The following excerpt is from a December 4, 2015 article posted at UVAToday.
While University of Virginia students are reviving the yearbook tradition on Grounds, the old copies of Corks & Curls will also be gaining a new life in cyberspace.
Local historian Coy Barefoot, author of “Thomas Jefferson on Leadership” and “The Corner: A History of Student Life at the University of Virginia,” is building the Corks & Curls Museum, a virtual repository exploring the history of the University and the annual student yearbook. The website is scheduled to go live in the spring.
“Launched in the spring of 1888 by an enterprising and creative group of students at the University of Virginia, the Corks & Curls yearbook documented the Virginia experience for well over a century,” Barefoot, who graduated from the University in 1992 with a master’s degree in anthropology, wrote in an email. “Corks & Curls showcased the talents of generations of student leaders – uniting teams of gifted writers, reporters, poets, photographers, artists and designers with skilled students of commerce.”
Thanks to ResearchBuzz for the heads-up.
