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Collection Number: 05251

Collection Title: Prism Records, 1990-2000

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.


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Size 5.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 4000 items)
Abstract The Prism was a free, progressive, non-profit newspaper serving the Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, N.C., communities, 1990-2000. The newspaper was run by volunteers and focused on the politics, economics, and rights of progressive and minority groups. The collection includes editorial, production, promotion, administrative, and other office files containing correspondence, financial materials, production layouts, and other items.
Creator Prism (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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 Prism Records #5251, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Matt Robinson of New Orleans, La., in November 2005 (Acc. 100288).
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: Danielle Weber, November 2006

Encoded by: Danielle Weber, November 2006

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

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The Prism was a free, non-profit newspaper serving the Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, N.C., communities, 1990-2000. The newspaper was run by volunteers and focused on the politics, economics, and rights of progressive and minority groups.

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The collection includes editorial, production, promotion, administrative, and other office files, 1990-2000, of the progressive newspaper The Prism, which served Chapel Hill, N.C., Durham, N.C., and Raleigh, N.C. Files contain correspondence, financial materials, production layouts, and other items.

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Contents list

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About 4000 items.

Processing Note: Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Box 1

Ad Layouts

Ad Rate Sheets

Ad Records, 1991-1994

Ad Sheets

Ads Prism

Ads Run in Prism

Alamance News

Anti-Gun/Violence Information

Archives

Articles Re: Prism

Asheville Global Report

Box 2

Bank Accounts: CCB and Hillsborough

Bank Statements and Bills, 1991-1997

Bank Statements

Bills

Black Ink

Boycott Information

By-Laws: Prism

Cartoons/In-House

Cartoons: Jonik

Cartoons: Other

Cartoons: Raw Material

Chiapas

Clippings

Box 3

Correspondence

Correspondence and Press Response

Dale Bone Farm

Distribution

Donation and Support Letters

Duplicate Newspaper Files

Durham Food Co-op

Earth Culture: Wisconsin Issue

Economy

Eddie Hatcher

Farm Workers

Fifth Anniversary

Filler Materials

Financial Papers

Box 4

Financial Papers

Forsooth

Forms

Founding Documents

Fundraising Letter, March 1996

Fundraising Letters, November 1998

Grant Information

Grant Proposal, March 1994

Graphics October, 1996

Box 5

Grassroots Media Project

The Gulf War

Health

Hidden Hunger

Iguana: Gainesville

Illustrations: Already Used

Investigative Reporting Contest

Labor

Labor Publicatons

Letters to the Editor

Larson Cartoons

Lea Claton/Chiapas 1996

Letterhead

Letters

Media

Box 6

Meeting Minutes

Miscellaneous Subjects

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous for Next Issue

Monthly Ad Billing

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Newspaper

Notes, 1993

November Prism

Orange County Rape Crisis/Sexual Assault

Organizations' Mailings

Box 7

Organization Surveys

Photographs: File- Miscellaneous

Box 8

Political Cartoons

Press on General Electric and Marketplace

Prism, December 1994

Prism, April 1995

Prism, April 1998

Prism, May 1998 Labor Issue

Box 9

Procedures

Production Schedule

Publicity Materials

Prudential Account

Resource Guide

Resource Guide Logos

Retreats

Staff Lists and Subs

Outreader Letters

Volunteers

Receipts, 1997-1999

Resource Guide Forms

Student Activism

Supreme Court

Box 10

Tax Returns, 1990-1995

The Other Israel

Tobacco

Vanguard Grants

Volunteer Fact Sheets

Volunteer Listings

Volunteer Sign-up Sheets

Box 10-11

Box 10

Box 11

Other Papers

Includes correspondence, press releases, printed materials, notes, and other items. These materials were received at the repository unfoldered.

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