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Collection Overview
| Size | 1 foot of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
| Abstract | Audio recordings, moving images, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scattered correspondence comprise the collection of Mack J. Preslar (1923-2014), a white CEO and electronics professional who was the associate director of the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures at the University of North Carolina beginning in 1947. Correspondence includes letters from songwriter and producer, John D. Loudermilk, and from country music recording artist, George Hamilton IV (1937-2014), among others. Clippings and photographs depict Preslar's personal life, service in the United States Navy, as well as scenes from the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures, including his role in radio broadcasting and his participation in a 1957 effort to photograph an eclipse in Thailand. Audio recordings consist of instantaneous discs of Norman Cordon, an operatic singer and UNC alum; open reel audio of radio broadcasts and live performances on the UNC campus, including a 1954 performance by Louis Armstrong and the All Stars; master open reel audio recordings affiliated with Orville Campbell's independent record label, Colonial Records based in Chapel Hill, N.C.; and other open reel audio recordings compiled by Preslar. Moving images consist of a videotape of Preslar with Norman Cordon and unidentified motion picture films. |
| Creator | Preslar, Mack J., 1923-2014. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
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.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Biographical Information
Mack J. Preslar (1923-2014), a white CEO and electronics professional, was born in Sanford, N.C. and grew up in Durham, N.C. He attended Durham High School and Duke University, pursuing his interest in electronics. Beginning in 1947, Mack J. Preslar was the associate director of the Communication Center at the University of North Carolina, which later became the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures. Later he joined the Department of Otolaryngology to conduct research affiliated with deafness. Preslar later founded and was CEO of Demlar Medical, Inc., which specialized in the development and manufacture of clinical audiometers.
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Scope and Content
Audio recordings, moving images, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scattered correspondence comprise the collection of Mack J. Preslar (1923-2014), a white CEO and electronics professional who was the associate director of the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures at the University of North Carolina beginning in 1947. Correspondence includes letters from songwriter and producer, John D. Loudermilk, and from country music recording artist, George Hamilton IV (1937-2014), among others. Clippings and photographic prints depict Preslar's personal life, service in the United States Navy, as well as scenes from the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures, including his role in radio broadcasting and his participation in a 1957 effort to photograph an eclipse in Thailand. Audio recordings consist of instantaneous discs of Norman Cordon, an operatic singer and UNC alum; open reel audio of radio broadcasts and live performances on the UNC campus, including a 1954 performance by Louis Armstrong and the All Stars (FT-20502/2-4); master open reel audio recordings affiliated with Orville Campbell's independent record label, Colonial Records based in Chapel Hill, N.C. (FT-20502/15); and other open reel audio recordings compiled by Preslar. Moving images consist of a videotape of Preslar with Norman Cordon (VT-20502/1) and unidentified erotic motion picture films (F-20502/1-9).
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Series 1. Papers and Photographs, 1950s-1980s.
Papers consist of newspaper clippings and scattered correspondence, including letters from songwriter and producer, John D. Loudermilk, and from country music recording artist, George Hamilton IV (1937-2014), among others. Photographs consist mostly of black and white and color photographic prints depicting Preslar's personal life, service in the United States Navy, as well as scenes from the Department of Radio, Television and Motion Pictures, including his role in radio broadcasting and his participation in a 1957 effort to photograph an eclipse in Thailand.
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Series 2. Audiovisual Materials, 1934-1980s.
Arrangement: By format.
Processing information: For the most part, titles for audiovisual materials were compiled from original containers. Titles supplied by processor are in brackets.
Audiovisual materials consist mostly of audio recordings on instantaneous disc and open reel audio. Instantaneous discs include audio recordings by operatic singer and UNC, Norman Cordon, and others. Open reel audio recordings consist of radio broadcasts and live performances on the UNC campus, including a 1954 performance by Louis Armstrong and the All Stars (FT-20502/2-4); master open reel audio recordings affiliated with Orville Campbell's independent record label, Colonial Records based in Chapel Hill, N.C. (FT-20502/15); and other open reel audio recordings compiled by Preslar. The collection also contains moving images, including a videotape of Preslar with Norman Cordon (VT-20502/1) and unidentified erotic films on 8mm motion picture film (F-20502/1-9).
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Subseries 2.1. Instantaneous Discs, 1934-1963 and undated.
Arrangement: Alphabetically by artist or title.
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Subseries 2.2. Open Reel Audio, 1956-1984 and undated.
Arrangement: Alphabetically by artist or title.
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Subseries 2.3. Moving Images, 1961 and undated.
Arrangement: Alphabetically by artist or title.
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Items Separated
Encoded by: Laura Smith, November 2017
Updated by: Anne Wells, Patrick Cullom, Rae Hoyle, and Meredith Kite, June 2019
Since August 2017, we have added ethnic and racial identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic and racial identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for identity information to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.
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