Digital Collection
The Finding Aid collection contains finding aids and inventory lists for most of the physical and digital collections. Think of a finding aid as an annotated Table of Contents. Each finding aid contains a descriptive inventory which gives the physical information about the collection.
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The Board of Trustees Collection currently consists of information regarding board member James Egert Allen. Highlights include his work with the YMCA, letters regarding alumni events at the university, and his memoir that recounts his time spent at Johnson C. Smith Universit
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The Charlotte Post Collection contains photographs that span the ‘60’s through the early 2000’s. There are portraits of celebrities, pastors, politicians, civic leaders along with photos of everyday people including infants, children, young adults and the elderly. The collection photos cover speeches, award ceremonies and much more
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The Golden Legacies Oral History Project features interviews of past Johnson C. Smith University students and their experiences at the school. Each interview showcases a different aspect of the JCSU experience, such as being on the track team or part of the choir
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The Historic West End Oral History collection contains the oral history interviews and transcripts from talks with the residents of neighborhoods in the Historic West End section of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The JCSU Audiovisual Collection consists of digitized recordings of events that occurred on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University during the late 1930s and into the mid 1940s. Highlights include recordings by the Biddle Quintet, President H. L. McCrorey’s appearance on the radio program “Wings Over Jordan,” the funeral service of Mrs. McCrorey, and an interview with football players before a game against Virginia Tech University in 1940.
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The JCSU Catalog Collection is part of a larger collection housed by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. This collection of 95 school catalogs spans from 1878 to 2008. Catalogs are also housed in the Black Heritage Room.
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The University History Collection is made up of 20 original letters, speeches, pamphlets, news articles, books, and other documents related to the founding of Johnson C. Smith University. It includes information on the founders and historic properties on and around campus.ohnson C. Smith Un
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The JCSU Publications collection spans from the early 1900s to the mid 1980s. Publications include the Argus, Biddle Outlook, Johnson C. Smith University Bulletin, University Student News, and the JCSU Newsletter.
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The JCSU Yearbook Collection is part of a larger collection of yearbooks housed by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. This collection of 61 yearbooks spans from 1928 to 2017. Yearbooks are also housed in the Black Heritage Room.
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