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| Size | 36.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2000 items) |
| Abstract | The Dialectic Society was the first of two literary societies formed in 1795, the year the University of North Carolina opened. Throughout the nineteenth century, nearly all students were members of one of these societies. Students from the eastern portion of the state tended to belong to the Philanthropic Society and those from the western portion to the Dialectic Society. The societies provided literary and oratorical training, and exercised many of the functions of student government. They also acquired books and developed extensive libraries. In 1886, the societies merged their libraries into the university library. Records of the Dialectic Society include minutes, inaugural addresses of society presidents, commencement addresses, debates, bills and resolutions, correspondence, committee records, treasurer's records, membership records, the constitution and bylaws, library catalogs and circulation records, and publicity records. Correspondence concerns requests for portraits, library book orders, invitations to deliver addresses, and financial matters. Committee records include records of the building, catalog, Confederate repository and records, dance, debate, executive, library, membership, portraits, properties, publicity, radio, renovations, room, query, ways and means, and special committees. |
| Creator | University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Dialectic Society. |
| Curatorial Unit | University Archives, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Language | English |
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Historical Information
The University of North Carolina opened its doors on 15 January 1795. The first recorded meeting of its student Debating Society occurred less than five months later, on 3 June 1795. Undoubtedly, Tutor Charles W. Harris had some influence on its creation, since he had attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) and was familiar with the Whig Society there. Thirty-one members pledged to abide by the laws of the Debating Society. However, at its third meeting, on 25 June 1795, a motion was made to divide into two separate societies. Voting on the motion was postponed for a week; and at a meeting on 2 July, a vote was taken, the motion passed, and a second society was created. It was called the Concord Society. The records of the societies do not reveal why the division was made. Historians have suggested that it may have been because of political differences, or disagreement over the powers of the Censor Morum (the Debating Society officer who inspected the conduct and morals of the members), or simply a desire to provide more frequent opportunities for debate. The following year both societies changed their names to the Greek equivalents. The Debating Society became the Dialectic Society on 25 August 1796, and on 29 August 1796 the Concord Society became the Philanthropic Society.
In his History of the University of North Carolina, Kemp P. Battle wrote, "The Fundamental Laws, afterward called Constitution, and the course of proceedings of the two societies were much alike. In the Concord for a short while new members could be admitted by a majority vote. . . I notice no other material differences, and I make no further distinction between the two in endeavoring to reproduce their action." The stated goals of both societies were the cultivation of friendship and the promotion of useful knowledge. The latter included development of the members' debating skill, writing style, and knowledge of parliamentary rules. Officers of the societies included a president; a clerk; a treasurer; a censor morum; and two correctors, who reviewed the members' compositions. The censor morum, whose powers were more restricted than those of the Debating Society officer, was later replaced by a vice-president.
Members were divided into three classes; and alternately at each meeting one class read, another composed, and the third spoke. Reading meant reading aloud a passage from an author, while speaking (or declaiming) meant reciting from memory a passage from a famous speech. Those composing had to read aloud short essays they had written. Meetings were held once a week (later, twice a week). In addition to the three activities described above, each meeting included a debate, in which two of the members would argue a predetermined question. The societies awarded diplomas, and although not an academic diploma, a society diploma was a distinct honor conferred on a member who was well respected and had performed his society duties outstandingly.
In support of their activities, the societies acquired, by gift and purchase, extensive library and portrait collections. For the most part, books were purchased from funds provided by dues and fees imposed on the members. Eventually, the societies' combined libraries became larger than the university library. According to Kemp P. Battle, "as early as 1835 there were about 6,000 well-selected books in the two, probably the best collection in the State." By 1875, the Dialectic Society alone had amassed 6,943 volumes. In 1886, the two societies merged their library holdings into the university's collection.
Until 1848, the societies met in their libraries, which were on the third floor of South Building. The additions to Old East and Old West completed in 1848 included new quarters for the societies--the Dialectic in Old West and the Philanthropic in Old East. In 1860, the societies moved to chambers in New East and New West.
By virtue of their concern with the conduct of their members, the societies also functioned as the campus student government for over a century and were instrumental in the development of the Honor System. Bad conduct by one member was thought to reflect on the entire society. The societies imposed fines for various offenses, and it was not uncommon for them to impeach members for repeated or excessive misconduct. Around 1890, the faculty, interested in fostering student self-government, began to refer cases of cheating to the societies. But, by 1910, the societies' disciplinary role in cases of cheating, hazing, and numerous other offenses had been assumed by the Student Council (established in 1904 as the University Council).
Throughout most of the university's history, membership in the societies was voluntary; and new members were admitted by a vote of the old members. Nevertheless, until the twentieth century, almost the entire student body belonged to one of the two societies. Generally though not exclusively, students from the eastern portion of the state joined the Philanthropic Society and those from the western portion joined the Dialectic Society. This practice may grown out of the early sectional rivalry between east and west.
The societies disbanded during Reconstruction, when the university was closed. But following the university's reopening in 1875, they reorganized and flourished. In 1885, a resolution of the Board of Trustees required all enrolled students, "except medical, law, and students taking postgraduate or special courses, and such as may be specially excused by the faculty," to belong to one of the societies. This action resulted from the urging of University President Kemp P. Battle and the faculty, who wanted to foster the societies' disciplinary function. By 1895, however, the university had dropped this membership requirement; the course catalog published in that year states that "although membership in the societies is entirely optional, yet it is earnestly recommended by the faculty."
In 1919, the Philanthropic Society reorganized itself according to the plan of the General Assembly of North Carolina and became the Philanthropic Assembly. In 1924, the Dialectic Society reorganized as the Dialectic Senate. Over the next several decades, more and more student groups emerged to vie for members; and by the mid-1950s, membership in both societies had declined to an alarming level. In 1959, in an effort to ensure continuation of the organizations, the Senate and the Assembly merged into the Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate.
More detailed information on the history of the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies will be found in the following sources:
Battle, Kemp P. History of the University of North Carolina, 2 volumes, 1907, 1912.
McLean, Hallie S. "The History of the Dialectic Society, 1795-1860" (Thesis, M.A.), University of North Carolina, 1949.
Murphy, Evangeline Burbank. "The Growth of the Library of the Philanthropic Society at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1797-1822" (Thesis, M.S.L.S.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979.
York, Maurice C. "The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies' Efforts at Library Development at the University of North Carolina, 1875-1906" (Thesis, M.S.L.S.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977.
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Records of the Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., include minutes, inaugural addresses of society presidents, commencement addresses, debates, bills and resolutions, correspondence, committee records, treasurer's records, membership records, the constitution and bylaws, library catalogs and circulation records, and publicity records. Correspondence concerns requests for portraits, library book orders, invitations to deliver addresses, and financial matters. Committee records include records of the building, catalog, Confederate repository and records, dance, debate, executive, library, membership, portraits, properties, publicity, radio, renovations, room, query, ways and means, and special committees.
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Series 1. Minutes, 1795-1957.
Arrangement: Chronological.
This series contains the secretary's (or clerk's or recorder's) records of the society's meetings. In addition to information on business matters and debates, the minutes contain scattered library lists, constitutions, membership lists, and committee reports. Some lists, constitutions, and reports are of a later date than the minutes. In so far as possible, bills, resolutions, and addresses have been removed and filed as separate series.
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June 1795-March 1798Minutes for 1795-1796 are published in R.D.W. Connor's A Documentary History of the University of North Carolina, 1776-1799, |
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November 1796-April 1799 |
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April 1798-May 1804 |
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May 1804-March 1812 |
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March 1812-November 1818 |
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November 1818-October 1826 |
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October 1826-May 1833 |
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May 1833-September 1838 |
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September 1838-October 1844Includes membership lists for 1876-1877. |
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October 1844-October 1851 |
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October 1851-August 1856 |
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August 1856-May 1867
Digital version: Dialectic Society Minutes, 25 and 26 September
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June 1867-June 1868, September 1875-October 1878July 1868-August 1875 minutes do not exist because the university was closed February 1871-September 1875. |
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October 1878-March 1883 |
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March 1883-November 1885 |
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November 1885-October 1889 |
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October 1889-February 1895 |
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February 1895-February 1905 |
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February 1905-May 1913 |
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September 1913-February 1926 |
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March 1926-May 1939 |
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January 1927-March 1927 |
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1940-1946 |
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1947-1949 |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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1952-1955 |
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1956-1957 |
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Synopsis of Minutes, 1826-1829, 1838, 1851, 1926 |
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Series 2. Addresses/Debates, Bills/Resolutions, and Correspondence,
1795-1959 and
undated.
This series, comprising three subseries, contains material supportive of, and sometimes duplicated in, the society minutes.
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Subseries 2.1. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1957 and undated.
Arrangement: Chronological.
This subseries includes copies of inaugural addresses of the society presidents, valedictory addresses, senior orations, debates, and compositions of various kinds, including essays and poems. These had been gathered into bound volumes by past members of the society. The volumes have now been disbound.
Note that there are no addresses or debates for 1869-1874 or 1919-1936.
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Subseries 2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Reports of the vice president/archivist of the Dialectic Society listing addresses and other writings of society members.
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1811-1825 and undated |
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1827-1837 |
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1849-1884, 1889 and undated 1890s |
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1911, 1915-1919 |
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1795-1899(bound volume) |
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1838-1840?(bound volume) |
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Subseries 2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834.
Arrangement: Chronological.
The University of North Carolina opened its doors in January 1795 with one professor and one classroom building. On 3 June of that year, students organized the Debating Society, which soon split into two separate societies. In 1796, the societies adopted the names Dialectic and Philanthropic. By September 1795, 74 students had enrolled in the university. Most of them were sons of well-to-do planters and statesmen. Their curriculum, designed by university founder William R. Davie, was a liberal one for the time. It put the study of science on a par with the classics and emphasized English composition. Davie's curriculum, however, was short-lived. By 1804, Joseph Caldwell, who was president of the university for most of the period prior to 1835, had instituted the traditional classical curriculum, which emphasized the study of Latin and Greek. The site of the university was distant from major towns and cities; thus the students had little to occupy them besides their studies, the societies, and entertainments of their own making. The holdings of the university library were meager, and members of the societies began to acquire books and to establish their own libraries. By 1835, the two societies together possessed 6,000 volumes. Enrollment at the university was 109 in 1833 (though it had been over 170 in the early 1820s); the faculty included a president, five professors and two or three tutors.
The addresses, debates, and other writings of Dialectic Society members in the period 1795-1834 reflect increasing interest in politics and government and in contemporary and recently past events in both the United States and Europe. For example, in 1823, members debated the question "Should the United States assist Spain in her present struggle with France?" and, in 1825, "Should the U.S. remove the Indians within her territory beyond the Mississippi?" Yet society members also debated and composed on ancient history, American literature, religion, morals, and many other subjects.
