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| Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1600 items) |
| Abstract | Courses in journalism at the University of North Carolina were taught in the Department of English beginning in 1909. In 1924, the Department of Journalism was established. In 1950, it became the School of Journalism. The school was renamed School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1990 to reflect the expanded scope of its curriculum. In 2015, the school was renamed the School of Media and Journalism. In 2019, the school was renamed the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, following a $25 million donation by newspaper publisher Walter Hussman, Jr., and his wife, Ben. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. The Hussman School of Journalism and Media records include correspondence, minutes, and other materials relating to the administration and accreditation of the school, relations of the school to other departments in the university, and the planning of conferences and other programs. Also included are 41 audio recordings of oral history interviews with the school's former students, many of whom worked as journalists; faculty; and administrators. The interviews were conducted by Thomas A. Bowers in 2007-2008 in preparation for his 2009 book Making News: One Hundred Years of Journalism and Mass Communication at Carolina. Interviewees include some of the first female and African American students to enroll in the university, including Karen Parker, the first African American female undergraduate admitted to the university; other African American students; William Friday; Roland Giduz; Roy Wilder Jr.; Ed Yoder; and others. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hussman School of Journalism and Media. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Jennie Clements, June 2010
Encoded by: Jennie Clements, June 2010
Finding aid updated for born digital processing by Ann Cooper, February 2015
Finding aid updated because of addition by Jennifer Coggins and Laura Smith, June 2019
Finding aid updated because of addition by Dawne Howard Lucas, August 2022
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The study of journalism at the University of North Carolina began in 1909, when the first journalism class was taught in the Department of English. The Department of Journalism was organized in 1924 with Gerald W. Johnson as its chair. The department became the School of Journalism in 1950. O. J. Coffin was the school's first dean. The school was renamed School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1990 to reflect the expanded scope of its curriculum. In 2015, the school was renamed the School of Media and Journalism. In 2019, the school was renamed the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, following a $25 million donation by newspaper publisher Walter Hussman, Jr., and his wife, Ben. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.
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The School of Media and Journalism records include correspondence, minutes, and other materials relating to the administration of the school, relations of the school to other university departments, and the planning of conferences and other programs. Also included are audio recordings of 41 oral history interviews with the school's former students, many of whom worked as journalists; faculty; and administrators. The interviews were conducted by Thomas A. Bowers in 2007-2008 in preparation for his 2009 book Making News: One Hundred Years of Journalism and Mass Communication at Carolina. Interviewees include some of the first female and African American students to enroll in the university, including Karen Parker, the first African American female undergraduate admitted to the university; other African American students; William Friday; Roland Giduz; Roy Wilder Jr.; Ed Yoder; and others. Each interview includes a detailed written description. The interview descriptions were migrated from DCD-40280/1.
Documents related to the 2022 provisional accreditation of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). The school was found non-compliant with Standard 3 Diversity and Inclusiveness, to be reevaluated in 2024. The ACEJM report discusses the impact of the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case among other diversity and inclusion issues.
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Administrative Files, 1968-2000.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by file name; individual files arranged chronologically.
This series includes correspondence, minutes, and other materials relating to committees and programs of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Oral Histories, 2007-2008
Arrangement: Alphabetical by name of interviewee.
Each interview includes a detailed written description. The interview descriptions were migrated from DCD-40280/1.
| Digital Folder DF-40280/1 |
John B. Adams, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 21 August 2007 at Croasdaile Retirement Center in Durham, N.C. Adams was a faculty member from 1958 to 1985 and dean from 1969 to 1979. (63:57) Migrated from DCD-40280/2. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/2 |
Harry Amana, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 20 November 2007 in Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (45:47) Migrated from DCD-40280/3. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/3 |
Trudy Atkins, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 30 November 2007 in Greensboro, N.C. (31:25) Migrated from DCD-40280/4. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/4 |
Richard Beckman, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 2 June 2008 in Carroll Hall. Beckman was a faculty member in the school from 1978 to 2008. (32:03) Migrated from DCD-40280/5. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/5 |
Bill Beerman, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 30 November 2007 in Greensboro, N.C. (30:34). Migrated from DCD-40280/6. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/6 |
Tom Bowers, 2008Interviewed by Jan Yopp on 11 July 2008 in Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (46:57) Migrated from DCD-40280/7. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/7 |
Robert B. "Ty" Boyd, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 5 October 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. (22:49) Migrated from DCD-40280/8. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/8 |
Joe Brown, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 28 April 2008 in Thomasville, N.C. Johnson received his B.A. in journalism in 1948 and worked for the High Point Enterprise from 1948 to 1989. (18:01) Migrated from DCD-40280/9. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/9 |
Lester Carson, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 26 February 2008 from Chapel Hill by telephone with Carson in Gainesville, Fla. Carson graduated in 1963 and was the first African American student in the School of Journalism. (11:20) Migrated from DCD-40280/10. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/10 |
Horace Carter, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 14 November 2007 in the Carolina Inn and Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (33:04) Migrated from DCD-40280/11. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/11 |
William Polk Cheshire, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 10 September 2007 at Cheshire's home in Washington, N.C. (72:00) Migrated from DCD-40280/12. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/12 |
H. Alexander Coffin Jr., 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 5 October 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. (21:57) Migrated from DCD-40280/13. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/13 |
Richard Cole, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 25 March 2008 in Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cole joined the faculty in 1971 and was dean from 1979 to 2005. (28:21) Migrated from DCD-40280/14. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/14 |
