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Community-contributed Collections

Through our Community Collections program, we work with many community groups (schools, churches, neighborhood associations) and individuals to make their history available online. The items in this digital collection are not held by UNCG; they are housed in the homes and offices of individuals, businesses, and local community groups, as noted in each item's description. These community partners, through their willingness to share their historical materials, allow us to provide access to the public while letting the physical materials remain in the possession of the groups and individuals who contribute them.

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Out at the Movies Collection
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Out at the Movies, donated by the company as part of the Pride of the Community project. Most are born-digital items.
Alexander Phillip Parker, Sr. Collection
Alexander Parker served as Greensboro's first African American appointee to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. He was the owner of three local barber shops.
Michael Parker Collection
The Michael Parker Collection contains advertising material related to the historic Sedgefield Inn, located between Greensboro and Jamestown, North Carolina.
Juliet Raleigh Pickard Collection
Juliet Raleigh Pickard is a Greensboro resident and the daughter of Luther H. Raleigh, Jr. and Audrey Goins Raleigh, business owners who were also very much involved with community groups.
Pig Pounder Brewery Archives
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment ofPig Pounder Brewery, donated by the company as part of the Well Crafted NC project. Most are born-digital items.
Pilot Brewing Co. Archives
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Pilot Brewing Co., donated by the company as part of the Well Crafted NC project. Most are born-digital items.
Pop the Cap Archives
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Pop the Cap, donated by the company as part of the Well Crafted NC project. Most are born-digital items.
Sata Prescott Collection
Sata Prescott is a librarian and a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This collection deals primarily with his life as a member of the LGBTQ+ community in Greensboro and other areas of North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.
Preyer Brewing Co. Archives
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Preyer Brewing Co., donated by the company as part of the Well Crafted NC project. Most are born-digital items.
Darryl Quick Collection
Darryl Quick is a Greensboro resident. His parents, Julius and Mattie Quick, had long careers as educators in Greensboro.
Jeff Rainey Collection
Items documentinng LGBTQ+ life in Greensboro, N.C., with a focus on nightclubs.
Adam Lawrence Randolph III Collection
Adam Randolph III was born in Newport News, Va., the son of Adam Randolph Jr. and Louise Wilkins Randolph. In 1968, he was one of five African-American cadets who integrated Virginia Military Institute (VMI). His children are Adam (IV), Marcus, and Amber Randolph. Randolph currently resides in Greensboro, N.C. The collection includes photographs of his time as a cadet and of various family members from the 1920s to 1980s.
Erica Rau Collection
These items were digitized from a personal collection of cookbooks.
Red Oak Brewery Archives
Photographs and other documents relating to the establishment of Red Oak Brewery, donated by the company as part of the Well Crafted NC project. Most are born-digital items.
Bernetiae Reed Collection
Reed is a genealogist, historian, author, documentary filmmaker, and social activist based in the North Carolina Piedmont. In 2018 she received the Spotlight Award from the Society of American Archivists. She coordinates the oral history project connected with the Benbow Road historic district application and has been closely involved with the digitization project and other aspects as well. The collection consists of various materials connected to the Benbow Road neighborhood and to local African American history in general.
Chad Roberts Collection
Chad Roberts is a Greensboro resident, copy editor, and alumnus of North Carolina A&T State University. This collection includes material related to architect William Streat and other community members affiliated with Bennett College and A&T.
Dirk Robertson Collection
Scrapbooks documenting Triad LGBTQ+ organizations and events, digitized as part of the PRIDE! Of the Community project.
Audrey Sage Collection
Audrey Sage is an artist and Preservation Services Manager for the UNC Greensboro University Libraries.
Major S. Sanders, Jr. Collection
Major Sanders was born in Concord, North Carolina in 1943 and studied Architectural Engineering at N.C. A&T State University. In 1966, he began working for Greensboro architect W. Edward "Blue" Jenkins. After graduating from A&T in 1971, he continued to work for Jenkins until 1978. Relocating to Wisconsin, he worked for American Medical Buildings (1978-1980) and Shephard Legan Aldrian Ltd. (1980-1982) before again returning to Jenkins' firm from 1982 to 1986. Sanders established his own firm in 1986, and later became President of Quality Housing Corporation in Greensboro, specializing in passive solar and low-cost energy solutions. He has designed and supervised numerous prominent buildings in North Carolina and Wisconsin, and has been involved in many professional and civic organizations.
Jim Schlosser Collection
Jim Schlosser, formerly a reporter for the Greensboro News & Record, is a freelance writer in North Carolina. Schlosser has documented many aspects of Greensboro's history through books and newspaper columns.

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