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Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2200 items) |
Abstract | The University of North Carolina is the nation's oldest public institution of higher learning, chartered in 1789 and opened for instruction in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1795. The collection includes miscellaneous letters from students, student autograph albums, notes made by students of lectures by professors, other student notebooks, and other items relating to the University of North Carolina. There are about twelve letters, 1828-1882, dealing with student life and other matters. The ten albums, 1852-1862, sometimes include brief biographical information on students. The notes, chiefly for the 1890s, relate to engineering, chemistry, anatomy, philosophy, and other subjects, and include an apparently unauthorized "study aid," 1846. Other items include humorous and scatological poems; records, 1894-1898, of the University of North Carolina chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity; and about 2100 pieces of correspondence, 1924-1961, of members of the faculty of the University's Department of History, consisting chiefly of carbon copies of outgoing letters about academic matters. The correspondents include Wallace E. Caldwell, James L. Godfrey, Fletcher M. Green, Cecil S. Johnson, Hugh T. Lefler, Loren C. MacKinney, Carl H. Pegg, J. Carlyle Sitterson, and H. M. Wagstaff. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Staff, 1993
Encoded by: Peter Hymas, January 2005
Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.
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The University of North Carolina is the nation's oldest public institution of higher learning, chartered in 1789 and opened for instruction in Chapel Hill, N.C. in 1795.
Back to TopThe collection includes miscellaneous letters from students, student autograph albums, notes made by students of lectures by professors, other student notebooks, and other items relating to the University of North Carolina. There are about twelve letters, 1828-1882, dealing with student life and other matters. The ten albums, 1852-1862, sometimes include brief biographical information on students. The notes, chiefly for the 1890s, relate to engineering, chemistry, anatomy, philosophy, and other subjects, and include an apparently unauthorized "study aid," 1846. Other items include humorous and scatological poems; records, 1894-1898, of the University of North Carolina chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity; and about 2100 pieces of correspondence, 1924-1961, of members of the faculty of the University of North Carolina Department of History, consisting chiefly of carbon copies of outgoing letters about academic matters. The correspondents include Wallace E. Caldwell, James L. Godfrey, Fletcher M. Green, Cecil S. Johnson, Hugh T. Lefler, Loren C. MacKinney, Carl H. Pegg, J. Carlyle Sitterson, and H. M. Wagstaff.
Back to TopSingle items, chiefly from the 19th century, related to the University of North Carolina, but not part of the University Archives, including students' letters, lecture notes, autograph albums, pictures, and other items.
Folder 1a-1c |
Student notebooks, 1897-1899Owned by University of North Carolina student Frances William Coker, containing notes on philosophy and psychology lectures given by Professor Horace Williams. |
Folder 2 |
Programs and souvenirs from the installation of Queen Mother Elizabeth as Chancellor of the University of London, 24 November 1955 |
Folder 3 |
Letter and review, 1961Letter from B. L. Ullman to A. N. L. Munby concerning Munby's review of the book Incunabula in the Hanes Collection of the Library of University of North Carolina and the typed review. |
Folder 4 |
University of North Carolina commencement invitation, 1853 |
Folder 5 |
Student letters, poems, and essays, 1802-1948
Digital version: Letter from Samuel R. Blake to Thomas Blake, 23 September, 1831
Digital version: Letter from Joshua Perry to Jeremiah Perry, 18 May 1839
Digital version: Letter from Preston H. Sessoms to Penelope E. White, 27 September
1861
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Folder 6 |
Chapel Hill Speaks on the Bicentennial pamphlet, 1976Collection of addresses delivered at the University of North Carolina on the ocassion of its commemoration of the United States bicentennial. |
Folder 7 |
Autograph album, 1860-1861Owned by University of North Carolina student Samuel Wiley Gray, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 8 |
Autograph album, 1858Owned by University of North Carolina student John Decatur Barry, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 9 |
