collaborative website. This website links to primary source materials, focusing on the American South, created between 1850 and 1865, from 24 contributing institutions. We have successfully digitized and added 121 images and text documents from three collections: […]
In the 1980s SC&A acquired a collection of various African objects, including clothing, figurines, currency, and souvenirs from several donors who collected objects d’art during their travels in Africa. Since most of our researchers are primarily interested in our paper record and rare book collections, there was little information available online about this collection and […]
Although the Oliver F. Atkins Photograph Collection contains tens of thousands of prints, negatives, and slides, there is also a small amount of papers that consist of handwritten notes, correspondence, and caption guidance forms. These documents assist with identification, such as the Ku Klux Klan photographs from December 1965 for a Saturday Evening Post story. […]
Some of photojournalist/photohistorian Arthur E. Scott’s most fascinating subjects are United States Senators and Presidents, including Barry Goldwater, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon. Scott also documented the Washington, D.C. area’s most important landmarks, like the U.S. Capitol Building and Arlington National Cemetery. Check out the complete finding aid for the Arthur E. Scott photograph collection […]
