Presentation announcing the launch of Textiles, Teachers, and Troops, a collaborative project of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Bennett College, Greensboro College, Greensboro Historical Museum, Greensboro Public Library, Guilford College, and N.C. A&T State University, documenting the history of Greensboro from 1880-1945 through the influence of the textile industry, education, and the military. Website at http://digitalgreensboro.org/

1. Greensboro Historical Museum, 8 April 2014
TEXTILES, TEACHERS, AND TROOPS

2. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

3. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Textiles: The textile industry, mill villages, etc.

4. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Teachers: Education and Greensboro’s growth.

5. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Troops: The military, particularly World War II.

6. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
Contextual material

7. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
 Provides 175,000 new digital images.
 Links them with existing digital resources.
 Largest digitization project in Triad history to
date.
 Collaboration between seven institutions.
 Provides a framework for future local history
resources online.

8. SOME BACKGROUND

9. SOME BACKGROUND
2008-2010

10. SOME BACKGROUND
2011

11. SOME BACKGROUND
2011-2012

12. COLLABORATION
 Community-based project
 Both a portal and the content for that portal
 Focus on partner strengths and individual
contributions.
 Do something bigger altogether!

13. THE PARTNERS
 Bennett College
 Greensboro College
 Greensboro
Historical Museum
 Greensboro Public
Library
 Guilford College
 N.C. A&T State
University
 UNCG

14. THE COLLECTIONS
 Charles Duncan McIver Records
 Mary Medenhall Hobbs Papers
 Martin’s Studio Photographs
 Bernard Cone Photo Albums
 Stroud Scrapbooks
 Bennett College catalogs
 Greensboro College scrapbooks
 Vertical files

15. THE PROCESS

16. THE METADATA

17. THE WEBSITE

18. PARTNER PAGES

19. SUBJECT PAGES

20. ITEM PAGES

21. PHOTOS

22. PHOTOS

23. PHOTOS

24. SCRAPBOOKS

25. SCRAPBOOKS

26. SCRAPBOOKS

27. SCRAPBOOKS

28. MAPS

29. THE FUTURE
 More new content.
 Even more new content.
 After that…more new content.
 Digital exhibits.
 Community outreach.

30. HELP US!
 Beta test.
 Identify hidden materials.
 Just let us know you’re out there!

31. THANK YOU!
digitalgreensboro.org/
David Gwynn,
Digital Projects Coordinator
UNCG University Libraries
3363256.2606
jdgwynn@uncg.edu