]
]
This collection has access restrictions. For details, please see the restrictions.
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.
Expand/collapse
Collection Overview
| Size | 21.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 16800 items) |
| Abstract | Douglass Hunt served as Special Assistant to the Chancellor from July 1980 until his retirement in 1996. He then continued to work part-time as Advisor to the Chancellor for Governmental Affairs until 2002. Records include correspondence and other files related to Douglass Hunt's responsibilites as Special Assistant to the Chancellor, 1980-1996, and as Advisor to the Chancellor for Governmental Affairs, 1996-2002. They document his participation in regional and national organizations of universities; communications with the North Carolina congressional delegation on legislation affecting higher education; and various other administrative responsibilities within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, especially his oversight of university programs supported by the Massey-Weatherspoon Fund. Also included are speeches and other writings by Hunt, including speeches that he drafted for the chancellor. Of particular interest are materials for a chapter Hunt contributed to The Story of Student Government in the University of North Carolina at Chapel by Albert Coates and Gladys Hall Coates, files detailing his administration of the C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, and files on memorials for Allard K. Lowenstein and Frank Porter Graham and on the university's Bicentennial Observance. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Assistant to the Chancellor. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
| Language | English |
Expand/collapse
Information For Users
Expand/collapse
Processing Information
Processed by: University Archives Staff, April 2007
Encoded by: Ellen Whisler, April 2007, and Susan Ballinger, May 2008
Back to Top
Expand/collapse
Subject Headings
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.
Expand/collapse
Related Collections
Expand/collapse
Historical Information
Douglass Hunt served as Special Assistant to the Chancellor from July 1980 until his retirement in 1996. He then continued to work part-time as Advisor to the Chancellor for Governmental Affairs until 2002. His chief responsibility was to act as the university's government relations officer and to keep track of federal legislation and programs affecting higher education. This included participation in the Association of American Universities' Council on Federal Relations, as well as significant travel to Washington, D.C., and to other national association meetings. Hunt also corresponded with members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, asking for support on bills affecting the university, including tax, research, and indirect cost legislation.
He also handled numerous other responsibilities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He chaired the Residence Status Committee and was the officer designated to assure the university's compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and with the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974. In 1986 Chancellor Fordham relieved Hunt of the latter three responsibilities and asked him to serve on behalf of the Office of Chancellor as liaison officer in planning the University Bicentennial Observance. In this new role, Hunt worked closely with the two university-wide committees that the chancellor had appointed to plan the observance and the associated capital campaign: the Bicentennial Observance Planning Committee (Cole Committee) and the Bicentennial Case Statement Committee (Williamson-Mayer Committee).
Another of Hunt's responsibilities was oversight of the Massey-Weatherspoon Fund and the university programs that it supported, which included the C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, Carolina Seminars, and several endowed professorships and scholarships. Established in 1980 by alumnus C. Knox Massey, the awards recognized university employees for "unusual, meritorious or superior contribution" to the university. In 1984 Massey joined his son, C. Knox Massey, Jr., and daughter, Kay Massey Weatherspoon, in establishing the Massey Weatherspoon Fund. The fund made possible the creation, in 1991, of Carolina Seminars, a program dedicated to bringing scholars together for collaboration.
The chancellors whom Hunt served relied on his knowledge of the university's history and on his abilities in research and writing. Hunt drafted numerous speeches, citations, and letters for the chancellors. Hunt had attended the University of North Carolina in the 1940s, and he remained active with the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies and the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Back to Top
Expand/collapse
Scope and Content
Records include correspondence and other files related to Douglass Hunt's responsibilites as Special Assistant to the Chancellor, 1980-1996, and as Advisor to the Chancellor for Governmental Affairs, 1996-2002. They document his participation in regional and national organizations of universities; communications with the North Carolina congressional delegation on legislation affecting higher education; and various other administrative responsibilities within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, especially his oversight of university programs supported by the Massey-Weatherspoon Fund. Also included are speeches and other writings by Hunt, including speeches that he drafted for the chancellor. Of particular interest are materials for a chapter Hunt contributed to The Story of Student Government in the University of North Carolina at Chapel by Albert Coates and Gladys Hall Coates, files detailing his administration of the C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, and files on memorials for Allard K. Lowenstein and Frank Porter Graham and on the university's Bicentennial Observance.
Materials dated before 1980 include source materials for Hunt's writings as well as reference copies of documents related to duties Hunt performed as special assistant.
Back to Top
Expand/collapse
Series Quick Links
Expand/collapse
Series 1. General Files, 1903-2002.
This series contains files of a general or miscellaneous nature relating to Douglass Hunt's duties and activities as Special Assistant to the Chancellor. Files relating to each of his major responsibilites will be found in the subsequent series.
