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Collection Number: 05648

Collection Title: Sybil Austin Skakle Papers, 1944-2013

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Size 9.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 375 items)
Abstract Sybil Austin Skakle is a Hatteras, N.C., native, writer, poet, and an early woman graduate of the University of North Carolina's School of Pharmacy (1949). The collection contains Sybil Austin Skakle's correspondence from the 1960s to the 2000s, documenting her involvement with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus institutions, the Republican Party, many Christian initiatives, and opinions as expressed in letters to the editor. The collection also includes her daily writings from 1980 to 2013 and a few letters received during World War II.
Creator Skakle, Sybil Austin.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Sybil Austin Skakle Papers #5648, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Sybil Austin Skakle of Chapel Hill, N.C., in September 2015 (Acc. 102308).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Gergana Abernathy and Amelia W. Holmes, July 2016

Encoded by: Amelia W. Holmes, July 2016

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2021

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Sybil Austin Skakle is a Hatteras, N.C., native, writer, poet, and an early woman graduate of the University of North Carolina's School of Pharmacy (1949).

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The collection contains Sybil Austin Skakle's correspondence from the 1960s to the 2000s, documenting her involvement with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus institutions, the Republican Party, many Christian initiatives, and opinions as expressed in letters to the editor. The collection also includes her daily writings from 1980 to 2013 and a few letters received during World War II.

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Contents list

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75 items.

Arrangement: Original folder titles have been maintained.

Journals contain Sybil Austin Skakle's daily writings from 1980 to 2013.