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Sneed, William Morgan, circa 1795-1799Untitled composition, missing pages 1-8, circa 1795-1799; untitled composition on patriotism, 23 May 1799. |
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Murphey, Archibald Debow, circa 1796-1799Untitled composition on philosophical reasoning, circa 1796-1799. |
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Crawford, William Dunlap, 1797Untitled address on the consequences of war, 23 February 1797. |
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Houston, William, 1797"Whether Sumptuary Laws are not necessary in the United States," argued in the negative, 14 September 1797. |
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Moore, Robert, 1797Inaugural Address, circa 26 January 1797. |
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Webb, William Edwards, 1797"Are Treaties which are made contrary to the Law of Nations binding," argued in the affirmative, August 1797; untitled address on the science of government and its basis in morality, 21 September 1797. |
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Locke, Robert, 1798"University," 31 January 1798. |
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Battle, Jeremiah, 1799-1800"To a friend in the country," a letter arguing against slavery, 17 April 1799; Inaugural Address, circa September 1799; untitled address concerning the duties of Dialectic Society members, 26 September 1799; untitled valedictory address, 1 January 1800. |
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Somerville, James, 1799Inaugural Address, 24 October 1799. |
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Hawkins, John Davis, 1800Inaugural Address, circa 27 February 1800; second Inaugural Address, 4 September 1800. |
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Phifer, George, 1801Untitled composition on conscience, 27 August 1801. |
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Toomer, John Duncan, 1801Untitled composition on devotion, 4 October 1801. |
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Williams, Solomon B., 1801-1802Inaugural Address, 5 August 1801; untitled composition on republicanism in the western hemisphere, 25 May 1802. |
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Donnell, John Robert, 1802-1807Untitled composition on Hannibal, circa 1802-1807; untitled composition on education, 2 August 1805; Inaugural Address, 21 April 1806; second Inaugural Address, February 1807. |
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Henderson, Richard, circa 1802Inaugural Address, circa 1802. |
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Osborne, Spruce McCoy, circa 1802-1805Untitled poem, missing pages 1-8, circa 1802-1805; untitled composition on nature, 2 May 1805. |
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Cain, James A., 1803-1805Untitled composition on the form of government, circa 1803; untitled composition on Xerxes, King of Persia, 24 August 1805. |
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Davis, Thomas J., circa 1803Untitled composition on the dangers of degrading habits, circa 1803. |
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Sneed, James, 1803Inaugural Address, 28 April 1803. |
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Campbell, Green H., circa 1804-1807Untitled composition on Grecian history, circa 1804-1807. |
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Carson, Hugh, circa 1804Untitled composition on the life of man, circa 1804. |
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Ellis, John, 1804-1805Untitled address arguing against the practice of duelling, circa 1804-1805; untitled address on Socrates, 25 April 1804; untitled address on the contest for literary pre-eminence between France and England, 28 February 1805. |
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Hinton, Ransom, circa 1804-1805Untitled composition on religion, circa 1804-1805; untitled composition on past heroes, 7 May 1805. |
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Rogers, Alexander M., 1804"Was it just and equitable that the Europeans should take possession of those lands in America formerly held by the aborigines," argued in the affirmative, 9 August 1804. |
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Forney, Daniel, 1804-1805"Is duelling justifiable," argued in the negative, 29 August 1804; Inaugural Address, 2 October 1805; untitled address, circa 1804-1805. |
| Folder 44 |
Burton, Alfred M., 1805Untitled address on eloquence, April 1805; untitled composition, August 1805. Missing pages 1-4. |
| Folder 45 |
Chambers, Henry, 1805Inaugural Address, 1805; untitled address on the influence of civilization, 2 February 1805. |
| Folder 46 |
Polk, Thomas Gilchrist, circa 1805-1809"Ne lingua precurrit mentem," circa 11 August 1809; Inaugural Address, circa 1805-1809. |
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Watters, Henry Hyrn, circa 1805-1810"Federalism," circa 1805-1810; "The Character of Aristides," February 28 1809. |
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Coleman, John, circa 1806-1808"On Redemption," circa 1806-1808. |
| Folder 49 |
Williams, John, 1806-1809Untitled composition on ambition, 13 September 1806; Inaugural Address, 12 October 1808; untitled composition on the nature of man and vice, 9 March 1809; Valedictory Address, 28 June 1809. |
| Folder 50 |
Rounsaville, Benjamin David, circa 1806-1808Untitled composition on the state of youth, circa 1806-1808; untitled poem, circa 1806-1808; "But for mere want how to suffer wrong," circa 1806-1808; Inaugural Address, 30 August 1806. |
| Folder 51 |
Jones, John D., 1807Untitled composition on the role of government in maintaining order in civil society, circa 1807; "Composition on Party Spirit," 4 February 1807; Inaugural Address, April 1807; "Ought Slavery to be abolished in the United States," argued in the negative, 9 July 1807. |
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Mebane, John Briggs, circa 1807-1809Untitled composition on the future, circa 1807-1809; untitled address, circa 1809; Inaugural Address, 24 May 1809. |
| Folder 53 |
Williams, Lewis, 1807"The way to learning is, at first, rough; but afterwards becomes smoother," composition, 15 September 1807. |
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Williams, Thomas Lanier, 1807Untitled composition on public speaking, 8 February 1807. |
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Hooper, William C., 1807-1811 and circa 1836-1837Untitled composition on the examination of truth, circa 1806-1809; untitled composition on patriotism, 15 August 1807; untitled address on internal tranquility and liberty, 22 September 1807; untitled composition on the necessity to declare war on France, 28 May 1808; untitled composition on private education, 2 June 1808; Inaugural Address, 15 September 1808; "On the beneficial effects of Adversity," 19 October 1808; untitled address as an alumnus, 26 September 1811; untitled address given thirty years after Hooper's presidency, circa 1836-1837. |
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Clopton, Abner Wentworth, circa 1808-1809Untitled composition on the pursuit of happiness, circa 1808-1809. |
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Cowan, William James, 1808Inaugural Address, 1808. |
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Harrington, James Auld, 1808"To the inhabitants of the six Counties composing the election for Fayetteville District," 4 February 1808. |
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Stokes, John Richmond, 1808-1809Untitled address on the superiority of public education to private education, 25 June 1808; untitled address on the heroism of American founders, 15 May 1809. |
| Folder 60 |
Beatty, Henry F., 1809"Vice," April 1809. |
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Hawkins, Philemon, 1809Untitled composition on whether war or a total retreat from the ocean ought to be preferred, March 1809; Inaugural Address, 25 April 1809. |
| Folder 62 |
Lyne, Leonard H., 1809Inaugural Address, 31 July 1809. |
| Folder 63 |
Anonymous, circa 1810Inaugural Address, circa 1810. |
| Folder 64 |
Logan, Richard, 1810-1811Untitled composition on biography, 30 August 1810; "Reflections on Drunkenness," 7 February 1811; Inaugural Address, 21 March 1811; "Character of a News-paper Politician," 1 August 1811. |
| Folder 65 |
Polk, William Julius, 1810Inaugural Address, 25 December 1810. |
| Folder 66 |
Hart, David E., 1811Inaugural Address, 18 April 1811. |
| Folder 67 |
Hooper, Thomas Clark, 1812-1813Untitled address on public speaking, 1812; Valedictory Oration, 13 November 1813. |
| Folder 68 |
Pinkston, Johnson, 1812Inaugural Address, 15 April 1812; Valedictory Address, circa June 1812. |
| Folder 69 |
Yancey, Tryon Milton, 1812Untitled composition on the death of an unknown person, 28 September 1812. Missing pages 1-4. |
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Hill, John, 1813Untitled composition on man and vice, 1813; Inaugural Address, 30 September 1813. |
| Folder 71 |
Hinton, John Harper, 1813Untitled address on civil society, February 1813; Inaugural Address, 18 February 1813. |
| Folder 72 |
Manly, Charles, 1813-1814Inaugural Address, 28 August 1813; "Some observations on the licentiousness of the Press," 7 March 1814; Valedictory Oration, 23 June 1814. |
| Folder 73 |
Taylor, Lewis, 1813Inaugural Address, 17 January 1813. |
| Folder 74 |
Alexander, Richard Henderson, 1814-1817Untitled address in favor of Mary, Queen of Scotland, circa 1814-1817; "Infidelity," 10 January 1816(?); untitled address, 30 September 1816. |
| Folder 75 |
Bradley, Orville T.C., circa 1814Untitled composition on the merits of maritime commerce, circa 1814. |
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Croom, Isaac, 1814"Speculation on Religion," 1814. |
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Hooper, James Hogg, 1814-1815Untitled composition on whether prosperity or adversity be most inimical to virtue, circa 13 October 1814; Inaugural Address, 4 May 1815. |
| Folder 78 |
Stokes, Hugh Montgomery, 1814Inaugural Address, 24 October 1814. |
| Folder 79 |
Jones, Hamilton Chamberlain, circa 1815-1818"The Battle of New Orleans," circa 1815-1818; untitled composition on whether monarchy or republic is the better form of government, 8 August 1817; Inaugural Address, 13 October 1817; "For the sake of novelty I propose to give you a few remarks in the form of an address to a jury on the prosecution of a negro man, who was arraigned at a Superior court in New York, upon the charge of having put to death his Master," circa 4 February 1818. |
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McClung, James White, circa 1815Untitled incomplete address on the death penalty, circa 17 March 1815. |
| Folder 81 |
McClung, Matthew, 1815Untitled composition on the present conflict with Great Britain, 4 February 1815. |
| Folder 82 |
Mitchell, Stockley Donelson, 1815Inaugural Address, 8 February 1815. |
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Sneed, Stephen Kutusoff, 1815"The Character of General Victor Moreau," 28 February 1815; Inaugural Address, 1 April 1815. |
| Folder 84 |
Alexander, Lawson Henderson, 1815-1816Untitled address on morality and virtue, 30 August 1815; untitled composition in defense of women, 13 March 1816. |
| Folder 85 |
Alexander, William Julius, circa 1815-1816Inaugural Address, 1815(?); untitled address on Christianity and democracy, 28 January 1816; second Inaugural Address, 23 September 1816. |
| Folder 86 |
Croom, Hardy Bryan, 1816-1817"Talleyrand and Carnot," circa 1816-1817; Inaugural Address, 17 July 1816; Second Inaugural Address, 5 March 1817. |
| Folder 87 |
Greening, Elridge S., 1816Untitled address on virtue, the social happiness of the world, 18 August 1816. |
| Folder 88 |
Henderson, Mark M., 1816Inaugural Address, 20 February 1816. |
| Folder 89 |
Holmes, Hardy Lucian, 1816Inaugural Address, circa September 1816. |
| Folder 90 |
Morehead, James Turner, 1816-1819Untitled composition on the study of medicine and divinity, circa 1816-1819; untitled composition on the depravity of man's nature and the gospel of salvation, 10 October 1818; untitled speech on slavery, 21 November 1818; Inaugural Address, 15 March 1819. |
| Folder 91 |
Morehead, John Motley, 1816 and 1835Untitled composition on hope, 10 August 1816; untitled address to the "young brethren" of the Dialectic Society, 22 June 1835. |
| Folder 92 |
Morrison, Elam Johnston, circa 1816-1818Inaugural Address, circa 1816-1818. |
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Polk, James Knox, 1816-1818"Composition on the Powers of Invention," circa 1816-1818; "Composition on the Admission of Foreigners into Office in the United States," 30 August 1817; Inaugural Address, 20 May 1818. |
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Hauser, Samuel Thomas, 1816-1817Untitled composition on the virtues of the American republic, 28 October 1816; Inaugural Address, 1 April 1817. |
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Waddell, Hugh, 1817Inaugural Address, 12 September 1817. |
| Folder 96 |
Caldwell, David Thomas, 1818Inaugural Address, 17 November 1818. |
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Brookes, Iveson L., 1818Inaugural Address, September 1818. |
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Slade, Thomas Bog, 1819-1820Inaugural Address, 10 September 1819; untitled address on the subject of government, 6 June 1820. |
| Folder 99 |
Harris, Nathaniel H., 1820Inaugural Address, 4 August 1820. |
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Martin, James, 1820-1824Inaugural Address, 7 February 1820; Untitled debate, arguing the United States should not form an alliance with Great Britain, 28 May 1824; second Inaugural Address, 21 August 1824. |
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Manly, Matthias Evans, 1820-1824Untitled address on the beauty of spring, circa 1820-1824; "Should the U.S. assist Spain in her struggle for freedom," argued in the affirmative, 4 June 1823; untitled address on the virtue of pleasing, 30 July 1823. |
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Bettner, George Shonnard, 1821-1823"Elizabeth," circa 1821-1823; untitled address, September 1822. |
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Shaw, William Andrew, 1821Inaugural Address, 4 April 1821. |
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Dickson, James Henderson, 1822Inaugural Address, 28 August 1822. |
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Leetch, James Knox, 1822Untitled address, 10 November 1822. |
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Pickett, William Dickson, 1822Inaugural Address, 12 January 1822. |
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North, Erasmus Darwin, circa 1822-1826"On some of the advantages of Botany with respect to the improvement of the mind," circa 1822-1826; Inaugural Address, 3 August 1825; "On Literary Conservation," circa 1822-1826. |
| Folder 108 |
Booth, Robert Henry, 1823"Should the United States assist Spain in her struggle with France," argued in the affirmative, 4 June 1823; "The late John Thompson of Petersburg, Va, author of the 'Letters of Curtius'," eulogy delivered 15 October 1823; Inaugural Address, 19 November 1823. |
| Folder 109 |
Courts, Daniel William, 1823Inaugural Address, 20 January 1823. |
| Folder 110 |
Davidson, George Franklin, 1823Inaugural Address, 26 February 1823. |
| Folder 111 |
Dews, Thomas, Jr., 1823-1824"Ought the United States to assist Spain," argued in the negative, 18 September 1823; "Oration on Mathematics," 10 June 1824. |
| Folder 112 |
Graham, William Alexander, 1823 and 1849"Should the United States assist Spain in her present struggle with France," argued in the affirmative, 20 May 1823; Inaugural Address, 24 August 1823; untitled composition on the influence of nature on American poetry, 7 October 1823; Address delivered before the two literary societies of the University of North Carolina, 6 June 1849. |
| Folder 113 |
Norwood, John Wall, 1823"A word in defence of the Gracchi," 30 March 1823; untitled composition on Sir Walter Raleigh, 27 October 1823. |
| Folder 114 |
Stewart, Samuel M., 1823Inaugural Address, 26 March 1823. |
| Folder 115 |
Bingham, William James, circa 1823-1825Untitled composition on the history of learning, 10 March 1824; untitled address on success, 28 July 1824; untitled composition on college studies, 2 February 1825; untitled composition on knowledge and happiness, circa 1823-1825. |
| Folder 116 |
Andrews, Silas Milton, 1824-1825"A Harvest Evening," a composition, 5 August 1824; "Latter part of Fall, represented in the business of an Evening," a composition, 28 October 1824; "Spring," a composition, March 1825; "A Tale," a composition, 23 September 1825. |
| Folder 117 |
Boylan, William Polk, 1824Inaugural Address, 20 October 1824. |
| Folder 118 |
Harding, Nehemiah Henry, circa 1824-1825"The Voyager," circa 1824-1825; "Can disembodied spirits hold intercours with the material world," circa 1824-1825; "Recollections of early life. First voyage to Africa," circa 1824-1825. |
| Folder 119 |
Holt, Samuel Lockhart, 1824"Science, my close associate, still attends where'r I go," circa 27 October 1824. |
| Folder 120 |
Polk, Marshall Tate, 1824-1825Inaugural Address, 4 November 1824; untitled address on the permanency of the union, 9 June 1825. |
| Folder 121 |
Riddle, Thomas, 1824-1825"On the Constitution of England," 7 November 1824; untitled address on the future lives of students, 26 January 1825. |
| Folder 122 |
