Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina Records, 1795-1964

Collection Number: 40152

Collection Title: Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina Records, 1795-1964

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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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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina Records #40152, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Acquisitions Information: Received from the Dialectic Society, the Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate, and the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation, 1945-2008.

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Philanthropic Society Records, (#40166)
Dialectic and Philanthropic Joint Senate Records, (#40153)
Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Foundation Records (#40182)
University of North Carolina Miscellaneous Diplomas (#3050)

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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.

Contents list

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1. Minutes, 1795-1957.
2. Addresses/Debates, Bills/Resolutions, and Correspondence, 1795-1959 and undated.
2.1. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1957 and undated.
2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919.
2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834.
2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868.
2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899.
2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918.
2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957.
2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated.
2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956.
3. Committee Records, 1796-1956.
3.1. Building Committee Records, 1847-1856?.
3.2. Catalogue Committee Records, 1885-1888.
3.3. Censor Morum Records, 1910-1923.
3.4. Clerk's (or Recorder's) Records, 1863-1868, 1937-1943.
3.5. Confederate Repository Committee Records, 1866-1867.
3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956.
3.7. Corrector's Records, 1846?, 1858, 1866-1867, 1882-1883.
3.8. Critic's Records, 1935-1949.
3.9. Dance Committee Records, 1940-1943.
3.10. Debate Committee Records, 1940-1943, 1951.
3.11. Di/Phi Committee Records, 1814-1955.
3.12. Entertainment Committee Records, 1935, 1940, 1949-1950.
3.13. Executive Committee Records, 1942, 1949-1951.
3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956.
3.15. Library Committee Records, 1796?-1956.
3.16. Membership Committee Records, 1940-1956.
3.17. Portrait Committee, 1945-1956.
3.18. Properties Committee Records, 1949-1956.
3.19. Publicity Committee Records, 1940-1950.
3.20. Radio Committee Records, 1940, 1942.
3.21. Renovations Committee Records, 1949-1955.
3.22. Room Committee Records, 1818.
3.23. Senate Relations Committee Records, 1949-1956.
3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892.
3.25. Ways and Means Committee Records, 1934-1956.
3.26. Special Committees Records, 1835-1953.
4. Treasurer's Records, 1807-1952.
4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952.
4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907.
4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947.
4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929.
5. Membership Records, 1841-1964.
5.1. Catalogs of Members, 1841-1956.
5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962.
5.3. Certificates and Diplomas, 1814, 1964.
6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949.
7. Library Records, 1824-1887? and undated.
7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated.
7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886.
8. Publicity Records, 1941-1960.
Microfilm.

Expand/collapse 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.

Oversize Volume SV-40152/1	June 1795-March 1798 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/1 Minutes for 1795-1796 are published in R.D.W. Connor's A Documentary History of the University of North Carolina, 1776-1799,
Oversize Volume SV-40152/2	November 1796-April 1799 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/2
Oversize Volume SV-40152/3	April 1798-May 1804 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/3
Oversize Volume SV-40152/4	May 1804-March 1812 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/4
Oversize Volume SV-40152/5	March 1812-November 1818 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/5
Oversize Volume SV-40152/6	November 1818-October 1826 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/6
Oversize Volume SV-40152/7	October 1826-May 1833 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/7
Oversize Volume SV-40152/8	May 1833-September 1838 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/8
Oversize Volume SV-40152/9	September 1838-October 1844 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/9 Includes membership lists for 1876-1877.
Oversize Volume SV-40152/10	October 1844-October 1851 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/10
Oversize Volume SV-40152/11	October 1851-August 1856 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/11
Oversize Volume SV-40152/12	August 1856-May 1867 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/12 Digital version: Dialectic Society Minutes, 25 and 26 September 1857
Oversize Volume SV-40152/13	June 1867-June 1868, September 1875-October 1878 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/13 July 1868-August 1875 minutes do not exist because the university was closed February 1871-September 1875.
Oversize Volume SV-40152/14	October 1878-March 1883 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/14
Oversize Volume SV-40152/15	March 1883-November 1885 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/15
Oversize Volume SV-40152/16	November 1885-October 1889 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/16
Oversize Volume SV-40152/17	October 1889-February 1895 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/17
Oversize Volume SV-40152/18	February 1895-February 1905 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/18
Oversize Volume SV-40152/19	February 1905-May 1913 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/19
Oversize Volume SV-40152/20	September 1913-February 1926 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/20
Oversize Volume SV-40152/21	March 1926-May 1939 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." SV-40152/21
Folder 1	January 1927-March 1927 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." Folder 1
Folder 2	1940-1946 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." Folder 2
Folder 3	1947-1949 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." Folder 3
Folder 4	1950 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." Folder 4
Folder 5	1951 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." Folder 5
Folder 6-7 Folder 6 Folder 7	1952-1955 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." Folder 6-7
Folder 8	1956-1957 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." Folder 8
Folder 9-12 Folder 9 Folder 10 Folder 11 Folder 12	Synopsis of Minutes, 1826-1829, 1838, 1851, 1926 #40152, Series: "1. Minutes, 1795-1957." Folder 9-12

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This series, comprising three subseries, contains material supportive of, and sometimes duplicated in, the society minutes.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1957 and undated.

750 items.

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.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919.

6 folders.

Arrangement: Chronological.

Reports of the vice president/archivist of the Dialectic Society listing addresses and other writings of society members.

Folder 13	1811-1825 and undated #40152, Subseries: "2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919." Folder 13
Folder 14	1827-1837 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919." Folder 14
Folder 15	1849-1884, 1889 and undated 1890s #40152, Subseries: "2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919." Folder 15
Folder 16	1911, 1915-1919 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919." Folder 16
Folder 17	1795-1899 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919." Folder 17 (bound volume)
Folder 18	1838-1840? #40152, Subseries: "2.1.1. Reports of the Archivist, 1811-1919." Folder 18 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834.

169 folders.

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.

