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Elizabeth Cowling Musical Score and Personal Papers Collection
Collection
Identifier: CC 0002
Abstract
Elizabeth Cowling was born in Northfield, Minnesota. She attended Carleton College, where she received her B.A. degree in Philosophy and went on to Columbia University, where she received her M.A. degree in Economics. Her Master'sand Ph.D. in Music were earned at Northwestern University.Dr. Cowling studied in Europe, starting in Paris in 1929, where she worked with Paul Bazelaire and studied with Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. In 1950 she was a student of Pablo...
Dates:
1937 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 1977
Richard Current Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0053
Abstract
Richard Nelson Current is a widely recognized Lincoln expert and American Civil War scholar who was a University Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1966 to 1983 and also served as the Head of the Department of History and Political Science of UNCG from 1955-1960.The Richard Current Papers date from 1930 to 2003 and consist largely of his correspondence as well as manuscripts of his writings. The collection includes materials...
Dates:
1930 - 2003
Ellen Griffin Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0130
Content Description
This collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, notes, publications, records, and audiovisual materials related to Ellen Griffin, National Golf Foundation, Athletic Federation of College Women, and Griffin's career as a golf instructor. The collection contains materials related to her time as a Woman's College (now UNCG) Physical Education professor and coach, as a golf education consultant at National Golf Foundation, and as the founder, owner, and instructor...
Dates:
1929 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980
Michael F. Parker Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0148
Abstract
Michael Fleming Parker was a professor in the MFA Creative Writing program at UNCG from 1992-2019. He received his Bachelor of Arts from UNC Chapel Hill in 1984 and his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia in 1988. Over the course of his career, Parker published ten books and dozens of articles and essays. He was the first to hold the UNCG Nicholas and Nancy Vacc Distinguished Professorship and won many awards, including the Mary Hobson Award in Arts and...
Dates:
1962 - 2021
George Pickett Wilson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0026
Abstract
George Pickett Wilson (1889-1972) taught in the English department at Woman's College (now UNCG) from 1927 until his retirement in 1958, specializing in Southern folklore and dialect.
The George Pickett Wilson Papers date from 1937 to 1972 and contain manuscript material, correspondence, clippings, and biographical notes.
Dates:
1937 - 1972
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