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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the University of North Carolina Cardboard Club #40354, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Donated by Francis Marion Redd, a UNC alumnus and former member of the Cardboard Club, July 2012 (RT 20120723.1).

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Encoded by: Gergana Abernathy, September 2016

Updated by Jessica Venlet and Laura Smith, July 2018

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• Cardboard Club (University of North Carolina (1793-1962))
• Cardboard Club (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
• Football--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Football.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Societies, etc.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Football.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Societies, etc.

The UNC Cardboard Club was started in 1948 by UNC cheerleader Norman Sper. The club coordinated and produced displays at UNC football games, using colored cardboard squares to form words and images in the stands. The club was funded by the Carolina Athletic Association. It was discontinued in 1987, in part due to safety concerns--students often sent their cardboard panels flying towards the field at the end of games, hitting fellow spectators.

These materials document the activities of the UNC Cardboard Club from 1964-1967. They include a ticket to the 1965 UNC-Georgia football game, a 1965 football schedule, cards used to direct participants in cardboard displays, financial records, correspondence, a membership application and certificate, grid paper plans for cardboard displays, clippings, and photographs. Photographs depict Cardboard Club displays at Kenan Stadium and the 1966 Beat Dook Parade.

• Image folders PF-40354/1-12
• Digital folders DF-40354/1-2