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Piedmont Bird Club Records

 Collection — Container: All
Identifier: MSS 0426

Scope and Contents

Minutes, membership records, publications, correspondence, and scrapbooks from the Piedmont Bird Club of Greensboro, North Carolina. The majority of the club records are in the form of scrapbooks from 1942-2012. Materials are primarily textual, including newsletters, club yearbooks, bird counts, and clippings; photographs, slides, and ephemera are also part of the records.

Dates

  • 1938-2014
  • Other: Date acquired: 07/25/2012

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information. Please see our Sensitive Materials Statement.

Biographical or Historical Information

The Piedmont Bird Club was founded in 1938 in Greensboro, North Carolina as a social and conservation group devoted to birds and their natural habitats through sponsored educational programs for the public and supporting local and state-level conservation efforts.

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Extent

21.50 Linear Feet (15 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Piedmont Bird Club was founded in 1938 in Greensboro, North Carolina as a social and conservation group devoted to birds and their natural habitats. Club records are composed of minutes, membership records, publications, correspondence, and scrapbooks.

Arrangement Note

Collection is arranged in five series: 1. Club history; 2. Publications; 3. Minutes; 4. Financial records; 5. Scrapbooks.

Method of Acquisition

Gift of the organization in 2012.

Offensive Language Statement

The UNC Greensboro University Libraries collects, preserves, and makes accessible unique and historical materials for learning and research. The nature of historical materials is such that some material may represent positions, norms, and values that are offensive and objectionable. These materials represent the opinions and actions of their creators. By providing access to these records in our reading room and through our digital collections, we recognize that archives and rare books can play a vital role in holding those creators accountable and in helping us learn from the past.

Our finding aids and other collection descriptions may occasionally re-use language provided by creators or former holders of the materials, but we strive to place outdated or offensive terminology in context. That said, we recognize that we may not always make the right decision and welcome feedback from all sources so we can learn and adjust our practices. Please contact us at scua@uncg.edu if you encounter problematic language in our finding aids or other collection description. We will review the language and, as appropriate, update it in a way that balances preservation of the original context with our ongoing commitment to describing materials with respectful and inclusive language.

Processing Information

Processed by Anne Belott

Title
Piedmont Bird Club Records
Author
Anne Belott
Date
09/23/2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository

Contact:
P.O. Box 26170
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Greensboro NC 27402-6170 US
336-334-5246