Expand/collapse
Series 2. Federal Relations, 1980-1999.
This series contains files pertaining to Hunt's activities as the university's federal relations officer. Files include correspondence with various regional and national higher education organizations and with members of the North Carolina Congressional Delegation concerning issues and legislation affecting higher education.
Expand/collapse
Series 3. Massey-Weatherspoon Fund, 1962-2002.
Arrangement: Arranged in three subseries: General files, Carolina Seminars, and C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards.
This series contains files pertaining to the Massey-Weatherspoon Fund and the university programs that it supported, which included the C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, Carolina Seminars, and several endowed professorships and scholarships. There is correspondence with C. Knox Massey and other members of the Massey and Weatherspoon families.
Expand/collapse
Subseries 3.1. Massey-Weatherspoon Fund, General Files, 1962-2001.
This subseries contains files of a general nature about the Massey-Weatherspoon Fund, including financial records, and about some of the programs that it supported. Files related to the C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards and to Carolina Seminars will be found in Subseries 2 and 3.
Expand/collapse
Subseries 3.2. Carolina Seminars, 1989-1998.
This subseries contains files related to the establishment and administration of Carolina Seminars, a program dedicated to fostering scholarly collaboration. There is also information about the establishment of the Douglass Hunt Lectureship.
Expand/collapse
Subseries 3.3. C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, 1979-2002.
Established in 1980 by alumnus C. Knox Massey, the C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards recognized university employees for "unusual, meritorious or superior contribution" to the university. Files in this subseries pertain to the nomination and selection of award winners and to the luncheons given in their honor. Recipients of the award are listed below.
| 1980 | Sarah Virginia Dunlap, Doris Moore Lindsay, Anne Ellen Queen, James A. Weaver |
| 1981 | Anna Brooke Allan, Lewis Atwater, Sr., Vivian Cole, Elizabeth Majette Parker |
| 1982 | Wilma Cook Coates, Claiborne Stribling Jones, Willie Clay Lloyd Jr., James Winstead |
| 1983 | Victor Pratt Bowles, Louise McGuigan Hall, Lillian Youngs Lehman, Herbert L. Paylor |
| 1984 | Lucia White Hudson, David Mills Johnson, David Lee McCauley, Raymond Eugene Strong |
| 1985 | Ophelia Hooks Andrew, Carrie Davis Bynum, Ned Andrew Comar, Roy Walter Holsten |
| 1986 | Virginia Cole Doyle, Erwin Martin Danziger, William James Hubbard, Thomas Anzin Shetley |
| 1987 | William Ray Andrews, Susan Haughton Ehringhaus, Charles Edward Mauer, Kitty McCaskill McCollum |
| 1988 | Faye Harris Gray, Marjorie Harrell Riddle, Carl William Smith, James Walter Womble |
| 1989 | Cleo McCauley Boykins, Margaret Rook Folger, Frances Angas Weaver, Harold Edward Wilson |
| 1990 | Clyde Brooks, Margaret O'Bid Gulley, Wayne Richard Jones, Grace Williams Wagoner |
| 1991 | James Olin Cansler, Peggy Rimmer Goldstein, Nancy Hamilton Nye, Alexzine Atwater Whitted |
| 1992 | Joseph Leo DeWalt, Esphur Eudean Foster, James Fauntleroy Govan, Eleanor Saunders Morris |
| February 1993 | Charles Knox Massey |
| April 1993 | Suphronia Jones Cheek, Billie Phillips Nagelschmidt, John Lassiter Sanders, Helen O'Dell Wilson |
| 1994 | Douglass Hunt, Ann O'Neill Kennedy, Frederic WIlliam Schroeder, Jr., Diane Jackson Taylor, Larry LeRoy Trammel |
| 1995 | Edward Foster Brooks, Barbara Ann DeLon, Archie Wilson Ervin, Robert Earl Riley |
| 1996 | Thomas Pearlman Farrar, Brenda Womble Kirby, Ernest Schoenfeld, Michael Rollan Smith, Rebecca W. Smith |
| 1997 | Jane Andrew Lindley, Hal Dean Mann, Catherine Berryhill Williams, Rachel Annette Windham |
| 1998 | Elson Sylvester Floyd, Marcia Berger Harris, Carol Doria Nichols, Carolyn Bennett Sturgess |
| 1999 | Angell Gene Beza, William Thomas Small, Michel Rollan Smith, Rebecca Walker Smith |
| 2000 | Ronald Wesley Hyatt, Martha Crocker Johnson, Richard Judson Richardson, Bruce Lee Runberg, Elizabeth Carolyne Snipes |
| 2001 | Thomas Boykin Clegg, Patricia Challenger Crawford, William Lawrence Howard, Jr., Rutledge Tufts, Jr. |
| 2002 | John White Edgerly, John Parkhill Evans, Jeffrey Wayne Fuchs, Eleanor Guthrie Richardson |
| Box 3:3 |
