University Archives Scrapbooks Collection
Finding Aid & Inventory
The University has gathered a number of scrapbooks that memorialize University events and places. Some of the items in the collection appear to have been created and maintained by the University News Bureau, which later was known as the University News Service and Wake Forest News, part of the Communications and External Relations team.
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Biographical and Historical Note
Wake Forest University was started in February 1834 as Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute and became Wake Forest College under the guidance of its first president Samuel Wait. In 1950, then College President Harold W. Tribble broke ground on the Winston-Salem campus, also known as the Reynolda campus.
Collection Overview
The scrapbooks in this collection document University events, places, and people associated with the University due to alumni status or work status. Some of the items in the collection appear to have been created and maintained by the University News Bureau, which later was known as the University News Service and Wake Forest News, part of the Communications and External Relations team.
Collection Inventory
- Clippings scrapbook and loose clippings (circa 1893-1901) box 1
- University News Bureau clippings scrapbook and loose clippings (circa 1935-1939) box 2
- University News Bureau clippings scrapbook and loose clippings (circa 1938-1940) box 3
- "Wake Forest Men in Second World War" scrapbook (1941-1944) box 4
Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- University Archives Scrapbooks Collection
- ID
- RG15.1
- Date
- circa 1893-1944
- Quantity
- 3 oversize boxes, 1 half-document box
- Extent
- 4 Linear Feet
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, 2021 June
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
- The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
- Preferred Citation
- University Archives Scrapbooks Collection (RG15.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.