UNCG walking tours 10/15 and 10/22: History of physical education at UNCG

October is National Archives Month!

Here's a lineup of special events:

Walking Tours
October 15 and October 22 at 2pm, Erin Lawrimore will lead campus walking tours focused on the history of physical education at UNCG. Each tour is limited to 15 participants, so please email SCUA@uncg.edu to reserve a spot.


Exhibits:

• Beside the reference desk, you'll see an exhibit on Physical Education at the Woman's College.
• The case near the stairs at the College Avenue entrance highlights a range of our materials focused on health and fitness in North Carolina.
• The Hodges Reading Room features a new exhibit on Kay Brown, David O. Selznick, and Gone with the Wind (curated by Kathelene).
• In the EUC connector case closest to the EUC entrance, Stacey has created a timeline of LGBTQ history at UNCG.

Lectures/Talks:

• On October 8 at 4pm in the Hodges Reading Room, Dr. Joy Kasson of UNC Chapel Hill will talk about Lois Lenski and her career as a documentary writer for children, drawing upon the resources of the Lois Lenski Papers in SCUA. This is a follow up to the exhibit on Lenski that Scott created earlier this year.
• On October 9 at 2pm in the Hodges Reading Room, Kathelene and Jennifer will present a talk on "Interpreting College Scrapbooks as a Microcosm of Institutional and Social History."
• On October 28 at 2pm in the Hodges Reading Room, Stacey will present a biographic overview of Lev Aronson, whose manuscript and annotated music is among the most recent additions to the cello music collection.

 The University Archives Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/UNCGArchives) and Tumblr (http://uncgarchives.tumblr.com) will also be incorporated into the Archives Month celebration

Read more about UNCG history at Spartan Stories (http://uncghistory.blogspot.com/), on Twitter (@UNCGArchives), or on Tumblr (UNCGArchives).