Over the past year, we have been working with students in the Hayes-Taylor program and with community members to uncover rare and personal items that are of unique historical value and that might not have made their way into a digital collection otherwise. We encouraged community members to contribute items that they thought were significant and documented a particular aspect of Greensboro's history with specific attention given to African-American communities in the southeastern quadrant of the city.
Greensboro residents brought in some amazing items. Here is a small sample:- Two photos documenting Greensboro's East Market Street business district, which was destroyed in a 1960s urban renewal project.
- A scrapbook created by Mrs. Hyla Cundiff druing her time at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte from 1944-1948.
- Material documenting the life and work of Walter Lewis McNair, the first African-American pharmacist in Greensboro.
- A photo album containing rare photographs of Dudley High School in the late 1930s taken by a student who later became a Tuskeegee Airman.
- Several photographs showing the Caldwella nd Foushee families and their lives in Greensboro's Terra Cotta community from the 1950s to the 2000s.
We will be spotlighting additional items from this amazing project here and on our Facebook page in the coming weeks. The project was completed using funds from a federal Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition Grant.
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