Digital Collections

The Digitization Unit has created numerous digital collections, totalling more than 750,000 digital files, from the holdings of the University Libaries and other area institutions.

• Gateway Digital Collections
  Our collaborative local history platfotm.
• Greensboro and Triad History Collections
  Collections from libraries, archives, and museums, as well as individuals, businesses, and community organizations throughout the area that document the history of Greensboro and the North Carolina Piedmont. Items include photographs, newspapers and magazines, personal and business records and papers, maps, city directories, and oral history interviews.
• UNCG History Collections
  Collections from the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives that document the history of the university from its founding in 1892 as the State Normal and Industrial School to the present day. Items include photographs, university records, student and organizational scrapbooks, newspapers, yearbooks, course catalogs, and other materials.
• Visual and Performing Arts Collections
  Collections from the UNC Greensboro University Libraries and other sources that document the visual and performing arts. Items include a vast array of items from the cello collection at UNC Greensboro as well as playbills, photographs, scrapbooks, sheet music, and other mementos.
• Women Veterans Historical Project
  The Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project (WVHP), established at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in 1998, documents the contributions of women in the military and related service organizations since World War I. The WVHP includes a wide range of source material including photographs, letters, diaries, scrapbooks, oral histories, military patches and insignia, uniforms, and posters, as well as published works.
• Highlights and Exhibits
  Exhibits and other curated sets of items and collections focusing on a specific theme.
• Gateway Partners and Collections
  Libraries, museums, and archives around the Triad have collaborated with UNC Greensboro on digitization initiatives. Explore our community partners and their individual contributions.
• Digital Library on American Slavery
  The Digital Library on American Slavery (DLAS) is an expanding resource compiling independent collections focused upon race and slavery in the American South, made searchable through a single, simple interface. DLAS houses tens of thousands of records relating to all 15 slave states and Washington, D.C. as well as a number of northern states. DLAS contains detailed personal information about over 100 thousand individuals, including enslaved people, enslavers, free people of color, and more.