PY-258664-18 | Preservation and Access: Common Heritage | University of North Carolina, Greensboro | PRIDE! of the Community: Documenting LGBTQ+ History in the Triad | 1/1/2018 - 6/30/2019 | $11,229.00 | James | David | Gwynn | | | | University of North Carolina, Greensboro | Greensboro | NC | 27412-5068 | USA | 2017 | Cultural History | Common Heritage | Preservation and Access | 11229 | 0 | 7347.35 | 0 | Three day-long digitization events, a panel
discussion, and a public lecture to document and preserve historical sources
relating to the LGBTQ+ community of North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad
region. Members of the community would
be invited to submit personal items for digitization and description. The applicant expects to collect archival
materials reflecting political themes, student groups, and state and national
organizations such as Equality North Carolina, PFLAG, GSAFE, and PRIDE. Using this community-based approach, the
applicant hopes to expand existing narratives of Southern LGBTQ+ identities,
including sexuality, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and
religion. A proposed historical lecture
and panel discussion, building on the items collected for digital preservation,
would include representatives from several perspectives. The applicant would partner with the Guilford
Green Foundation, a local LGBTQ community organization.
The University Libraries of The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) will partner with the
Guilford Green Foundation to preserve and make accessible the history of the
LGBTQ+ community of the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina (Greensboro,
Winston-Salem, and High Point). Members of the LGBTQ+ community can bring
personal items for digitization and description, creating digital content
chronicling the history of the population. This project would be the first
large-scale initiative to document the LGBTQ+ history of the Triad. Given the
unique cultural climate of North Carolina historically and presently, it is
anticipated that modern materials will reflect political themes, especially in
relation to recent discord over North Carolina Amendment 1, House Bill 2, and
House Bill 780. Additionally, with over twenty institutions of higher education
in the area, there will be documents and artifacts relating to LGBTQ+ student
groups, including representation from three HBCUs. |