Folder 19	Sneed, William Morgan, circa 1795-1799 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 19 Untitled composition, missing pages 1-8, circa 1795-1799; untitled composition on patriotism, 23 May 1799.
Folder 20	Murphey, Archibald Debow, circa 1796-1799 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 20 Untitled composition on philosophical reasoning, circa 1796-1799.
Folder 21	Crawford, William Dunlap, 1797 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 21 Untitled address on the consequences of war, 23 February 1797.
Folder 22	Houston, William, 1797 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 22 "Whether Sumptuary Laws are not necessary in the United States," argued in the negative, 14 September 1797.
Folder 23	Moore, Robert, 1797 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 23 Inaugural Address, circa 26 January 1797.
Folder 24	Webb, William Edwards, 1797 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 24 "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.
Folder 25	Locke, Robert, 1798 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 25 "University," 31 January 1798.
Folder 26	Battle, Jeremiah, 1799-1800 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 26 "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.
Folder 27	Somerville, James, 1799 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 27 Inaugural Address, 24 October 1799.
Folder 28	Hawkins, John Davis, 1800 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 28 Inaugural Address, circa 27 February 1800; second Inaugural Address, 4 September 1800.
Folder 29	Phifer, George, 1801 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 29 Untitled composition on conscience, 27 August 1801.
Folder 30	Toomer, John Duncan, 1801 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 30 Untitled composition on devotion, 4 October 1801.
Folder 31	Williams, Solomon B., 1801-1802 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 31 Inaugural Address, 5 August 1801; untitled composition on republicanism in the western hemisphere, 25 May 1802.
Folder 32	Donnell, John Robert, 1802-1807 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 32 Untitled composition on Hannibal, circa 1802-1807; untitled composition on education, 2 August 1805; Inaugural Address, 21 April 1806; second Inaugural Address, February 1807.
Folder 33	Henderson, Richard, circa 1802 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 33 Inaugural Address, circa 1802.
Folder 34	Osborne, Spruce McCoy, circa 1802-1805 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 34 Untitled poem, missing pages 1-8, circa 1802-1805; untitled composition on nature, 2 May 1805.
Folder 35	Cain, James A., 1803-1805 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 35 Untitled composition on the form of government, circa 1803; untitled composition on Xerxes, King of Persia, 24 August 1805.
Folder 36	Davis, Thomas J., circa 1803 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 36 Untitled composition on the dangers of degrading habits, circa 1803.
Folder 37	Sneed, James, 1803 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 37 Inaugural Address, 28 April 1803.
Folder 38	Campbell, Green H., circa 1804-1807 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 38 Untitled composition on Grecian history, circa 1804-1807.
Folder 39	Carson, Hugh, circa 1804 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 39 Untitled composition on the life of man, circa 1804.
Folder 40	Ellis, John, 1804-1805 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 40 Untitled 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.
Folder 41	Hinton, Ransom, circa 1804-1805 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 41 Untitled composition on religion, circa 1804-1805; untitled composition on past heroes, 7 May 1805.
Folder 42	Rogers, Alexander M., 1804 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 42 "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.
Folder 43	Forney, Daniel, 1804-1805 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 43 "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., 1805 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 44 Untitled address on eloquence, April 1805; untitled composition, August 1805. Missing pages 1-4.
Folder 45	Chambers, Henry, 1805 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 45 Inaugural Address, 1805; untitled address on the influence of civilization, 2 February 1805.
Folder 46	Polk, Thomas Gilchrist, circa 1805-1809 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 46 "Ne lingua precurrit mentem," circa 11 August 1809; Inaugural Address, circa 1805-1809.
Folder 47	Watters, Henry Hyrn, circa 1805-1810 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 47 "Federalism," circa 1805-1810; "The Character of Aristides," February 28 1809.
Folder 48	Coleman, John, circa 1806-1808 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 48 "On Redemption," circa 1806-1808.
Folder 49	Williams, John, 1806-1809 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 49 Untitled 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 1806-1808 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 50 Untitled 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., 1807 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 51 Untitled 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.
Folder 52	Mebane, John Briggs, circa 1807-1809 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 52 Untitled composition on the future, circa 1807-1809; untitled address, circa 1809; Inaugural Address, 24 May 1809.
Folder 53	Williams, Lewis, 1807 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 53 "The way to learning is, at first, rough; but afterwards becomes smoother," composition, 15 September 1807.
Folder 54	Williams, Thomas Lanier, 1807 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 54 Untitled composition on public speaking, 8 February 1807.
Folder 55	Hooper, William C., 1807-1811 and circa 1836-1837 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 55 Untitled 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.
Folder 56	Clopton, Abner Wentworth, circa 1808-1809 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 56 Untitled composition on the pursuit of happiness, circa 1808-1809.
Folder 57	Cowan, William James, 1808 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 57 Inaugural Address, 1808.
Folder 58	Harrington, James Auld, 1808 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 58 "To the inhabitants of the six Counties composing the election for Fayetteville District," 4 February 1808.
Folder 59	Stokes, John Richmond, 1808-1809 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 59 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 60 "Vice," April 1809.
Folder 61	Hawkins, Philemon, 1809 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 61 Untitled 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., 1809 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 62 Inaugural Address, 31 July 1809.
Folder 63	Anonymous, circa 1810 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 63 Inaugural Address, circa 1810.
Folder 64	Logan, Richard, 1810-1811 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 64 Untitled 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, 1810 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 65 Inaugural Address, 25 December 1810.
Folder 66	Hart, David E., 1811 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 66 Inaugural Address, 18 April 1811.
Folder 67	Hooper, Thomas Clark, 1812-1813 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 67 Untitled address on public speaking, 1812; Valedictory Oration, 13 November 1813.
Folder 68	Pinkston, Johnson, 1812 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 68 Inaugural Address, 15 April 1812; Valedictory Address, circa June 1812.
Folder 69	Yancey, Tryon Milton, 1812 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 69 Untitled composition on the death of an unknown person, 28 September 1812. Missing pages 1-4.
Folder 70	Hill, John, 1813 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 70 Untitled composition on man and vice, 1813; Inaugural Address, 30 September 1813.
Folder 71	Hinton, John Harper, 1813 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 71 Untitled address on civil society, February 1813; Inaugural Address, 18 February 1813.
Folder 72	Manly, Charles, 1813-1814 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 72 Inaugural Address, 28 August 1813; "Some observations on the licentiousness of the Press," 7 March 1814; Valedictory Oration, 23 June 1814.
Folder 73	Taylor, Lewis, 1813 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 73 Inaugural Address, 17 January 1813.
Folder 74	Alexander, Richard Henderson, 1814-1817 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 74 Untitled 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 1814 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 75 Untitled composition on the merits of maritime commerce, circa 1814.
Folder 76	Croom, Isaac, 1814 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 76 "Speculation on Religion," 1814.
Folder 77	Hooper, James Hogg, 1814-1815 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 77 Untitled 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, 1814 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 78 Inaugural Address, 24 October 1814.
Folder 79	Jones, Hamilton Chamberlain, circa 1815-1818 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 79 "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.
Folder 80	McClung, James White, circa 1815 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 80 Untitled incomplete address on the death penalty, circa 17 March 1815.
Folder 81	McClung, Matthew, 1815 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 81 Untitled composition on the present conflict with Great Britain, 4 February 1815.
Folder 82	Mitchell, Stockley Donelson, 1815 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 82 Inaugural Address, 8 February 1815.
Folder 83	Sneed, Stephen Kutusoff, 1815 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 83 "The Character of General Victor Moreau," 28 February 1815; Inaugural Address, 1 April 1815.
Folder 84	Alexander, Lawson Henderson, 1815-1816 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 84 Untitled address on morality and virtue, 30 August 1815; untitled composition in defense of women, 13 March 1816.
Folder 85	Alexander, William Julius, circa 1815-1816 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 85 Inaugural Address, 1815(?); untitled address on Christianity and democracy, 28 January 1816; second Inaugural Address, 23 September 1816.
Folder 86	Croom, Hardy Bryan, 1816-1817 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 86 "Talleyrand and Carnot," circa 1816-1817; Inaugural Address, 17 July 1816; Second Inaugural Address, 5 March 1817.
Folder 87	Greening, Elridge S., 1816 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 87 Untitled address on virtue, the social happiness of the world, 18 August 1816.
Folder 88	Henderson, Mark M., 1816 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 88 Inaugural Address, 20 February 1816.
Folder 89	Holmes, Hardy Lucian, 1816 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 89 Inaugural Address, circa September 1816.
Folder 90	Morehead, James Turner, 1816-1819 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 90 Untitled 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 1835 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 91 Untitled 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 1816-1818 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 92 Inaugural Address, circa 1816-1818.
Folder 93	Polk, James Knox, 1816-1818 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 93 "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.
Folder 94	Hauser, Samuel Thomas, 1816-1817 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 94 Untitled composition on the virtues of the American republic, 28 October 1816; Inaugural Address, 1 April 1817.
Folder 95	Waddell, Hugh, 1817 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 95 Inaugural Address, 12 September 1817.
Folder 96	Caldwell, David Thomas, 1818 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 96 Inaugural Address, 17 November 1818.
Folder 97	Brookes, Iveson L., 1818 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 97 Inaugural Address, September 1818.
Folder 98	Slade, Thomas Bog, 1819-1820 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 98 Inaugural Address, 10 September 1819; untitled address on the subject of government, 6 June 1820.
Folder 99	Harris, Nathaniel H., 1820 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 99 Inaugural Address, 4 August 1820.
Folder 100	Martin, James, 1820-1824 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 100 Inaugural 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.
Folder 101	Manly, Matthias Evans, 1820-1824 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 101 Untitled 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.
Folder 102	Bettner, George Shonnard, 1821-1823 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 102 "Elizabeth," circa 1821-1823; untitled address, September 1822.
Folder 103	Shaw, William Andrew, 1821 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 103 Inaugural Address, 4 April 1821.
Folder 104	Dickson, James Henderson, 1822 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 104 Inaugural Address, 28 August 1822.
Folder 105	Leetch, James Knox, 1822 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 105 Untitled address, 10 November 1822.
Folder 106	Pickett, William Dickson, 1822 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 106 Inaugural Address, 12 January 1822.
Folder 107	North, Erasmus Darwin, circa 1822-1826 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 107 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 108 "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, 1823 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 109 Inaugural Address, 20 January 1823.
Folder 110	Davidson, George Franklin, 1823 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 110 Inaugural Address, 26 February 1823.
Folder 111	Dews, Thomas, Jr., 1823-1824 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 111 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 112 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 113 "A word in defence of the Gracchi," 30 March 1823; untitled composition on Sir Walter Raleigh, 27 October 1823.
Folder 114	Stewart, Samuel M., 1823 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 114 Inaugural Address, 26 March 1823.
Folder 115	Bingham, William James, circa 1823-1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 115 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 116 "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, 1824 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 117 Inaugural Address, 20 October 1824.
Folder 118	Harding, Nehemiah Henry, circa 1824-1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 118 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 119 "Science, my close associate, still attends where'r I go," circa 27 October 1824.
Folder 120	Polk, Marshall Tate, 1824-1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 120 Inaugural Address, 4 November 1824; untitled address on the permanency of the union, 9 June 1825.
Folder 121	Riddle, Thomas, 1824-1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 121 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 122 "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, 1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 123 Untitled address, February 1825.
Folder 124	Baker, Isaac, 1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 124 "A welcome to Lafayette," a poem, 2 February 1825; "The character of Doctor Jeremiah Battle," 23 March 1825.
Folder 125	Barringer, Daniel Moreau, 1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 125 Untitled address, 23 November 1825.
Folder 126	Elliot, Henry Branson, 1825-1826 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 126 "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, 1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 127 Untitled 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 1825-1827 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 128 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 129 "Peter the Great," 26 April 1825.
Folder 130	Nicholson, Alfred Osborne Pope, 1825-1827 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 130 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 131 "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, 1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 132 Untitled address to new students, 5 October 1825.
Folder 133	Wright, James Morehead, 1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 133 Untitled composition on the story of an Irish teacher, 20 April 1825.
Folder 134	Wright, Joshua Grainger, circa 1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 134 "The Spirit of Intolerance," undated.
Folder 135	Smith, Franklin LaFayette, 1825-1829 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 135 Untitled 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 1826-1828 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 136 Untitled 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, 1826 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 137 Untitled address on the imagination of youth, 22 February 1826.
Folder 138	Norwood, William, 1826 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 138 Valedictory Address, 21 June 1826.
Folder 139	Clark, Henry Toole, 1826 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 139 Presidential Address, March 1826.
Folder 140	Alexander, Charles Wilson Harris, 1827 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 140 Untitled address on the merits of a liberal education, 14 March 1827.
Folder 141	Allison, Robert G., 1827 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 141 "Address on Mental Improvement," 1827.
Folder 142	Anonymous, 1827 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 142 Untitled address, 12 July 1827.
Folder 143	Battle, Richard Henry, 1827 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 143 "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, 1827-1828 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 144 Inaugural 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 1839 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 145 Untitled 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, 1827 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 146 Inaugural Address, 1827.
Folder 147	Toole, Henry, 1827-1828 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 147 Inaugural 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 148 "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, 1828-1829 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 149 Untitled address on Romance literature, 1828; untitled address on poetry, 1828(?); "The Ocean," a poem, 1828; Inaugural Address, January 1829.
Folder 150	Booth, Edwin Greenhill, 1828 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 150 Untitled address on knowledge, 3 March 1828.
Folder 151	Gause, John Peter, 1828 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 151 Inaugural Address, 22 April 1828.
Folder 152	Lees, David McMicken, 1828 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 152 "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, 1828 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 153 Untitled address on the present state of press of the United States, 20 November 1828.
Folder 154	Harris, Edwin Robert, 1828 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 154 Inaugural Address, 30 January 1828.
Folder 155	Hill, Richard King, 1829-1830 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 155 Untitled 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, 1829-1830 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 156 First Inaugural Address, 2 December 1829; Second Inaugural Address, April 1830.
Folder 157	Gunn, William Pinkney, circa 1830-1834 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 157 Inaugural 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, 1830-1831 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 158 Inaugural Address, August 1830; second Inaugural Address, June 1831.
Folder 159	McCain, Nathaniel Henry, circa 1830 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 159 Untitled composition on Sunday Schools, circa 11 February 1830.
Folder 160	Mebane, Giles, 1830-1831 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 160 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 161 "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, 1830 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 162 Untitled address on public amusement, June 1830; untitled address on reading, 24 November 1830.
Folder 163	Powell, Lemuel Brown, 1830 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 163 Inaugural Address, 29 September 1830.
Folder 164	Pugh, William Whitmell Hill, 1840 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 164 "The Tale of Mine Host," a composition, 4 March 1830.
Folder 165	Stedman, Elisha B., 1830 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 165 Untitled address on the duties of the Dialectic Society and the cultivation of friendship, 20 February 1830.
Folder 166	Stedman, John Madison, 1830 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 166 Untitled address on metal improvement, 25 February 1830.
Folder 167	Cannon, Henry Jordan, 1831 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 167 Inaugural Address, 20 June 1831.
Folder 168	Hargrave, John Lindsay, 1831-1832 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 168 Inaugural Address, 19 October 1831; second Inaugural Address, 30 April 1832.
Folder 169	Henry, Robert Williams, circa 1831-1835 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 169 "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, 1831 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 170 Inaugural Address, 13 December 1831.
Folder 171	Morehead, Abraham Forrest, 1831 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 171 "Mountain Eclogue: Damon and Delia," poem, 1831.
Folder 172	Smith, Archibald Aaron Tyson, 1831 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 172 Inaugural Address, 23 March 1831.
Folder 173	Waugh, Jesse Albert, 1831 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 173 Inaugural Address, 18 May 1831.
Folder 174	Parker, John Haywood, 1831-1832 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 174 Inaugural 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 1832-1833 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 175 Untitled 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, 1832-1833 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 176 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 177 "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, 1832 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 178 Inaugural Address, February 1832.
Folder 179	Miller, Henry Watkins, circa 1832-1834 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 179 Untitled 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, 1833-1834 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 180 Debate 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, 1833 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 181 Inaugural Address, 23 February 1833.
Folder 182	Jones, Protheus Eppes Armistead, 1833 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 182 Inaugural Address, 30 January 1833.
Folder 183	McAlister, David, 1833 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 183 Inaugural Address, 18 September 1833.
Folder 184	Anderson, Albert Gallatin, 1834 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 184 Inaugural Address, 1834.
Folder 185	Battle, Christopher Columbus, 1834-1835 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 185 Debate on whether war can ever be justified, argued in the negative, 3 May 1834; Inaugural Address, 28 January 1835.
Folder 186	Foster, Augustus John, 1834 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 186 Untitled address, October 1834.
Folder 187	Thompson, John Carnes, 1834-1835 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.2. Addresses and Debates, 1795-1834." Folder 187 Untitled address on absolute perfection, November 1834; untitled address on immortality, May 1835.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868.