Seawell, William, 1824-1825"Is an alliance between Great Britain and the United States to be desired by the latter," argued in the negative, 3 March 1824; untitled address on a liberal education, 30 March 1825. |
| Folder 123 |
Alexander, Elam, 1825Untitled address, February 1825. |
| Folder 124 |
Baker, Isaac, 1825"A welcome to Lafayette," a poem, 2 February 1825; "The character of Doctor Jeremiah Battle," 23 March 1825. |
| Folder 125 |
Barringer, Daniel Moreau, 1825Untitled address, 23 November 1825. |
| Folder 126 |
Elliot, Henry Branson, 1825-1826"Should the U.S. remove the Indians within her territory beyond the Mississippi, and would it be of advantage to them," argued in the negative, 9 June 1825; Inaugural Address, 4 May 1826. |
| Folder 127 |
Gorrell, Ralph, 1825Untitled address on the lack of progress in North Carolina compared to neighboring states, 16 February 1825; untitled address on colonialism, 23 March 1825; Inaugural Address, 27 April 1825. |
| Folder 128 |
Hall, Thomas Pleasant, circa 1825-1827Untitled composition on the inability of young men to assume public offices of distinction, circa 1825-1827; "The fable of Hercules," circa 1825-1827. |
| Folder 129 |
Johnston, Samuel Iredell, 1825"Peter the Great," 26 April 1825. |
| Folder 130 |
Nicholson, Alfred Osborne Pope, 1825-1827"Description of Win's Cave," 1 September 1825; untitled address on reading, 14 September 1826; "Intemperance," 18 January 1827; "Sketch of the character of Elam Alexander Esqr. of Mecklenburg, N.C," 18 April 1827. |
| Folder 131 |
Treadwell, Oliver Wolcott, 1825"Ought the U.S. to remove the Indians among us W. of the Mississippi," argued in the affirmative, 8 June 1825; Inaugural Address, 28 September 1825. |
| Folder 132 |
Watts, Leander Albertius, 1825Untitled address to new students, 5 October 1825. |
| Folder 133 |
Wright, James Morehead, 1825Untitled composition on the story of an Irish teacher, 20 April 1825. |
| Folder 134 |
Wright, Joshua Grainger, circa 1825"The Spirit of Intolerance," undated. |
| Folder 135 |
Smith, Franklin LaFayette, 1825-1829Untitled composition on the settling of America, circa 1825-1829; "The Devoted Child," October 1827; "The Gold Hunter," March 1828; "Is the extension of our territory injurious to the republic," argued in the negative, 19 May 1828. |
| Folder 136 |
Hall, James Davidson, circa 1826-1828Untitled letter on education and children, circa 1826-1828; untitled letter on education, circa 1826-1828; Inaugural Address, 5 December 1827; untitled composition, 23 April 1828. |
| Folder 137 |
King, James Albert, 1826Untitled address on the imagination of youth, 22 February 1826. |
| Folder 138 |
Norwood, William, 1826Valedictory Address, 21 June 1826. |
| Folder 139 |
Clark, Henry Toole, 1826Presidential Address, March 1826. |
| Folder 140 |
Alexander, Charles Wilson Harris, 1827Untitled address on the merits of a liberal education, 14 March 1827. |
| Folder 141 |
Allison, Robert G., 1827"Address on Mental Improvement," 1827. |
| Folder 142 |
Anonymous, 1827Untitled address, 12 July 1827. |
| Folder 143 |
Battle, Richard Henry, 1827"Would it be to the mutual advantage of the North and South American Republics to enter into an alliance, offensive and deffensive," argued in the affirmative, 30 May 1827. |
| Folder 144 |
Johnston, Thomas Pinkney, 1827-1828Inaugural Address, 14 September 1827; "Speech on the character of Benjamin Bromhead," 14 November 1827; "Speech on Truth," 12 March 1828; Valedictory Address, 25 June 1828. |
| Folder 145 |
Osborne, James Walker, 1827-1830 and 1839Untitled Senior Oration on female education, 10 October 1829; "Mahometanism and the Turkish Government," circa 1827-1830; annual commencement address, 26 June 1839. |
| Folder 146 |
Thompson, Lewis, 1827Inaugural Address, 1827. |
| Folder 147 |
Toole, Henry, 1827-1828Inaugural Address, 7 November 1827; "On the Reign of George III," 12 March 1828; Second Inaugural Address, May 1828. |
| Folder 148 |
Yancey, Rufus Augustus, 1827-1828"Would it be to the mutual advantage of the Republics of North and South America for them to form an alliance in offensive and defensive war," argued in the negative, 10 June 1827; Inaugural Address, 22 October 1828. |
| Folder 149 |
Alston, Philip Whitmell, 1828-1829Untitled address on Romance literature, 1828; untitled address on poetry, 1828(?); "The Ocean," a poem, 1828; Inaugural Address, January 1829. |
| Folder 150 |
Booth, Edwin Greenhill, 1828Untitled address on knowledge, 3 March 1828. |
| Folder 151 |
Gause, John Peter, 1828Inaugural Address, 22 April 1828. |
| Folder 152 |
Lees, David McMicken, 1828"Is the extent of our country unfavourable to the interests of the nation," argued in the affirmative, 5 June 1828; Inaugural Address, September 1828. |
| Folder 153 |
Long, Osmond Fritz, 1828Untitled address on the present state of press of the United States, 20 November 1828. |
| Folder 154 |
Harris, Edwin Robert, 1828Inaugural Address, 30 January 1828. |
| Folder 155 |
Hill, Richard King, 1829-1830Untitled debate progress in North Carolina, 26 June 1829; untitled composition on the rise and progress of empires and republics, 6 March 1830; Inaugural Address, 31 May 1830. |
| Folder 156 |
Terry, Benjamin Franklin, 1829-1830First Inaugural Address, 2 December 1829; Second Inaugural Address, April 1830. |
| Folder 157 |
Gunn, William Pinkney, circa 1830-1834Inaugural Address, circa 1830-1834; "Is monarchy or Republic the better form of Gov," argued in favor of republic, circa 1830-1834. |
| Folder 158 |
Hooper, John De Berniere, 1830-1831Inaugural Address, August 1830; second Inaugural Address, June 1831. |
| Folder 159 |
McCain, Nathaniel Henry, circa 1830Untitled composition on Sunday Schools, circa 11 February 1830. |
| Folder 160 |
Mebane, Giles, 1830-1831Untitled address on the origins of Christian opposition to the theater and in support of dramatic exhibition, circa 3 March 1830; Inaugural Address, 24 October 1830; Valedictory Oration, 22 June 1831. |
| Folder 161 |
Owen, Thomas Robeson, 1830-1831"Has the influence of the Theatre upon the morals of Society been beneficial or not," argued in the negative, 23 June 1830; untitled composition on a journey to Niagara Falls, 5 March 1830; Inaugural Address, 23 February 1831. |
| Folder 162 |
Pitchford, Thomas Jefferson, 1830Untitled address on public amusement, June 1830; untitled address on reading, 24 November 1830. |
| Folder 163 |
Powell, Lemuel Brown, 1830Inaugural Address, 29 September 1830. |
| Folder 164 |
Pugh, William Whitmell Hill, 1840"The Tale of Mine Host," a composition, 4 March 1830. |
| Folder 165 |
Stedman, Elisha B., 1830Untitled address on the duties of the Dialectic Society and the cultivation of friendship, 20 February 1830. |
| Folder 166 |
Stedman, John Madison, 1830Untitled address on metal improvement, 25 February 1830. |
| Folder 167 |
Cannon, Henry Jordan, 1831Inaugural Address, 20 June 1831. |
| Folder 168 |
Hargrave, John Lindsay, 1831-1832Inaugural Address, 19 October 1831; second Inaugural Address, 30 April 1832. |
| Folder 169 |
Henry, Robert Williams, circa 1831-1835"American Literature," composition, circa 1831-1835; Inaugural Address, circa 1831-1835; "Have revolutions benefited the world," argued in the affirmative, circa 1831-1835. |
| Folder 170 |
Holt, Michael William, 1831Inaugural Address, 13 December 1831. |
| Folder 171 |
Morehead, Abraham Forrest, 1831"Mountain Eclogue: Damon and Delia," poem, 1831. |
| Folder 172 |
Smith, Archibald Aaron Tyson, 1831Inaugural Address, 23 March 1831. |
| Folder 173 |
Waugh, Jesse Albert, 1831Inaugural Address, 18 May 1831. |
| Folder 174 |
Parker, John Haywood, 1831-1832Inaugural Address, 24 August 1831; "Is the existence of opposite parties in a republic beneficial," argued in the negative, 11 April 1832. |
| Folder 175 |
King, Junius Bayard, circa 1832-1833Untitled address on the potential consequences resulting from the dissolution of the Union, 20 June 1832; Inaugural Address, circa 6 September 1832; second Inaugural Address, circa 12 June 1833. |
| Folder 176 |
Mebane, William Nelson, 1832-1833Untitled address on the possible dissolution of the Union, 20 June 1832; Inaugural Address, 3 October 1832; untitled address on the expulsion of a society member, March 1833; incomplete untitled address, March 1833. |
| Folder 177 |
Owen, William Hayes, 1832-1833"If a separation of the Union were to take place, is it probable that a monarchical form of government would be established," argued in the negative, 20 June 1832; Inaugural Address, circa 17 April 1833; untitled address on extremism, circa April-May 1833; Valedictory Address, 20 June 1833. |
| Folder 178 |
Rosebrough, Rufus Milton, 1832Inaugural Address, February 1832. |
| Folder 179 |
Miller, Henry Watkins, circa 1832-1834Untitled composition, missing several pages, 22 March 1832; untitled address on vice, 11 December 1833; "Is a republic or monarchy the better Government," argued in favor of monarchy, circa 1834; Valedictory Address, circa 1834. |
| Folder 180 |
Covington, Harrison Wall, 1833-1834Debate on the question "Is a monarchy or republic the better government," argued in favor of republic, 1833; "Know Thyself," a composition, 9 September 1833; Inaugural Address, 1 March 1834. |
| Folder 181 |
Crenshaw, William Martin, 1833Inaugural Address, 23 February 1833. |
| Folder 182 |
Jones, Protheus Eppes Armistead, 1833Inaugural Address, 30 January 1833. |
| Folder 183 |
McAlister, David, 1833Inaugural Address, 18 September 1833. |
| Folder 184 |
Anderson, Albert Gallatin, 1834Inaugural Address, 1834. |
| Folder 185 |
Battle, Christopher Columbus, 1834-1835Debate on whether war can ever be justified, argued in the negative, 3 May 1834; Inaugural Address, 28 January 1835. |
| Folder 186 |
Foster, Augustus John, 1834Untitled address, October 1834. |
| Folder 187 |
Thompson, John Carnes, 1834-1835Untitled address on absolute perfection, November 1834; untitled address on immortality, May 1835. |
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Subseries 2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868.
Arrangement: Chronological.
The period 1835-1868 coincided with the tenure of David L. Swain as university president. Swain, unlike his predecessors, was not a scholar or clergyman; he was an attorney and former governor of the state. He worked to increase enrollment and to attract students from states other than North Carolina. By 1858, enrollment had reached 456; and over one-third of the student body was from other southern states, including Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Texas, and Georgia. The number of professors had increased to ten. The University of North Carolina was then one of the largest educational institutions in the nation. While the curriculum remained predominately classical, there were developments in other areas. In 1845, instruction in law was introduced. Courses in civil engineering and agricultural chemistry began to be offered through a School for the Application of Science to the Arts, authorized in 1852. The Dialectic and Philanthropic societies remained the principal student organizations, but fraternities began to appear on campus, the first being Delta Kappa Epsilon in 1851.
The Civil War brought the university's growth to a halt. Students left in large numbers in 1861 to join the Confederate army. Others were conscripted as the war dragged on. By the end of September 1861, only 91 students remained on campus. The university managed to remain open for the war's duration, with barely a dozen students enrolled at the end in 1865. In the years immediately after the war, it continued to struggle. Enrollment did not rebound, and the university had debt that it could not repay. It closed in February 1871, when the General Assembly declined to address its financial needs. It did not reopen until September 1875. Between 1868 and 1875, the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies were largely inactive.
As in the period before 1835, the addresses, debates, and other writings of Dialectic Society members in this period reflect a strong interest in politics and government and in contemporary and historical events. In the early 1840s, members wrote and debated on whether immigration ought to be restricted; whether monarchy or democracy was the better form of government; the evil influence of wealth upon national morality; and whether Elizabeth I was justified in the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Some of their writings also reflect the growing controversy within the nation over slavery. In 1837, society members debated whether Texas should be annexed to the United States and, in 1838, whether Congress should receive petitions for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. During the 1850s, they wrote and spoke on "Two sections of the Union"; "Our Union, will it be preserved"; and "The American Union, a Failure."
| Folder 188 |
Leach, Julian E., 1835"On Moral and Intellectual Philosophy," 25 May 1835. |
| Folder 189 |
Avery, William Waightstill, circa 1836-1837Untitled address, 1 September 1836; "Should the office of the President of the U. States be awarded to an Individual preeminent for skill in civil affairs, or to one distinguished for military services," argued in favor of skill in civil affairs, circa 1836-1837; untitled address on nature, circa 1836-1837. |
| Folder 190 |
Busbee, Perrin H., 1836"Should the office of chief magistrate be awarded to one distinguished for his military services, rather than to one distinguished for his civil services," argued in favor of military service, June 1836; Inaugural Address, September 1836. |
| Folder 191 |
Hairston, Peter Wilson, 1836Inaugural Address, October 1836. |
| Folder 192 |
Hooper, William Wilberforce, 1836Untitled composition on Cicero, 20 June 1836. |
| Folder 193 |
Swann, Alexander D., 1836"Should the office of President of the U.S. be awarded to an individual preminent for skill in civil affairs, or to one distinguished for military services," 22 June 1836. |
| Folder 194 |
Taylor, Leonard Henderson, 1836"Whether should the suffrages of a free people be bestowed on one distinguished for his military services rather than to one distinguished for his skill in the Cabinet," Debate argued in favor of military services, 23 June 1836. |
| Folder 195 |
Cameron, John Worthy, 1837-1840"A voice from the political tomb of a defunct politician," a poem, 18 November 1837; Inaugural Address, 18 February 1840. |
| Folder 196 |
Craddock, Charles James Fox, 1837"Should Texas be annexed to the Union," argued in the affirmative, 1837. |
| Folder 197 |
Jackson, Joseph John, 1837-1838Untitled composition on the effects of the American Revolution in France, 21 September 1837; Inaugural Address, 6 February 1838. |
| Folder 198 |
Long, William John, 1837-1838"Should Texas be admitted into the Union," argued in the affirmative, 23 June 1837; Inaugural Address, 1838. |
| Folder 199 |
Shepherd, Jesse George, circa 1837-1841Untitled composition on the benefits of the Dialectic Society, circa 1837-1841; "Should the President of the United States be eligible to a reelection," argued in the negative, 20 September 1839. |
| Folder 200 |
Walker, William Richmond, 1837"Ought Texas to be annexed to the United States," argued in the negative, 21 June 1837. |
| Folder 201 |
Hobson, Benjamin Moseley, 1838Valedictory Address, 28 June 1838. |
| Folder 202 |
McNeill, Angus Currie, 1838-1839"Should congress receive petitions for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia," argued in the affirmative, 28 July 1838; Inaugural Address, 20 September 1838; untitled final presidential address, 17 April 1839; Valedictory Address, 26 June 1839. |
| Folder 203 |
Brown, Bedford, 1839Inaugural Address, 27 June 1839. |
| Folder 204 |
Claiborne, Richard Henry, 1839"In like positions; Men think alike," 12 September 1839. |
| Folder 205 |
Clark, William John, 1839-1840"A Dream," a composition, 1839; "Thoughts on Colonies and Colonization," 5 February 1840; "Harp of the South," a poem, October 1840. |
| Folder 206 |
Ellis, John Willis, 1839-1840"Literature in the United States," 15 April 1839; Inaugural Address, 3 October 1840. |
| Folder 207 |
Hall, Samuel, 1839"Influence of adversity upon literary character," 2 March 1839. |
| Folder 208 |
Wiley, Calvin Henderson, 1839-1840"Stability of American Institutions," composition, 1839; untitled address on the merits of modern man, 22 February 1839; Inaugural Address, 27 February 1840. |
| Folder 209 |
Burton, Robert, 1840Untitled address on the spirit of investigation, 20 August 1840. |
| Folder 210 |
Caldwell, Tod Robinson, 1840Inaugural Address, 24 April 1840. |
| Folder 211 |
Harrison, Atlas Octavius, 1840"Should the President of the United States be reeligible," argued in the negative, 4 June 1840. |
| Folder 212 |
Phillips, Charles, 1840President's Address, August 1840. |
| Folder 213 |
Wilson, Richard Don, 1840-1841"On Liberty," 19 August 1840; "Flozelle," a poem, January 1841. |
| Folder 214 |
Barringer, Rufus, 1841Inaugural Address, 17 September 1841. |
| Folder 215 |
Gales, Seaton, 1841Inaugural Address, 13 September 1841. |
| Folder 216 |
Green, Stephen Sneed, 1841"Ought the United States declare war against England, for the recent outrages committed upon their rights and privileges," argued in the affirmative, 2 April 1841. |
| Folder 217 |
Ivey, Virginius Henry, circa 1841-1845"Was Queen Elizabeth justifable in the execution of Mary, Queen of Scotland," argued in the affirmative, circa 1841-1843; Inaugural Address, 18 October 1844; Valedictory Address, 4 June 1845. |
| Folder 218 |
McAlister, Hector H., 1841Valedictory Address, 2 June 1841. |
| Folder 219 |
Manly, William Henry, 1841President's Address, 5 March 1841. |
| Folder 220 |