General, 1979-2000 |
1980 Award, 1980 |
|
1981 Award, 1981 |
|
1982 Award, 1982 |
|
1983 Award, 1983 |
|
1984 Award, 1984 |
|
1985 Award, 1985 |
|
1986 Award, 1986 |
|
1987 Award, 1987 |
|
1988 Award, 1988 |
|
1989 Award, 1989 |
|
1990 Award, 1990 |
|
1991 Award, 1991 |
|
1992 Award, 1992 |
|
1993 Special Award, 1992-1993(C. Knox Massey was awarded an honorary Massey Award on the occasion of his nintieth birthday) |
|
1993 Award, 1993 |
|
1994 Award, 1994 |
|
1995 Award, 1995 |
|
1996 Award, 1996 |
|
1997 Award, 1997 |
|
1998 Award, 1998 |
|
1999 Award, 1999 |
|
2000 Award, 2000 |
|
2001 Award, 2001 |
|
2002 Award, 2002 |
|
Budget, 1980-1987; 1990-1995; 1999-2000 |
|
Fund Authority, 1979-1984; 1989; 1993; 1996-2000; 2002 |
|
Image Folder PF-40209/1-22
PF-40209/1PF-40209/2PF-40209/3PF-40209/4PF-40209/5PF-40209/6PF-40209/7PF-40209/8PF-40209/9PF-40209/10PF-40209/11PF-40209/12PF-40209/13PF-40209/14PF-40209/15PF-40209/16PF-40209/17PF-40209/18PF-40209/19PF-40209/20PF-40209/21PF-40209/22 |
Photographs(183 photographs, mostly of members of the Massey family and recipients of the Massey Award; some are of other university events; shelved separately under P-40209/1-183) |
Expand/collapse
Series 4. Special Assignments, 1978-1996.
Arrangement: Arranged in four subseries: Allard K. Lowenstein Commemorative Activities, Frank Porter Graham Commemorative Activities, Residence Status Committee, and University Bicentennial.
This series contains files pertaining to shorter-term or special projects that Hunt carried out as Special Assistant to the Chancellor. These included facilitating activities and events honoring Allard K. Lowenstein and Frank Porter Graham; serving as liaison between the Office of the Chancellor and the committees involved with the university's Bicentennial Observance; and chairing the Residence Status Committee.
Expand/collapse
Subseries 4.1. Allard K. Lowenstein Commemorative Activities, 1980-1996.
This subseries contais files related to activities and events honoring Allard K. Lowenstein after his death. Included are materials about various biographies of Lowenstein, symposia at the university and elsewhere, and the disposition of Lowenstein's personal papers.
Expand/collapse
Subseries 4.2. Frank Porter Graham Commemorative Activities, 1980-1994.
This subseries contains files related to conferences, symposia and other activities and events honoring Frank Porter Graham.
Expand/collapse
Subseries 4.3. Residence Status Committee, 1980-1988.
Arrangement: Chronological.
This subseries contains Hunt's file on the work of the Residence Status Committee, which he chaired. The committee was responsible for decisions regarding in-state residency for tuition purposes. Materials in the file are of a general nature and do not include information on individual residency cases.
| Box 4:1 |
Residence Status Committee, 1980-1988 |
Expand/collapse
Subseries 4.4. University Bicentennial, 1978-1994.
This subseries contains files related to planning for the university's Bicentennial Observance. They document Hunt's work as liaison for the Office of the Chancellor with the Bicentennial Case Statement Committee and the Bicentennial Observance Policy Committee.
Expand/collapse
Series 5. Speeches and Other Writings, 1900-1996.
Arrangement: Arranged in two subseries: Writings by Douglass Hunt, and Writings Researched and Drafted by Hunt for the Chancellor.
This series contains research materials and drafts of speeches, citations, reports, and letters drafted or written by Hunt; some were written for the Chancellor. Of particular note are materials related to the Chancellor Michael Hooker's inaugural speech at University Day in 1995 and research materials and drafts of a chapter written by Hunt for Albert and Gladys Coates's book The Story of Student Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Expand/collapse
Subseries 5.1. Writings by Douglass Hunt, 1944-1995.
This subseries contains speeches, citations and other materials written by Hunt for various occasions at which he spoke. Also included are materials related to the chapter that Hunt wrote for Albert and Gladys Coates's book The Story of Student Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Expand/collapse
Subseries 5.2. Writings Researched and Drafted by Douglass Hunt for the Chancellor, 1900-1996.
This subseries contains research materials and drafts of speeches and other presentations that Hunt wrote for the chancellor.
Expand/collapse
Items Separated