235 folders.

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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 188 "On Moral and Intellectual Philosophy," 25 May 1835.
Folder 189	Avery, William Waightstill, circa 1836-1837 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 189 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 190 "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, 1836 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 191 Inaugural Address, October 1836.
Folder 192	Hooper, William Wilberforce, 1836 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 192 Untitled composition on Cicero, 20 June 1836.
Folder 193	Swann, Alexander D., 1836 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 193 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 194 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 195 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 196 "Should Texas be annexed to the Union," argued in the affirmative, 1837.
Folder 197	Jackson, Joseph John, 1837-1838 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 197 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 198 "Should Texas be admitted into the Union," argued in the affirmative, 23 June 1837; Inaugural Address, 1838.
Folder 199	Shepherd, Jesse George, circa 1837-1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 199 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 200 "Ought Texas to be annexed to the United States," argued in the negative, 21 June 1837.
Folder 201	Hobson, Benjamin Moseley, 1838 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 201 Valedictory Address, 28 June 1838.
Folder 202	McNeill, Angus Currie, 1838-1839 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 202 "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, 1839 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 203 Inaugural Address, 27 June 1839.
Folder 204	Claiborne, Richard Henry, 1839 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 204 "In like positions; Men think alike," 12 September 1839.
Folder 205	Clark, William John, 1839-1840 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 205 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 206 "Literature in the United States," 15 April 1839; Inaugural Address, 3 October 1840.
Folder 207	Hall, Samuel, 1839 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 207 "Influence of adversity upon literary character," 2 March 1839.
Folder 208	Wiley, Calvin Henderson, 1839-1840 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 208 "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, 1840 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 209 Untitled address on the spirit of investigation, 20 August 1840.
Folder 210	Caldwell, Tod Robinson, 1840 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 210 Inaugural Address, 24 April 1840.
Folder 211	Harrison, Atlas Octavius, 1840 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 211 "Should the President of the United States be reeligible," argued in the negative, 4 June 1840.
Folder 212	Phillips, Charles, 1840 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 212 President's Address, August 1840.
Folder 213	Wilson, Richard Don, 1840-1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 213 "On Liberty," 19 August 1840; "Flozelle," a poem, January 1841.
Folder 214	Barringer, Rufus, 1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 214 Inaugural Address, 17 September 1841.
Folder 215	Gales, Seaton, 1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 215 Inaugural Address, 13 September 1841.
Folder 216	Green, Stephen Sneed, 1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 216 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 217 "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., 1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 218 Valedictory Address, 2 June 1841.
Folder 219	Manly, William Henry, 1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 219 President's Address, 5 March 1841.
Folder 220	Phillips, Samuel Field, 1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 220 Untitled address on the conduct of university students, January 1841.
Folder 221	Smith, John Baptist, 1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 221 Inaugural Address, 15 October 1841.
Folder 222	Morisey, Thomas Junius, 1841 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 222 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 223 "The Progress of Poesy," a poem, 12 March 1842.
Folder 224	Dick, Robert Payne, 1842 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 224 "Should Immigration be restricted," argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1842.
Folder 225	Hill, Richard Bradley, 1842 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 225 "Should Immigration be restricted," argued in the negative, 1 May 1842.
Folder 226	Barbee, Chesley Page Patterson, 1843 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 226 Inaugural Address, 24 January 1843.
Folder 227	Cowan, Robert H., Jr., 1843-1844 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 227 Debate 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, 1843 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 228 Untitled address on the evil influence of wealth upon national morality, April 1843.
Folder 229	Hall, Eli West, circa 1843-1847 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 229 Untitled debate on war, circa 1843-1847; Inaugural Address, 18 September 1846; Valedictory Address, June 1847.
Folder 230	Hill, William, 1843 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 230 Untitled address on the death of fellow student Lewis B. Holt, 25 October 1843.
Folder 231	Irwin, James Patton, circa 1839-1843 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 231 Untitled address against restricting immigration in the United States, circa 1839-1843; Inaugural Address, circa 1843.
Folder 232	Reese, John James, 1843 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 232 Presidential Address, 11 March 1843.
Folder 233	Stanfield, Stephen Addison, 1843 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 233 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 234 "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, 1844 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 235 Inaugural Address, 23 March 1844.
Folder 236	Dalton, Pleasant Hunter, 1844 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 236 Inaugural Address, February 1844.
Folder 237	Davis, Thomas Frederick, 1844 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 237 Inaugural Address, 20 September 1844.
Folder 238	Foster, Alfred Gaither, 1844 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 238 Inaugural Address, January 1844.
Folder 239	Holt, Pleasant Allen, 1844 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 239 "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, 1844 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 240 Inaugural Address, 18 April 1844.
Folder 241	Rounsaville, Peter King, 1844 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 241 Valedictory Address, 5 June 1844.
Folder 242	Smith, Jesse Potts, 1844-1845 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 242 Untitled 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 243 "Was Mary Queen of Scots justly executed," argued in the negative, 4 June 1844.
Folder 244	Blake, William Kennedy, 1845-1846 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 244 "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 1845-1849 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 245 Untitled speech on liberty, circa 1845-1849; Inaugural Address, circa February 1849.
Folder 246	Slade, Thomas Turner, 1845 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 246 Inaugural Address, circa March 1845.
Folder 247	Wharton, Samuel Davies, 1845 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 247 Inaugural Address, 7 February 1845.
Folder 248	Whitfield, Owen Holmes, 1845 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 248 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 249 "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, 1846 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 250 Presidential Address, 1846.
Folder 251	Erwin, Samuel Jethro, 1846 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 251 Inaugural Address, 16 October 1846.
Folder 252	Howerton, William Matthew, 1846 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 252 "Is war ever justifiable," argued in the affirmative, March 1846; Inaugural Address, 22 July 1846.
Folder 253	Levy, Lionel Lincoln, 1846 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 253 Untitled debate on war between nations, argued in the negative, 3 June 1846.
Folder 254	Shober, Charles Eugene, 1846-1847 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 254 "Is war ever justifiable," argued in the negative, 3 June 1846; Inaugural Address, 4 February 1847.
Folder 255	Battle, Joel Dossey, 1847 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 255 Inaugural Address, 4 May 1847.
Folder 256	Guion, John Osborne, 1847 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 256 Inaugural Address, April 1847.
Folder 257	Meares, Oliver Pendleton, 1847 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 257 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 258 "Ought Infidels to be excluded from Offices," argued in the negative, 1 June 1847; Inaugural Address, 15 October 1847.
Folder 259	Baskerville, George Thomas, 1848 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 259 Inaugural Address, 3 March 1848.
Folder 260	Battle, Kemp Plummer, 1848 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 260 Inaugural Address, 18 August 1848.
Folder 261	Cameron, John Wilder, 1848 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 261 Valedictory Address, 1848; Inaugural Address, 3 February 1848.
Folder 262	Cave, Belfield William, 1848 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 262 Valedictory Address, May 1848.
Folder 263	Hale, Peter Mallett, 1848 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 263 "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, 1848 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 264 Inaugural Address, April 1848.
Folder 265	Kingsbury, Theodore Bryant, 1848 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 265 "Composition on American Literature," September 1848.
Folder 266	Robinson, Thomas Jefferson, 1848-1849 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 266 "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, 1848 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 267 Inaugural Address, 15 September 1848.
Folder 268	Chambers, Edward Coke, 1849 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 268 Inaugural Address, October 1849.
Folder 269	Hardie, Henry, 1849-1850 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 269 Inaugural Address, 26 October 1849.
Folder 270	Hill, John, 1849-1850 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 270 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 271 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 272 "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.
Folder 273	Towles, Daniel Thomas, 1849 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 273 Inaugural Address, 26 April 1849.
Folder 274	Whitfield, Samuel Erwin, 1849 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 274 "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, 1850 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 275 Inaugural Address, 6 April 1850.
Folder 276	Carrigan, Alfred Holt, 1850 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 276 Inaugural Address, 3 May 1850.
Folder 277	Engelhard, Joseph Adolphus, 1850-1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 277 "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.
Folder 278	Fuller, Bartholomew, 1850 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 278 "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.
Folder 279	Gretter, John Birney, 1850-1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 279 "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.
Folder 280	Harrington, Cyrus, 1850-1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 280 "The Deep River Coal Fields," composition, circa 1850-1853; "Imaginary evils make up more than half the evils of life," Senior Speech, September 1852.
Folder 281	Patton, James Alfred, 1850-1851 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 281 Untitled composition on poetry, 4 June 1850; Inaugural Address, 24 July 1850; "Mahomet, an Enthusiast," 14 March 1851.
Folder 282	Scott, William Lafayette, circa 1850-1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 282 "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.
Folder 283	Toomer, Frederick Armand, 1850-1851 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 283 Inaugural 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.
Folder 284	Andrews, John Barr, circa 1850-1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 284 "Should Judge Hall have fined Jackson," argued in the affirmative, circa 1850-1854; Inaugural Address, 12 November 1853.
Folder 285	Bell, James Franklin, Jr., 1851 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 285 Inaugural Address, 14 November 1851.
Folder 286	Holmes, Samuel Ashe, 1851 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 286 Inaugural Address, 4 April 1851.
Folder 287	Leak, Walter John, circa 1851-1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 287 "Temporary adversity administered moderately is highly beneficial to the race of mankind," circa 1851-1853.
Folder 288	Lindsay, Jesse Harper, Jr., 1851 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 288 "Our Free Institutions - their Extent and Probable Duration," March 1851.
Folder 289	Shober, Francis Edwin, 1851 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 289 Inaugural Address, 6 February 1851; "The Jews," 28 March 1851; Valedictory Address, May 1851.
Folder 290	Siler, Leonidas Fidelis, 1851-1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 290 "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.
Folder 291	Smith, Alexander Robeson, 1851 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 291 Inaugural Address, circa 22 August 1851.
Folder 292	Treadwell, William Lowndes, 1851 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 292 Inaugural Address, 7 March 1851.
Folder 293	Waddell, Legh Richmond, 1851-1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 293 Untitled 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.
Folder 294	Wilson, James William, 1851-1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 294 "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.
Folder 295	Black, Archibald Ray, 1852-1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 295 "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.
Folder 296	Carrigan, William Michael, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 296 Inaugural Address, 6 February 1852.
Folder 297	Hutchins, John Rhodes, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 297 "Emigration from North Carolina," 28 February 1852.
Folder 298	Lacy, James Horace, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 298 "Sheluskah Senawlah, or Sleep in the Morning," 28 August 1852.
Folder 299	McIver, Alexander, 1852-1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 299 "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.
Folder 300	Merritt, Alfred Gowan, 1852-1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 300 "The Man of superior intellect alone gains our admiration," composition, 6 October 1852; Inaugural Address, 8 October 1852; "The Statesman," 19 March 1853.
Folder 301	Morehead, John Lindsay, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 301 "The adaptation of the United States to the advancement of literature," 12 October 1852; Presidential Address, December 1852.
Folder 302	Scales, Junius Irving, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 302 "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.
Folder 303	Slade, James Bog, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 303 Inaugural Address, 2 April 1852.
Folder 304	Spencer, James Monroe, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 304 "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.
Folder 305	Taylor, John Douglas, 1852-1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 305 "The paths of Glory lead but to the grave," October 1852; Valedictory Address, 1 June 1853.
Folder 306	Thompson, Basil Manly, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 306 Inaugural Address, 5 March 1852.
Folder 307	Alexander, William Lee, circa 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 307 Inaugural Address, Fall 1853(?).
Folder 308	Gallaway, John Marion, 1853-1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 308 "Banishment and subsequent treatment of Napoleon at St. Helena," 5 August 1853; "What will Mrs. Grundy say," Senior Oration, 20 September 1854.
Folder 309	McDonald, A. R., 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 309 "The Dream of Time," 12 March 1853.
Folder 310	Merritt, Abram Haywood, 1853-1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 310 "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.
Folder 311	Merritt, Leonidas John, 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 311 "Ought Judge Hall to have fined Genl Jackson," Remarks, argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1853; Inaugural Address, 18 August 1853.
Folder 312	Park, James, 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 312 "Ireland," 10 April 1855.
Folder 313	Scales, Nathaniel Eldridge, 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 313 "California," 26 March 1853; Inaugural Address, 29 April 1853.
