Tag Archives: Special Collections

Sep 10 2011
Services

Alumni magazines digitized

Greenwood Library has added more digitized archival materials to Internet Archive, a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. In addition to the Longwood yearbooks dated 1898 through 2006,  the library has included alumnae and alumni magazines from 1940 to 1979 and undergraduate catalogs from 1893 to 1949. The projects were undertaken to provide more access to some of the university’s archival materials of interest to its alumni and the public.

Have you ever wondered about the history of  Longwood,  what its buildings looked like, St. Joan of Arc’s history with Longwood, or what courses were like in 1900? You can find information to these answers, photos, and more browsing through the digitized alumni magazines and undergraduate catalogs. The collections are available at: http://www.archive.org/details/longwooduniversity. Click on “Browse by Subject/Keywords” and choose links to alumni and alumnae periodicals or curricula catalogs. You can also search our online catalog by typing in a subject search for: Longwood College Alumni and alumnae Periodicals.

For more information, contact Pat Howe: howepa@longwood.edu or Lydia Williams: williamslc@longwood.edu.

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Jan 18 2011
Services

Yearbook Digitization Project

In an effort to make Greenwood Library’s archival materials more accessible to the public and as an outreach to our alumni, the Library is participating in a mass digitization collaborative made possible through a Sloan Foundation Grant. Lyrasis, a regional non-profit membership organization serving libraries, is coordinating the project in partnership with Internet Archive, a non-profit building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The Library’s digitization project includes Longwood’s yearbooks dated 1898 and titled Normal Light, through the Virginian, 2006. Each yearbook is searchable, can be viewed online, printed, or downloaded onto an e-reader such as the kindle. Choose a year, type in a name, and find a photo of a Longwood friend. Also included are the student publications the Normal Record, 1897, through Gyre, 1975. Soon to be added will be the student newspaper, The Rotunda, from 1920 through 2006. The collections are available at: http://www.archive.org/details/longwooduniversity. Click on “Browse by Subject/Keywords” and choose yearbooks or student publications. For more information, contact Pat Howe: howepa@longwood.edu or Lydia Williams: williamslc@longwood.edu.

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Mar 22 2010
Events

Live event: A History of Longwood

Longwood history comes alive:
A Special Collections Program
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Tuesday, March 30 at 3:30 p.m.
Greenwood Library’s Atrium
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Greenwood Library’s Special Collections holds historical treasures that make Longwood’s history come alive. On Tuesday, March 30 at 3:30 p.m., the Greenwood Library will host an event that will feature faculty, staff, and students reading excerpts from books and performing musical selections that will make you feel nostalgic. A slideshow of historical photos will be included as a part of this event. Attendees will have an opportunity to win one of three Barnes and Noble gift cards being given away as door prizes. Refreshments will be available following the event. Make plans to attend this event of March 30 to be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Atrium of the Greenwood Library.

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Oct 13 2009
Events

Dr. Brock-Servais speaks about “Alice in Wonderland”

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“Interpreting Alice through the Ages”
A Special Collections Program
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Thursday, October 22 at 3:30 p.m.
Greenwood Library’s Atrium
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“Interpreting Alice through the Ages” will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. Rhonda Brock-Servais, department chair and associate professor of English at Longwood University, on Thursday, October 22 at 3:30 p.m. in the Atrium of Greenwood Library. The lecture is part of a series of events related to Greenwood Library’s archival and special collections.

In her lecture about Lewis Carroll’s well-known classic, Alice in Wonderland, Dr. Brock-Servais will address the ongoing popularity of Alice in her various incarnations and add her own favorite interpretation to the mix, which reveals Alice as the fairy tale heroine. In 1999, Longwood received a sizable collection of books and memorabilia related to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland from the late Carol S. Droessler, a 1950 Longwood graduate, and her husband, Dr. Earl Droessler of Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Brock-Servais will highlight this collection during her presentation. In addition, selected books and memorabilia from the Droessler collection will be on display in the Greenwood Library during October.

