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Collection Overview
| Size | 20,200 items (66 linear feet) |
| Abstract | H. Holden Thorp (1964-) was the chief administrative officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2013. Records include binders containing Chancellor Thorp's daily appointment calendars, a list of boards on which he served, and office files that document policies, initiatives, innovations, and other current events in academic and administrative units across campus and relationships with organizations external to the university. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Chancellor. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, December 2016
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, December 2016
Revised by: Nancy Kaiser, December 2017
Revised by: Terrance Hudson, Jennifer Coggins, and Laura Smith, July 2018
Revised by: Carson Fish, Jennifer Coggins, and Laura Smith, August 2018
Revised by: Rebecca Stubbs and Laura Smith, November 2021
Revised by: Davia Webb and Dawne Howard Lucas, March 2023
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Biographical Information
H. (Herbert) Holden Thorp was born in Fayetteville, N.C., in 1964. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986 with a B.S. in chemistry. He earned a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1989 and completed post-doctoral work at Yale in 1990. Thorp began his professional academic career in 1991 as an associate professor of chemistry at North Carolina State University. He returned to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993, where he quickly progressed from visiting assistant professor to tenured professor. Beginning in 2001, Thorp took on administrative roles at the University in addition to teaching and research. His first administrative assignment was director of the Morehead Planetarium. In 2005, he was named a Kenan professor and chair of the Chemistry Department. In 2007, he was selected from a national pool to be the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and in 2008 he was named chancellor of the University. Thorp served in this position from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2013.
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Scope and Content
H. Holden Thorp (1964-) was the chief administrative officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1 July 2008 until 30 June 2013. Records include binders containing Chancellor Thorp's daily appointment calendars, a list of boards on which he served, and and office files that document policies, initiatives, innovations, and other current events in academic and administrative units across campus and relationships with organizations external to the university.
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Series 1. Boards and Calendars, 2008-2013.
Records Transfer: 20161018.2
Arrangement: chronological.
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Board information, 2008-2013Membership list, meeting dates, contact information for boards on which Chancellor Thorp served. |
Calendar, 2008 |
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Calendar, 2009 |
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Calendar, 2010 |
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Calendar, 2011 |
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Calendar, 2012 |
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Calendar, 2013 |
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Series 2. Additions
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Subseries 2.1. Office Files (Addition of October 2017), 1980-2012 (bulk 2011-2012)
Records transfer: 20171019.2
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Office files documenting policies, initiatives, innovations, and other current events in academic and administrative units across campus and relationships with organizations external to the university.
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Subseries 2.2. UNC Chapel Hill Energy Task Force (Addition of June 2018), 2010
Acquisitions Information: RT 20180615.2.
Chancellor Thorp appointed the Energy Task Force in 2010 to evaluate UNC Chapel Hill's plans for carbon reduction. This addition includes meeting agendas, notes, clippings, and correspondence related to the task force.
UNC Chapel Hill Energy Task Force: Correspondence and meeting records, 2010 |
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UNC Chapel Hill Energy Task Force: Clippings, 2010 |
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Subseries 2.3. Office Files (Additions of 2008-2014), 1995-2012
Acquisitions Information: RT 20131230.6, 20130211.1, 20081016.3, 20091016.1, 20111109.1, 20110617.1, 20140127.3.
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Subseries 2.4. Office Files (Addition of September 2019), 2011-2013
Acquisitions Information: RT 20190912.6.
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Subseries 2.5. Personal Papers (Addition of February 2023), 1981-1983.
Records Transfer: 20230227.1
Contains four letters documenting Thorp's undergraduate experience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including an admissions letter and a letter to Thorp's parents about his qualification for an honor society.
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Personal papers, 1981-1983 |
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