North Carolina College for Women. Historical Museum.

The Historical Museum of the North Carolina College for Women (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) was established by the Department of History in 1915, in order to "assist in the work of saving from loss or destruction those materials that have value in portraying the past life of our people, and to promote a livelier interest in the study of our own history." Colonel Fred Olds, collector for the Hall of History in Raleigh, presented the museum with several hundred items to begin the collection, and students, alumnae, and other friends of the college contributed more items over the years. Originally the collection was housed in the basement of the McIver building; it was later moved to the library, but unfortunately never attracted much attention there. A fire at the library in 1933 damaged or destroyed much of the collection, which was eventually disbanded.