Following the presentation, refreshments will be served in the Library’s Special Collections Room 202.

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Mar 30 2009
Events

National Library Week @ Special Collections

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Longwood Connects @ Greenwood Library:
A Program in Celebration of National Library Week
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Thursday, April 9 – 3:30 p.m. – Greenwood Library’s Atrium
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What’s so special about Greenwood Library’s Special Collections? You are invited to attend an event that has been designed to answer this question. On Thursday, April 9, at 3:30 p.m., the Greenwood Library will host an event that will feature faculty, staff, and students reading excerpts from books and performing musical compositions that are among the holdings in Special Collections.

openbookYou are encouraged to come out and enjoy readings and performances by President Patricia Cormier, Dr. Craig Challender, Marty Dorrill, Dr. Mary Carroll-Hackett, Dr. Lisa Kinzer, Dr. Lily Run Ren, Dr. Gordon Ring, Dr. John Sturtz, Director of Multicultural Affairs Lonnie Calhoun, and Longwood students Rachel Burchard, Emily Kilgore, and Ashley Lauer. We may have some surprise guests, as well.

Attendees will have an opportunity to win one of three Barnes and Noble gift cards being given away as door prizes. Refreshments will be available following the event.

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Sep 23 2008
Events

Dr. Martha Cook to speak about Ellen Glasgow

On Thursday, October 2, at 3:30 pm, Greenwood Library will host an event in a series of ongoing lectures related to its archival and special collections. This event will feature Dr. Martha Cook, professor of English at Longwood University, who will speak on the popular early 20th Century Virginia author Ellen Glasgow who was a native of Richmond. Beginning in 1897, Glasgow wrote twenty novels and many short stories, mainly about life in Virginia.

The title of Dr. Cook’s presentation is Evasive Idealism: Ellen Glasgow and Virginia. Dr. Cook will give an overview of Glasgow’s life in Virginia and then discuss Glasgow’s characters that develop this theme she called “evasive idealism,” particularly in the novel entitled Virginia (1913), in The Romantic Comedians (1926), whose main character is based on Henry Anderson, a native of Farmville, and in The Sheltered Life (1932), which most critics believe should have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize. She later received that recognition for In This Our Life (1941). Following the presentation refreshments will be served in the Library’s Special Collections Room.

Books in the Greenwood Library by Ellen Glasgow

Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Atrium of the Greenwood Library

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Apr 10 2007
Services

Visit the Library’s Special Collections Room

The Janet D. Greenwood Library now has a Special Collections Room which is filled with a variety of unique book collections. The collections include Longwood faculty publications, the Virginia Authors Collection, the Virginiana Collection, the Edward Gorey Collection, the Droessler Collection, and a collection of rare books. This room holds treasurers that are priceless—some because they are inscribed by the author, some because of the illustrative matter, some because they are first edition classics and some because they are no longer available in print but have an enduring value.

The room is a warm and inviting place to visit; it is a place where you can sit and read from one of the many books housed on its shelves. Books may be used in the room during the open hours. The room is open during the academic sessions on Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.; it is open on Friday from 10:00 am. to 12:00 p.m. The room is closed during fall and spring breaks. Special Collections Usage Policies and Procedures has more information about hours and using the materials.

The Special Collections Room is located on the west end of the second floor of the library. You are invited to visit the room and enjoy browsing through some of the treasures that make this room so special.

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Mar 26 2007
Events

Presentation on the “Longwood Revolution of 76″

On April 5 the library will sponsor its premiere event in a series of ongoing lectures related to the Greenwood Library’s archival and special collections. This first event will feature Dr. James Jordan, professor of Anthropology at Longwood University. Dr. Jordan will speak in the Library Atrium at 3:30 p.m. on a topic that relates to the history of the University — “The Longwood Revolution of 76: The History of the Male Student at Longwood.” Following this presentation, refreshments will be served outside the Special Collections Room on the second floor which will be open for all to visit. This will be an opportunity for you to learn more about the history of Longwood and to visit the Greenwood Library’s new Special Collections Room.

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