With the help of our partner, Wake Forest University, we are excited to announce five new scrapbooks have made their way to DigitalNC! Spanning from July 1951 to August 1959, these scrapbooks chronicle Wake Forest University’s move from Wake Forest to Winston-Salem. Wake Forest College, as it was known at the time, was founded in Wake Forest, a town northeast of Raleigh, in the early 19th century. After operating in the area for over a century, the college moved to Winston-Salem following a donation of land and funding from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The construction of Wake Forest College’s new home began in 1952 and the school officially moved to its new campus in Winston-Salem in 1956. The college assumed its current name, Wake Forest University, in 1967.
These five latest scrapbooks from Wake Forest University are filled with newspaper clippings related that cover student life, campus issues, and the move to Winston-Salem. Some highlights include pictures of campus construction and coverage of President Truman’s appearance at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new campus.
More information about our partner, Wake Forest University, can be found on their website here.
Information about Wake Forest University’s Z. Smith Reynolds Library can be found here. Z. Smith Reynolds Library’s Digital Collection can be viewed here.
More materials including yearbooks, magazines, catalogs, and 20 newspaper titles, can be found on Wake Forest University’s contributor page, which is linked here.
