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Collection Number: 11055

Collection Title: National Book Awards Collection, 1996

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the World Wide Web. See the Duplication Policy section for more information.

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Size 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 26 items)
Abstract The collection conists of 19 book manuscripts reviewed by Elizabeth Spencer for the 1996 National Book Award. Some of the manuscripts have accompanying letters from the publishers promoting the work for the award.
Creator National Book Awards.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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 National Book Awards Collection #11055, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Elizabeth Spencer of Chapel Hill, N.C., November 1996 (Acc. 96171).
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: Tim Pyatt, November 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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The collection consists of 19 manuscripts reviewed by the author Elizabeth Spencer, a judge for the National Book Awards. The collection represents only award candidates reviewed by Spencer in manuscript form and does not include all works considered. Many of the manuscripts are accompanied by a cover letter from the publisher promoting the book.

All of the manuscripts are from the 1996 competition.

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