Note: I found this on the UNC website. What a great idea.
The Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte announces the establishment of its Motor Sports Collection to document the history of automobile racing in the Southeast.
In keeping with its location in Charlotte, a city within 50 miles of 90% of the racing teams in the country, and in support of the university's programs in motor sports engineering and sports management, the Atkins Library has begun to develop a collection of books, magazines, oral history interviews, photographs, and other material to preserve the history and legacy of automobile racing.
T. Taylor Warren and Manuscripts Librarian Bob McInnes with a portion of Mr. Warren's donation.
The collection originated with a generous gift by the late T. Taylor Warren, whose career as a photographer has spanned more than fifty years. Thus far, Mr. Warren has donated over 100 boxes of material, comprising 8-10,000 programs, press kits, media guides, magazines, and yearbooks.
Mr. Warren was also instrumental in securing the library of Don O'Reilly, a writer, broadcaster, and public relations specialist. Recently, Mark Ortiz, the publisher of The Mark Ortiz Automotive Chassis Newsletter, has donated his back file of several racing magazines.
Why Collect Motor Sports History?
The emergence of the motor sports engineering program in the Lee College of Engineering and the sports management program in the Belk College of Business makes it necessary for the library to support UNC Charlotte students and faculty in their learning, teaching, and research. While museums do a wonderful job of displaying the artifacts and highlights of racing, libraries are better situated to acquire, organize, and make available to users the material that make exhibits and books possible.
Few libraries collect original source material about the sport. Certainly, many libraries buy books and magazines as they are published, but only a handful are dedicated to gathering unpublished material, collecting unrecorded stories, and preserving them all for the long-term.
What Are We Collecting?
Generally, we are interested in all kinds of material that document the history of racing, particularly in North and South Carolina, the people who have been involved in it, and the communities in which races have been or are held. The formats of material include, but are not limited to:
- Books & Magazines Programs press kits and other publicity material
- Yearbooks Rule books & statistical compilations
- Photographs Films, videos, home movies, etc.
- Scrapbooks Business records of tracks, teams, sponsors, and owners
If you have stories to tell or materials to share, please contact Bob McInnes or Katie McCormick.
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