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[Identification of item], in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40132, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement. The Addition of September 2010 was received in May 2007 (Records transfer 20070501.1).

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Processed by: University Archives Staff, May 1983, July 1984, October 1985, May 1986, October 1986, September 2010

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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.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Educational fund raising--North Carolina.
• Morehead Planetarium.
• Public relations--North Carolina.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina.
• University of North Carolina Television Network.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Administration.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Endowments.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Finance.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Public relations.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Public services.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of Development and Public Service.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of Development and University Relations.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of Extension and Continuing Education.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of University Advancement.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Division of University Relations.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. General Alumni Association.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. News Bureau.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. News Services--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Vice Chancellor for Development and Public Service.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Vice Chancellor for Development and University Relations.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Vice Chancellor for University Relations.
• WUNC-TV (Television station : Chapel Hill, N.C.)

• Office of Chancellor: Michael Hooker Records (#40026), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University Development Program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records (#40136), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Vice President for Finance of the University of North Carolina (System) Records (#40011), University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Louis Round Wilson Papers (#3274), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Division of Development and University Relations was established as the Division of Development and Public Service on March 26, 1973. Its creation was intended to improve the University's fund raising efforts and to increase campus services to the general public. Initially the vice chancellor for development and public service supervised the operations of the Office of Developmental Affairs (including the offices of the General Alumni Association and Alumni Annual Giving), the News Bureau, WUNC-TV (Chapel Hill studio), and the Office of Research Administration.

Over the years, however, numerous administrative changes occurred. Effective 1 July 1973, the Morehead Planetarium moved administratively from the Division of Business and Finance to the Division of Development and Public Service. WUNC-FM, previously part of the Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures, joined the division in 1975. On 14 April 1976, the Division of Extension and Continuing Education also became part of the Division of Development and Public Service. The Office of Research Administration was transferred to the supervision of the Graduate School on 1 July 1978; and during August of that year, the University Photographic Laboratory was added to the Division of Development and Public Service. In 1980 the Photographic Laboratory was shifted to the Media Center in the Division of Academic Affairs. On 1 July 1980, the University Gazette became part of the Division of Development and Public Service. And on 3 October 1980, WUNC-TV was shifted to the new UNC Center for Public Television, which was responsible to General Administration of the University of North Carolina System.

On 1 September 1980, the name of the division was changed to Division of University Relations. In 1981 the position of director of public information was created within the division; the new position oversaw the work of the News Bureau and the University Gazette. Early in 1985 a restructuring of the division took place. The Division of Extension and Continuing Education and the Morehead Planetarium were transferred to the supervision of the provost. The Records Publications Office, which produced the course catalogs, was added to the responsibilities of the director of public information. With the appointment of Gary A. Evans as vice chancellor on 1 September 1985, the name of the division was changed to Division of Development and University Relations.

After becoming chancellor on 1 July 1995, Michael Hooker eliminated the vice chancellorship for development and university relations effective 31 July 1995, because he wanted direct oversight of the university's development and public relations activities. However, in April 1996, he re-established the position of vice chancellor and changed the name of the division to Division of University Advancement. Matthew G. Kupec, who had been associate vice chancellor for development, then became vice chancellor for university advancement.

Heads of the division have been:

Records include correspondence and other files relating to the administration of and activities of the Division of University Advancement and its constituent units. Included are files related to units that formerly were part of the division: the General Alumni Association, the Division of Extension and Continuing Education, the Morehead Planetarium, and WUNC-TV. Also included are files related to News Services and WUNC-FM, which, as of 2012, are still part of the division. The Addition of September 2010 consists of files related to the fund-raising campaign that was launched during the university's bicentennial celebration, which began in 1989.