Wartime (Guilford Vertical Files)
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An Arsenal for Democracy
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This pamphlet was designed to show how Bennett College For Women prepares its students to become full-fledged participants in a democratic society. A brief history of the college is also given with several photographs of the the school like the Thomas F. Holgate Library, students in The Nursery School and President David Dallas Jones. The pamphlet was also designed to encourage donations to the college.
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Announcements for 1939-1940
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A pamphlet of announcements for the Immanuel Lutheran College's 1939-1940 academic year. This documents informed its readers about upcoming events, included a schedule for payments, lists of faculty members, and a complete registrar of students in the seminary, junior college and the academic college.
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Gold Star Mothers vertical file
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An invitation for the Gold Star Mothers celebration at the Greensboro World War Memorial Stadium to be used in expectation of V-E Day and a committee planning letter from the American Legion typed by McDaniel Lewis.
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Greensboro soldiers in Spanish-American War
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Listings of soldiers from Greensboro who served in the Spanish-American War classified by rank and regiment. The list compiled by Mrs. Frank P. Morton and Mrs. Annette S. Tinsley using records from local churches, veterans groups, and published works.
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Guilford County war records committee
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This letter sent out by McDaniel Lewis, Director of the Guilford County War Records Committee, was to inform members of an upcoming guest speaker, Miss Charlie Huss, the State Collector of War Records. The collector for the Guilford County Records was Mrs. Nellie Rowe Jones, the Greensboro City Librarian and all the assistant collectors are listed.
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Here there and back
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Brockmann's recollections of World War I, the servicemen from Greensboro and how the conflict had changed people's lives for "better or worse -- but [they were] not the same." The author lists every soldier from Greensboro and describes their commutes to Camp Jackson at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and training camps at Greenville, South Carolina. Brockmann describes service with the Medical Officers Training Camp (MOTC), and the Reserve Infantry Officers Training Camp. Also included in the text are letters, recollections, photos and even poems which document the lives of those in service from Greensboro.
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Letter from James V. Morgan to McDaniel Lewis
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James V. Morgan responds to an information request made by McDaniel Lewis about the Greensboro Draft Boards. Morgan's report includes information about the positions served in Draft Boards No. 1, 2, and 3, giving a list positions for each post which include: government appeal agent, re-employment committee person, physicians, dentist advisory board members. There is also a list of emergency registration dates.
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Letter from McDaniel Lewis to Colonel John J. Morrow
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McDaniel Lewis, Historian for the Henry K. Burtner Post No. 53, responds to Colonel John J. Morrow's efforts to rename a Greensboro camp with a list of names of honorary Greensboro citizens as suggestions. Zebulon Vance, Nathaniel Greene, Lord Cornwallis, and Edward W. Tankersley were among the names discussed.
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Memorial service program
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A program for the 1920 American Legion Sunday Memorial Service in honor of the fallen soldiers from the Great War who were from Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham Counties. The programs including sing patriotic songs, Bible readings, presentations of awards, and special readings.
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Skyway revue [WGBG radio broadcast, 13 April 1946]
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A script for a 1946 episode of the BTC-10/ORD radio program, "Skyway Revue." In this episode the life of David Caldwell is retold, a dedication is made to Franklin Delano Roosevelt a year following his passing and music made popular by Glen Miller is played.
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Skyway revue [WGBG radio broadcast, 20 April 1946]
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A script for a 1946 episode of the BTC-10/ORD radio program, "Skyway Revue," this one featuring a musical performance two juniors from the Woman's College of North Carolina (UNCG), Nancy Mullican, soprano, accompanied by Lucy Wolfe on the piano. The highlight of the show is part six of "The North Carolina Pageant of Democracy" about The Battle of The Guilford Courthouse.
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Skyway revue [WGBG radio broadcast, 27 April 1946]
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A script for a 1946 episode of the BTC-10/ORD radio program, "Skyway Revue," this one featuring a musical performance by a BTC-10/ORD barbershop quartet. The highlight of the show is part seven of "The North Carolina Pageant of Democracy" series of skit about the state and local history. This episode tells the story of Nathaniel Greene.
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Skyway revue press releases
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1946 press releases for the April 20th and April 27th episodes of "Skyway Revue." There is also an undated press release for an episode which detailed the Native American history of North Carolina and the first White settlers as part of the "North Carolina Pageant of Democracy" series. The press release for the April 20th episode also promotes the special AAF BTC-10/ORD Easter radio drama "For These....Tomorrow."
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Soldier list
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A list of mailing addresses for various soldiers at bases throughout the American South during World War I. The last page features a prayer for soldiers.