Phillips, Samuel Field, 1841Untitled address on the conduct of university students, January 1841. |
| Folder 221 |
Smith, John Baptist, 1841Inaugural Address, 15 October 1841. |
| Folder 222 |
Morisey, Thomas Junius, 1841"Should the U.S. declare war against G.B. for outrages committed upon their rights and privileges," argued in the negative, 23 May 1841; Inaugural Address, 24 July 1841. |
| Folder 223 |
Covington, Edmund DeBerry, 1842"The Progress of Poesy," a poem, 12 March 1842. |
| Folder 224 |
Dick, Robert Payne, 1842"Should Immigration be restricted," argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1842. |
| Folder 225 |
Hill, Richard Bradley, 1842"Should Immigration be restricted," argued in the negative, 1 May 1842. |
| Folder 226 |
Barbee, Chesley Page Patterson, 1843Inaugural Address, 24 January 1843. |
| Folder 227 |
Cowan, Robert H., Jr., 1843-1844Debate on whether a monarchy or democracy is the better form of government, argued in favor of monarchy, 19 May 1843; untitled address on the lack of progress and improvement in North Carolina compared to neighboring states, 18 July 1843; Inaugural Address, 18 May 1844. |
| Folder 228 |
Downey, James Webb, 1843Untitled address on the evil influence of wealth upon national morality, April 1843. |
| Folder 229 |
Hall, Eli West, circa 1843-1847Untitled debate on war, circa 1843-1847; Inaugural Address, 18 September 1846; Valedictory Address, June 1847. |
| Folder 230 |
Hill, William, 1843Untitled address on the death of fellow student Lewis B. Holt, 25 October 1843. |
| Folder 231 |
Irwin, James Patton, circa 1839-1843Untitled address against restricting immigration in the United States, circa 1839-1843; Inaugural Address, circa 1843. |
| Folder 232 |
Reese, John James, 1843Presidential Address, 11 March 1843. |
| Folder 233 |
Stanfield, Stephen Addison, 1843Untitled debate on whether Athens was more prosperous than Rome, 31 May 1843; untitled address on the state of the Dialectic Society, 12 August 1843. |
| Folder 234 |
Steele, Walter Leak, 1843"Was the division of the Roman people into Patricians and Plebeians, a measure calculated to advance their prosperity," argued in the negative, 28 May 1843; Inaugural Address, 22 September 1843. |
| Folder 235 |
Ballanfant, John, 1844Inaugural Address, 23 March 1844. |
| Folder 236 |
Dalton, Pleasant Hunter, 1844Inaugural Address, February 1844. |
| Folder 237 |
Davis, Thomas Frederick, 1844Inaugural Address, 20 September 1844. |
| Folder 238 |
Foster, Alfred Gaither, 1844Inaugural Address, January 1844. |
| Folder 239 |
Holt, Pleasant Allen, 1844"Was Elizabeth justifiable in the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots," argued in the negative, 4 June 1844; untitled address on virtue and service, 7 November 1844. |
| Folder 240 |
Long, John Wesley, 1844Inaugural Address, 18 April 1844. |
| Folder 241 |
Rounsaville, Peter King, 1844Valedictory Address, 5 June 1844. |
| Folder 242 |
Smith, Jesse Potts, 1844-1845Untitled address for the start of the academic year, 19 July 1844; untitled address on the proper motives for mental exertion, 29 April 1845. |
| Folder 243 |
Strong, George Vaughan, 1844"Was Mary Queen of Scots justly executed," argued in the negative, 4 June 1844. |
| Folder 244 |
Blake, William Kennedy, 1845-1846"Should an international copyright law be established between this country as a party and all others," argued in the negative, 1845; Inaugural Address, 1 May 1846; Valedictory Address, 3 June 1846. |
| Folder 245 |
Hill, William Edward, circa 1845-1849Untitled speech on liberty, circa 1845-1849; Inaugural Address, circa February 1849. |
| Folder 246 |
Slade, Thomas Turner, 1845Inaugural Address, circa March 1845. |
| Folder 247 |
Wharton, Samuel Davies, 1845Inaugural Address, 7 February 1845. |
| Folder 248 |
Whitfield, Owen Holmes, 1845"Should an International copyright law be established between this, and other countries," argued in the negative, 3 June 1845; Inaugural Address, circa 20 September 1945. |
| Folder 249 |
Rogers, Sion Hart, 1845-1846"Should an International copyright law be established between this, and other countries," argued in the negative, 3 June 1845; Inaugural Address, August 1845; Second Inaugural Address, 29 May 1846. |
| Folder 250 |
Brevard, Alexander Franklin, 1846Presidential Address, 1846. |
| Folder 251 |
Erwin, Samuel Jethro, 1846Inaugural Address, 16 October 1846. |
| Folder 252 |
Howerton, William Matthew, 1846"Is war ever justifiable," argued in the affirmative, March 1846; Inaugural Address, 22 July 1846. |
| Folder 253 |
Levy, Lionel Lincoln, 1846Untitled debate on war between nations, argued in the negative, 3 June 1846. |
| Folder 254 |
Shober, Charles Eugene, 1846-1847"Is war ever justifiable," argued in the negative, 3 June 1846; Inaugural Address, 4 February 1847. |
| Folder 255 |
Battle, Joel Dossey, 1847Inaugural Address, 4 May 1847. |
| Folder 256 |
Guion, John Osborne, 1847Inaugural Address, April 1847. |
| Folder 257 |
Meares, Oliver Pendleton, 1847"Should infidels be excluded from offices of trust," argued in the negative in reply to James Claiborne, June 1847; Inaugural Address, November 1847. |
| Folder 258 |
Norwood, Hazell, 1847"Ought Infidels to be excluded from Offices," argued in the negative, 1 June 1847; Inaugural Address, 15 October 1847. |
| Folder 259 |
Baskerville, George Thomas, 1848Inaugural Address, 3 March 1848. |
| Folder 260 |
Battle, Kemp Plummer, 1848Inaugural Address, 18 August 1848. |
| Folder 261 |
Cameron, John Wilder, 1848Valedictory Address, 1848; Inaugural Address, 3 February 1848. |
| Folder 262 |
Cave, Belfield William, 1848Valedictory Address, May 1848. |
| Folder 263 |
Hale, Peter Mallett, 1848"Is it desirable that our country should be populated by immigration from Europe," argued in the negative, 30 May 1848. |
| Folder 264 |
Holmes, Thomas Hall, 1848Inaugural Address, April 1848. |
| Folder 265 |
Kingsbury, Theodore Bryant, 1848"Composition on American Literature," September 1848. |
| Folder 266 |
Robinson, Thomas Jefferson, 1848-1849"Is it desirable that our country should be peopled by immigrants from Europe," Debate argued in the negative, 1848; untitled address on the constitution of the Dialectic Society, 21 July 1848; Inaugural Address, 1 June 1849. |
| Folder 267 |
Young, George Valerius, 1848Inaugural Address, 15 September 1848. |
| Folder 268 |
Chambers, Edward Coke, 1849Inaugural Address, October 1849. |
| Folder 269 |
Hardie, Henry, 1849-1850Inaugural Address, 26 October 1849. |
| Folder 270 |
Hill, John, 1849-1850"Whether the advancement of Civil Liberty be more indebted to intellectual culture, than to physical suffering," argued in favor of intellectual culture, 13 May 1849; Inaugural Address, 21 September 1849; "Disnunion," May 1850. |
| Folder 271 |
Kerr, Washington Caruthers, 1849"Is the progress of Civil Liberty more indebted to Intellectual Culture than to Physical Suffering," argued in the negative, 4 June 1849; Inaugural Address, July 1849; "The Ultimate Condition of Society," September 1849. |
| Folder 272 |
Settle, Thomas, Jr., 1849-1850"Whether the advancement of Civil Liberty be more indebted to Intellectual Culture or to Physical Suffering," argued in the affirmative, 5 June 1849; Inaugural Address, August 1849; "A Speech. On the Irish, their character and patriotism," October 1849; Valedictory Address, 5 June 1850. |
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Towles, Daniel Thomas, 1849Inaugural Address, 26 April 1849. |
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Whitfield, Samuel Erwin, 1849"Whether the advancement of Civil Liberty be more indebted to Intellectual culture than to Physical Suffering," argued in the negative, 4 June 1849. |
| Folder 275 |
Caldwell, Julius Alexander, 1850Inaugural Address, 6 April 1850. |
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Carrigan, Alfred Holt, 1850Inaugural Address, 3 May 1850. |
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Engelhard, Joseph Adolphus, 1850-1854"Ought Judge Hall to have fined Gen. Jackson," Reply to J.B. Andrews, argued in the negative, circa 1850-1854; Inaugural Address, 16 September 1853; "Lamenting or Lamented, All Our Lot," 29 October 1853. |
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Fuller, Bartholomew, 1850"Whether popular superstition or enlightened opinions be most favorable to the growth of political literature," argued in the affirmative, 4 June 1850; Inaugural Address, 23 August 1850. |
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Gretter, John Birney, 1850-1852"The Bubble Reputation," Senior speech, circa 1850-1852; untitled address on Napoleon, circa 1850-1852; Inaugural Address, 19 September 1851; second Inaugural Address, 28 May 1852. |
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Harrington, Cyrus, 1850-1853"The Deep River Coal Fields," composition, circa 1850-1853; "Imaginary evils make up more than half the evils of life," Senior Speech, September 1852. |
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Patton, James Alfred, 1850-1851Untitled composition on poetry, 4 June 1850; Inaugural Address, 24 July 1850; "Mahomet, an Enthusiast," 14 March 1851. |
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Scott, William Lafayette, circa 1850-1854"Ought Judge Hall to have fined Gen. Jackson," Debate argued in the negative, circa 1850-1854; Presidential Address, 22 July 1853; "Misery is wed to guilt," Senior Oration, 29 October 1853; Inaugural Address, 26 May 1854. |
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Toomer, Frederick Armand, 1850-1851Inaugural Address, October 1850; "The Late Crisis in our National Affairs," March 1851; "Whether Popular Superstitions or Enlightened opinion are more Favorable to the Growth of Poetical Literature," argued in the negative, June 1851. |
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Andrews, John Barr, circa 1850-1854"Should Judge Hall have fined Jackson," argued in the affirmative, circa 1850-1854; Inaugural Address, 12 November 1853. |
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Bell, James Franklin, Jr., 1851Inaugural Address, 14 November 1851. |
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Holmes, Samuel Ashe, 1851Inaugural Address, 4 April 1851. |
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Leak, Walter John, circa 1851-1853"Temporary adversity administered moderately is highly beneficial to the race of mankind," circa 1851-1853. |
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Lindsay, Jesse Harper, Jr., 1851"Our Free Institutions - their Extent and Probable Duration," March 1851. |
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Shober, Francis Edwin, 1851Inaugural Address, 6 February 1851; "The Jews," 28 March 1851; Valedictory Address, May 1851. |
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Siler, Leonidas Fidelis, 1851-1852"Were the wars of Napoleon Bonaparte beneficial to Europe," Debate argued in the affirmative, 29 March 1851; Inaugural Address, 2 August 1851; "Life's but a Span; I'll every Inch Enjoy," Composition, 20 September 1851; "Slander, that worst of poisons, ever finds an easy entrance to ignoble minds," Address, 13 March 1852. |
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Smith, Alexander Robeson, 1851Inaugural Address, circa 22 August 1851. |
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Treadwell, William Lowndes, 1851Inaugural Address, 7 March 1851. |
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Waddell, Legh Richmond, 1851-1852Untitled debate on whether the American Revolution was beneficial to Europe, 5 May 1851; "Mind constitutes the Majesty of Man," 27 March 1852; Valedictory Address, 2 June 1852. |
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Wilson, James William, 1851-1852"Were the wars of Napoleon Bonaparte beneficial to Europe," Debate argued in the negative in response to Leonidas F. Siler, 4 June 1851; Inaugural Address, 17 October 1851; "Oliver Cromwell," 20 April 1852. |
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Black, Archibald Ray, 1852-1853"The Industrial Exhibition of -53," 1853; "Was the conduct of the English Government, after the battle of Waterloo, justifiable (towards Napoleon)," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 29 May 1852. |
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Carrigan, William Michael, 1852Inaugural Address, 6 February 1852. |
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Hutchins, John Rhodes, 1852"Emigration from North Carolina," 28 February 1852. |
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Lacy, James Horace, 1852"Sheluskah Senawlah, or Sleep in the Morning," 28 August 1852. |
| Folder 299 |
McIver, Alexander, 1852-1853"Was the conduct of the English toward Napoleon after the battle of Waterloo justifiable," argued in the negative in response to A.R. Black, 1 June 1852; Inaugural Address, 20 August 1852; untitled address on the human desire for happiness, 18 September 1852; "Time's noblest empire is the lost," March 1853. |
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Merritt, Alfred Gowan, 1852-1853"The Man of superior intellect alone gains our admiration," composition, 6 October 1852; Inaugural Address, 8 October 1852; "The Statesman," 19 March 1853. |
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Morehead, John Lindsay, 1852"The adaptation of the United States to the advancement of literature," 12 October 1852; Presidential Address, December 1852. |
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Scales, Junius Irving, 1852"Was England's conduct towards Napoleon justifiable," Debate argued in the affirmative in reply to A.M. Iver, 1 June 1852; Presidential Address, 9 September 1852. |
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Slade, James Bog, 1852Inaugural Address, 2 April 1852. |
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Spencer, James Monroe, 1852"Was the conduct of the English government towards Napoleon, after his defeat at Waterloo, justifiable," Debate argued in the negative in reply to Junius I. Scales, 1 June 1852; Inaugural Address, 17 July 1852. |
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Taylor, John Douglas, 1852-1853"The paths of Glory lead but to the grave," October 1852; Valedictory Address, 1 June 1853. |
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Thompson, Basil Manly, 1852Inaugural Address, 5 March 1852. |
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Alexander, William Lee, circa 1853Inaugural Address, Fall 1853(?). |
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Gallaway, John Marion, 1853-1854"Banishment and subsequent treatment of Napoleon at St. Helena," 5 August 1853; "What will Mrs. Grundy say," Senior Oration, 20 September 1854. |
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McDonald, A. R., 1853"The Dream of Time," 12 March 1853. |
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Merritt, Abram Haywood, 1853-1856"Does Civilization increase Happiness," Debator Speech, argued in the negative, June 1855, missing pages 1-14; "The Missionary and his Influence," 22 September 1855; Inaugural Address, 18 October 1855; "The Anglo Saxon Race," 8 March 1856. |
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Merritt, Leonidas John, 1853"Ought Judge Hall to have fined Genl Jackson," Remarks, argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1853; Inaugural Address, 18 August 1853. |
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Park, James, 1853"Ireland," 10 April 1855. |
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Scales, Nathaniel Eldridge, 1853"California," 26 March 1853; Inaugural Address, 29 April 1853. |
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Sessions, Henry W., circa 1853-1857"Our Country--The South," circa 1853-1857. |
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Shorter, Henry R., 1853Inaugural Address, 4 March 1853. |
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Taylor, John Tillinghast, 1853"Grenada," 2 April 1853. |
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Worth, David Gaston, 1853"Progress of Humbuggery," 9 April 1853. |
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Wright, James Allan, 1853"Westminister Abbey," Senior Oration, 29 October 1853. |
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Battle, Richard Henry, Jr., 1854"Australia," 4 February 1854; Inaugural Address, 3 March 1854. |
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Colton, James Hooper, 1854Inaugural Address, 18 August 1854; "Are we progressing," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 30 May 1854. |
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Hall, William Hunt, 1854-1855Inaugural Address, 1854; "Are we progressing," Debate argued in the affirmative, 28 May 1854; "Why we have not a Westminster Abbey," Senior Oration, 24 February 1855; second Inaugural Address, 5 June 1855. |
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Husted, Delano Whiting, 1854"Imaginary Happiness," Senior Oration, 18 February 1854. |
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Ledbetter, William Leak, 1854"All is not gold that glitters," February 1854. |
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McIver, Evander J., 1854"Are we Progressing," Debate argued in the affirmative, 30 May 1854; Inaugural Address, July 1854. |
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Morehead, James Turner, Jr., 1854-1858Inaugural Address, 16 October 1857; "Do we profit more by the excellencies than the defects of others," argued in the negative, circa 1854-1858. |
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Shaw, John Duncan, 1854Inaugural Address, 31 March 1854. |
