Thank to our partner, Southwestern Community College (SWCC) and their Archival Revival Team, a new exhibit filled with community materials from our on-site visit in February along with batches containing campus-related materials from the college and one issue of the Swain County High School Student Newspaper are now available on DigitalNC.

In fall of 2022, faculty and staff at SWCC created the Archival Revival Project with the goal to collect, organize, digitize, and share college historical material to honor both the college’s story and significant contribution to the community. As part of this goal, the SWCC Archival Revival Team reached out to partner with DigitalNC to plan a community scanning event.

In late February, DigitalNC staff packed their scanners and traveled to SWCC’s Jackson Campus and the Swain Center (formerly the Almond School) for two days of community scanning. Over the two days, folks from the community showed up with an amazing array of materials which included family genealogies, photographs, education-related documents, war food farm plan form, a Swain County High School student newspaper issue, and even a quilted banner! One of the best part of community scan days, however, is that while scanning, staff members get to hear the stories, lore, information and histories associated with the materials directly from community members which allows us to create a more robust and accurate record. All community member materials can be viewed in our newest exhibit, Southwestern Community College Archival Revival Project linked here.

In addition to community materials, batches containing materials from SWCC were also digitized during the visit. These batches contain photographs of the college’s fun events like Spring Fling, campus and classrooms, employees, students, and more.

To learn more about Southwestern Community College, visit their website linked here.

To view more materials from Southwestern Community College, visit their contributor page linked here.