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Collection Number: 04713

Collection Title: Southern Conference on British Studies Records, 1966-2007

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Size 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 530 items)
Abstract The Southern Conference on British Studies was organized around 1966 to promote the interest and activity of scholars resident in the southern United States in British history and culture. A regional association, the Conference functions in conjunction with other learned societies, particularly the North American Conference on British Studies and the Southern Historical Association. Organizational files of the Southern Conference on British Studies contain yearly files, the earliest of which contain materials relating to organizing the Southern Conference on British Studies. Later files contain correspondence about programs, meetings, and organizational matters; financial statements; copies of British Studies Mercury, the Conference's newsletter; and other materials.
Creator Southern Conference on British Studies.
Curatorial Unit Southern Historical Collection
Language English.
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No restrictions on organizational records; correspondence may be used with permission of Secretary Treasurer.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Southern Conference on British Studies Records #4713, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Received from Southern Conference on British Studies in August 1994 (Acc. 94115), July 1998 (Acc. 98163), and April 2000 (Acc. 98600).
Additions received in May 2005 (Acc. 100073) and July 2007 (Acc. 100723).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, September 1994

Encoded by: Linda Sellars, June 2002

Updated: April 2019

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The Southern Conference on British Studies was organized around 1966 to promote the interest and activity of scholars resident in the southern United States in British history and culture. A regional association, the Conference functions in conjunction with other learned societies, particularly the North American Conference on British Studies and the Southern Historical Association.

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Organizational files of the Southern Conference on British Studies contain yearly files, the earliest of which contain materials relating to organizing the Southern Conference on British Studies. Later files contain correspondence about programs, meetings, and organizational matters; financial statements; copies of British Studies Mercury, the Conference's newsletter; and other materials relating to the Conference's mission of promoting the study of British history and culture among historians in the American South. Materials are loosely sorted by year.

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Contents list

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About 530 items.

Arrangement: chronological.

Organizational files of the Southern Conference on British Studies contain yearly files, the earliest of which contain materials relating to organizing the Southern Conference on British Studies. Later files contain correspondence about programs, meetings, and organizational matters; financial statements; copies of British Studies Mercury, the Conference's newsletter; and other materials. Materials are loosely sorted by year.

Folder 1

1966-1978

Folder 2

1980

Folder 3

1981

Folder 4

1982

Folder 5

1983

Folder 6-7

Folder 6

Folder 7

1984

Folder 8-9

Folder 8

Folder 9

1985

Folder 10-12

Folder 10

Folder 11

Folder 12

1986

Folder 13

1987

Folder 14

1988

Folder 15

1989

Folder 16

1990

Folder 17

1991

Folder 18

1992

Folder 19

1993

Folder 20

1994

Folder 21

1995

Folder 22

1996

Folder 23

1997-2000 and undated

Box 3

Papers, circa 1980s-2000s

Acquisition Information: Accession 100073 (Addition of May 2005).

Includes British Studies Mercury newsletter, SCBC annual meeting programs, and information about the Carolina Symposium,

Newsletters and miscellaneous items, circa 1970s-1990s

Acquisition Information: Accession 100723 (Addition July 2007).

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