Folder 314	Sessions, Henry W., circa 1853-1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 314 "Our Country--The South," circa 1853-1857.
Folder 315	Shorter, Henry R., 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 315 Inaugural Address, 4 March 1853.
Folder 316	Taylor, John Tillinghast, 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 316 "Grenada," 2 April 1853.
Folder 317	Worth, David Gaston, 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 317 "Progress of Humbuggery," 9 April 1853.
Folder 318	Wright, James Allan, 1853 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 318 "Westminister Abbey," Senior Oration, 29 October 1853.
Folder 319	Battle, Richard Henry, Jr., 1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 319 "Australia," 4 February 1854; Inaugural Address, 3 March 1854.
Folder 320	Colton, James Hooper, 1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 320 Inaugural Address, 18 August 1854; "Are we progressing," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 30 May 1854.
Folder 321	Hall, William Hunt, 1854-1855 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 321 Inaugural 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.
Folder 322	Husted, Delano Whiting, 1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 322 "Imaginary Happiness," Senior Oration, 18 February 1854.
Folder 323	Ledbetter, William Leak, 1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 323 "All is not gold that glitters," February 1854.
Folder 324	McIver, Evander J., 1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 324 "Are we Progressing," Debate argued in the affirmative, 30 May 1854; Inaugural Address, July 1854.
Folder 325	Morehead, James Turner, Jr., 1854-1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 325 Inaugural Address, 16 October 1857; "Do we profit more by the excellencies than the defects of others," argued in the negative, circa 1854-1858.
Folder 326	Shaw, John Duncan, 1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 326 Inaugural Address, 31 March 1854.
Folder 327	Watters, Samuel Paxson, 1854-1855 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 327 Inaugural Address, 10 November 1854; "What are the Political Signs of the Times," 7 April 1855.
Folder 328	Whitfield, Bryan and Theodore Whitfield, 1854 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 328 Bryan Whitfield, "The Pacific Railroad," 25 March 1854; Theodore Whitfield, Inaugural Address, 3 February 1854.
Folder 329	Bingham, William, 1855-1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 329 "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.
Folder 330	Lewis, William Gaston, 1855 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 330 Inaugural Address, 9 March 1855.
Folder 331	Lynch, William Bingham, circa 1855-1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 331 "The Death of our Classmates," Senior Oration, 10 September 1858; untitled address on the importance of classical languages in modern education, circa 1855-1859.
Folder 332	Montgomery, William James, 1855 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 332 Inaugural Address, 1855.
Folder 333	Sessions, Coleman, 1855-1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 333 Inaugural Address, 20 September 1855; "Labor for Ease, and Ease from Labor," Senior Oration, 15 March 1856.
Folder 334	Wharton, Jesse Rankin, 1855 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 334 Inaugural Address, 9 February 1855.
Folder 335	Sykes, Edward Turner, circa 1855-1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 335 "Two sections of the Union," circa 1855-1858.
Folder 336	Avery, Alphonso Calhoun, 1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 336 "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.
Folder 337	Barrett, Robert Graham, 1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 337 Inaugural Address, 29 March 1856.
Folder 338	Coble, John Hanner, 1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 338 "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.
Folder 339	Fogle, James O.A., circa 1856-1860 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 339 Inaugural Address, undated.
Folder 340	Graham, John Washington, 1856-1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 340 "Nicaragua," Senior Oration, 16 August 1856; Inaugural Address, 16 October 1856; "John Marshall," Senior Oration, 21 February 1857.
Folder 341	Graham, Joseph, 1856-1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 341 Inaugural Address, 22 August 1856; second Inaugural Address, 2 June 1857.
Folder 342	Hargrave, Jesse, 1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 342 "Biography," 23 August 1856.
Folder 343	Laurence, Adolphus Alexander, 1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 343 Inaugural Address, 1856.
Folder 344	Morrow, Elijah Graham, 1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 344 Valedictory Address, 4 June 1856.
Folder 345	Patrick, David Settle, 1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 345 Inaugural Address, 1 May 1856.
Folder 346	Stewart, Jonathan Lafayette, 1856 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 346 "Is moral or mental culture the greater element of national strength," argued in the affirmative, 3 June 1856.
Folder 347	Brown, Hugh Thomas, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 347 "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.
Folder 348	Buchanan, John Blue, 1857-1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 348 Inaugural Address, 13 November 1857; "Inventive Genius," 27 February 1858.
Folder 349	Coleman, William Macon, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 349 "Have men of Action been more beneficial to the world than men of thought," argued in the negative, June 1857. Missing pages 1-2.
Folder 350	Cowan, Thomas, 1857-1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 350 "Progress; Moral and Material," Senior Oration, 20 August 1857; Inaugural Address, 5 March 1858.
Folder 351	Dowd, William Carey, 1857-1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 351 "The Reviewer and the Theorist," Senior Oration, 1857; Inaugural Address, 1858.
Folder 352	Erwin, John Bratton, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 352 Inaugural Address, 7 March 1857.
Folder 353	Frost, Samuel Milton, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 353 "True Friendship," 1 November 1857.
Folder 354	Hammond, William May, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 354 "National Extravagances," Senior Oration, 26 September 1857.
Folder 355	Jones, Hamilton Chamberlain, Jr., 1857-1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 355 "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.
Folder 356	McAfee, Leroy Mangum, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 356 "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.
Folder 357	McNab, James Graham, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 357 "Our Union, will it be preserved," Senior Oration, March 1857.
Folder 358	Marsh, Robert Henry, 1857-1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 358 "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.
Folder 359	Mitchell, Charles Andrews, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 359 "The Abundance of the Sea," Senior Oration, 14 February 1857; Inaugural Address, 8 May 1857.
Folder 360	Sessions, Henry Wright, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 360 "The Victim of Passion," Senior Oration, 28 March 1857.
Folder 361	Strong, Hugh, 1857-1860 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 361 "Southern Chivalry," circa 1857-1860; "Language," September 1858; "Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead," Senior Oration, 27 August 1859.
Folder 362	Swayze, Caldwell Calhoun, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 362 Inaugural Address, 21 August 1857; "Where rest you, your Fame!," Senior Oration, 17 October 1857.
Folder 363	Walker, James Alves, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 363 "The Political Preacher," October 1857.
Folder 364	Whitfield, Nathan Bryan, 1857 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 364 Inaugural Address, 3 April 1857.
Folder 365	Bonner, William, Jr., 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 365 Inaugural Address, 23 April 1858.
Folder 366	Butler, Lewis Peter, 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 366 "Motives to Study," composition, June 1858.
Folder 367	Croom, Cicero Stephens, 1858-1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 367 "Our Commerce," 20 September 1858; Inaugural Address, 4 February 1859; "Motion Universal," 15 March 1859.
Folder 368	Foster, Wilbur Fisk, 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 368 "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.
Folder 369	Granbery, Joseph Langley, 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 369 Inaugural Address, 12 November 1858.
Folder 370	Hamlin, Richard Franklin, 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 370 Untitled junior speech on a new system of education, 1858.
Folder 371	Lord, William Campbell, 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 371 "Mt. Vernon Association," Senior Oration, 6 March 1858.
Folder 372	McClammy, Charles Washington, 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 372 Inaugural Address, 15 October 1858.
Folder 373	Stockton, Francis Daughtry, 1858-1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 373 "The Influence of Imagination," Senior Oration, 9 October 1858; Senior Oration, 19 March 1859, title page only; Inaugural Address, missing pages 1-10, 1859.
Folder 374	Wilcox, John C., 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 374 "Pleasure exists cheifly in anticipation," Senior Oration, 30 October 1858.
Folder 375	Withers, Elijah Benton, 1858 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 375 Inaugural 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.
Folder 376	Battle, Junius Cullen, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 376 Inaugural Address, 16 September 1859.
Folder 377	Butler, Pierce Mason, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 377 Inaugural Address, 14 October 1859.
Folder 378	Frierson, Lucius, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 378 "Retributive Dreams," 5 March 1859; Inaugural Address, 30 April 1859.
Folder 379	Gaines, James Luttrell, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 379 Inaugural Address, March 1859.
Folder 380	Hobson, James Marcellus, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 380 "Can we profit more from the excellences of other than from their defects," Junior Debate argued in the affirmative, June 1859.
Folder 381	Martin, Eugene Stuart, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 381 "The Crusades: Their Causes and Consequences," Senior speech, 1 October 1859.
Folder 382	Micou, Augustine, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 382 "Civilization, its Power and Progress," 22 October 1859.
Folder 383	Scales, Erasmus Decatur, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 383 "What is Glory," Composition, 15 October 1859.
Folder 384	Varner, Herbert M., and Vernon Henry Vaughan, 1859-1860 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 384 Varner, "The Beauties of the Ocean," 10 March 1860; Vaughn, "Pensive Thoughts," Senior Oration, 3 November 1859.
Folder 385	Cooper, Robert English, 1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 385 "The Heart of a Friend is the Home of the Soul," 19 March 1859.
Folder 386	Barbee, Algernon Sydney, 1860 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 386 "Be guided by the experience of others," 1 February 1860.
Folder 387	Coleman, Daniel Raymond, 1860 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 387 "The Young American," March 1860.
Folder 388	Hunt, James Madison Bullock, 1860 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 388 "Education," 15 September 1860.
Folder 389	Kelly, James, 1860 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 389 "Is the study of mathematics injurious to the mind," Senior Oration, 10 March 1860.
Folder 390	Simmons, David Ward, 1860 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 390 Inaugural Address, 10 October 1860.
Folder 391	Carter, Francis Marion, 1861 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 391 "The Futility of Human Power and Grandeur," Senior Oration, 26 August 1861.
Folder 392	Gorrell, Albert Barrow, 1861 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 392 Inaugural Address, July 1861.
Folder 393	Marshall, Matthias Murray, circa 1861-1863 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 393 "Music - its Charms and Effects," circa 1861-1863.
Folder 394	Rencher, John Grant, 1861 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 394 Inaugural Address, 27 September 1861.
Folder 395	Taylor, Massilon Field, 1861 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 395 "Is a knowledge of the classics necessary for a thorough education," argued in the affirmative, 9 March 1861.
Folder 396	Van Wyck, William, Jr., 1861 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 396 "Great Nationality - the offspring of liberal minds," 16 March 1861.
Folder 397	Powell, Benjamin T., circa 1862-1863 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 397 "The Present Day," Senior Oration, circa 1862-1863.
Folder 398	Boozer, Albert Mirabeau, 1863-1864 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 398 "The Piece of Excellence," Senior address, 19 August 1863; Inaugural Address, 25 September 1863; "Night," Senior address, 27 February 1864.
Folder 399	Quarles, William Lowndes, 1863 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 399 "Josephine," Senior Oration, 11 April 1863.
Folder 400	Van Wyck, Augustus, 1863 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 400 Inaugural Address, 17 July 1863.
Folder 401	Henderson, John Steele, 1864 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 401 Inaugural Address, 23 July 1864; "A Brief Outline of the History of the Ninth Century," Senior Oration, 3 October 1864.
Folder 402	London, Henry Armand, Jr., 1864 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 402 Inaugural Address, 22 September 1864.
Folder 403	Montague, Alexander, 1864 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 403 "Peter the Great: a true Patriot," 23 September 1864.
Folder 404	Prout, Edmund Gregory, 1864 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 404 "The Life and Writings of Sallust," Senior Oration, 1 October 1864.
Folder 405	Prout, William Curtis, 1864-1865 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 405 "The Norman Conquest," 29 October 1864; Inaugural Address, 27 January 1865.
Folder 406	Tate, James Turner, 1864 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 406 Inaugural Address, 1 April 1864.
Folder 407	Carr, Julian Shakespeare, 1865 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 407 "Robert Burns," Senior Oration, 4 November 1865.
Folder 408	Means, Robert Work, 1866 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 408 Inaugural Address, Fall Session, 1866. Missing pages 1-6 and 9-14.
Folder 409	Miller, William H., 1866-1867 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 409 "Woman's Influence, Historically Considered," Senior Oration, circa 1866-1867.
Folder 410	Rencher, William Conway, 1866 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 410 Inaugural Address, 26 January 1866.
Folder 411	Young, John Graham, 1866 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 411 "Rise and Progress of Language," Senior Oration, March 1867; Inaugural Address, 24 July 1867.
Folder 412	Carr, Albert Gallatin, 1867 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 412 "The fall of Rome," Senior Oration, 9 February 1867; Inaugural Address, 11 May 1867.
Folder 413	Johnson, Herbert P., 1867 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 413 "Resolution," Senior Oration, 26 January 1867.
Folder 414	Means, Paul Barringer, 1867-1868 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 414 Inaugural Address, 8 November 1867; second Inaugural Address, 8 May 1868.
Folder 415	Patterson, Henry Houston, 1867 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 415 "Enthusiasm," Senior Oration, 9 March 1867.
Folder 416	Pearson, William Simpson, 1867-1868 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 416 "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.
Folder 417	Strayhorn, Isaac R., 1867-1868 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 417 Inaugural Address, 26 July 1867; second Inaugural Address, 28 February 1868.
Folder 418	Bitting, Samuel Thornton, 1868 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 418 "Does morality keep pace with the progress of civilization," Junior Debate speech, argued in the negative, 2 June 1868.
Folder 419	Craige, William Harrison, 1868 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 419 "The English Language," Senior Speech, 1868.
Folder 420	Graham, George Washington, 1868 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 420 "Envy," Senior Oration, 22 February 1868.
Folder 421	Jones, Edmund, 1868 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 421 "Can Morality keep pace with the progress of Civilization," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 2 June 1868.
Folder 422	Mason, James Bruce, 1868 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.3. Addresses and Debates, 1835-1868." Folder 422 "Does Morality keep pace with the progress of Civilization," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 1868.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899.