Box 1

Folder 1

14 May 1980-5 September 1980

Box 1

Folder 2

8 September 1980-10 January 1981

Box 1

Folder 3

26 January 1981-15 June 1981

Box 1

Folder 4

16 June 1981-5 December 1981

Box 1

Folder 5

5 December 1981-28 March 1982

Box 1

Folder 6

29 March 1982-28 July 1982

Box 2

Folder 7

29 July 1982-30 November 1982

Box 2

Folder 8

5 December 1982-30 August 1983

Box 2

Folder 9

16 August 1983-2 February 1984

Box 2

Folder 10

1 January 1984-10 May 1985

Box 2

Folder 11

8 June 1985-7 June 1987

Box 2

Folder 12

27 December 1987-13 October 1988

Box 2

Folder 13

14 December 1988-12 July 1989

Box 3

Folder 14

18 July 1989-11 May 1990

Box 3

Folder 15

21 September 1990-30 March 1993

Box 3

Folder 16

15 May 1990-20 January 1991

Box 3

Folder 17

20 November 1991-26 January 1992

Box 3

Folder 18

31 January 1992-15 May 1992

Box 4

Folder 19

16 May 1992-25 September 1992

Box 4

Folder 20

26 September 1992-27 January 1993

Box 4

Folder 21

31 March 1993-4 August 1993

Box 4

Folder 22

6 August 1993-6 November 1993

Box 4

Folder 23

28 December 1993-30 April 1994

Box 4

Folder 24

4 May 1994-15 October 1995

Box 5

Folder 25

3 February 1994-20 August 1994

Box 5

Folder 26

23 August 1994-21 December 1994

Box 5

Folder 27

16 October 1994-31 March 1995

Box 5

Folder 28

26 December 1994-27 May 1995

Box 5

Folder 29

1 April 1995-22 October 1995

Box 5

Folder 30

28 May 1995-31 October 1995

Box 6

Folder 31

22 October 1995-18 April 1996

Box 6

Folder 32

1 November 1995-3 March 1996

Box 6

Folder 33

3 March 1996-5 May 1996

Box 6

Folder 34

19 April 1996-9 October 1996

Box 6

Folder 35

6 May 1996-31 July 1996

Box 6

Folder 36

4 August 1996-21 October 1996

Box 6

Folder 37

9 October 1996-7 August 1997

Box 7

Folder 38

23 October 1996-23 February 1997

Box 7

Folder 39

25 February 1997-16 May 1997

Box 7

Folder 40

16 May 1997-25 July 1997

Box 7

Folder 41

21 July 1997-17 December 1997

Box 7

Folder 42

25 July 1997-10 October 1997

Box 7

Folder 43

19 October 1997-20 January 1998

Box 7

Folder 44

18 December 1997-19 June 1998

Box 7

Folder 45

21 January 1998-20 April 1998

Box 8

Folder 46

1 May 1998-17 September 1998

Box 8

Folder 47

10 June 1998-9 January 1999

Box 8

Folder 48

18 September 1998-17 September 1999

Box 8

Folder 49

10 January 1999-30 August 1999

Box 8

Folder 50

1 September 1999-30 June 2000

Box 8

Folder 51

1 July 2000-3 June 2001

Box 9

Folder 52

6 June 2001-19 February 2002

Box 9

Folder 53

20 February 2002-18 April 2003

Box 9

Folder 54

28 April 2003-15 November 2003

Box 9

Folder 55

22 December 2003-13 June 2004

Box 9

Folder 56

19 June 2004-3 October 2004

Box 9

Folder 57

5 October 2004-7 January 2006

Box 10

Folder 58

8 January 2006-16 August 2006

Box 10

Folder 59

27 August 2006-30 April 2007

Box 10

Folder 60

1 June 2007-27 June 2008

Box 10

Folder 61

Daily journal, 2008-2009

Box 10

Folder 62

13 January 2009-7 September 2009

Box 10

Folder 63

8 September 2009-6 July 2010

Box 11

Folder 64

14 July 2010-13 July 2011

Box 11

Folder 65

14 July 2011-14 October 2011

Box 11

Folder 66

17 October 2011-31 July 2012

Box 11

Folder 67

1 August 2012-13 April 2013

Box 11

Folder 68

Loose materials from journals

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300 items.

Arrangement: Original folder titles have been maintained.

Correspondence, chiefly 1960s-2000s, documenting her involvement with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus institutions, the Republican Party, many Christian initiatives, and opinions as expressed in letters to the editor. The collection also includes her daily writings from 1980 to 2013 and a few letters received during World War II.

Box 12

Folder 69

Academy for Spiritual Formation

Box 12

Folder 70

Adams, Barbara Stanley

Box 12

Folder 71

Adams, Tillie

Box 12

Folder 72

Akers, Mary Styron

Box 12

Folder 73

Austin, Andrew S. and Inez Daniels Austin

Box 12

Folder 74

Austin family

Box 12

Folder 75

Austin family estate

Box 12

Folder 76

Austin, Inez Lynn Daniels

Box 12

Folder 77

Barrus, Ruby Austin

Box 12

Folder 78

Bennett, Nancy

Box 12

Folder 79

Bennett, Nancy

Box 12

Folder 80

Bennett, Nancy

Box 12

Folder 81

Bourgeault, Calvin

Box 12

Folder 82

Brecht, Ed

Box 12

Folder 83

Burroughs, Melissa

Oversize Paper Folder OPF-05648/1

Certificates

Box 13

Folder 84

Churchill, Alfred B.

Box 13

Folder 85

Combs, Bob

Box 13

Folder 86

Concern, Letters of

Letters to editors, letters to various companies and corporations. Also includes a few letters and clippings related to acceptance of homosexuality within the Christian church.

Box 13

Folder 87

Daniels, Clarence L.

