Collection Number:
20502
Collection Title: Mack J. Preslar Collection, 1950s-1980s
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| Size |
0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
| Abstract |
Sound recordings, home movies, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scattered correspondence
comprise the collection of Mack J. Preslar (1923-2014), who was the associate director
of the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures at the University of North
Carolina beginning in 1947. Sound recordings on open reel document radio broadcasts
and live performances at the university including a 1954 performance by Louis Armstrong
and the All Stars. Master recordings for Orville Campbell's independent record label,
Colonial Records based in Chapel Hill, N.C., are also on open reel. Norman Cordon,
an operatic singer born in Washington, N.C., was recorded on instantaneous discs,
which are included in the collection. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection.
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| Creator |
Preslar, Mack J., 1923-2014. |
| Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact
Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options
for consulting this collection.
- 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 Mack J. Preslar Collection #20502, Southern Folklife
Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- 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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Processing Information
This summary description was created in November 2017 to provide information about
unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith, November 2017
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