Junior League is 100

Can you believe it? The Junior League of Winston-Salem has been serving the Winston-Salem community for 100 years. To celebrate this amazing accomplishment, we here in the North Carolina Collection have searched through our archives to bring you a glimpse into the remarkable achievements of the Junior League over the past century. Formed in 1923,…

Treasures from the NC Collection on Display

What's in your attic? That's a good question and the NC Collection decided to take it up! We've brought out all our interesting items from our archives for you all to see. They range from photographs to dolls and more. We know that not everyone can come out to see the exhibit. So, we're taking…

House History Hunting.

Have you ever wondered about your home's history or the people who lived there before you? Ever caught yourself saying, "If these walls could talk"?  Perhaps we can help. The North Carolina Collection has some great resources for hunting down your home's history. First, begin with a deed search which you can do online at…

Look Who Stopped By Our High School Yearbook Reunion!

A few Forsyth County Public Library staff members stopped by our reunion! We were happy to be shown their high school student and staff selves! We hope that everyone who came by enjoyed the yearbooks and will come by again when we have another reunion. Can you guess who they are? We are actively collecting…

It’s a High School Yearbook Reunion!

Edit: We love our yearbook collection so much and everyone that comes by is having so much fun that we're extending our reunion! We will have our yearbooks out for your enjoyment through Saturday. Come by for a visit! Come to the North Carolina Collection at the Central Library today to visit and reminisce with…

Collection Spotlight

This past week the Forsyth County Central Library was thrilled to partner with The University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Library and Information Studies program to host three graduate students for their Alternative Spring Break program.  The students worked the entire week to inventory and process a new collection the library has received from the…

A New Look for NCpedia

An exciting new look to a valuable resource from the State Library of North Carolina End of year gift for fans of North Carolina history, heritage and culture: NCpedia’s new website goes live today! Greetings old friends of North Carolina’s online encyclopedia, the NCpedia — and new and future friends too! The new and improved…

Collection Spotlight: Women’s Club of Winston-Salem

We are very excited that our minority and women's collections have been digitized and are available for browsing on Digital NC. Look for links in the post below. This digitization project has been a wonderful learning process for our digitization interns Amy and Corrine and for special collections librarian and project manager, Karen. Look for…

Collection Spotlight – Memorial Industrial School Archives

The Memorial Industrial School Archives is the subject of our April collection spotlight created for you by digitization intern Corrine. Today’s Forsyth County-ites might be familiar with the sprawling green expanse of Horizons Park in the northeastern section of the county with its disc-golf course, dog park, and hiking trails. They may also know about…

Collection Spotlight: The Junior League of Winston-Salem Archives

Spring is almost here! Daffodils are popping up around downtown Winston-Salem. It is time for March's collection spotlight, written for you this month by our digitization intern Amy. She has been evaluating materials in the Junior League of Winston-Salem Archives (JLWS) collection for digitization. Read on for an overview of the Junior League activities that…