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Watters, Samuel Paxson, 1854-1855Inaugural Address, 10 November 1854; "What are the Political Signs of the Times," 7 April 1855. |
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Whitfield, Bryan and Theodore Whitfield, 1854Bryan Whitfield, "The Pacific Railroad," 25 March 1854; Theodore Whitfield, Inaugural Address, 3 February 1854. |
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Bingham, William, 1855-1856"The six days of Creation," Senior Oration, 9 February 1856; "Does civilization increase happiness," argued in the affirmative, 5 June 1855; Inaugural Address, 16 November 1855. |
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Lewis, William Gaston, 1855Inaugural Address, 9 March 1855. |
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Lynch, William Bingham, circa 1855-1859"The Death of our Classmates," Senior Oration, 10 September 1858; untitled address on the importance of classical languages in modern education, circa 1855-1859. |
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Montgomery, William James, 1855Inaugural Address, 1855. |
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Sessions, Coleman, 1855-1856Inaugural Address, 20 September 1855; "Labor for Ease, and Ease from Labor," Senior Oration, 15 March 1856. |
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Wharton, Jesse Rankin, 1855Inaugural Address, 9 February 1855. |
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Sykes, Edward Turner, circa 1855-1858"Two sections of the Union," circa 1855-1858. |
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Avery, Alphonso Calhoun, 1856"A Junior Debate, on the question, which is the greater element of national strength, the morals or the intellectual improvement of a people," argued in the negative, 2 June 1856. |
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Barrett, Robert Graham, 1856Inaugural Address, 29 March 1856. |
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Coble, John Hanner, 1856"Which is the greater element of a nation's strength, the morals or the intellectual improvement of the people," argued in favor of morals in reply to A.C. Avery, 3 June 1856. |
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Fogle, James O.A., circa 1856-1860Inaugural Address, undated. |
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Graham, John Washington, 1856-1857"Nicaragua," Senior Oration, 16 August 1856; Inaugural Address, 16 October 1856; "John Marshall," Senior Oration, 21 February 1857. |
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Graham, Joseph, 1856-1857Inaugural Address, 22 August 1856; second Inaugural Address, 2 June 1857. |
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Hargrave, Jesse, 1856"Biography," 23 August 1856. |
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Laurence, Adolphus Alexander, 1856Inaugural Address, 1856. |
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Morrow, Elijah Graham, 1856Valedictory Address, 4 June 1856. |
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Patrick, David Settle, 1856Inaugural Address, 1 May 1856. |
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Stewart, Jonathan Lafayette, 1856"Is moral or mental culture the greater element of national strength," argued in the affirmative, 3 June 1856. |
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Brown, Hugh Thomas, 1857"Have men of action been more beneficial to the world than men of thoughts," argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1857; Inaugural Address, 24 July 1857; "St. Paul as a study of Eloquence," Senior Oration, 20 October 1857. |
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Buchanan, John Blue, 1857-1858Inaugural Address, 13 November 1857; "Inventive Genius," 27 February 1858. |
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Coleman, William Macon, 1857"Have men of Action been more beneficial to the world than men of thought," argued in the negative, June 1857. Missing pages 1-2. |
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Cowan, Thomas, 1857-1858"Progress; Moral and Material," Senior Oration, 20 August 1857; Inaugural Address, 5 March 1858. |
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Dowd, William Carey, 1857-1858"The Reviewer and the Theorist," Senior Oration, 1857; Inaugural Address, 1858. |
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Erwin, John Bratton, 1857Inaugural Address, 7 March 1857. |
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Frost, Samuel Milton, 1857"True Friendship," 1 November 1857. |
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Hammond, William May, 1857"National Extravagances," Senior Oration, 26 September 1857. |
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Jones, Hamilton Chamberlain, Jr., 1857-1858"Which has been the source of greatest benefit to the world, men of thought or action," argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1857; Inaugural Address, 5 February 1858; "A Dream," 1858. |
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McAfee, Leroy Mangum, 1857"Have men of action been more beneficial to the world than men of thought," Debator's Speech, argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1857; Inaugural Address, 18 September 1857; "Punishment, though lame of foot, seldom fails to overtake the guilty," Senior Oration, 24 October 1851. |
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McNab, James Graham, 1857"Our Union, will it be preserved," Senior Oration, March 1857. |
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Marsh, Robert Henry, 1857-1858"Defence of the Mechanic Arts," 5 September 1857; "They narrow their minds, and to money give up what was meant for mankind," 27 February 1858. |
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Mitchell, Charles Andrews, 1857"The Abundance of the Sea," Senior Oration, 14 February 1857; Inaugural Address, 8 May 1857. |
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Sessions, Henry Wright, 1857"The Victim of Passion," Senior Oration, 28 March 1857. |
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Strong, Hugh, 1857-1860"Southern Chivalry," circa 1857-1860; "Language," September 1858; "Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead," Senior Oration, 27 August 1859. |
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Swayze, Caldwell Calhoun, 1857Inaugural Address, 21 August 1857; "Where rest you, your Fame!," Senior Oration, 17 October 1857. |
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Walker, James Alves, 1857"The Political Preacher," October 1857. |
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Whitfield, Nathan Bryan, 1857Inaugural Address, 3 April 1857. |
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Bonner, William, Jr., 1858Inaugural Address, 23 April 1858. |
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Butler, Lewis Peter, 1858"Motives to Study," composition, June 1858. |
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Croom, Cicero Stephens, 1858-1859"Our Commerce," 20 September 1858; Inaugural Address, 4 February 1859; "Motion Universal," 15 March 1859. |
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Foster, Wilbur Fisk, 1858"Are the ancient languages worthy the place which they now hold in the course of education," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 1858; Inaugural Address, 17 September 1858. |
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Granbery, Joseph Langley, 1858Inaugural Address, 12 November 1858. |
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Hamlin, Richard Franklin, 1858Untitled junior speech on a new system of education, 1858. |
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Lord, William Campbell, 1858"Mt. Vernon Association," Senior Oration, 6 March 1858. |
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McClammy, Charles Washington, 1858Inaugural Address, 15 October 1858. |
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Stockton, Francis Daughtry, 1858-1859"The Influence of Imagination," Senior Oration, 9 October 1858; Senior Oration, 19 March 1859, title page only; Inaugural Address, missing pages 1-10, 1859. |
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Wilcox, John C., 1858"Pleasure exists cheifly in anticipation," Senior Oration, 30 October 1858. |
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Withers, Elijah Benton, 1858Inaugural Address, 20 August 1858; "Are the classics worthy of the attention they receive in our modern colleges," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 1858; "The American Union a Failure," Senior Speech, 7 November 1858. |
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Battle, Junius Cullen, 1859Inaugural Address, 16 September 1859. |
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Butler, Pierce Mason, 1859Inaugural Address, 14 October 1859. |
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Frierson, Lucius, 1859"Retributive Dreams," 5 March 1859; Inaugural Address, 30 April 1859. |
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Gaines, James Luttrell, 1859Inaugural Address, March 1859. |
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Hobson, James Marcellus, 1859"Can we profit more from the excellences of other than from their defects," Junior Debate argued in the affirmative, June 1859. |
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Martin, Eugene Stuart, 1859"The Crusades: Their Causes and Consequences," Senior speech, 1 October 1859. |
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Micou, Augustine, 1859"Civilization, its Power and Progress," 22 October 1859. |
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Scales, Erasmus Decatur, 1859"What is Glory," Composition, 15 October 1859. |
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Varner, Herbert M., and Vernon Henry Vaughan, 1859-1860Varner, "The Beauties of the Ocean," 10 March 1860; Vaughn, "Pensive Thoughts," Senior Oration, 3 November 1859. |
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Cooper, Robert English, 1859"The Heart of a Friend is the Home of the Soul," 19 March 1859. |
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Barbee, Algernon Sydney, 1860"Be guided by the experience of others," 1 February 1860. |
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Coleman, Daniel Raymond, 1860"The Young American," March 1860. |
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Hunt, James Madison Bullock, 1860"Education," 15 September 1860. |
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Kelly, James, 1860"Is the study of mathematics injurious to the mind," Senior Oration, 10 March 1860. |
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Simmons, David Ward, 1860Inaugural Address, 10 October 1860. |
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Carter, Francis Marion, 1861"The Futility of Human Power and Grandeur," Senior Oration, 26 August 1861. |
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Gorrell, Albert Barrow, 1861Inaugural Address, July 1861. |
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Marshall, Matthias Murray, circa 1861-1863"Music - its Charms and Effects," circa 1861-1863. |
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Rencher, John Grant, 1861Inaugural Address, 27 September 1861. |
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Taylor, Massilon Field, 1861"Is a knowledge of the classics necessary for a thorough education," argued in the affirmative, 9 March 1861. |
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Van Wyck, William, Jr., 1861"Great Nationality - the offspring of liberal minds," 16 March 1861. |
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Powell, Benjamin T., circa 1862-1863"The Present Day," Senior Oration, circa 1862-1863. |
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Boozer, Albert Mirabeau, 1863-1864"The Piece of Excellence," Senior address, 19 August 1863; Inaugural Address, 25 September 1863; "Night," Senior address, 27 February 1864. |
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Quarles, William Lowndes, 1863"Josephine," Senior Oration, 11 April 1863. |
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Van Wyck, Augustus, 1863Inaugural Address, 17 July 1863. |
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Henderson, John Steele, 1864Inaugural Address, 23 July 1864; "A Brief Outline of the History of the Ninth Century," Senior Oration, 3 October 1864. |
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London, Henry Armand, Jr., 1864Inaugural Address, 22 September 1864. |
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Montague, Alexander, 1864"Peter the Great: a true Patriot," 23 September 1864. |
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Prout, Edmund Gregory, 1864"The Life and Writings of Sallust," Senior Oration, 1 October 1864. |
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Prout, William Curtis, 1864-1865"The Norman Conquest," 29 October 1864; Inaugural Address, 27 January 1865. |
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Tate, James Turner, 1864Inaugural Address, 1 April 1864. |
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Carr, Julian Shakespeare, 1865"Robert Burns," Senior Oration, 4 November 1865. |
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Means, Robert Work, 1866Inaugural Address, Fall Session, 1866. Missing pages 1-6 and 9-14. |
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Miller, William H., 1866-1867"Woman's Influence, Historically Considered," Senior Oration, circa 1866-1867. |
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Rencher, William Conway, 1866Inaugural Address, 26 January 1866. |
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Young, John Graham, 1866"Rise and Progress of Language," Senior Oration, March 1867; Inaugural Address, 24 July 1867. |
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Carr, Albert Gallatin, 1867"The fall of Rome," Senior Oration, 9 February 1867; Inaugural Address, 11 May 1867. |
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Johnson, Herbert P., 1867"Resolution," Senior Oration, 26 January 1867. |
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Means, Paul Barringer, 1867-1868Inaugural Address, 8 November 1867; second Inaugural Address, 8 May 1868. |
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Patterson, Henry Houston, 1867"Enthusiasm," Senior Oration, 9 March 1867. |
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Pearson, William Simpson, 1867-1868"Is a pure democracy as favorable to universal freedom of thought and inquiry as a constitutional monarcy," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 1867; "The Puritan Character," Senior Oration, 4 March 1868; Inaugural Address, 2 April 1868. |
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Strayhorn, Isaac R., 1867-1868Inaugural Address, 26 July 1867; second Inaugural Address, 28 February 1868. |
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Bitting, Samuel Thornton, 1868"Does morality keep pace with the progress of civilization," Junior Debate speech, argued in the negative, 2 June 1868. |
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Craige, William Harrison, 1868"The English Language," Senior Speech, 1868. |
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Graham, George Washington, 1868"Envy," Senior Oration, 22 February 1868. |
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Jones, Edmund, 1868"Can Morality keep pace with the progress of Civilization," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1868. |
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Mason, James Bruce, 1868"Does Morality keep pace with the progress of Civilization," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 1868. |
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Subseries 2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899.
Arrangement: Chronological.
The university closed its doors in February 1871 due to lack of support from the state legislature. When it reopened in September 1875, its curriculum had been reorganized into six colleges: Agriculture; Engineering and the Mechanic Arts; Natural Sciences; Literature; Mathematics; and Philosophy (the law school would reopen later). No longer did the classics reign. Seven professsors were elected by the Board of Trustees in 1875; three had been members of the faculty prior to the war. Sixty-nine students enrolled in the 1875-1876 session. The Dialectic and Philanthropic societies, which had been inactive since 1868, reorganized themselves. In June 1876, Kemp Plummer Battle, an attorney and secretary of the Board of Trustees, was elected president of the university. By the 1877-1878 session, there were 198 students enrolled. The student body began to be more representative of the state. Poorer students had opportunities to attend because free tuition was provided to the sons of clergymen, those intending to become clergymen, and "county" students (selected by the commissioners in each county). In 1877, the university began running a summer session for teachers. Called the Normal School, it brought women to campus for the first time to take courses. Women, however, were not enrolled as regular students until 1897, when five enrolled in postgraduate courses. In 1885, The Board of Trustees allowed fraternities to return to campus. In 1886, the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies transferred their libraries to the university library, then in Smith Hall. By 1897-1898, the student body numbered 472, only a few more than in 1858. However, 445 of these students were from North Carolina, while in 1858, over a third of the student body had been from out of state.
