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Size | 23.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 20600 items) |
Abstract | The Department of History was established in 1891, though courses in history had been taught prior to that. In 1920, its name changed to Department of History and Government to reflect the addition of political science to the curriculum. In 1935, when the Department of Political Science was created and the government courses previously taught as part of the history curriculum were transferred to it, the name of the Department of History and Government reverted to Department of History. Records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of the Department of History and its relations with other departments and units of the university. Though there are some files pertaining to individual courses, these records contain little about the history curriculum. There is, however, a great deal of material about the history faculty. The administrative files contain correspondence about appointments, tenure, and promotions; the faculty affairs files pertain to the service of the history faculty on various university committees; and the faculty correspondence files relate to teaching, writing, research, and other professional matters. There are also digital photographs documenting social and academic events held by the Department of History, 2005-2010. Department chairs who figure significantly in these records include J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, R. D. W. Connor, Albert Ray Newsome, Wallace Everett Caldwell, Fletcher M. Green, Carl H. Pegg, James L. Godfrey, George V. Taylor, Don Higginbotham, and Gillian T. Cell. |
Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of History. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: University Archives Staff
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
Updated because of additions in March 2012 by Martin Gengenbach; in February 2017 by Jaffa Panken and Jennifer Coggins; in June 2017 by Nicholas Graham and Jennifer Coggins; in March 2018 by Carson Fish and Laura Smith; in April 2018 by Jennifer Coggins and Laura Smith; and in June 2018 by Jennifer Coggins and Laura Smith.
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The Department of History at the University of North Carolina was established in 1891, though courses in history had been taught by various members of the faculty prior to that time. It was known as the Department of History until 1920, when its name was changed to Department of History and Government to reflect the incorporation of political science courses into the curriculum. In 1935, the Department of Political Science was founded, and the government courses previously taught as part of the history curriculum were transferred to it. The name of the Department of History and Government then reverted to Department of History.
Chairmen of the department since its founding in 1891 and their tenures are given below.
1891-1907 | Kemp Plummer Battle |
1907-1929 | Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton |
1929-1934 | Robert Diggs Wimberly Connor |
1934-1950 | Albert Ray Newsome |
1950-1953 | Wallace Everett Caldwell |
1953-1960 | Fletcher Melvin Green |
1960-1965 | Carl Hamilton Pegg |
1965-1973 | James Logan Godfrey |
1973-1978 | George Vanderbeck Taylor |
1978-1983 | Robert Don Higginbotham |
1983-1985 | Gillian T. Cell |
1985-1986 | Michael Hunt, Interim |
1986-1991 | Colin Palmer |
1991-1997 (or 1998) | Richard A. Soloway |
1998 | Louis A. Perez, Jr., Interim |
1998-2003 | Peter Coclanis |
2004-2009 | Lloyd S. Kramer |
2009?-2010 | W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Interim |
2010- | Lloyd S. Kramer |
Records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of the Department of History and its relations with other departments and units of the university. Though there are some files pertaining to individual courses, these records contain little about the history curriculum. There is, however, a great deal of material about the history faculty. The administrative files contain correspondence about appointments, tenure, and promotions; the faculty affairs files pertain to the service of the history faculty on various university committees; and the faculty correspondence files relate to teaching, writing, research, and other professional matters. There are also digital photographs documenting social and academic events held by the Department of History, 2005-2010. Department chairs who figure significantly in these records include J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, R. D. W. Connor, Albert Ray Newsome, Wallace Everett Caldwell, Fletcher M. Green, Carl H. Pegg, James L. Godfrey, George V. Taylor, Don Higginbotham, and Gillian T. Cell.
Back to TopThis series contains the administrative files of the chairmen of the Department of History. It contains considerable correspondence about the appointment of faculty members, their tenure, promotions, and salaries. There is some material relating to the undergraduate and graduate curricula, as well as minutes of faculty meetings, annual reports, budgets, and routine administrative memoranda. Correspondence with other offices of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will also be found here.
Information on faculty appointments, promotions, retirements, leaves, and other related news may also be found in the department's correspondence with various scholarly journals in Series 4.
This series contains the correspondence of members of the Department of History relating to their service on various faculty committees, including special committees appointed by the chancellors of the university and faculty divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences. There is also a little material about the Faculty Club.
This series contains correspondence of individual members of the history faculty relating to their teaching, writing, research and other professional matters. See Series 4 for material relating to faculty participation in professional organizations.
Personal and professional papers of some faculty members will also be found in the Southern Historical Collection. For those faculty, this series contains mostly outgoing correspondence, while the Southern Historical Collection holds mostly incoming correspondence. The following professors have papers in the Southern Historical Collection:
These papers contain correspondence and other materials of faculty members of the Department of History related to organizations, agencies, and professional associations that are external to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Arrangement: chronological.
Digital photographs documenting social and academic events held by the Department of History. Included are photographs of the department's commencement and orientation programs, headshots of department faculty members, and photographs of department staff and students.
This addition consists of letters, emails, and memos to and from Department of History chair Lou Pérez.
RT 20170629.1
Aquisitions Information: RT 20180205.2 and 20180611.1.
Box 4:2 |
Undergraduate History Association, 1976, 1984, and undated |
Interdisciplinary Studies-Public Policy Analysis program, 1976, and Russian and East European Studies program, undated |
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Course descriptions and guide, 1978 |
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Flyers, 1990 and 1991Consists of a flyer for a talk by Carol S. Leonard and a flyer for the class AFRI/AFAM 174: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the Americas. |
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History Department Recognition Ceremony programs, 2005-2014 |
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Box 4:4 |
Contemporary World, 1973-1974 |
The Contemporary World: Subcommitee: History, 1974 |
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Marketing and Publicity, 1977-1978 |
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Global History Course Development, 1970s |
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Global History, 1976, 2001-2002, undated |
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Global History, 1998-2006 |
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Global History, 1998-2000 |
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Global History Ph.D. Proposal, 2002 |
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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40082/1 |
Course offering posters, 1978 |
Aquisitions information: RT 20180213.1.
Addition consists of one digitized photograph of Colin Palmer and the UNC Department of History faculty in 1986. Palmer was the first African American chair of a major department at UNC when he was appointed chair of the UNC Department of History that year.
Digital Folder DF-40082/25 |
Colin Palmer and the Department of History faculty, 1986 |