Research Guides: FYS The Hallowed Halls of the Academy: A History of the University and College Life: Wake Forest student culture, 1950s-90s

Primary sources

Bulletin of Wake Forest College
Call Number: LD5721 .W5
College catalog and information for incoming students.
Old Gold and Black
Call Number: LH1.W4 O64
Publication Date: 1916-2018
Wake Forest student newspaper. Available in print in SC&A, and in digital format on the SC&A Digital Collections page.
The Howler (yearbook)
Call Number: LD5721 .W557 H6
Publication Date: 1903-2019
Wake Forest yearbook; available in print in SC&A and in digital format on the SC&A Digital Collections page.
University Archives photograph collection
Call Number: RG10.1
Link leads to digitized collection (not all photos have been digitized). The finding aid for the entire collection is available here: https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/39540
University Archives vertical files, Box 9 (Athletics)
Call Number: RG15
Vertical files consist of newspaper clippings, published and unpublished documents, and other materials about specific subjects related to WFU history. This collection has not been digitized; link leads to the finding aid for the print collection.
University Archives vertical files, Box 44 (Student Union events calendars)
Call Number: RG15
Vertical files consist of newspaper clippings, published and unpublished documents, and other materials about specific subjects related to WFU history. This collection has not been digitized; link leads to the finding aid for the print collection.
University Archives vertical files, Box 48 (Wake Forest curriculum)
Call Number: RG15
Vertical files consist of newspaper clippings, published and unpublished documents, and other materials about specific subjects related to WFU history. This collection has not been digitized; link leads to the finding aid for the print collection.
Gay Straight Student Alliance records
Call Number: RG8.22
This collection contains materials documenting GSSA's work and community members. Items include a petition from the Student Association for Equality, protesting Wake Forest University's decision to deny a same-sex union from occurring on campus, newspaper clippings describing the controversy, a timeline about the GSSA, award plaques, a t-shirt, and other resources and brochures offered to students. Collection has not been digitized; link leads to finding aid for print collection.
Wake Forest Student (literary magazine)
Call Number: LH1.W4 S78
Publication Date: 1930-present
Student literary magazine; title changed to Three to Four Ounces in 1994.
Wake Forest Magazine (Alumni magazine)
Call Number: LD5721.W512 W34
Wake Forest alumni news magazine. Accessible in digital format and in print.

History of Wake Forest University Oral Histories
The History of Wake Forest University Oral Histories collection (2013-ongoing) consists of audio and video interviews conducted by Z. Smith Reynolds Library's Special Collections & Archives and other university departments and programs. Topics discussed in the interviews include the Wake Forest alumni and student experience, campus social life and community, and the academic life of faculty and staff. Special thematic topics have focused on WFU Global Programs and Services, the LGBTQ community, and women scientists at Wake Forest.

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FYS The Hallowed Halls of the Academy: A History of the University and College Life: Wake Forest student culture, 1950s-90s

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