The addresses, debates, and other writings of Dialectic Society members in this period are less numerous than in the earlier periods. But they continue to reflect interest in politics and government, contemporary and historical events, and literature. Among the contemporary issues that members debated were whether the Negro should be colonized (1878); whether North Carolina should adopt a compulsory system of education (1879); whether North Carolina should tax her two races separatively to support their respective school systems (1883); whether the right of suffrage should be restricted (1885); and whether the United States should allow foreign capitalists to cut a canal across the Isthmus of Panama (1886). A senior oration in 1898 and another composition in 1899 dealt with the causes of the Civil War.
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Phillips, William Battle, 1875Inaugural Address, 17 September 1875. |
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Johnston, Julius, 1876Inaugural Address, 13 October 1876. |
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McCorkle, George, 1876Inaugural Address, 14 April 1876; "The Augustan Age," Senior Oration, 29 May 1876. |
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Watkins, Henry Thomas, 1876-1877, and Fonso Butler Watkins, 1900"The Sunny South," 30 May 1876; Inaugural Address, 6 April 1877; "The Influence of Mathematics on the Reformation," 3 March 1900. |
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Payne, Robert Lee, Jr., 1876Inaugural Address, 4 February 1876. |
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Dixon, John Howie, 1877"Was the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell beneficial to England," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 5 June 1877. |
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Street, Nathaniel Heath, 1877Inaugural Address, 14 November 1877. |
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Angier, John Cicero, 1878Inaugural Address, 25 October 1878. |
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Battle, Kemp Plummer, Jr., 1878Untitled address on the activities of the Dialectic Society during the previous year, May 1878. |
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Cline, William Pinckney, 1878Inaugural Address, 15 March 1878. |
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Covington, Charles Coleman, 1878"Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella," Senior Oration, May 1878. |
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Phillips, Alexander Lacy, 1878-1880"Ought the Negro to be colonized," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 4 June 1878; Inaugural Address, 9 January 1880. |
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Strange, Robert, 1878-1879"What shall be done with the Turk," Representative speech, 5 June 1878; Inaugural Address, 10 January 1879. |
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Clifton, Lunsford Claiborne, 1879Inaugural Address, Spring 1879. |
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Green, George Alexander, 1879"Should North Carolina adopt a compulsory system of education," argued in the negative, 3 June 1879. |
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John, Roderick Belton, 1879Inaugural Address, 17 October 1879. |
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Neal, John William, 1879"Should North Carolina adopt a system of compulsory education," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 3 June 1879. |
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Slade, William Bonner, 1879Inaugural Address, May 1879. |
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Avery, John Morehead, 1880Inaugural Address, 22 October 1880. |
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McIver, John Alton, 1880Inaugural Address, 7 May 1880. |
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Allen, Alvis Waldo, 1881Inaugural Address, 13 May 1881. |
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McAlister, Alexander Worth, circa 1881-1882"Conservatism in England," Senior Oration, circa 1881-1882. |
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Pemberton, William David, 1881Inaugural Address, 18 March 1881. |
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Stewart, William Belfield, 1881Inaugural Address, January 1881. |
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Everett, William Nash, circa 1882-1884"Do the signs of the times indicate a future prosperity for our government," undated. |
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Foust, Edwin Michael, circa 1882-1885"Shadows and Influences," Senior Oration, circa 1882-1885. |
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Heitman, Numa Fletcher, 1882Inaugural Address, 20 October 1882. |
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Jackson, Jonathan Worth, 1882Inaugural Address, 18 March 1882. |
| Folder 451 |
Butler, Marion, 1883-1885"Resolved that North Carolina should tax her two races separatively to support their respective school systems," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 4 June 1883; "Progress of Modern civilization," composition, circa 1884; "Past and Present Phases in Tentonie Character and Literature," 4 April 1884; Inaugural Address, 10 October 1884. |
| Folder 452 |
Eller, Adolphus Hill, 1883-1885"Resolved that North Carolina should tax her two races separately to support their respective systems of public schools," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 5 June 1883; "Servility in American Politics," Representative speech, 5 June 1884; Inaugural Address, March 1885. |
| Folder 453 |
Gattis, Samuel Mallett, 1883-1884"Ought North Carolina to tax her races separately to support different school systems," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 31 May 1883; Inaugural Address, 11 January 1884. |
| Folder 454 |
Randall, William George, 1883Inaugural Address, 26 October 1883. |
| Folder 455 |
Slocumb, John Charles, 1883-1884"Destiny of the Indians," June 1883; Inaugural Address, March 1884. |
| Folder 456 |
Jackson, Samuel Spencer, 1884Junior Debate on whether a republic is the best form of government, argued in the affirmative June 1884. |
| Folder 457 |
Little, William Meyers, circa 1884-1888"Some Objections to the Theory of Evolution," Senior Oration, undated. |
| Folder 458 |
Mangum, Ernest Preston, 1884Inaugural Address, May 1884. |
| Folder 459 |
Osborne, Henry Graves, 1884"The Emancipation of Thought," 9 May 1884. |
| Folder 460 |
McIver, Berrie Chandler, 1885Inaugural Address, 16 January 1885. |
| Folder 461 |
McIver, John Fenelon, circa 1885-1886"Resolved: that there should be no Property or Eductional Restriction," Junior debate, argued in the affirmative, circa 1885-1886. |
| Folder 462 |
Schenck, John Franklin, 1885-1886"Should the right of suffrage be restricted," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 1885; Inaugural Address, Spring term, 1886. |
| Folder 463 |
Strickland, Edward Fountain, 1885"Windows that Exclude the Light and Avenues that Lead to Nothingness," Representative speech, 3 June 1885. |
| Folder 464 |
Wilson, Nathan Hunt Daniel, Jr., 1885Inaugural Address, June 1885. Last pages missing. |
| Folder 465 |
Crowell, James Lee, 1886"The U.S. should not allow Foreign Capitalists to cut a Canal across the Isthmus of Panama (with a view to controlling)," Junior Debate, 2 April 1886. |
| Folder 466 |
Foust, Charles George, 1886"Should the United States permit Foreign Capitalists to put a canal across Panama," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 1 May 1886. |
| Folder 467 |
Parker, James, 1886"Should the United States allow foreign capitalists to cut a canal across the Isthmus of Panama," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 31 May 1886. |
| Folder 468 |
Patterson, Gilbert Brown, 1886Inaugural Address, 15 June 1886. |
| Folder 469 |
Armfield, Eugene Morehead, 1887"Resolved, That Literature has blessed the world more than Science," Junior Debate of Eugene M. Armfield of Guilford County, argued in the affirmative, 31 May 1887. |
| Folder 470 |
Battle, William James, 1887Inaugural Address, 7 October 1887. |
| Folder 471 |
Bryant, Victor Silas, 1887-1890"Resolved that Literature has blessed the world more than Science," Junior debate argued in the negative, 1887; Inaugural Address, 10 January 1890. |
| Folder 472 |
Hendricks, John Addison, 1887Untitled Representative Speech on the death penalty, June 1887. |
| Folder 473 |
Hill, John Sprunt, 1887-1888"Literature vs. Science," Junior Debate argued in the affirmative, 1 June 1887; Inaugural Address, 4 May 1888; "Poetry and Progress," 6 June 1888. |
| Folder 474 |
Shaffner, Henry Fries, 1887Inaugural Address, May 1887. |
| Folder 475 |
Smith, Robert Lee, 1887"Resolved that Literature has been a greater blessing to the world than Science," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 31 May 1887. |
| Folder 476 |
Currie, Daniel Johnson, 1888-1889"The Mysterious," prize essay, 31 March 1888, two handwritten drafts; "Heroism," 7 June 1888; Inaugural Address, 12 January 1889. |
| Folder 477 |
Davis, Hayne, 1888Inaugural Address, 13 January 1888. |
| Folder 478 |
Eskridge, Thomas Joseph, 1888"Prince Bismark," Senior Oration, 11 February 1888. |
| Folder 479 |
Ferguson, Herbert Reeves, circa 1888Untitled composition, undated, missing pages 1-2. |
| Folder 480 |
Headen, William Edwards, 1888"Criticism of Fiction. Thackeray's Vanity Fair for Example," Senior Oration, 1888. |
| Folder 481 |
McIver, Alexander, Jr., 1888-1890"Resolved that there shall be Free Trade," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 1888; Inaugural Address, 4 May 1889; untitled Senior oration on the question of free trade or protection, 15 February 1890. |
| Folder 482 |
Taylor, James Spottiswoode, 1888"Free Trade vs. Protection," debate argued in favor of free trade, 5 June 1888. |
| Folder 483 |
Withers, Eugene Parker, 1888"Some of our Evil Tendencies," 1888. |
| Folder 484 |
Foust, Julius Isaac, 1889Inaugural Address, 11 October 1889. |
| Folder 485 |
Moore, Thomas Lake, 1889Inaugural Address, 9 March 1889. |
| Folder 486 |
Patterson, Andrew Henry, 1890Inaugural Address, 2 May 1890. |
| Folder 487 |
Pearsall, Matthew James, 1890"Resolved: That restricted suffrage would prove beneficial to the U.S," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 1890; "The Color Line," 1890. |
| Folder 488 |
Shaffner, William Francis, 1890Inaugural Address, 7 March 1890. |
| Folder 489 |
Andrews, William JohnstonInaugural Address, 20 March 1891. |
| Folder 490 |
Dalrymple, Palmer, 1891Inaugural Address, January 1891. |
| Folder 491 |
Davis, Samuel Lee, 1891"The Evolution of Nations," Representative Address, 4 June 1891. |
| Folder 492 |
Foust, Thomas Roswell, 1891Inaugural Address, 1 May 1891. |
| Folder 493 |
Walser, Joseph Gaither, 1891"Journalism and Law," 3 June 1891. |
| Folder 494 |
Willcox, Frederick Leroy, 1891, and Robert Ransom Williams, 1902Willcox, Inaugural Address, October 1891; Williams, Inaugural Address, 4 January 1902. |
| Folder 495 |
Gilmer, John A., 1892Inaugural Address, 14 October 1892. |
| Folder 496 |
Cheek, John Morgan, 1893Inaugural Address, 20 January 1893. |
| Folder 497 |
Cooper, Thomas Jefferson, 1893Inaugural Address, 5 May 1893. |
| Folder 498 |
Edwards, Arthur Joseph, 1893"City Water Supply," Senior Essay, 1 April 1893. |
| Folder 499 |
Whitlock, Victor Emanuel, 1893Inaugural Address, 24 March 1893. |
| Folder 500 |
Eller, John Carlton, 1894-1896"A Plea for American Commerce," Representative speech, 5 June 1894; "The Dangers of Extreme Partisanship," Senior Oration, 25 January 1896. |
| Folder 501 |
McAlister, William Claudius, 1894Inaugural Address, 11 May 1894. |
| Folder 502 |
Rollins, Thomas, 1894Inaugural Address, 12 February 1894. |
| Folder 503 |
Bingham, Herbert, 1895Inaugural Address, 16 February 1895. |
| Folder 504 |
Canada, John William, 1895-1896"Tennyson an Interpreter," June 1895; "Religion and its Manifestation," Senior Oration, 1896. |
| Folder 505 |
Dusenbery, Edwin Lafayette, 1895Inaugural Address, 4 April 1895. |
| Folder 506 |
Kluttz, William Clarence, 1895"Life of David Caldwell D.D," Senior Thesis, 13 April 1895. |
| Folder 507 |
Shannonhouse, Royal Graham, 1895"Partyite, Party, and Independent," Senior Oration, 19 November 1895. |
| Folder 508 |
White, John Samuel, 1895"Joan of Arc," December 1895. |
| Folder 509 |
Yount, Marshall Hill, 1895Inaugural Address, 15 January 1895. |
| Folder 510 |
Zachary, Robert Edgar, 1895"Thesis on John Locke," 15 April 1895. |
| Folder 511 |
Anonymous, 1896"The Evolution of Government," Senior Oration, 17 October 1896. |
| Folder 512 |
Bahnson, Frederick Fries, circa 1896"The Doctor's use of Psychology," Senior Oration, circa 1896. |
| Folder 513 |
Bryson, Daniel Rice, circa 1896"The Evils of the Patent System," Senior Oration, circa 1896. |
| Folder 514 |
Coker, Robert Erwin, 1896"The Reconstruction of Historical Characters," Senior Oration, 25 January 1896. |
| Folder 515 |
Kluttz, Theodore Franklin, Jr., 1896"The Individual and Society," Senior Oration, 9 November 1896. |
| Folder 516 |
McIver, Donald, 1896Untitled composition on religion, November 1896. |
| Folder 517 |
Shaffner, John Francis, Jr., 1896"Review of Va and N.C.'s Boundary Line," 1896. |
| Folder 518 |
Sharpe, Thomas Allen, 1896"The New Constitution of S.C," 28 March 1896. |
| Folder 519 |
White, Joseph Harvey, circa 1896"The Economical Uses of Carbon Dioxide," circa 1896. |
| Folder 520 |
Cheek, Paul Tinsley, 1897"The Conception of Woman in Literature," Senior Oration, 6 November 1897. |
| Folder 521 |
Graham, Edward Kidder, 1897Inaugural Address, May 1897. |
| Folder 522 |
McNairy, William Herbert, 1897Inaugural Address, 20 February 1897. |
| Folder 523 |
Sams, Edward Emmett, 1897Inaugural Address, 2 October 1897. |
| Folder 524 |
Whitener, Robert Vance, 1897"The Lowland Scotch," Senior Oration, 20 March 1897. |
| Folder 525 |
Wray, Joe Suttle, 1897"Robert Burns," Senior Oration, 13 March 1897. |
| Folder 526 |
Andrews, Ira Edgerton Dwight, 1898"Causes of the Civil War," Senior Oration, 1898. |
| Folder 527 |
Brown, Charles Connor, 1898Inaugural Address, 1 October 1898. |
| Folder 528 |
Caldwell, Julius Alexander, 1898"The Evolution of the Moral Consciousness," Senior Oration, 29 October 1898. |
| Folder 529 |
Canada, Charles Stafford, 1898-1899"Kindergarten Play in Child Culture," Senior Oration, 29 October 1898. |
| Folder 530 |
Davis, Harvey Lewis, 1898"Origin and Results of the Crusades," Senior Oration, 12 November 1898. |
| Folder 531 |
Hartley, Eugene Fuller, 1898Inaugural Address, 3 December 1898. |
| Folder 532 |
Reaves, Samuel Watson, 1898"Essay on Middlemarch," December 1898. |
| Folder 533 |
Whitlock, Paul Cameron, 1898"The Inventor - Edison," oration, 12 February 1898; Inaugural Address, 19 February 1898. |
| Folder 534 |
Byerly, Thomas Jefferson, 1899"The Progress of Modern Civilization," 3 November 1899. Missing pages 1-2. |
| Folder 535 |
Gant, Joseph Erwin, 1899"The Development of the Cotton Mill Industry," 21 November 1899. |
| Folder 536 |
London, Henry Mauger, 1899"Causes of The War Between the States," 18 February 1899. |
| Folder 537 |
Massey, James Buckner, 1899Inaugural Address, 22 April 1899. |
| Folder 538 |
Reynolds, Henry, 1899Inaugural Address, September 1899. |
| Folder 539 |
Osborne, Francis Moore, 1899"The Theory of Sub-consciousness," Senior Oration, 18 March 1899. |
| Folder 540 |
Hargrave, William Franklin"Taste," Senior Oration, undated. |
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Subseries 2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918.