Box 13

Folder 88

Dixon, Joyce

Box 13

Folder 89

Durham County General Hospital

Box 13

Folder 90

Family letters

Box 13

Folder 91

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Box 13

Folder 92

Fetteroll, Charles

Box 13

Folder 93

Fetteroll, Charles

Box 13

Folder 94

Friends and associates

Box 14

Folder 95

Government letters

Box 14

Folder 96

Graham, Frank Porter

Box 14

Folder 97

Gray, Thomas

Box 14

Folder 98

Green, Phyllis

Box 14

Folder 99

Halter, Louis

Box 14

Folder 100

Harrell, Irene Burk

Box 14

Folder 101

Harris, Charles

Box 14

Folder 102

Hatteras, N.C., property legal matters

Box 14

Folder 103

Hoodikoff, Harry

Box 14

Folder 104

Hooker, Michael

Box 14

Folder 105

Hunter, Cecilia

Box 14

Folder 106

Insight for Living

Box 14

Folder 107

Insurance of benefits

Box 14

Folder 108

Johnson, Minerva

Box 14

Folder 109

Jones, Bert

Box 14

Folder 110

Jones, Willie Mae

Box 14

Folder 111

Kappa Epsilon

Box 14

Folder 112

Koster, Rudy

Box 14

Folder 113

Lay Witness

Box 14

Folder 114

Leaders, Letters from

Box 14

Folder 115

Long, Beverly

Box 14

Folder 116

Mayor, Anne

Box 14

Folder 117

Military personnel records

Box 14

Folder 118

Minter, Barbara

Box 14

Folder 119

Mitchell, Billy

Box 14

Folder 120

Morris, Margaret

Box 14

Folder 121

Neushafer, Betty

Box 14

Folder 122

Newton, Marjorie

Box 15

Folder 123

Oden Cemetery

Box 15

Folder 124

Oden, Josephine

Box 15

Folder 125

Oden, Josephine

Box 15

Folder 126

Orange County tax

Box 15

Folder 127

Parker, Cherry

Box 15

Folder 128

Patterson, Bonnie

Box 15

Folder 129

Personal

Box 15

Folder 130

Pharmacy alumni

Box 15

Folder 131

Purser, Kent

Box 15

Folder 132

Read, Barbara

Box 15

Folder 133

Reid, Marcy and Tom Reid

Box 15

Folder 134

Robertson, Georgia

Box 15

Folder 135

Sharpe, Joanne and Don Sharpe

Box 15

Folder 136

Skakle, Beth

Box 15

Folder 137

Skakle, Caroline

Box 15

Folder 138

Skakle, Donald, Sr.

Box 15

Folder 139

Skakle, Elizabeth

Box 15

Folder 140

Skakle family

Box 15

Folder 141

Skakle, Mabel

Box 16

Folder 142

Skakle, Stanley

Box 16

Folder 143

Skakle, Stanley

Box 16

Folder 144

Skakle, Stuart

Box 16

Folder 145

Smith, Dean

Box 16

Folder 146

Sokol, George

Box 16

Folder 147

Stahl, Gerald

Box 16

Folder 148

Stanley, Lee

Box 16

Folder 149

Stanley, Lee

Box 16

Folder 150

Stanley, Lee, death of: Letters from church school kids

Box 16

Folder 151

The State

Box 16

Folder 152

Submissions

Box 16

Folder 153

Swart, Jean and Jim Swart

Box 16

Folder 154

Szunyoghy, Margit

Box 16

Folder 155

Taylor, Lois Mildred

Box 16

Folder 156

Tillett, Myrtle

Box 16

Folder 157

Utley, Anne and Elmo Utley

Box 16

Folder 158

Walk to Emmaus

Box 16

Folder 159

Wallace, John

Discussion of homosexuality and Christianity.

Box 16

Folder 160

Wardlaw, Closs

Box 17

Folder 161

Williams, Elizabeth

Box 17

Folder 162

World War II

Box 17

Folder 163

Wynne, Leone

Box 17

Folder 164

Young, Brenda

Box 17

Folder 165

Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 17

Folder 166

Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 17

Folder 167

Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 18

Folder 168

Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 18

Folder 169

Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 18

Folder 170

Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 18

Folder 171

Miscellaneous correspondence

Box 18

Image P-05648/1

Photograph of a firemen's dinner in Boston, Mass., circa 1950s

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