Textiles, Teachers, and Troops

This is the Winston-Salem (N.C.) city directory from 1930, containing business and residential listings. This item is provided by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center and the Internet Archive.

Collection: City Directories (Digital NC) (North Carolina Digital Heritage Center - http://www.digitalnc.org/)

Subjects: Winston-Salem (N.C.) -- Directories

This is the 1930 Hill Directory Co. city directory for Greensboro, North Carolina.

Collection: General Collection (UNCG University Libraries) (UNCG University Libraries)

Subjects: Greensboro (N.C.) -- Directories

This folder contains letters from Catherine Cox to her family, though chiefly to her parents. They detail her experiences at Guilford College. Of note is mention of a crazy man living in the woods (he "sicced" his dog on Catherine and her friends as they were taking a walk. In their attempt to escape they fell through some barbed wire and kept running), basketball games with Elon University, exams, an incident wherein a former student (Edmina Siler) was run over and killed (the student body stood in respectful silence as the body was driven through campus), and the Dolly Madison tablet unveiling. It should be noted that the stationary used is personalized with "YWSGA"(Young Women's Student Government Association) printed at the top, with Catherine Cox listed as president.

Collection: MS501 Catherine Cox Letters (Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College)

Subjects: Guilford College

This folder contains several lists of suggested and required reading for specific courses and Guilford College students in general. Courses include social sciences in general and Biology 12. The list of suggested reading for all students is hand-written, and seems mostl speculatory on the part of Raymond Binford.

Collection: MS440 Raymond and Helen Titsworth Binford Papers (Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College)

Subjects: Binford, Raymond, 1876-1951; Guilford College

Several versions of an essay by Mary Mendenhall Hobbs titled "Old Jamestown." The essay was published in the Greensboro Daily News on January 13, 1930.

Collection: MS223 Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Papers, 1888-1930 (Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College)

Subjects: Guilford College; Hobbs, L. L. (Lewis Lyndon), 1849-1932; Hobbs, Mary Mendenhall, 1852-1930; Women -- Education

This folder contains a handwritten draft of an essay by Mary titled "Home.", an original poem called "Lyndon's Shoes" and dated 1930, and a sketch of what appears to be an aerial view of a house.

Collection: MS223 Mary Mendenhall Hobbs Papers, 1888-1930 (Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College)

Subjects: Guilford College; Hobbs, L. L. (Lewis Lyndon), 1849-1932; Hobbs, Mary Mendenhall, 1852-1930; Women -- Education

A large group of school children with their teachers pose under a detached portico.

Collection: Photo Collection -- Art Shop (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

A view of the main building at Greensboro College for Women before lightning strike in 1941.

Collection: Photo Collection -- Art Shop (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: Greensboro College (N.C.)

A two-story brick house near on the campus of Greensboro College for Women.

Collection: Photo Collection -- Art Shop (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: Greensboro College (N.C.)

A side view of two two-story brick houses near on the campus of Greensboro College for Women.

Collection: Photo Collection -- Art Shop (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: Greensboro College (N.C.)

Greensboro College yearbook.

Collection: Greensboro College Yearbooks Collection (James Addison Jones Library, Greensboro College)

Subjects: Greensboro College (N.C.)

Guilford College yearbook.

Collection: The Quaker (Friends Historical Collection, Hege Library, Guilford College)

Subjects: Guilford College

An aerial view of northwest Greensboro with views of West Market Baptist Church and Carnegie Negro Library.

Collection: Photo Collection -- General (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century

An angle view of North Elm Street with cars lining the street. Businesses along this part of Elm Street include Jefferson Insurance, Saslow's Jewelers, Kress, Mangel's, and Patterson.

Collection: Postcards Collection (Greensboro History Museum) (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century

The King Cotton Hotel stood at the southeast corner of Market and Davie Streets in downtown Greensboro. The King Cotton was constructed in 1927 and imploded in the early 1970s. The offices of the Greensboro News and Record now stand on the site.

Collection: Photo Collection -- General (Greensboro History Museum)

A view of the businesses on the 100-200 block of South Elm Street with cars and a tram on the street.

Collection: Photo Collection -- Art Shop (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century

A view of the 200-300 block on South Davie Street in downtown Greensboro with King Cotton Hotel and Odell Hardware visible on the right.

Collection: Photo Collection -- Art Shop (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century

A company Christmas greeting card from Cone Mills.

Collection: Misc. Coll. -- Cone Mills (Greensboro History Museum)

Subjects: Cone Mills Corporation; Textile industry -- North Carolina -- Greensboro

The theme of the 1930 yearbook is “Good Morning, America” by Carl Sandburg. Includes a senior class history and last will and testament. Other features include a 2-page photo college of a Leaders’ Camp in Blowing Rock, attended by students and administrators, full page portraits for superlative titles, and photo commemoration of a ceremonious “wedding” between the freshman and junior class. The yearbook of the institution now known as The University of North Carolina at Greensboro was published between 1902 and 1993, first as The Decennial (1902), later as The Carolinian (1909-1917), and finally as Pine Needles (1920-1993).

Collection: University Yearbooks (Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries)

Subjects: North Carolina College for Women; North Carolina College for Women--Students--Yearbooks; Woman's College of the University of North Carolina; Woman's College of the University of North Carolina--Students--Yearbooks; University of North Carolina at Greensboro; University of North Carolina at Greensboro--Students--Yearbooks

Catalogue of North Carolina College for Women located in Greensboro, N.C.

Collection: Course Catalogs (Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries)

Subjects: North Carolina College for Women--Curricula--Catalogs; Universities and colleges--Curricula--Catalogs

Student handbook of the North Carolina College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina, containing information about campus life and policies, student organizations, religious options, and other material.

Collection: Student Handbooks (Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries)

Subjects: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Photograph of College Avenue with people walking and cars parked along the side of the road in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The Administration Building can be seen on the right and Guilford residence hall can be seen on the right.

Collection: UA104 Photographic Prints Collection (Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries)

Subjects: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Sketch of Old Curry Building Ruins from cover of 1930 commencement invitation. The Curry Building, located on College Avenue, opened in 1902. It was named in honor of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, who advocated for the establishment of the State Normal and Industrial School (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro), in the early 1890s. The building was used as a training, or practice, school for future teachers until it burned in 1926. The ruins were condemned and torn down in 1940.

Collection: UA104 Photographic Prints Collection (Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries)

Subjects: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Ruins of Old Curry Building, circa 1930.

Collection: UA104 Photographic Prints Collection (Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries)

Subjects: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Students in graduation robes seated inside the auditorium, circa 1930s.

Collection: UA104 Photographic Prints Collection (Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries)

Subjects: University of North Carolina at Greensboro