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Bennett College

Bennett College is a small, private, historically Black liberal arts college for women. The College offers women an education conducive to excellence in scholarly pursuits; preparation for leadership roles in the workplace, society, and the world; and life-long learning in a technologically advanced, complex global society. The Thomas F. Holgate Library seeks to accommodate the educational programs, philosophy, mission, goals and objectives of the College. In that regard, the College has made constant efforts to provide and maintain a balanced library program that fosters and aids the promotion and achievement of academic, professional, and personal excellence. The library also maintains the Bennett College Archives

Bennett College Archives
Materials documenting the history of the college and its students, faculty, and staff.
Bennett College at Digital NC
Collections hosted by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center including yearbooks, catalogs, newspapers, and other items.
Bennett College Course Catalogs
Bulletins and course catalogs document the academic offerings as well as the facilities, activities, and other benefits offered to students.
Bennett College History
The Bennett College History collection, hosted by the HBCU Alliance, contains photographs of campus buildings from the early period of Bennett College. These photographs provide a view of the campus before it became a college for women in 1926. Prior to 1926, Bennett Seminary was a co-ed campus that was founded by the Freedmens Aid Society in the basement of the St. Matthews United Methodist Church.
Bennett College Scrapbook Collection
This scrapbook by Willa B. Player is a collection of congratulatory letters and certificates commemorating her appointment as the new president of Bennett College in 1956.
Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Collection
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Collection contains documents concerning the fatal clash between members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) and members of the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazi Party which occurred on November 3, 1979, as well as the subsequent investigation and findings of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission (GTRC). This collection includes correspondence, hearing transcripts, court documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, posters, audio/visual material and photographs, manuscripts, and other materials documenting these events. Digitization of this collection is in progress through the first six months of 2024.

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