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| Size | 60 images |
| Abstract | The collection of white pharmacist Aros Coke Cecil (1897-1958) of High Point, N.C., consists of a twenty-page photograph album Cecil assembled in 1918, a year after he graduated from the University of North Carolina's School of Pharmacy. Each album page contains between two and four photographs depicting student social life on the UNC campus and scenes in Chapel Hill, N.C., and High Point, N.C. Included are images of commencement, campus buildings, dormitories, women on campus, an African American man on the university's housekeeping staff, and the University of North Carolina Student Battalion, which became the university's Reserved Officer Training Corps when the United States entered the First World War. Documents related to the draft and Cecil's induction into the United States Army in 1918 are also included. |
| Creator | Cecil, Aros Coke (1897-1958) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Amelia Holmes, August 2015
Encoded by: Amelia Holmes, August 2015
Updated in November 2019 to add the possible identity of a man depicted in a photograph on page 17 of the album. Changes made by Laura Hart based on research conducted by Autumn Linford, Park Fellow at UNC's Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Information
Aros Coke Cecil (1897-1958) was born in High Point, N.C. Cecil graduated from the University of North Carolina's School of Pharmacy in 1917. While attending the University, Cecil was a member of the "University of North Carolina Student Battalion," which would become the University Reserved Officer's Training Corps when the United States became involved in World War I. After serving, he returned to High Point, N.C. In 1925 he opened Cecil's Drug Store, and in 1946 he opened Cecil's Office Equipment Company. He died in 1958.
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The collection of white pharmacist Aros Coke Cecil (1897-1958) of High Point, N.C., consists of a twenty-page photograph album Cecil assembled in 1918, a year after he graduated from the University of North Carolina's School of Pharmacy. Each album page contains between two and four photographs depicting student social life on the UNC campus and scenes in Chapel Hill, N.C., and High Point, N.C. Included are images of commencement, campus buildings, dormitories, women on campus, an African American man on the university's housekeeping staff, and the University of North Carolina Student Battalion, which became the university's Reserved Officer Training Corps when the United States entered the First World War. Documents related to the draft and Cecil's induction into the United States Army in 1918 are also included.
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Series 1. Aros Coke Cecil Photograph Album of the University of North Carolina, 1917-1918.
Arrangement: Original.
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Photograph Album PA-P0103/0001 |
Aros Coke Cecil Photograph Album of the University of North Carolina, circa 1917-1918Black-and-white prints 21 pages (60 images) |
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Image P-P0103/0001 |
Album cover (front), circa 1917 |
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Image P-P0103/0002 |
Album page 01, circa 1917Three images. The top image is from the 1917 University of North Carolina commencement with President E.K. Graham. The bottom-left image is Cecil in military dress beneath a bridge. The bottom-right is an image of the Old Well. |
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Album page 02, circa 1917Three images. The top image is from the 1917 University of North Carolina commencement with President E.K. Graham leading the procession. The bottom-left image shows Cecil and another man in military dress beneath a bridge. The third image is a man atop the same bridge. |
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Image P-P0103/0004 |
Album page 03, circa 1917Three images. The top image shows the University of North Carolina student battalion marching on the athletic fields in 1917. The bottom left and right images depict an unidentified individual in a pharmacy classroom. |
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Image P-P0103/0005 |
Album page 04, circa 1917Four images. The top left image shows Cecil and an inidentified woman eating watermelon. The top right image shows Cecil in military dress beneath a bridge. The bottom left image shows an unidentified woman near a lake. The bottom right image shows Cecil and an unidentified woman seated on the front steps of an unidentified house. |
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Album page 05, circa 1917Two images. The top image shows an unidentified woman standing on steps. The bottom images depicts a campus building, possibly Old East or Old West. |
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Album page 06, circa 1917Three images. Top image depicts Cecil and other unidentified figures on a bridge with a cow. Middle image shows Davie Hall. Bottom images shows an empty Emerson Field. |
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Image P-P0103/0008 |
Album page 07, circa 1917Three images. Top image shows three unidentified schoolgirls. Middle image shows a campus building, possibly Old East or Old West. Bottom image is the Carr building. |
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Image P-P0103/0009 |
Album page 08, circa 1917Three images. Top image is a panoramic shot of the University of North Carolina student battalion standing shoulder-to-shoulder. The bottom left image shows Cecil standing in front of a house with a small dog. The bottom right photo is an image of the Memorial to Civil War Soldiers of the University with Cecil sitting at its base. |
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Image P-P0103/0010 |
Album page 09, circa 1917Three images. The top image depicts an unidentified person leaning against a bare tree with a log cabin in the background. The middle picture shows an unidentified man seated in a dorm room. The bottom image shows a field. |
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Album page 10, circa 1917Three images. The top left image shows Cecil standing in a trench. The top right image depicts Cecil and an unidentified man standing in a dorm. The bottom picture shows a field. |
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Image P-P0103/0012 |
Album page 11, circa 1917Four images. Top left image shows Cecil and an unidentified man, both in uniform, standing on building steps. The top right picture shows an unidentified student lounging in a dorm room. The bottom left photo shows an unidentified man standing in a field. Bottom right photo shows an unidentified man standing on a street. |
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Image P-P0103/0013 |
Album page 12, circa 1917Four images. Top left photo shows two unidentified men in uniform standing on building steps. Top right photo depicts two unidentified men standing before a house. The bottom image is a portrait of a young boy. A loose photo depicts three unidentified girls, one seated on a bicycle, before a house. |
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Image P-P0103/0014 |
Album page 13, circa 1917Four images. Top left is an unidentified man seated on porch steps. Top right is an unidentified man in uniform standing in a yard. Bottom left is an unidentified woman in a black dress. Bottom right is Cecil and an unidentified man playing with a skeleton in a classroom. |
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Image P-P0103/0015 |
Album page 14, circa 1917Three images. Top image is of three men in a field with a horse-drawn plow. Middle image depicts Cecil and two unidentified women standing at the base of the Caldwell Monument on the University of North Carolina's campus. The bottom image is Cecil and the two unidentified women standing on the stairs of an unidentified building. |
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Image P-P0103/0016 |
Album page 15, circa 1917Three images: The top two images each depict one of the two unidentified women from the previous page. The bottom image is a postcard portrait of a baby with a hidden mother. |
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Image P-P0103/0017 |
Album page 16, circa 1917Two images. The top image shows men competing in a hurdle race. The bottom image shows a man pole vaulting. |
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Image P-P0103/0018 |
Album page 17, circa 1917Three images. The top image shows a college track race with a white student from Elon College finishing first. The bottom left image depicts an African American man, who may be Henry Merritt, Jr. (b. 15 March 1900). Merritt was a janitor for the university dormitories. The bottom right image shows Cecil with an unidentified white woman standing on porch steps. Processing information: In October 2019, Autumn Linford, graduate student and Park Fellow in UNC's Hussman School of Journalism, provided information about Henry Merritt, Jr., based on research she conducted in census records and draft registration indexes. |
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Image P-P0103/0019 |
Album page 18, circa 1917Two notices. Both notices are from the War Department in Guilford County, N.C. The top notice indicates his classification. The bottom is a notice to appear for physical examination. |
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Image P-P0103/0020 |
Album page 19, circa 1917Two notices. The top is a notice to appear for physical examination from Washington, D.C. The bottom is a draft notice with instructions for contact. |
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Image P-P0103/0021 |
Album page 20, circa 1917One notice; one image. The notice indicates that the Draft Office has received all necessary papers. The image shows three unidentified students, two seated, in a dorm room. |
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Image P-P0103/0022 |
Album cover (back), circa 1917 |