Autograph album, 1859-1861Owned by University of North Carolina student George P. Bass, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 10 |
Autograph album, 1860-1862Owned by University of North Carolina student Daniel Henry March, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 11 |
Autograph album, 1859-1860Owned by University of North Carolina student James McKimmon, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 12 |
Autograph album, 1859-1860Owned by University of North Carolina student Joseph Trolinger Bason, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 13 |
Autograph album, 1861-1863Owned by University of North Carolina student Stanley Morehead Riggsbee, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 14 |
Autograph album, 1852Owned by University of North Carolina student Charles Shepard Bryan, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 15 |
Autograph album, 1859-1862Owned by University of North Carolina student Thomas Badger, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 16 |
Autograph album, 1856-1861Owned by University of North Carolina student John Martin Fleming, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 17 |
Student notebook, 1846Titled "The Freshman's Friend: A Translation To Xenophon's Memorabilia," this notebook appears to be an unauthorized study aid for students facing examinations based on Xenophon's Greek text. |
Folder 18 |
Student notebook, 1884Contains notes on teaching methods and names of professors instructing at the Summer Normal School at Chapel Hill. |
Folder 19 |
Student notebook, 1894Owned by University of North Carolina student Eugene Denson, containing notes on 23 anatomy lectures. |
Folder 20 |
Student notebook, 1906-1907Owned by University of North Carolina student E. B. Jeffress, containing his field notes for land surveys on the University of North Carolina campus. |
Folder 21 |
Autograph album, 1859Owned by unknown University of North Carolina student, containing autographs, birthdays, club memberships, and vocational choices of classmates. |
Folder 22 |
Student notebook, 1894-1898Treasurer's ledger of the University of North Carolina fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, concerning fraternity member expenses. |
Folder 23 |
Student notebook, 1894-1897Minutes of the University of North Carolina fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, as recorded by the secretary. |
Folder 24 |
Student notebook, [1896-1900?]Owned by University of North Carolina student Claude Baker Denson, containing notes on chemistry lectures. |
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-3129/1 |
Class of 1888; Phi Gamma Delta group photoAcquisitions Information: Received on deposit from W. E. Smith, Albebmarle, N.C., February 1957 Robert Lee Smith, class of 1888, was a member of Phi Gamma Delta. |
Image Folder PF-3129/1 |
Class of 1888; Phi Gamma Delta group photo (reproductions) |
Audiocassette C-3129/1 |
University of North Carolina, "Bicentennial Addresses"Audiocassette |
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Personal and professional correspondence of University of North Carolina history professors consisting chiefly of carbons of outgoing letters typed by departmental secretaries. Most of the letters concern civic activities, publications, and routine academic matters. Correspondents are chiefly colleagues at other colleges and universities.
Folder 25-61
Folder 25Folder 26Folder 27Folder 28Folder 29Folder 30Folder 31Folder 32Folder 33Folder 34Folder 35Folder 36Folder 37Folder 38Folder 39Folder 40Folder 41Folder 42Folder 43Folder 44Folder 45Folder 46Folder 47Folder 48Folder 49Folder 50Folder 51Folder 52Folder 53Folder 54Folder 55Folder 56Folder 57Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60Folder 61 |
Caldwell, Wallace E., 1947-1959 and undated |
Folder 62-63
Folder 62Folder 63 |
Godfrey, James L., 1948-1950 |
Folder 64-92
Folder 64Folder 65Folder 66Folder 67Folder 68Folder 69Folder 70Folder 71Folder 72Folder 73Folder 74Folder 75Folder 76Folder 77Folder 78Folder 79Folder 80Folder 81Folder 82Folder 83Folder 84Folder 85Folder 86Folder 87Folder 88Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91Folder 92 |
Green, Fletcher M., 1949-1961 |
Folder 93 |
Johnson, Cecil S., 1950-1961 |
Folder 94-104
Folder 94Folder 95Folder 96Folder 97Folder 98Folder 99Folder 100Folder 101Folder 102Folder 103Folder 104 |
Lefler, Hugh T., 1949-1961 and undated |
Folder 105 |
MacKinney, Loren C., 1955-1960 and undated |
Folder 106-109
Folder 106Folder 107Folder 108Folder 109 |
Pegg, Carl H., 1952-1960 |
Folder 110-111
Folder 110Folder 111 |
Sitterson, J. Carlyle, 1950-1957 |
Folder 112-118
Folder 112Folder 113Folder 114Folder 115Folder 116Folder 117Folder 118 |
Wagstaff, H. M., 1924-1945 |