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Community-contributed Collections

Through our Community Collections program, we work with many community groups (schools, churches, neighborhood associations) and individuals to make their history available online. The items in this digital collection are not held by UNCG; they are housed in the homes and offices of individuals, businesses, and local community groups, as noted in each item's description. These community partners, through their willingness to share their historical materials, allow us to provide access to the public while letting the physical materials remain in the possession of the groups and individuals who contribute them.

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Angry Troll Brewing Collection
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Angry Troll Brewing, donated by the company as part of the Well Crafted NC project. Most are born-digital items.
Deborah H. Barnes Collection
Dr. Deborah H. Barnes was born Greensboro, N.C., the daughter of Dr. Milton Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes (see additional collection). She attended UNC Chapel Hill and received her undergraduate degree from Tuskegee Institute in 1978. She was awarded an M.A. in African American literature from N.C. A&T State University in 1987 and a Ph.D. in English from Howard University in 1992. Barnes was the first tenured African America faculty member at Gettysburg College, where she taught from 1992 to 2002. After Gettysburg. Dr. Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, N.C. A&T State University, Jackson State University in Mississippi, and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has also been a Visiting Research fellow at the International Civil Rights center and Museum in Greensboro. The collection consists of photographs of Dr. Barnes, her family, and her work, and includes numerous images of the Clinton Hills and Benbow Park neighborhoods in Greensboro.
Shirley McRae Barnes Collection
Shirley McRae Barnes is a retired public relations consultant and active participant in civic groups in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Long Island University. Barnes and her husband, Dr. Milton H. Barnes, were active in the development and growth of Greensboro's L. Richardson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Barnes, who died in 1974, was a dentist, as was his father, Dr. Boise Winslow Barnes, and he was, a plaintiff in the case of Simkins v. Moses Cone Hospital (1963), the landmark Supreme Court decision that desegregated hospitals throughout the South. Dr. and Mrs. Barnes moved into the Clinton Hills neighborhood in the early 1960s and raised their daughter, Dr. Deborah H. Barnes (see additional collection) and son, Milton W. (Billy) Barnes, in homes on Cambridge Avenue and later on Lakeland Road. Shirley M. Barnes married writer and activist Hal Sieber in 1980.
Kinney Baughman Collection
The Kinney Baughman Collection contains a variety of materials related to beer and brewing in North Carolina.
Frank Benedetti-Gary Trowbridge Collection
Items documenting LGBTQ+ life and organizations in the Triad.
Beth Bernhardt Collection
Beth Bernhardt is a librarian in North Carolina.
Shirley Blackmon Collection
Shirley Blackmon is a longtime resident of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Kat Bodrie Interviews Collection
Transcripts of interviews with craft brewers in North Carolina contributed by writer Kat Bodrie as part of the Well Crafted NC project.
Bold Missy Brewery Archives
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Bold Missy Brewery, donated by the company as part of the Well Crafted NC project. Most are born-digital items.
Janice E. Buie Collection
Janice E. Buie is a longtime Greensboro resident. Her father, Sampson E, Buie, Jr., was a graduate of N.C. A&T State University and UNC Greensboro (Doctor of Education), and was employed in a variety of positions at A&T. He was also an ordained Baptist minister. Her mother, Catherine O. Buie, graduated from A&T and the Winston-Salem Teachers College (now Winston-Salem State University) and was employed by the Guilford County Schools for over twenty years. Buie's parents were also the owners of the first home purchased in Greensboro's Benbow Road Community in 1960.
Peggy Burton Collection
Peggy Burton of Reidsville, North Carolina, is a genealogist who has traced the Wynne family history and has contributed materials related to enslaved persons connecte with the family.
Bobby Bush Collection
Materials related to beer and brewing in North Carolina.
Caldwell-Foushee Collection
Loretha Caldwell Foushee and her family resided in Greensboro's Terra Cotta Community. The collection includes personal photographs of Foushee and her family.
Christman Company Casacde Saloon Collection
Photos documenting the transformation of Greensboro's historic Cascade Saloon into offices for the Christman Company.
City of Greensboro Scrapbook Collections
Scrapbooks of news clippings compiled by the City Of Greensboro, documenting urban development and public works developments and issues in the postwar era.
College Place United Methodist Church Archives
Items documenting the history of College Place United Methodist Church in Greensboro, N.C. (established 1900) digitized as part of the Community-Based Research project of the UNCG University Libraries.
COVID-19 Pandemic Collection
A collection of photos documenting the response to the COVID-19 pandemic by businesses and institutions in Greensboro, including The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. A number of photographs from other places are included as well.
Coward Family Collection
Collection documents the lives of James Monroe Coward (1918-1976) and his wife Sallie Cornelia Smith Coward Buckner (1932-2023), who grew up on farms in Chatham and Randolph counties in North Carolina. Later, James worked for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Cornelia worked in various school cafeterias in Chatham county. The collection includes photographs and scrapbooks documenting Mr. Coward's military service during World War II, the couple's wedding, and other events.
Richard Cox Collection
These items are digitized from a personal collection of beer and brewing memorabilia.
Joel T. Cudworth(a/k/a Marilyn Rivers) Collection
Joel T. Cudworth is a female impersonator who has worked under the name Marilyn Rivers since 1976, and has been named both Miss Greenboro and Miss North Carolina.

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