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Digital Collections   arrow Visit now!

Our Digital Collections include a wide variety of digitized art and documents. Much of it can be accessed through our searchable Digital Collections website. Other collections have their own websites shown below.

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Centuries of Service: Military Chaplains   arrow Visit now!

This site both celebrates and illuminates the history of the US Military Chaplains. This site contains: transcriptions of interviews with Chaplains; numerous histories in searchable full-text digital format; bibliography to print and electronic sources; and links to associated websites.

1898 Foundation   arrow Visit now!

This is the archived website of the 1898 Foundation, formed to commemorate the events of 1898 in its centennial year, and make their significance known, with the overall goal of improving racial relations in the community.
 

Cape Fear Surfing Archive   arrow Visit now!

The Cape Fear Surfing Archive was created in 2002 and is a subset of Special Collections at UNCW’s Randall Library. The archive’s collections focus primarily on preserving the heritage of surfing along North Carolina’s southeastern coast although some materials reflect surfing history at the regional, national, or international level.

Montford Point Marines   arrow Visit now!

Our online collection contains photographs, interview transcripts from over sixty interviews conducted with Montford Point veterans and other artifacts from the Montford Point Marines. You'll get a sense of the importance of the role that these men played in both Marine Corps and American history.

World War II: Through the Eyes of the Cape Fear   arrow Visit now!

Art, maps, photographs of artifacts and interview transcripts document the important role the Cape Fear region's people played in the Second World War.

The Diary of Nicholas W. Schenck   arrow Visit now!

Nicholas W. Schenck's (1830-1916) diary was written around 1905 and recalls Wilmington before and after  the civil war. The transcribed diary is 138 pages and features several hand-drawn maps.

 

Images of UNCW   arrow Visit now!

The Archives Photograph Collection consists of prints, slides, and negatives from 1948 to the present day. UNCW Archives has digitized a portion of this collection, which are searhable and viewable on the Web.

UNCW Buildings & Landmarks   arrow Visit now!

To explore the history of a campus location and the profile of its namesake, choose the item of interest in the drop-down box.

Oral Histories   arrow Visit now!

Transcripts of oral history interviews created on videotape by UNCW Archives and Special Collections.  The major themes of this oral history collection are Voices of UNCW, Southeast North Carolina, the Arts, and Military. 

Seahawk DOCKS   arrow Visit now!

UNCW's portion of a shared database called North Carolina Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (NC DOCKS). SeahawkDOCKS is designed to hold digital, online copies of faculty articles, white papers, and other scholarly works, in addition to student theses and dissertations. This type of database is often referred to as an "Institutional Repository," or IR.

UNCW Athletics Awards   arrow Visit now!

Featuring the achievements of student athletes, this collection includes certificates, trophies, plaques, and artwork in Trask Coliseum and Archives.

In the Spotlight

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View new digital collection of Wilmington nursing school yearbooks

Yearbooks (1949-1966) from the James Walker Hospital School of Nursing shed light on a profession, a region, and an era.

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John Gunn Sports Collection

Over 8,000 media guides and game day programs for professional and college sports teams. Visit the collection at http://library.uncw.edu/web/collections/manuscript/MS316/MS316.html

UNCW Archives

UNCW Archives consists of public records of long-term historical value pertaining to the heritage of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The collection includes books, theses, newspapers, correspondence, multi-media, art, maps, objects, posters, and more.

Special Collections

Special Collections, located at the west end of the second floor, contains rare books, manuscripts, and other materials that have special historical significance for the Lower Cape Fear Region.