118 folders.

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.

Folder 423	Phillips, William Battle, 1875 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 423 Inaugural Address, 17 September 1875.
Folder 424	Johnston, Julius, 1876 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 424 Inaugural Address, 13 October 1876.
Folder 425	McCorkle, George, 1876 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 425 Inaugural Address, 14 April 1876; "The Augustan Age," Senior Oration, 29 May 1876.
Folder 426	Watkins, Henry Thomas, 1876-1877, and Fonso Butler Watkins, 1900 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 426 "The Sunny South," 30 May 1876; Inaugural Address, 6 April 1877; "The Influence of Mathematics on the Reformation," 3 March 1900.
Folder 427	Payne, Robert Lee, Jr., 1876 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 427 Inaugural Address, 4 February 1876.
Folder 428	Dixon, John Howie, 1877 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 428 "Was the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell beneficial to England," Junior Debate, argued in the negative, 5 June 1877.
Folder 429	Street, Nathaniel Heath, 1877 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 429 Inaugural Address, 14 November 1877.
Folder 430	Angier, John Cicero, 1878 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 430 Inaugural Address, 25 October 1878.
Folder 431	Battle, Kemp Plummer, Jr., 1878 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 431 Untitled address on the activities of the Dialectic Society during the previous year, May 1878.
Folder 432	Cline, William Pinckney, 1878 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 432 Inaugural Address, 15 March 1878.
Folder 433	Covington, Charles Coleman, 1878 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 433 "Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella," Senior Oration, May 1878.
Folder 434	Phillips, Alexander Lacy, 1878-1880 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 434 "Ought the Negro to be colonized," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 4 June 1878; Inaugural Address, 9 January 1880.
Folder 435	Strange, Robert, 1878-1879 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 435 "What shall be done with the Turk," Representative speech, 5 June 1878; Inaugural Address, 10 January 1879.
Folder 436	Clifton, Lunsford Claiborne, 1879 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 436 Inaugural Address, Spring 1879.
Folder 437	Green, George Alexander, 1879 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 437 "Should North Carolina adopt a compulsory system of education," argued in the negative, 3 June 1879.
Folder 438	John, Roderick Belton, 1879 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 438 Inaugural Address, 17 October 1879.
Folder 439	Neal, John William, 1879 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 439 "Should North Carolina adopt a system of compulsory education," Junior Debate, argued in the affirmative, 3 June 1879.
Folder 440	Slade, William Bonner, 1879 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 440 Inaugural Address, May 1879.
Folder 441	Avery, John Morehead, 1880 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 441 Inaugural Address, 22 October 1880.
Folder 442	McIver, John Alton, 1880 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 442 Inaugural Address, 7 May 1880.
Folder 443	Allen, Alvis Waldo, 1881 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 443 Inaugural Address, 13 May 1881.
Folder 444	McAlister, Alexander Worth, circa 1881-1882 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 444 "Conservatism in England," Senior Oration, circa 1881-1882.
Folder 445	Pemberton, William David, 1881 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 445 Inaugural Address, 18 March 1881.
Folder 446	Stewart, William Belfield, 1881 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 446 Inaugural Address, January 1881.
Folder 447	Everett, William Nash, circa 1882-1884 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 447 "Do the signs of the times indicate a future prosperity for our government," undated.
Folder 448	Foust, Edwin Michael, circa 1882-1885 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 448 "Shadows and Influences," Senior Oration, circa 1882-1885.
Folder 449	Heitman, Numa Fletcher, 1882 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 449 Inaugural Address, 20 October 1882.
Folder 450	Jackson, Jonathan Worth, 1882 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 450 Inaugural Address, 18 March 1882.
Folder 451	Butler, Marion, 1883-1885 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 451 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 452 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 453 "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, 1883 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 454 Inaugural Address, 26 October 1883.
Folder 455	Slocumb, John Charles, 1883-1884 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 455 "Destiny of the Indians," June 1883; Inaugural Address, March 1884.
Folder 456	Jackson, Samuel Spencer, 1884 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 456 Junior 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 457 "Some Objections to the Theory of Evolution," Senior Oration, undated.
Folder 458	Mangum, Ernest Preston, 1884 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 458 Inaugural Address, May 1884.
Folder 459	Osborne, Henry Graves, 1884 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 459 "The Emancipation of Thought," 9 May 1884.
Folder 460	McIver, Berrie Chandler, 1885 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 460 Inaugural Address, 16 January 1885.
Folder 461	McIver, John Fenelon, circa 1885-1886 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 461 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 462 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 463 "Windows that Exclude the Light and Avenues that Lead to Nothingness," Representative speech, 3 June 1885.
Folder 464	Wilson, Nathan Hunt Daniel, Jr., 1885 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 464 Inaugural Address, June 1885. Last pages missing.
Folder 465	Crowell, James Lee, 1886 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 465 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 466 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 467 "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, 1886 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 468 Inaugural Address, 15 June 1886.
Folder 469	Armfield, Eugene Morehead, 1887 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 469 "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, 1887 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 470 Inaugural Address, 7 October 1887.
Folder 471	Bryant, Victor Silas, 1887-1890 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 471 "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, 1887 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 472 Untitled Representative Speech on the death penalty, June 1887.
Folder 473	Hill, John Sprunt, 1887-1888 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 473 "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, 1887 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 474 Inaugural Address, May 1887.
Folder 475	Smith, Robert Lee, 1887 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 475 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 476 "The Mysterious," prize essay, 31 March 1888, two handwritten drafts; "Heroism," 7 June 1888; Inaugural Address, 12 January 1889.
Folder 477	Davis, Hayne, 1888 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 477 Inaugural Address, 13 January 1888.
Folder 478	Eskridge, Thomas Joseph, 1888 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 478 "Prince Bismark," Senior Oration, 11 February 1888.
Folder 479	Ferguson, Herbert Reeves, circa 1888 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 479 Untitled composition, undated, missing pages 1-2.
Folder 480	Headen, William Edwards, 1888 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 480 "Criticism of Fiction. Thackeray's Vanity Fair for Example," Senior Oration, 1888.
Folder 481	McIver, Alexander, Jr., 1888-1890 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 481 "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 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 482 "Free Trade vs. Protection," debate argued in favor of free trade, 5 June 1888.
Folder 483	Withers, Eugene Parker, 1888 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 483 "Some of our Evil Tendencies," 1888.
Folder 484	Foust, Julius Isaac, 1889 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 484 Inaugural Address, 11 October 1889.
Folder 485	Moore, Thomas Lake, 1889 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 485 Inaugural Address, 9 March 1889.
Folder 486	Patterson, Andrew Henry, 1890 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 486 Inaugural Address, 2 May 1890.
Folder 487	Pearsall, Matthew James, 1890 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 487 "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, 1890 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 488 Inaugural Address, 7 March 1890.
Folder 489	Andrews, William Johnston #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 489 Inaugural Address, 20 March 1891.
Folder 490	Dalrymple, Palmer, 1891 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 490 Inaugural Address, January 1891.
Folder 491	Davis, Samuel Lee, 1891 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 491 "The Evolution of Nations," Representative Address, 4 June 1891.
Folder 492	Foust, Thomas Roswell, 1891 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 492 Inaugural Address, 1 May 1891.
Folder 493	Walser, Joseph Gaither, 1891 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 493 "Journalism and Law," 3 June 1891.
Folder 494	Willcox, Frederick Leroy, 1891, and Robert Ransom Williams, 1902 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 494 Willcox, Inaugural Address, October 1891; Williams, Inaugural Address, 4 January 1902.
Folder 495	Gilmer, John A., 1892 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 495 Inaugural Address, 14 October 1892.
Folder 496	Cheek, John Morgan, 1893 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 496 Inaugural Address, 20 January 1893.
Folder 497	Cooper, Thomas Jefferson, 1893 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 497 Inaugural Address, 5 May 1893.
Folder 498	Edwards, Arthur Joseph, 1893 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 498 "City Water Supply," Senior Essay, 1 April 1893.
Folder 499	Whitlock, Victor Emanuel, 1893 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 499 Inaugural Address, 24 March 1893.
Folder 500	Eller, John Carlton, 1894-1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 500 "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, 1894 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 501 Inaugural Address, 11 May 1894.
Folder 502	Rollins, Thomas, 1894 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 502 Inaugural Address, 12 February 1894.
Folder 503	Bingham, Herbert, 1895 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 503 Inaugural Address, 16 February 1895.
Folder 504	Canada, John William, 1895-1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 504 "Tennyson an Interpreter," June 1895; "Religion and its Manifestation," Senior Oration, 1896.
Folder 505	Dusenbery, Edwin Lafayette, 1895 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 505 Inaugural Address, 4 April 1895.
Folder 506	Kluttz, William Clarence, 1895 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 506 "Life of David Caldwell D.D," Senior Thesis, 13 April 1895.
Folder 507	Shannonhouse, Royal Graham, 1895 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 507 "Partyite, Party, and Independent," Senior Oration, 19 November 1895.
Folder 508	White, John Samuel, 1895 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 508 "Joan of Arc," December 1895.
Folder 509	Yount, Marshall Hill, 1895 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 509 Inaugural Address, 15 January 1895.
Folder 510	Zachary, Robert Edgar, 1895 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 510 "Thesis on John Locke," 15 April 1895.
Folder 511	Anonymous, 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 511 "The Evolution of Government," Senior Oration, 17 October 1896.
Folder 512	Bahnson, Frederick Fries, circa 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 512 "The Doctor's use of Psychology," Senior Oration, circa 1896.
Folder 513	Bryson, Daniel Rice, circa 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 513 "The Evils of the Patent System," Senior Oration, circa 1896.
Folder 514	Coker, Robert Erwin, 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 514 "The Reconstruction of Historical Characters," Senior Oration, 25 January 1896.
Folder 515	Kluttz, Theodore Franklin, Jr., 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 515 "The Individual and Society," Senior Oration, 9 November 1896.
Folder 516	McIver, Donald, 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 516 Untitled composition on religion, November 1896.
Folder 517	Shaffner, John Francis, Jr., 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 517 "Review of Va and N.C.'s Boundary Line," 1896.
Folder 518	Sharpe, Thomas Allen, 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 518 "The New Constitution of S.C," 28 March 1896.
Folder 519	White, Joseph Harvey, circa 1896 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 519 "The Economical Uses of Carbon Dioxide," circa 1896.
Folder 520	Cheek, Paul Tinsley, 1897 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 520 "The Conception of Woman in Literature," Senior Oration, 6 November 1897.
Folder 521	Graham, Edward Kidder, 1897 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 521 Inaugural Address, May 1897.
Folder 522	McNairy, William Herbert, 1897 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 522 Inaugural Address, 20 February 1897.
Folder 523	Sams, Edward Emmett, 1897 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 523 Inaugural Address, 2 October 1897.
Folder 524	Whitener, Robert Vance, 1897 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 524 "The Lowland Scotch," Senior Oration, 20 March 1897.
Folder 525	Wray, Joe Suttle, 1897 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 525 "Robert Burns," Senior Oration, 13 March 1897.
Folder 526	Andrews, Ira Edgerton Dwight, 1898 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 526 "Causes of the Civil War," Senior Oration, 1898.
Folder 527	Brown, Charles Connor, 1898 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 527 Inaugural Address, 1 October 1898.
Folder 528	Caldwell, Julius Alexander, 1898 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 528 "The Evolution of the Moral Consciousness," Senior Oration, 29 October 1898.
Folder 529	Canada, Charles Stafford, 1898-1899 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 529 "Kindergarten Play in Child Culture," Senior Oration, 29 October 1898.
Folder 530	Davis, Harvey Lewis, 1898 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 530 "Origin and Results of the Crusades," Senior Oration, 12 November 1898.
Folder 531	Hartley, Eugene Fuller, 1898 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 531 Inaugural Address, 3 December 1898.
Folder 532	Reaves, Samuel Watson, 1898 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 532 "Essay on Middlemarch," December 1898.
Folder 533	Whitlock, Paul Cameron, 1898 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 533 "The Inventor - Edison," oration, 12 February 1898; Inaugural Address, 19 February 1898.
Folder 534	Byerly, Thomas Jefferson, 1899 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 534 "The Progress of Modern Civilization," 3 November 1899. Missing pages 1-2.
Folder 535	Gant, Joseph Erwin, 1899 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 535 "The Development of the Cotton Mill Industry," 21 November 1899.
Folder 536	London, Henry Mauger, 1899 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 536 "Causes of The War Between the States," 18 February 1899.
Folder 537	Massey, James Buckner, 1899 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 537 Inaugural Address, 22 April 1899.
Folder 538	Reynolds, Henry, 1899 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 538 Inaugural Address, September 1899.
Folder 539	Osborne, Francis Moore, 1899 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 539 "The Theory of Sub-consciousness," Senior Oration, 18 March 1899.
Folder 540	Hargrave, William Franklin #40152, Subseries: "2.1.4. Addresses and Debates, 1875-1899." Folder 540 "Taste," Senior Oration, undated.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918.

