Category: Digital Collections Center

  • Value Added: Objects for Sale and Saving

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    Christy Allen

    Furman University Special Collections and Archives is holding a lecture on March 20 called Value Added: Objects for Sale and Saving. The event will feature Scott Derrick, a Furman employee and certified auctioneer, and Helen Hockwalt, curator of the Pickens County Museum of Art and History. Derrick will describe the process of assessing the monetary…

  • Hidden Treasures: The Elizabeth Pringle Diaries

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    Christy Allen

    The digital collections at Furman University Library are full of hidden treasures that contain rich historical, cultural, and educational content. One such collection is the Elizabeth Pringle Diaries. Elizabeth Waties Allston Pringle (1845-1921) was born in 1845 on Pawley’s Island, South Carolina to politician and rice farmer, Robert F.W. Allston and his wife, Adele Petigru.…

  • The Purple Hurricane!

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    Christy Allen

    I thought it rather appropriate on this windy and rainy day to highlight a little bit of Furman University history: “The Purple Hurricane.” In the 1920s, the Furman University football team first used the title “The Purple Hurricane” to refer to their team; it was a moniker that would endure for over 30 years. The…

  • Digicenter Collaborates with Peter Wexler

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    eyoung

    Peter Wexler, the famous New York theatre designer, producer, painter, sculptor, and photographer, visited Furman University Library last week as part of a collaboration with the Digicenter to develop the Peter Wexler Digital Museum.  This ambitious large-scale project will involve the digitization of Mr. Wexler’s professional art and design work which is currently on-loan from…

  • Digicenter Collaborates with Peter Wexler

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    Scott

    Peter Wexler, the famous New York theatre designer, producer, painter, sculptor, and photographer, is visiting Furman University Library this week as part of a collaboration with the Digicenter to develop the Peter Wexler Digital Museum. This ambitious large-scale project will involve the digitization of Mr. Wexler’s professional art and design work which is currently on-loan…

  • Welcome to the New Digicenter Website!

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    Scott

    The Digicenter is pleased to announce the launch of our new website. You can view the site at its new web address: http://www2.furman.edu/library/digicenter The newly redesigned site provides one-click access to our digital collections, offers streamlined navigation options, and showcases a clean new design. Additionally, the site now contains a news page that will provide…

  • Board of Trustees Minutes

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    eyoung

    The digicenter has completed the Board of Trustees Minutes digitization project, begun August 2010.  The collection itself is available only to the Furman community using their network login information. In LUNA, there are 260 separate documents spanning 1825 to 1949, with the earlier documents comprised of an entire year and later, longer documents comprised of…

  • ROTC Collection

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    eyoung

    Furman Army ROTC Cadet, Alex Elmore, conducts a tactical training mission while being accosted by smoke grenades (1999). The Digicenter has recently digitized the Furman Army ROTC Collection.  This collection, housed in Special Collections and Archives, contains photographs, pamphlets, and other materials on the history of ROTC at Furman. To view the digitized collection, visit the…

  • Wonder Ship of Brief Career in Graveyard of the Sea

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    eyoung

    Furman’s collection of historic newspapers tells the solemn and stunning story:

  • South Carolina Digital Newspaper Project

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    Steve