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Maxine “Jimmie” Vaughan Williams played industrial team basketball starting with the Nashville Business College from 1942-1944, then with the Sports Arena Blues in Atlanta from 1945-1947 and from 1948-1951 she played for the Hanes Hosiery team in…

The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America began as mutal aid societies created by African Americans in the early days of the United States.

Souvenir ribbons displayed in a frame collected by Emsley F. Coble, Company E, 1st N. C. Regiment and donated by Edwin F. Coble. Ribbons indicate the Norfleet Camp, No. 436. Reunions indicated held at Charlotte, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem.

E. F. Coble was a contractor in Winston-Salem around the turn of the 20th century. This collection of business reciepts and ephemera contains letters, reciepts, a directory, and promotional flyers for businesses. It also contains three tobacco…

In 1973, David and Vera Mace founded the Association of Couples for Marriage Enrichment (ACME) in Winston-Salem, NC. Soon after the organization was founded, the name was changed to Association for Couples in Marriage Enrichment. The Maces hoped to…

Newspapers produced by the African American student body at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina during the 1948 - 1952 school years. The school was opened in 1931 and was partially funded by the Rosenwald Fund, the first urban school…

Ann Carter Pollard was born in Winston-Salem, NC on May 17, 1930. She volunteered at the Forsyth County Public Library when she was a student at Salem College. She has fond memories of “sitting” the art gallery and of shelving books for Ms. Reed. Ms.…

Bill Kiser was born in Greenville, SC and was educated at home. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child but went on to write a syndicated column “The Handicapped Mailbag” while living in Winston-Salem, NC as an adult. His novel New Light of…

Brushed nickle colored library sign regarding donation from Lucy Chatham

Local newspapers from 1830s through 1940s. Small, incomplete collections of various newspapers, for example The People’s Press and The Farmer’s