Lois Cranford, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 16 October 2007 in Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (18:14) Migrated from DCD-40280/15. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/15 |
Wayne Danielson, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 26 February 2008 from Chapel Hill by telephone with Danielson in Austin, Tex. Danielson was a faculty member in the school from 1959 to 1969 and was dean from 1964 to 1969. (31:48) Migrated from DCD-40280/16. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/16 |
Lawrence M. Ferlinghetti, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 18 July 2008 by telephone. (28:50) Migrated from DCD-40280/17. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/17 |
William C. Friday, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 16 June 2008 in Friday's office. (27:14) Migrated from DCD-40280/18. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/18 |
Roland Giduz, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 10 October 2007 at Giduz's home in Chapel Hill, N.C. (26:43) Migrated from DCD-40280/19. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/19 |
Dorothy Coble Helms, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 24 September 2007 in Helms's home in Raleigh, N.C. She was a student in the Department of Journalism from 1938 to 1940 and later married Jesse Helms, who went on to become a United States senator. (17:09) Migrated from DCD-40280/20. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/20 |
Walter Jackson, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 19 March 2008 from Chapel Hill, N.C., by telephone with Jackson in Durham, N.C. Jackson graduated in 1967 and was the third African American student in the school. (17:43) Migrated from DCD-40280/21. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/21 |
Allen Johnson III, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 28 April 2008 in Greensboro, N.C. Johnson received an M.A. degree from the School of Journalism in 1979. (34:12) Migrated from DCD-40280/22. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/22 |
Wayne King, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 20 February 2008 in King's office at Wake Forest University. King graduated from the School of Journalism in 1963 and was editor of The Daily Tar Heel in his junior year. He went on to direct the journalism program at Wake Forest University. (42:10) Migrated from DCD-40280/23. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/23 |
Walter Julian Klein, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 5 October 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. Klein was a student in the school from 1940 to 1941. (31:41) Migrated from DCD-40280/24. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/24 |
Jock Lauterer, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 24 March 2008 in Carroll Hall. Lauterer was a student in the school from 1963 to 1967. He returned to teach part-time from 1983 to 1986 and joined the faculty in 2001. (49:19) Migrated from DCD-40280/25. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/25 |
James J. Mullen, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 22 August 2007 in Mullen's home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was a faculty member in the school from 1959 to 1986. (42:54) Migrated from DCD-40280/26. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/26 |
Rolfe Neil, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 5 October 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. (42:54) Migrated from DCD-40280/27. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/27 |
Karen Parker, 2008Parker was the first African American female undergraduate student admitted to the University of North Carolina. She graduated with a degree in journalism in 1965. (37:18) Migrated from DCD-40280/28. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/28 |
Roy Park Jr., 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 1 July 2008 by telephone. Park was a 1961 graduate of the School of Journalism. (21:44) Migrated from DCD-40280/29. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/29 |
Ernie Pitt, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 28 April 2008 in Pitt's office in Winston-Salem, N.C. Pitt graduated from the School of Journalism in 1974. (39:39) Migrated from DCD-40280/30. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/30 |
Carol Reuss, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 5 October 2007 in Reuss's home. Reuss was a faculty member from 1976 to 1996. (21:08) Migrated from DCD-40280/31. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/31 |
J. Kenneth Sanford, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 5 October 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. (36:33) Migrated from DCD-40280/32. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/32 |
Stuart Sechriest, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 21 May 2007 in Sechriest's home. (39:30) Migrated from DCD-40280/33. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/33 |
Andrew McDowd "Mac" Secrest, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 5 September 2007 in Secrest's home. (77:19) Migrated from DCD-40280/34. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/34 |
Donald Lewis Shaw, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 19 October 2007 in Carroll Hall and in Bynum Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Shaw was a student in the school from 1957 to 1960 and joined the faculty in 1966. (62:18) Migrated from DCD-40280/35. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/35 |
Bill Snider, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 30 November 2007 in Greensboro, N.C. (16:18) Migrated from DCD-40280/36. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/36 |
Jim Wallace, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 9 November 2007 in Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (51:49) Migrated from DCD-40280/37. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/37 |
Clarence Whitefield, 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 11 October 2007 in Chapel Hill, N.C. (49:29) Migrated from DCD-40280/38. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/38 |
Roy Wilder Jr., 2007Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 31 October 2007 in Wilder's home in Spring Hope, N.C. (55:25) Migrated from DCD-40280/39. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/39 |
Jo Pugh Woestendiek, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 20 February 2008 at Woestendiek's home in Winston-Salem, N.C. (11:07) Migrated from DCD-40280/40. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/40 |
Ed Yoder, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 25 January 2008 in Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (43:09) Migrated from DCD-40280/41. |
| Digital Folder DF-40280/41 |
Jan Yopp, 2008Interviewed by Tom Bowers on 15 April 2008 in Carroll Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Yopp was an undergraduate student in the school from 1966 to 1970. She joined the faculty in 1977. She later served as dean of the School of Journalism. (34:27) Migrated from DCD-40280/42. |
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UNC Hussman Accreditation Self Study and ACEJMC Committee Reports, 2019-2022 (Addition
of 2022)
Accession 20220803.1
Documents related to the 2022 provisional accreditation of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC). The school was found non-compliant with Standard 3 Diversity and Inclusiveness, to be reevaluated in 2024. The ACEJM report discusses the impact of the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case among other diversity and inclusion issues.
| Digital Folder DF-40280/42 |
UNC Hussman Accreditation Self Study and ACEJMC Committee Reports, 2019-2022 |
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