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    • Carnegie Library

    • Carnegie Library

    • Photograph of the Carnegie Library as seen from across College Avenue in 1940. The photograph appeared in Pine Needles 1940 on page eight, and Pine Needles 1943 on page 183. This building, a gift of steel baron Andrew Carnegie, was designed by Hook...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1940
    • Science Building entrance

    • Science Building entrance

    • Photograph of the entrance to the Science Building as seen the year it opened in 1940. This building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was called the Science Building. In...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1940
    • Alumnae House Pecky Cypress Room

    • Alumnae House Pecky Cypress Room

    • Photograph shows the Pecky Cypress Room in the Alumnae House in 1940. It appeared in the February 1940 Alumnae Newsletter. For hand tinted version, see CVA47b.2.010. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1940
    • Aycock Auditorium

    • Aycock Auditorium

    • This photograph shows the entrance to the Aycock Auditorium, as seen from Tate Street, circa 1940. Aycock Auditorium, designed by Harry Barton, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was opened in 1927. On June 4, 1928, the building was named in honor of...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1940
    • Science Building

    • Science Building

    • This building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was called the Science Building. In 1960, it was named in honor of Mary Macy Petty, head of the Chemistry Department from...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1940
    • Log Cabin

    • Log Cabin

    • Photograph of the entrance to the Log Cabin in 1940. This photograph appeared in Pine Needles 1940, on page eleven. The Log Cabin was built in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) near the corner of Walker Avenue and Aycock Street. The...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1940
    • Architectural rendering of Science Building (College Avenue)

    • Architectural rendering of Science Building (College Avenue)

    • Architectural rendering of Science Building (College Avenue). This building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was called the Science Building. A wing was added to the...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1940
    • Construction of the Science Building

    • Construction of the Science Building

    • Photograph of the entrance of the Science Building under construction around 1939. This building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was called the Science Building. In 1960,...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1939
    • Construction of the Science Building

    • Construction of the Science Building

    • Construction of the Science Building around 1939. This building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was called the Science Building. In 1960, it was named in honor of Mary...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1939
    • Laboratory in Petty Building

    • Laboratory in Petty Building

    • This photograph shows a student working in the "tinfoil lab" which was located in the Petty Building. This building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was called...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 2000
    • North Dining Halls

    • North Dining Halls

    • The entrance to North Dining Hall, circa 1940. The Dining Halls complex was built over a span of thirty-five years. Spencer Dining Hall was built in 1904, West (later Spartan) Dining Hall in 1921, South Dining Hall (later State) in 1924, Kitchen...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1940
    • Guilford Residence Hall

    • Guilford Residence Hall

    • Colorized image of the Guilford Residence Hall as seen from across College Avenue, circa 1940. Created by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. The inscription on the postcard reads, "New Guilford Dormitory, Woman's College, University of North...

    • UA110 Postcards Collection

    • 1940
    • Science Building

    • Science Building

    • This circa 1940s postcard shows the Science Building. The front of card reads: G-10 - Science Building, the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C. This building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North...

    • UA110 Postcards Collection

    • 1945
    • Shaw Residence Hall

    • Shaw Residence Hall

    • Hand-colored postcard of Shaw Residence Hall in the Quad with Rosenthal Gymnasium in background, circa 1940. Shaw Residence Hall, designed by Harry Barton of Greensboro, North Carolina, was opened in 1919. In 1921 it was named for Anna Howard Shaw,...

    • UA110 Postcards Collection

    • 1940
    • Woman's Dormitory

    • Woman's Dormitory

    • Hand-colored postcard showing the Woman's Dormitory in 1940. The incription reads, "Woman's Hall, Woman's College, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C." Woman’s Dormitory, designed by Hook and Rogers of Charlotte, North...

    • UA110 Postcards Collection

    • 1940
    • Aerial view of Greensboro

    • Aerial view of Greensboro

    • Aerial view of the skyline of downtown Greensboro, with thePetty Building in the foreground, in September 2000. The Petty building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 2000-09-19
    • Aerial view of Greensboro at dusk

    • Aerial view of Greensboro at dusk

    • Aerial view of the Greensboro skyline at dusk, with campus in the foreground, in the early 2000s. The Petty Building can be seen in the center left and the Spencer Residence Hall in the lower left hand corner. The Petty building, designed by W. C....

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 2001
    • Petty Building

    • Petty Building

    • Photograph of the entrance of the Petty Building, circa 1973 which appeared in Bricks and People. The Petty building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was called the Science...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1973
    • Architectural Drawing of the Science Building

    • Architectural Drawing of the Science Building

    • Architectural drawing of Science Building by William C. Holleyman, Jr., Architect in March 2, 1939. The back of photo includes a newspaper article from the Greensboro Daily News, October 12, 1938 that reads "Additional Structure- Work will be...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1939-03-02
    • Petty Building

    • Petty Building

    • This February 1986 photograph shows the right side of the front of the Petty Building. The Petty building, designed by W. C. Holleyman of Greensboro, North Carolina, opened in 1940. From 1940 to 1960, the building was called the Science Building. ...

    • UA104 Photographic Prints Collection

    • 1986-02

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