Arrangement: Chronological.
The period 1900-1918 saw the beginning of the university's transition from a good liberal arts college to a modern university. The tenures of two university presidents spanned the period: Francis Preston Venable, 1900-1914, and Edward K. Graham, 1914-1918. Under Venable, the Graduate School was established in 1903. In 1907, the university library, having outgrown Smith Hall, moved into the newly constructed Carnegie Library. The latter was one of nine new buildings completed between 1900 and 1910--the first major expansion of the campus since before the Civil War. E.K. Graham emphasized university extension and service to the state. Many of his plans and projects were delayed by World War I and by his death from influenza in the fall of 1918.
The Dialectic and Philanthropic societies remained influential, but there was an increasing number of students who did not belong to them. Thus, the ability of the societies to regulate student behavior was diminished. At the same time, there was friction between fraternity and non-fraternity men. It was in this climate that the student body, in 1904, proposed the establishment of the Student Council, which ultimately became Student Government.
The addresses and other writings of Dialectic Society members in this period consist largely of untitled inaugural addresses of the society presidents. There are no debates.
| Folder 541 |
Coffey, George Nelson, 1900Inaugural Address, 24 February 1900; "A Menace to Republicanism," 31 May 1900. |
| Folder 542 |
Hearn, Williamson Edwards, circa 1900"Origin of Government," circa 1900. |
| Folder 543 |
Rice, Thomas Donnelly, 1900"The Discovery of Phosphates," 8 March 1900. |
| Folder 544 |
Swift, Wiley Hampton, 1900Inaugural Address, 6 October 1900. |
| Folder 545 |
Jarrett, Augustus Henry, 1900"Scientific Study of Dreams," Senior Oration, 1900. |
| Folder 546 |
Davis, Royall Oscar Eugene, 1901Inaugural Address, 23 February 1901. |
| Folder 547 |
Bynum, Curtis A., 1902Inaugural Address, 26 April 1902. |
| Folder 548 |
Jones, George Lyle, 1903Inaugural Address, 1903. |
| Folder 549 |
Barnhardt, Charlie Carroll, 1904Inaugural Address, 30 April 1904. |
| Folder 550 |
Higdon, Thomas Bragg, 1904Inaugural Address, September 1904. |
| Folder 551 |
Robertson, Judge Buxton, 1904Inaugural Address, 3 December 1904. |
| Folder 552 |
Love, Walter Bennett, 1905Inaugural Address, 2 December 1905. |
| Folder 553 |
Mann, William Henry Lee, 1905Inaugural Address, 7 October 1905. |
| Folder 554 |
Shore, William Thomas, 1905Inaugural Address, February 1905. |
| Folder 555 |
Stephenson, Victor Lee, 1905Inaugural Address, 29 April 1905. |
| Folder 556 |
Duls, William Henry, 1906Inaugural Address, 1 December 1906. |
| Folder 557 |
Linn, Stahle, 1906Inaugural Address, 13 October 1906. |
| Folder 558 |
Parker, John Johnson, 1906Inaugural Address, 28 April 1906. |
| Folder 559 |
Seagle, Perry Edgar, 1906Inaugural Address, 17 February 1906. |
| Folder 560 |
Andrews, Thomas Wingate, 1907Inaugural Address, 5 October 1907. |
| Folder 561 |
Anonymous, 1907Untitled address on the ancient Greek religion, circa 1907; "The Great Commoner," Fall 1907. |
| Folder 562 |
Day, Roby Councill, 1907Inaugural Address, 16 February 1907. |
| Folder 563 |
Robins, Marmaduke, 1907Inaugural Address, 30 November 1907. |
| Folder 564 |
Stacy, Walter Parker, 1907Inaugural Address, 27 April 1907. |
| Folder 565 |
Cox, Oliver Cromwell, 1908Inaugural Address, 28 November 1908. |
| Folder 566 |
Graham, Frank Porter, 1908 and 1949Inaugural Address, 25 April 1908; acceptance speech for the first Di-Phi Award, 27 May 1949. |
| Folder 567 |
Matthews, Luther Preston, 1908Inaugural Address, 15 February 1908. |
| Folder 568 |
Johnston, John Thomas, 1908Inaugural Address, 30 October 1908. |
| Folder 569 |
Edmonds, William Rufus, 1909Inaugural Address, 11 December 1909. |
| Folder 570 |
Stacy, Horace Edney, 1909Inaugural Address, 2 October 1909. |
| Folder 571 |
Tillett, Charles Walter, Jr., 1909Inaugural Address, 20 February 1909. |
| Folder 572 |
Wolfe, Adolphus Harrison, 1909Inaugural Address, 1 May 1909. |
| Folder 573 |
Fentress, Baxter Lee, 1910Inaugural Address, 19 February 1910. |
| Folder 574 |
George, Wesley Critz, 1910Inaugural Address, 10 December 1910. |
| Folder 575 |
Moser, Ira Cleveland, 1910Inaugural Address, 8 October 1910. |
| Folder 576 |
Jones, William Henry, 1910Inaugural Address, 30 April 1910. |
| Folder 577 |
Freeman, Robert Alexander, 1911Inaugural Address, 22 April 1911. |
| Folder 578 |
Graham, Augustus Washington, Jr., 1911Inaugural Address, 9 December 1911. |
| Folder 579 |
Lockhart, John Clegg, 1911Inaugural Address, 7 October 1911. |
| Folder 580 |
Solomon, Harry Meyer, 1911Inaugural Address, 17 February 1911. |
| Folder 581 |
Busby, John Carroll, 1913 and Edgar Ralph Rankin, 1912Inaugural Address of J.C. Busby, delivered 1913; Inaugural Address of E.R. Rankin, delivered 14 December 1912. |
| Folder 582 |
Caldwell, Joe Yongue, 1912Inaugural Address, 1912. |
| Folder 583 |
Walker, Daniel Joshua, 1912Inaugural Address, 27 April 1912. |
| Folder 584 |
Dunnegan, Macon Rush, 1913Inaugural Address, 26 April 1913. |
| Folder 585 |
Holmes, John Albert, 1913Inaugural Address, 4 October 1913. |
| Folder 586 |
Webster, Felix Litaker, 1913Inaugural Address, 13 December 1913. |
| Folder 587 |
Eutsler, George Willard, 1914Inaugural Address, 3 October 1914. |
| Folder 588 |
Martin, Grover Adlai, 1914Inaugural Address, 12 December 1914. |
| Folder 589 |
Newsome, Albert Ray, 1914Inaugural Address, 25 April 1914. |
| Folder 590 |
Willis, Henry Stuart Kendall, 1914Inaugural Address, 21 February 1914. |
| Folder 591 |
Crouse, Rush Floyd, 1915Inaugural Address, 24 April 1915. |
| Folder 592 |
Nance, Ophir Carmal, 1915Inaugural Address, 20 February 1915. |
| Folder 593 |
Pike, Samuel Clark, 1915Inaugural Address, 9 October 1915. |
| Folder 594 |
Barker, Frank Pendleton, 1917Inaugural Address, 16 February 1917. |
| Folder 595 |
Price, Rolland Ernest, 1917Inaugural Address, 1 December 1917. |
| Folder 596 |
Deaton, Fred Hyams, 1918Inaugural Address, 22 May 1918. |
| Folder 597 |
Smith, David Baird"The Independent in Politics," undated. |
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Subseries 2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957.
By 1937, the student body numbered nearly 3600, including 434 graduate students. The university and the nation were slowly recovering from the Great Depression. Construction began in 1938-1939 on a number of new buildings, including several dormitories, funded in large part by the Public Works Administration of the federal government. Soon after the United States entered World War II in December 1941, the university placed its resources at the disposal of the federal government to assist in the war effort. Several military training programs operated on the campus. After the war, enrollment surged, in large part because of the GI Bill. The late 1940s and early 1950s saw an expansion of the School of Medicine and construction of a medical center and teaching hospital on the campus. The 1950s also brought integration, with the admission of a small number of African-American students to the School of Law (1951), the School of Medicine (1951), and the General College (1955).
Membership in the Dialectic and Philanthropic societies continued to decline as more and more student groups emerged to vie for members. Both societies had reorganized along the lines of legislative bodies in the period between 1918 and 1937. The Philanthropic Society had become the Philanthropic Assembly in 1919, and the Dialectic Society had become the Dialectic Senate in 1924. In 1959, in an effort to ensure continuation of the organizations, the two merged to become the Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate.
As in the period just prior, the addresses and other writings of Dialectic Society members from 1937 to 1957 consist largely of untitled inaugural addresses of the society presidents. There is a 1939 inaugural address by Louise Walker, possibly the first woman to preside over the society. Again, there are no debates. A handful of other addresses reflects members' continuing interest in government, politics, and contemporary events. These include "A University Goes to War," 1942; an untitled address in support of United States Senator Frank Porter Graham, 1950; an untitled address on the place of militarism in the community of learning, 1953; and several others.
| Folder 598 |
Ramsay, John Erwin, 1937Address of the President, missing pages 1-3, 25 May 1937. |
| Folder 599 |
Kleeman, Walter, 1938Inaugural Address, 5 December 1938. |
| Folder 600 |
Putzel, Charles Lewis, Jr., 1939Inaugural Address, 23 May 1939. |
| Folder 601 |
Walker, Louise, 1939Inaugural Address, 28 February 1939. |
| Folder 602 |
Bonner, John H., Jr., 1940Inaugural Address, 5 March 1940. |
| Folder 603 |
Busby, John, 1940Presidential Address, 9 January 1940. |
| Folder 604 |
Woodson, William Blackmer, 1941Inaugural Address, December 1941. |
| Folder 605 |
Bagby, Wesley, 1942Inaugural Address, 27 May 1942. |
| Folder 606 |
Gretter, William Carrington, Jr., 1942"A University Goes to War," Presidential Address to the Dialectic Senate for the Winter Quarter, 1942. |
| Folder 607 |
Thompson, Lee Roy, 1945Inaugural Address, 11 July 1945. |
| Folder 608 |
Weber, Herbert, 1945Inaugural Address, 3 January 1945. |
| Folder 609 |
Morrison, Robert, 1946Out-going presidential address, 2 October 1946. |
| Folder 610 |
Shropshire, Donald Gray, 1946-1949Inaugural Address, 2 October 1946; untitled address on the state of the Dialectic Society, 15 January 1947; second Inaugural Address, 22 January 1947; third Inaugural Address, 30 March 1949. |
| Folder 611 |
Braswell, Edwin Maurice, 1947Inaugural Address, 25 June 1947. |
| Folder 612 |
Southerland, James Francis, 1948Inaugural Address, 29 September 1948. |
| Folder 613 |
Zucker, John Miles, 1948Inaugural Address, 31 March 1948. |
| Folder 614 |
Murphey, Arthur Gage, Jr., 1949Inaugural Address, 5 October 1949. |
| Folder 615 |
Anonymous, circa 1950Untitled address in support of United States Senator Frank Porter Graham, circa June 1950. |
| Folder 616 |
Lamm, James Louis Delay, 1950Inaugural Address, September 1950. |
| Folder 617 |
Long, Charles Oris, 1950Inaugural Address, 29 March 1950. |
| Folder 618 |
Talley, Banks Cooper, Jr., 1950Inaugural Address, 18 January 1950. |
| Folder 619 |
Clampitt, Robert Hamilton, 1951Inaugural Address, 4 October 1951. |
| Folder 620 |
Schnorrenberg, John Martin, 1951President's Address, Summer 1951. |
| Folder 621 |
Selby, Talbot Rayle, 1951Inaugural Address, 8 January 1951; final speech delivered before the Senate, 5 March 1951. |
| Folder 622 |
Tice, Walter Thomas, Jr., 1951Inaugural Address, 28 March 1951. |
| Folder 623 |
Graham, E.K., 1952"The Student as Critic and Constituent," 15 January 1952. |
| Folder 624 |
Maynard, James Walter, 1952Inaugural Address, Fall Quarter, 1952. |
| Folder 625 |
Smith, Edward Marvin, 1952Inaugural Address, Spring Quarter 1952. |
| Folder 626 |
Davis, Charlotte, 1953Inaugural Address, 7 April 1953. |
| Folder 627 |
Lowet, Henry A., 1953-1954Untitled address on the place of militarism in the community of learning, 15 December 1953; Inauguration address, spring semester, 2 March 1954. |
| Folder 628 |
McElroy, James Lawrence, Jr., 1953-1955Untitled address arguing the illegality of a proposed bill requiring student fraternities to remove clauses in their constitutions, 17 November 1953; Inaugural Address, 18 October 1955. |
| Folder 629 |
Parker, Gerald Corbett, 1953Inaugural Address, 29 September 1953. |
| Folder 630 |
Penegar, Kenneth L., 1953Inaugural Address, Winter Quarter, 1953. |
| Folder 631 |
Fleishman, Joel L., 1954Inaugural Address, 5 October 1954. |
| Folder 632 |
Purks, Dr. J. Harris, 1954Speech delivered to the Dialectic Senate by Dr. J. Harris Purks, Provost, University of North Carolina, 2 March 1954. |
| Folder 633 |
Webb, Richard Beverly Raney, 1955Inaugural Address, 1 March 1955. |
| Folder 634 |
Reid, David Edward, Jr., 1956Inaugural Address, 24 April 1956. |
| Folder 635 |
Adams, John Patrick, 1957Inaugural Address, 12 March 1957. |
| Folder 636 |
Shaw, Stanley, 1957President's Address, 8 January 1957; "Man has in his time known great beauty of purpose," composition, circa 1950s. |
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Subseries 2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated.
Arrangement: Chronological.
This subseries contains copies of bills, articles of impeachment, and queries cleared for floor debate (including intercollegiate debate topics) as well as general and memorial resolutions read during meetings of the society. See also Constitution Committee, Query Committee, Ways and Means Committee, and Reports of the Vice President in Series 3.
| Folder 819 |
1803-1823 |
| Folder 637 |
1833-1864 |
| Folder 638 |
1866-1939 |
| Folder 639 |
1940-1945 |
| Folder 640 |
1946-1949 |
| Folder 641 |
1950-1954 |
| Folder 642 |
1955-1959 and undated |
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Subseries 2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956.
Arrangement: Chronological.
