Executive Director Ed Morris believes the most ordinary items make the most fascinating artifacts.

That's why the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society is asking for your help.  Attics, basements, spare rooms, and garden sheds are frequently filled with precisely the items Crow needs to bring his exhibits to life. 

Uniforms, work clothes, party dresses,

hats, gloves, and shoes deliver an authentic glimpse of history through fabric and style.

Ray Wall donated these Mill Village artifacts. Antique tools and machinery

add realism to displays designed to explore the history of farming and industry in Wake Forest.

Household items are the most desired artifacts.  Skillets, washtubs, books, bottles, baking and cooking tools, pottery, and garden equipment are needed for exhibits on daily life.

This game ball, cleats, and banner, displayed at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana, commemorate the longest punt in college history.  Wake Forest's Harry Rabenhorst, in a 1919 game against North Carolina State, kicked the ball 110 yards for a touchdown. 

Select this link to read the interview transcript housed at the UNC Center for the Study of the American South.

Select this link to visit the website of the College Football Hall of Fame.

Among those who recalled the dramatic event was Wake Forest native I. Beverly Lake, Sr.  The highly respected politician, professor, and Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court recounted the dramatic play in an interview with the Southern Oral History Program in 1987.

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