57 folders.

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, 1900 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 541 Inaugural Address, 24 February 1900; "A Menace to Republicanism," 31 May 1900.
Folder 542	Hearn, Williamson Edwards, circa 1900 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 542 "Origin of Government," circa 1900.
Folder 543	Rice, Thomas Donnelly, 1900 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 543 "The Discovery of Phosphates," 8 March 1900.
Folder 544	Swift, Wiley Hampton, 1900 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 544 Inaugural Address, 6 October 1900.
Folder 545	Jarrett, Augustus Henry, 1900 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 545 "Scientific Study of Dreams," Senior Oration, 1900.
Folder 546	Davis, Royall Oscar Eugene, 1901 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 546 Inaugural Address, 23 February 1901.
Folder 547	Bynum, Curtis A., 1902 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 547 Inaugural Address, 26 April 1902.
Folder 548	Jones, George Lyle, 1903 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 548 Inaugural Address, 1903.
Folder 549	Barnhardt, Charlie Carroll, 1904 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 549 Inaugural Address, 30 April 1904.
Folder 550	Higdon, Thomas Bragg, 1904 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 550 Inaugural Address, September 1904.
Folder 551	Robertson, Judge Buxton, 1904 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 551 Inaugural Address, 3 December 1904.
Folder 552	Love, Walter Bennett, 1905 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 552 Inaugural Address, 2 December 1905.
Folder 553	Mann, William Henry Lee, 1905 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 553 Inaugural Address, 7 October 1905.
Folder 554	Shore, William Thomas, 1905 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 554 Inaugural Address, February 1905.
Folder 555	Stephenson, Victor Lee, 1905 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 555 Inaugural Address, 29 April 1905.
Folder 556	Duls, William Henry, 1906 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 556 Inaugural Address, 1 December 1906.
Folder 557	Linn, Stahle, 1906 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 557 Inaugural Address, 13 October 1906.
Folder 558	Parker, John Johnson, 1906 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 558 Inaugural Address, 28 April 1906.
Folder 559	Seagle, Perry Edgar, 1906 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 559 Inaugural Address, 17 February 1906.
Folder 560	Andrews, Thomas Wingate, 1907 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 560 Inaugural Address, 5 October 1907.
Folder 561	Anonymous, 1907 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 561 Untitled address on the ancient Greek religion, circa 1907; "The Great Commoner," Fall 1907.
Folder 562	Day, Roby Councill, 1907 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 562 Inaugural Address, 16 February 1907.
Folder 563	Robins, Marmaduke, 1907 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 563 Inaugural Address, 30 November 1907.
Folder 564	Stacy, Walter Parker, 1907 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 564 Inaugural Address, 27 April 1907.
Folder 565	Cox, Oliver Cromwell, 1908 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 565 Inaugural Address, 28 November 1908.
Folder 566	Graham, Frank Porter, 1908 and 1949 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 566 Inaugural Address, 25 April 1908; acceptance speech for the first Di-Phi Award, 27 May 1949.
Folder 567	Matthews, Luther Preston, 1908 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 567 Inaugural Address, 15 February 1908.
Folder 568	Johnston, John Thomas, 1908 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 568 Inaugural Address, 30 October 1908.
Folder 569	Edmonds, William Rufus, 1909 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 569 Inaugural Address, 11 December 1909.
Folder 570	Stacy, Horace Edney, 1909 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 570 Inaugural Address, 2 October 1909.
Folder 571	Tillett, Charles Walter, Jr., 1909 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 571 Inaugural Address, 20 February 1909.
Folder 572	Wolfe, Adolphus Harrison, 1909 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 572 Inaugural Address, 1 May 1909.
Folder 573	Fentress, Baxter Lee, 1910 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 573 Inaugural Address, 19 February 1910.
Folder 574	George, Wesley Critz, 1910 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 574 Inaugural Address, 10 December 1910.
Folder 575	Moser, Ira Cleveland, 1910 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 575 Inaugural Address, 8 October 1910.
Folder 576	Jones, William Henry, 1910 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 576 Inaugural Address, 30 April 1910.
Folder 577	Freeman, Robert Alexander, 1911 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 577 Inaugural Address, 22 April 1911.
Folder 578	Graham, Augustus Washington, Jr., 1911 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 578 Inaugural Address, 9 December 1911.
Folder 579	Lockhart, John Clegg, 1911 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 579 Inaugural Address, 7 October 1911.
Folder 580	Solomon, Harry Meyer, 1911 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 580 Inaugural Address, 17 February 1911.
Folder 581	Busby, John Carroll, 1913 and Edgar Ralph Rankin, 1912 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 581 Inaugural Address of J.C. Busby, delivered 1913; Inaugural Address of E.R. Rankin, delivered 14 December 1912.
Folder 582	Caldwell, Joe Yongue, 1912 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 582 Inaugural Address, 1912.
Folder 583	Walker, Daniel Joshua, 1912 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 583 Inaugural Address, 27 April 1912.
Folder 584	Dunnegan, Macon Rush, 1913 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 584 Inaugural Address, 26 April 1913.
Folder 585	Holmes, John Albert, 1913 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 585 Inaugural Address, 4 October 1913.
Folder 586	Webster, Felix Litaker, 1913 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 586 Inaugural Address, 13 December 1913.
Folder 587	Eutsler, George Willard, 1914 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 587 Inaugural Address, 3 October 1914.
Folder 588	Martin, Grover Adlai, 1914 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 588 Inaugural Address, 12 December 1914.
Folder 589	Newsome, Albert Ray, 1914 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 589 Inaugural Address, 25 April 1914.
Folder 590	Willis, Henry Stuart Kendall, 1914 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 590 Inaugural Address, 21 February 1914.
Folder 591	Crouse, Rush Floyd, 1915 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 591 Inaugural Address, 24 April 1915.
Folder 592	Nance, Ophir Carmal, 1915 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 592 Inaugural Address, 20 February 1915.
Folder 593	Pike, Samuel Clark, 1915 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 593 Inaugural Address, 9 October 1915.
Folder 594	Barker, Frank Pendleton, 1917 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 594 Inaugural Address, 16 February 1917.
Folder 595	Price, Rolland Ernest, 1917 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 595 Inaugural Address, 1 December 1917.
Folder 596	Deaton, Fred Hyams, 1918 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 596 Inaugural Address, 22 May 1918.
Folder 597	Smith, David Baird #40152, Subseries: "2.1.5. Addresses and Debates, 1900-1918." Folder 597 "The Independent in Politics," undated.