This subseries includes the correspondence of the society's president, secretary, and/or clerk. Letters deal with subjects ranging from requests for portraits, library book orders, and billings for payments of fines/dues to invitations to deliver commencement addresses. The post-Civil War material is almost exclusively financial in nature. Folder 659 contains historical manuscripts collected by the society's Committee on Confederate Repository and Records. Folder 660 includes materials generated by the Committee on Renovations.
| Folder 643 |
General, 1797-1808 |
| Folder 644 |
General, 1813-1825 |
| Folder 645 |
General, 1826-1829 |
| Folder 646 |
General, 1830-1834 |
| Folder 647 |
General, 1835-1839 |
| Folder 648 |
General, 1840-1849 |
| Folder 649 |
General, 1850-1859 |
| Folder 650 |
General, 1860-1867 |
| Folder 651 |
General, 1875-1879 |
| Folder 652 |
General, 1880-1900 |
| Folder 653 |
General, 1910-1946 |
| Folder 654 |
General, 1947 |
| Folder 655 |
General, 1948-1949 |
| Folder 656 |
General, 1950-1951 |
| Folder 657 |
General, 1952-1954 |
| Folder 658 |
General, 1955-1956 |
| Folder 659 |
Historical Collection, 1780-1865 |
| Folder 660 |
Renovation of the Dialectic Society Hall, 1950-1954See also Committee on Renovation, Series 3, Subseries 21. |
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Series 3. Committee Records, 1796-1956.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
This series contains reports and other records created by the various committees of the society. The standing committee materials are arranged individually as subseries while the records of the special committees are inter filed chronologically in Subseries 26. Additional information on these committees will be found in the minutes, Series 1.
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Subseries 3.1. Building Committee Records, 1847-1856?.
| Folder 661 |
Building Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.2. Catalogue Committee Records, 1885-1888.
About the compilation of the 1890 Catalogue of Members of the Dialectic Society, .
| Folder 662 |
Catalogue Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.3. Censor Morum Records, 1910-1923.
About absences and fines.
| Folder 663 |
1910, 1915 |
| Folder 664 |
1916 |
| Folder 665 |
1917 |
| Folder 666 |
1918-1920, 1923 |
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Subseries 3.4. Clerk's (or Recorder's) Records, 1863-1868, 1937-1943.
| Folder 667 |
Clerk's (or Recorder's) Records |
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Subseries 3.5. Confederate Repository Committee Records, 1866-1867.
See also Historical Collection, in Series 2, Subseries 3.
| Folder 668 |
Confederate Repository Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956.
See also Constitution and Bylaws, Series 6.
| Folder 669 |
1905, 1910-1956 |
| Folder 670 |
January 1797-June 1799(bound volume) |
| Folder 671 |
August 1799-October 1805(bound volume) |
| Folder 672 |
February 1806-February 1816(bound volume) |
| Folder 673 |
February 1816-September 1824(bound volume) |
| Folder 674 |
October 1824-February 1826(bound volume) |
| Folder 675 |
March 1832-November 1836(bound volume) |
| Folder 676 |
May 1842-November 1851(bound volume) |
| Folder 677 |
October 1875-December 1882(bound volume) |
| Folder 678 |
September 1887-April 1892(bound volume) |
| Folder 679 |
May 1892-May 1893(bound volume) |
| Folder 680 |
May 1893-October 1897(bound volume) |
| Folder 681 |
October 1897-February 1906(bound volume) |
| Folder 682 |
February 1906-March 1914(bound volume) |
| Folder 683 |
March 1914-1921(bound volume) |
| Folder 684 |
January 1922-April 1927(bound volume) |
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Subseries 3.7. Corrector's Records, 1846?, 1858,
1866-1867, 1882-1883.
| Folder 685 |
Corrector's Records |
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Subseries 3.8. Critic's Records, 1935-1949.
| Folder 686 |
Critic's Records |
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Subseries 3.9. Dance Committee Records, 1940-1943.
| Folder 687 |
Dance Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.10. Debate Committee Records, 1940-1943, 1951.
| Folder 688 |
Debate Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.11. Di/Phi Committee Records, 1814-1955.
Includes Dialectic Society committees appointed to confer with the Philanthropic Society, Philanthropic Society committees writing to the Dialectic Society, and joint Dialectic-Philanthropic committees.
| Folder 689 |
Di/Phi Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.12. Entertainment Committee Records, 1935, 1940, 1949-1950.
| Folder 690 |
Entertainment Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.13. Executive Committee Records, 1942, 1949-1951.
| Folder 691 |
Executive Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956.
See also Treasurer's Records, Series 4.
| Folder 692 |
1813-1825 |
| Folder 693 |
1826-1835 |
| Folder 694 |
1836-1854 |
| Folder 695 |
1876-1915 |
| Folder 696 |
1916-1920 |
| Folder 697 |
1928-1945 |
| Folder 698 |
1946-1956 |
| Folder 699 |
December 1905-February 1908(bound volume) |
| Folder 700 |
March 1908-September 1910(bound volume) |
| Folder 701 |
September 1910-January 1912(bound volume) |
| Folder 702 |
February 1912-April 1913(bound volume) |
| Folder 703 |
April 1913-November 1914(bound volume) |
| Folder 704 |
November 1914-March 1919(bound volume) |
| Folder 705 |
March 1919-April 1927(bound volume) |
| Folder 706 |
1939 (incomplete)(bound volume) |
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Subseries 3.15. Library Committee Records, 1796?-1956.
See also Library Records, Series 7.
| Folder 707 |
Library Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.16. Membership Committee Records, 1940-1956.
See also Membership Records, Series 5.
| Folder 708 |
Membership Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.17. Portrait Committee, 1945-1956.
| Folder 709 |
Portrait Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.18. Properties Committee Records, 1949-1956.
| Folder 710 |
Properties Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.19. Publicity Committee Records, 1940-1950.
See also Publicity Records, Series 8, and Senate Relations Committee.
| Folder 711 |
Publicity Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.20. Radio Committee Records, 1940,
1942.
| Folder 712 |
Radio Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.21. Renovations Committee Records, 1949-1955.
See also Folder 18 of Series 2, Subseries 3.
| Folder 713 |
Renovations Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.22. Room Committee Records, 1818.
(1 item only)
| Folder 714 |
Room Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.23. Senate Relations Committee Records, 1949-1956.
| Folder 715 |
Senate Relations Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892.
| Folder 716 |
February 1852-February 1855(bound volume) |
| Folder 717 |
March 1855-August 1857(bound volume) |
| Folder 718 |
January 1867-June 1867(bound volume) |
| Folder 719 |
1875-1878, 1881(bound volume) |
| Folder 720 |
1882-1885(bound volume) |
| Folder 721 |
1887-1892(bound volume) |
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Subseries 3.25. Ways and Means Committee Records, 1934-1956.
See also Bills and Resolutions, Series 2, Subseries 2.
| Folder 722 |
Ways and Means Committee Records |
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Subseries 3.26. Special Committees Records, 1835-1953.
| Folder 723 |
Special Committees Records |
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Series 4. Treasurer's Records, 1807-1952.
Arrangement: by type of account, then chronologically.
This series contains the financial records of the Dialectic Society as maintained by the Treasurer and Finance Committee. The society's main source of income was membership dues supplemented by fines imposed for conduct violations, meeting absences, and misuse of library privileges.
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Subseries 4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952.
This subseries includes accounts arranged by member's name. The information consists of dues and fines assessed and paid.
| Folder 724 |
1807-1818(bound volume) |
| Folder 725 |
1811-1816(bound volume) |
| Folder 726 |
1818-1821(bound volume) |
| Folder 727 |
1822-1824(bound volume) |
| Folder 728 |
1824-1830(bound volume) |
| Folder 729 |
1829-1830(bound volume) |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/22 |
1830-1834 |
| Folder 730 |
1834-1838(bound volume) |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/23 |
1838-1840 |
| Folder 731 |
1841-1848(bound volume) |
| Folder 732 |
1848-1855(bound volume) |
| Folder 733 |
1861-1867, 1878-1881(bound volume) |
| Folder 734 |
1883-1884(bound volume) |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/24 |
1913-1914, 1917-1918 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/25 |
1915-1916, 1919 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/26 |
1915-1916 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/27 |
1912-1913, 1918-1919 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/28 |
1919-1920 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/29 |
1919-1920 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/30 |
1919-1920 |
| Folder 735 |
1922-1923(bound volume) |
| Folder 736 |
1947-1949(bound volume) |
| Folder 737 |
1949-1950(bound volume) |
| Folder 738 |
1949-1952(bound volume) |
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Subseries 4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907.
This subseries includes the treasurer's general cash accounts, recording income and expenditures.
| Folder 739 |
1818-1827(bound volume) |
| Folder 740 |
1827-1843(bound volume) |
| Folder 741 |
1838-1865(bound volume) Special accounts for library, diplomas, badges, and furniture. |
| Folder 742 |
1844-1848(bound volume) |
| Folder 743 |
1884-1885(bound volume) |
| Folder 744 |
1885-1887(bound volume) |
| Folder 745 |
1887-1889(bound volume) |
| Folder 746 |
1890-1892(bound volume) |
| Folder 747 |
1892-1895(bound volume) |
| Folder 748 |
1895-1900(bound volume) |
| Folder 749 |
1901-1905(bound volume) |
| Folder 750 |
1906-1907(bound volume) |
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Subseries 4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947.
Arrangement: volume entries are chronological by meeting date.
This subseries records the fines assessed members for misconduct.
| Folder 751 |
1848-1852(bound volume) |
| Folder 752 |
1852-1856(bound volume) |
| Folder 753 |
1856-1860(bound volume) |
| Folder 754 |
1862-1868, 1877-1885(bound volume) |
| Folder 755 |
1880-1886(bound volume) |
| Folder 756 |
1882-1883(bound volume) |
| Folder 757 |
1884(bound volume) |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/31 |
1912-1913 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/32 |
1913-1914 |
| Folder 758 |
1909(bound volume) |
| Folder 759 |
1918-1922(bound volume) |
| Folder 760 |
1919-1927(bound volume) |
| Folder 761 |
1946(bound volume) |
| Folder 762 |
1947(bound volume) |
| Folder 763 |
1953(bound volume) |
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Subseries 4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929.
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Series 5. Membership Records, 1841-1964.
Arrangement: by type of account, then chronologically.
This series includes membership lists and records of attendance at society meetings. The lists are in the form of catalogs and were created as members signed their acceptance of the society's constitution and bylaws.
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Subseries 5.1. Catalogs of Members, 1841-1956.
This subseries contains lists of members by year including home addresses in some cases. See also Catalogue of Members of the Dialectic Society, (Baltimore, Md., 1890).
| Folder 773 |
1946-1956 |
| Folder 774 |
1838-1840(bound volume; has been moved to Subseries 2.1, Reports of the Archivist) |
| Folder 775 |
1841-1867(bound volume) |
| Folder 776 |
1845-1860(bound volume) |
| Folder 777 |
Record of Patriotic Dead, 1865(bound volume) |
| Folder 778 |
1866-1867, 1875-1893(bound volume) |
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Subseries 5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962.
This subseries contains the attendance records of the society.
| Folder 779 |
1908(bound volume) |
| Folder 780 |
1908(bound volume) |
| Folder 781 |
1909(bound volume) |
| Folder 782 |
1911-1914(bound volume) |
| Folder 783 |
1914-1915(bound volume) |
| Folder 784 |
1923-1924(bound volume) |
| Folder 785 |
1924(bound volume) |
| Folder 786 |
1925-1926(bound volume) |
| Folder 787 |
1931-1938(bound volume) |
| Folder 788 |
1941-1946(bound volume) |
| Folder 789 |
Guest Register, 1946-1953(bound volume) |
| Folder 790 |
1946-1958, 1962(bound volume) |
| Folder 791 |
1952(bound volume) |
| Folder 792 |
Guest Register, 1953-1958(bound volume) |
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Subseries 5.3. Certificates and Diplomas, 1814,
1964.
| Folder 793 |
1814, 1964 and undatedIncludes 1814 society diploma awarded to Samuel B. Robinson; four 1964 society diplomas awarded to Richard Everett Edwards, Daniel Kern, Karen Louise Kern, and Ernst Peter Schwintzer; and blank forms for regular and honorary membership. See also University of North Carolina Miscellaneous Diplomas (#3050) for other society diplomas. |
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Series 6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949.
Arrangement: Chronological.
This series contains versions and revisions of the society constitution and bylaws with amendments proposed and adopted. The original constitution, as adopted in 1795, is recorded in Volume 1 of Series 1. See also Constitution Committee Records, Subseries 6 of Series 3.
| Folder 794 |
1818-1822(bound volume) |
| Folder 795 |
1834(bound volume) |
| Folder 796 |
1837-1847(bound volume) |
| Folder 797 |
1848-1853(bound volume) |
| Folder 798 |
1857-1866(bound volume) |
| Folder 799 |
1867-1868, 1875-1876(bound volume) |
| Folder 800 |
1877-1883?(bound volume) |
| Folder 801 |
1884-1892(bound volume) |
| Folder 802 |
1893, 1896?(bound volume) |
| Folder 803 |
1896(bound volume) |
| Folder 804 |
1900, 1915(bound volume) |
| Folder 805 |
1909(bound volume) |
| Folder 806 |
1917, 1920(bound volume) |
| Folder 807 |
1940s(bound volume) |
| Folder 808 |
April 1949(bound volume) |
| Folder 809 |
Fall 1949(bound volume) |
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Series 7. Library Records, 1824-1887? and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject, then chronologically.
This series includes records on the development and use of the Dialectic Society library from the early nineteenth century until the 1880s, when the society's holdings were merged with the University collection. See also the Librarian's Records, Subseries 15 of Series 3.
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Subseries 7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated.
These volumes contain lists of library holdings arranged by author's name. Listings also frequently include size, publisher, and shelf location.
| Folder 810 |
1833-1834?(bound volume) |
| Folder 811 |
1843, 1848 and undated(bound volume) |
| Folder 812 |
1849, 1852(bound volume) |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/33 |
1860-1862 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/34 |
circa 1878 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/35 |
1887? |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/36 |
1885? |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/37 |
1870s |
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Subseries 7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886.
This subseries records loans of books and periodicals to society members. Volume entries are arranged by borrower's name.
| Folder 813 |
1824(bound volume) |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/38 |
1832-1840 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/39 |
1846-1853, 1866 |
| Folder 814 |
1858-1865(bound volume) |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/40 |
1867-1881(bound volume) |
| Folder 815 |
1868, 1875-1881(bound volume) |
| Folder 816 |
1881-1883(bound volume) |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/41 |
1881-1886 |
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Series 8. Publicity Records, 1941-1960.
Arrangement: Chronological.
This series includes the society newsletter, "The Senate Bulletin," as well as notices and press releases prepared by the society's Publicity Committee, president, and clerk and a few news articles about the society. See also Subseries 19 of Series 3.
| Folder 817 |
1936, 1941-1950 |
| Folder 818 |
1951-1956, 1960 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/42 |
Scrapbook, 1942-1943 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/43 |
Scrapbook, 1942-1955 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/44 |
Scrapbook, 1946-1951 |
| Oversize Volume SV-40152/45 |
Scrapbook, 1942-1956 |
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