Expand/collapse Subseries 2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957.

39 folders.

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, 1937 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 598 Address of the President, missing pages 1-3, 25 May 1937.
Folder 599	Kleeman, Walter, 1938 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 599 Inaugural Address, 5 December 1938.
Folder 600	Putzel, Charles Lewis, Jr., 1939 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 600 Inaugural Address, 23 May 1939.
Folder 601	Walker, Louise, 1939 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 601 Inaugural Address, 28 February 1939.
Folder 602	Bonner, John H., Jr., 1940 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 602 Inaugural Address, 5 March 1940.
Folder 603	Busby, John, 1940 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 603 Presidential Address, 9 January 1940.
Folder 604	Woodson, William Blackmer, 1941 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 604 Inaugural Address, December 1941.
Folder 605	Bagby, Wesley, 1942 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 605 Inaugural Address, 27 May 1942.
Folder 606	Gretter, William Carrington, Jr., 1942 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 606 "A University Goes to War," Presidential Address to the Dialectic Senate for the Winter Quarter, 1942.
Folder 607	Thompson, Lee Roy, 1945 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 607 Inaugural Address, 11 July 1945.
Folder 608	Weber, Herbert, 1945 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 608 Inaugural Address, 3 January 1945.
Folder 609	Morrison, Robert, 1946 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 609 Out-going presidential address, 2 October 1946.
Folder 610	Shropshire, Donald Gray, 1946-1949 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 610 Inaugural 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, 1947 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 611 Inaugural Address, 25 June 1947.
Folder 612	Southerland, James Francis, 1948 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 612 Inaugural Address, 29 September 1948.
Folder 613	Zucker, John Miles, 1948 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 613 Inaugural Address, 31 March 1948.
Folder 614	Murphey, Arthur Gage, Jr., 1949 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 614 Inaugural Address, 5 October 1949.
Folder 615	Anonymous, circa 1950 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 615 Untitled address in support of United States Senator Frank Porter Graham, circa June 1950.
Folder 616	Lamm, James Louis Delay, 1950 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 616 Inaugural Address, September 1950.
Folder 617	Long, Charles Oris, 1950 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 617 Inaugural Address, 29 March 1950.
Folder 618	Talley, Banks Cooper, Jr., 1950 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 618 Inaugural Address, 18 January 1950.
Folder 619	Clampitt, Robert Hamilton, 1951 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 619 Inaugural Address, 4 October 1951.
Folder 620	Schnorrenberg, John Martin, 1951 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 620 President's Address, Summer 1951.
Folder 621	Selby, Talbot Rayle, 1951 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 621 Inaugural Address, 8 January 1951; final speech delivered before the Senate, 5 March 1951.
Folder 622	Tice, Walter Thomas, Jr., 1951 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 622 Inaugural Address, 28 March 1951.
Folder 623	Graham, E.K., 1952 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 623 "The Student as Critic and Constituent," 15 January 1952.
Folder 624	Maynard, James Walter, 1952 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 624 Inaugural Address, Fall Quarter, 1952.
Folder 625	Smith, Edward Marvin, 1952 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 625 Inaugural Address, Spring Quarter 1952.
Folder 626	Davis, Charlotte, 1953 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 626 Inaugural Address, 7 April 1953.
Folder 627	Lowet, Henry A., 1953-1954 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 627 Untitled 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., 1953-1955 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 628 Untitled 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, 1953 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 629 Inaugural Address, 29 September 1953.
Folder 630	Penegar, Kenneth L., 1953 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 630 Inaugural Address, Winter Quarter, 1953.
Folder 631	Fleishman, Joel L., 1954 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 631 Inaugural Address, 5 October 1954.
Folder 632	Purks, Dr. J. Harris, 1954 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 632 Speech delivered to the Dialectic Senate by Dr. J. Harris Purks, Provost, University of North Carolina, 2 March 1954.
Folder 633	Webb, Richard Beverly Raney, 1955 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 633 Inaugural Address, 1 March 1955.
Folder 634	Reid, David Edward, Jr., 1956 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 634 Inaugural Address, 24 April 1956.
Folder 635	Adams, John Patrick, 1957 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 635 Inaugural Address, 12 March 1957.
Folder 636	Shaw, Stanley, 1957 #40152, Subseries: "2.1.6. Addresses and Debates, 1937-1957." Folder 636 President's Address, 8 January 1957; "Man has in his time known great beauty of purpose," composition, circa 1950s.

Expand/collapse 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 636	1803-1823 #40152, Subseries: "2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated." Folder 636
Folder 637	1833-1864 #40152, Subseries: "2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated." Folder 637
Folder 638	1866-1939 #40152, Subseries: "2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated." Folder 638
Folder 639	1940-1945 #40152, Subseries: "2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated." Folder 639
Folder 640	1946-1949 #40152, Subseries: "2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated." Folder 640
Folder 641	1950-1954 #40152, Subseries: "2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated." Folder 641
Folder 642	1955-1959 and undated #40152, Subseries: "2.2. Bills/Resolutions, 1803-1959 and undated." Folder 642

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 643
Folder 644	General, 1813-1825 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 644
Folder 645	General, 1826-1829 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 645
Folder 646	General, 1830-1834 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 646
Folder 647	General, 1835-1839 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 647
Folder 648	General, 1840-1849 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 648
Folder 649	General, 1850-1859 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 649
Folder 650	General, 1860-1867 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 650
Folder 651	General, 1875-1879 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 651
Folder 652	General, 1880-1900 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 652
Folder 653	General, 1910-1946 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 653
Folder 654	General, 1947 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 654
Folder 655	General, 1948-1949 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 655
Folder 656	General, 1950-1951 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 656
Folder 657	General, 1952-1954 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 657
Folder 658	General, 1955-1956 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 658
Folder 659	Historical Collection, 1780-1865 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 659
Folder 660	Renovation of the Dialectic Society Hall, 1950-1954 #40152, Subseries: "2.3. Correspondence, 1797-1956." Folder 660 See also Committee on Renovation, Series 3, Subseries 21.

Expand/collapse 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.

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.1. Building Committee Records, 1847-1856?.

Folder 661

Building Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.1. Building Committee Records, 1847-1856?." Folder 661

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Subseries: "3.2. Catalogue Committee Records, 1885-1888." Folder 662

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.3. Censor Morum Records, 1910-1923.

About absences and fines.

Folder 663	1910, 1915 #40152, Subseries: "3.3. Censor Morum Records, 1910-1923." Folder 663
Folder 664	1916 #40152, Subseries: "3.3. Censor Morum Records, 1910-1923." Folder 664
Folder 665	1917 #40152, Subseries: "3.3. Censor Morum Records, 1910-1923." Folder 665
Folder 666	1918-1920, 1923 #40152, Subseries: "3.3. Censor Morum Records, 1910-1923." Folder 666

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.4. Clerk's (or Recorder's) Records, 1863-1868, 1937-1943.

Folder 667

Clerk's (or Recorder's) Records #40152, Subseries: "3.4. Clerk's (or Recorder's) Records, 1863-1868, 1937-1943." Folder 667

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.5. Confederate Repository Committee Records, 1866-1867.

See also Historical Collection, in Series 2, Subseries 3.

Folder 668

Confederate Repository Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.5. Confederate Repository Committee Records, 1866-1867." Folder 668

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956.

See also Constitution and Bylaws, Series 6.

Folder 669	1905, 1910-1956 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 669
Folder 670	January 1797-June 1799 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 670 (bound volume)
Folder 671	August 1799-October 1805 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 671 (bound volume)
Folder 672	February 1806-February 1816 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 672 (bound volume)
Folder 673	February 1816-September 1824 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 673 (bound volume)
Folder 674	October 1824-February 1826 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 674 (bound volume)
Folder 675	March 1832-November 1836 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 675 (bound volume)
Folder 676	May 1842-November 1851 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 676 (bound volume)
Folder 677	October 1875-December 1882 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 677 (bound volume)
Folder 678	September 1887-April 1892 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 678 (bound volume)
Folder 679	May 1892-May 1893 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 679 (bound volume)
Folder 680	May 1893-October 1897 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 680 (bound volume)
Folder 681	October 1897-February 1906 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 681 (bound volume)
Folder 682	February 1906-March 1914 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 682 (bound volume)
Folder 683	March 1914-1921 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 683 (bound volume)
Folder 684	January 1922-April 1927 #40152, Subseries: "3.6. Constitution Committee Records, 1797-1956." Folder 684 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.7. Corrector's Records, 1846?, 1858, 1866-1867, 1882-1883.

Digital version: Correctors' Report of Alexander McIver and Junius I. Scales for the Dialectic Society, 1 April 1853

Folder 685

Corrector's Records #40152, Subseries: "3.7. Corrector's Records, 1846?, 1858, 1866-1867, 1882-1883." Folder 685

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.8. Critic's Records, 1935-1949.

Folder 686

Critic's Records #40152, Subseries: "3.8. Critic's Records, 1935-1949." Folder 686

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.9. Dance Committee Records, 1940-1943.

Folder 687

Dance Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.9. Dance Committee Records, 1940-1943." Folder 687

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.10. Debate Committee Records, 1940-1943, 1951.

Folder 688

Debate Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.10. Debate Committee Records, 1940-1943, 1951." Folder 688

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Subseries: "3.11. Di/Phi Committee Records, 1814-1955." Folder 689

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.12. Entertainment Committee Records, 1935, 1940, 1949-1950.

Folder 690

Entertainment Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.12. Entertainment Committee Records, 1935, 1940, 1949-1950." Folder 690

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.13. Executive Committee Records, 1942, 1949-1951.

Folder 691

Executive Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.13. Executive Committee Records, 1942, 1949-1951." Folder 691

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956.

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.15. Library Committee Records, 1796?-1956.

Library Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.15. Library Committee Records, 1796?-1956." Folder 707

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.16. Membership Committee Records, 1940-1956.

Membership Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.16. Membership Committee Records, 1940-1956." Folder 708

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.17. Portrait Committee, 1945-1956.

Folder 709

Portrait Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.17. Portrait Committee, 1945-1956." Folder 709

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.18. Properties Committee Records, 1949-1956.

Folder 710

Properties Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.18. Properties Committee Records, 1949-1956." Folder 710

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.19. Publicity Committee Records, 1940-1950.

See also Publicity Records, Series 8, and Senate Relations Committee.

Folder 711

Publicity Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.19. Publicity Committee Records, 1940-1950." Folder 711

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.20. Radio Committee Records, 1940, 1942.

Folder 712

Radio Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.20. Radio Committee Records, 1940, 1942." Folder 712

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.21. Renovations Committee Records, 1949-1955.

See also Folder 18 of Series 2, Subseries 3.

Folder 713

Renovations Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.21. Renovations Committee Records, 1949-1955." Folder 713

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.22. Room Committee Records, 1818.

(1 item only)

Folder 714

Room Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.22. Room Committee Records, 1818." Folder 714

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.23. Senate Relations Committee Records, 1949-1956.

Folder 715

Senate Relations Committee Records #40152, Subseries: "3.23. Senate Relations Committee Records, 1949-1956." Folder 715

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892.

Folder 716	February 1852-February 1855 #40152, Subseries: "3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892." Folder 716 (bound volume)
Folder 717	March 1855-August 1857 #40152, Subseries: "3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892." Folder 717 (bound volume)
Folder 718	January 1867-June 1867 #40152, Subseries: "3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892." Folder 718 (bound volume)
Folder 719	1875-1878, 1881 #40152, Subseries: "3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892." Folder 719 (bound volume)
Folder 720	1882-1885 #40152, Subseries: "3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892." Folder 720 (bound volume)
Folder 721	1887-1892 #40152, Subseries: "3.24. Query Committee Records, 1852-1892." Folder 721 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Subseries: "3.25. Ways and Means Committee Records, 1934-1956." Folder 722

Expand/collapse Subseries 3.26. Special Committees Records, 1835-1953.

Folder 723

Special Committees Records #40152, Subseries: "3.26. Special Committees Records, 1835-1953." Folder 723

Expand/collapse 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.

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 724 (bound volume)
Folder 725	1811-1816 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 725 (bound volume)
Folder 726	1818-1821 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 726 (bound volume)
Folder 727	1822-1824 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 727 (bound volume)
Folder 728	1824-1830 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 728 (bound volume)
Folder 729	1829-1830 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 729 (bound volume)
Oversize Volume SV-40152/22	1830-1834 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/22
Folder 730	1834-1838 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 730 (bound volume)
Oversize Volume SV-40152/23	1838-1840 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/23
Folder 731	1841-1848 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 731 (bound volume)
Folder 732	1848-1855 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 732 (bound volume)
Folder 733	1861-1867, 1878-1881 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 733 (bound volume)
Folder 734	1883-1884 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 734 (bound volume)
Oversize Volume SV-40152/24	1913-1914, 1917-1918 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/24
Oversize Volume SV-40152/25	1915-1916, 1919 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/25
Oversize Volume SV-40152/26	1915-1916 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/26
Oversize Volume SV-40152/27	1912-1913, 1918-1919 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/27
Oversize Volume SV-40152/28	1919-1920 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/28
Oversize Volume SV-40152/29	1919-1920 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/29
Oversize Volume SV-40152/30	1919-1920 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." SV-40152/30
Folder 735	1922-1923 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 735 (bound volume)
Folder 736	1947-1949 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 736 (bound volume)
Folder 737	1949-1950 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 737 (bound volume)
Folder 738	1949-1952 #40152, Subseries: "4.1. Members' Accounts, 1807-1952." Folder 738 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907.

This subseries includes the treasurer's general cash accounts, recording income and expenditures.

Folder 739	1818-1827 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 739 (bound volume)
Folder 740	1827-1843 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 740 (bound volume)
Folder 741	1838-1865 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 741 (bound volume) Special accounts for library, diplomas, badges, and furniture.
Folder 742	1844-1848 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 742 (bound volume)
Folder 743	1884-1885 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 743 (bound volume)
Folder 744	1885-1887 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 744 (bound volume)
Folder 745	1887-1889 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 745 (bound volume)
Folder 746	1890-1892 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 746 (bound volume)
Folder 747	1892-1895 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 747 (bound volume)
Folder 748	1895-1900 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 748 (bound volume)
Folder 749	1901-1905 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 749 (bound volume)
Folder 750	1906-1907 #40152, Subseries: "4.2. Day Books, 1818-1907." Folder 750 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 751 (bound volume)
Folder 752	1852-1856 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 752 (bound volume)
Folder 753	1856-1860 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 753 (bound volume)
Folder 754	1862-1868, 1877-1885 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 754 (bound volume)
Folder 755	1880-1886 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 755 (bound volume)
Folder 756	1882-1883 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 756 (bound volume)
Folder 757	1884 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 757 (bound volume)
Oversize Volume SV-40152/31	1912-1913 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." SV-40152/31
Oversize Volume SV-40152/32	1913-1914 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." SV-40152/32
Folder 758	1909 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 758 (bound volume)
Folder 759	1918-1922 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 759 (bound volume)
Folder 760	1919-1927 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 760 (bound volume)
Folder 761	1946 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 761 (bound volume)
Folder 762	1947 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 762 (bound volume)
Folder 763	1953 #40152, Subseries: "4.3. Fine Books, 1848-1947." Folder 763 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929.

Arrangement: Chronological.

This subseries contains the receipts for payment of society debts.

Folder 764	1804-1828 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 764
Folder 765	1830-1849 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 765
Folder 766	1850-1889 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 766
Folder 767	1906-1910 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 767
Folder 768	1911-1913 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 768
Folder 769	1914 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 769
Folder 770	1915-1917 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 770
Folder 771	1918-1929 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 771
Folder 772	1902-1903 #40152, Subseries: "4.4. Receipts, 1804-1929." Folder 772 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse 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.

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Subseries: "5.1. Catalogs of Members, 1841-1956." Folder 773
Folder 774	1838-1840 #40152, Subseries: "5.1. Catalogs of Members, 1841-1956." Folder 774 (bound volume; has been moved to Subseries 2.1, Reports of the Archivist)
Folder 775	1841-1867 #40152, Subseries: "5.1. Catalogs of Members, 1841-1956." Folder 775 (bound volume)
Folder 776	1845-1860 #40152, Subseries: "5.1. Catalogs of Members, 1841-1956." Folder 776 (bound volume)
Folder 777	Record of Patriotic Dead, 1865 #40152, Subseries: "5.1. Catalogs of Members, 1841-1956." Folder 777 (bound volume)
Folder 778	1866-1867, 1875-1893 #40152, Subseries: "5.1. Catalogs of Members, 1841-1956." Folder 778 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962.

This subseries contains the attendance records of the society.

Folder 779	1908 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 779 (bound volume)
Folder 780	1908 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 780 (bound volume)
Folder 781	1909 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 781 (bound volume)
Folder 782	1911-1914 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 782 (bound volume)
Folder 783	1914-1915 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 783 (bound volume)
Folder 784	1923-1924 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 784 (bound volume)
Folder 785	1924 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 785 (bound volume)
Folder 786	1925-1926 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 786 (bound volume)
Folder 787	1931-1938 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 787 (bound volume)
Folder 788	1941-1946 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 788 (bound volume)
Folder 789	Guest Register, 1946-1953 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 789 (bound volume)
Folder 790	1946-1958, 1962 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 790 (bound volume)
Folder 791	1952 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 791 (bound volume)
Folder 792	Guest Register, 1953-1958 #40152, Subseries: "5.2. Roll Books, 1908-1962." Folder 792 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse Subseries 5.3. Certificates and Diplomas, 1814, 1964.

Folder 793

1814, 1964 and undated #40152, Subseries: "5.3. Certificates and Diplomas, 1814, 1964." Folder 793

Includes 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.

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 794 (bound volume)
Folder 795	1834 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 795 (bound volume)
Folder 796	1837-1847 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 796 (bound volume)
Folder 797	1848-1853 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 797 (bound volume)
Folder 798	1857-1866 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 798 (bound volume)
Folder 799	1867-1868, 1875-1876 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 799 (bound volume)
Folder 800	1877-1883? #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 800 (bound volume)
Folder 801	1884-1892 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 801 (bound volume)
Folder 802	1893, 1896? #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 802 (bound volume)
Folder 803	1896 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 803 (bound volume)
Folder 804	1900, 1915 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 804 (bound volume)
Folder 805	1909 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 805 (bound volume)
Folder 806	1917, 1920 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 806 (bound volume)
Folder 807	1940s #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 807 (bound volume)
Folder 808	April 1949 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 808 (bound volume)
Folder 809	Fall 1949 #40152, Series: "6. Constitution and Bylaws, 1818-1949." Folder 809 (bound volume)

Expand/collapse 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.

Expand/collapse 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? #40152, Subseries: "7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated." Folder 810 (bound volume)
Folder 811	1843, 1848 and undated #40152, Subseries: "7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated." Folder 811 (bound volume)
Folder 812	1849, 1852 #40152, Subseries: "7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated." Folder 812 (bound volume)
Oversize Volume SV-40152/33	1860-1862 #40152, Subseries: "7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated." SV-40152/33
Oversize Volume SV-40152/34	circa 1878 #40152, Subseries: "7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated." SV-40152/34
Oversize Volume SV-40152/35	1887? #40152, Subseries: "7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated." SV-40152/35
Oversize Volume SV-40152/36	1885? #40152, Subseries: "7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated." SV-40152/36
Oversize Volume SV-40152/37	1870s #40152, Subseries: "7.1. Catalogs of Books, 1833-1887? and undated." SV-40152/37

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This subseries records loans of books and periodicals to society members. Volume entries are arranged by borrower's name.

Folder 813	1824 #40152, Subseries: "7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886." Folder 813 (bound volume)
Oversize Volume SV-40152/38	1832-1840 #40152, Subseries: "7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886." SV-40152/38
Oversize Volume SV-40152/39	1846-1853, 1866 #40152, Subseries: "7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886." SV-40152/39
Folder 814	1858-1865 #40152, Subseries: "7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886." Folder 814 (bound volume)
Oversize Volume SV-40152/40	1867-1881 #40152, Subseries: "7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886." SV-40152/40 (bound volume)
Folder 815	1868, 1875-1881 #40152, Subseries: "7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886." Folder 815 (bound volume)
Folder 816	1881-1883 #40152, Subseries: "7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886." Folder 816 (bound volume)
Oversize Volume SV-40152/41	1881-1886 #40152, Subseries: "7.2. Circulation Records, 1824-1886." SV-40152/41

Expand/collapse 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 #40152, Series: "8. Publicity Records, 1941-1960." Folder 817
Folder 818	1951-1956, 1960 #40152, Series: "8. Publicity Records, 1941-1960." Folder 818
Oversize Volume SV-40152/42	Scrapbook, 1942-1943 #40152, Series: "8. Publicity Records, 1941-1960." SV-40152/42
Oversize Volume SV-40152/43	Scrapbook, 1942-1955 #40152, Series: "8. Publicity Records, 1941-1960." SV-40152/43
Oversize Volume SV-40152/44	Scrapbook, 1946-1951 #40152, Series: "8. Publicity Records, 1941-1960." SV-40152/44
Oversize Volume SV-40152/45	Scrapbook, 1942-1956 #40152, Series: "8. Publicity Records, 1941-1960." SV-40152/45

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Microfilm #40152, Series: "Microfilm." Reel M-40152/1-30

Reel 1: Series 1. Volumes 1-6
Reel 2: Series 1. Volumes 7-9
Reel 3: Series 1. Volumes 10-12
Reel 4: Series 1. Volumes 13-15
Reel 5: Series 1. Volumes 16-18
Reel 6: Series 1. Volumes 19-21
Reel 7: Series 1. Volumes 22-26
Reel 8: Series 1. Volumes 27-29
Reel 9: Subseries 2.1. Reports of the Archivist and Author names: Adams-Baskerville
Reel 10: Subseries 2.1. Author names: Battle-Coleman
Reel 11: Subseries 2.1. Author names: Colton-F
Reel 12: Subseries 2.1. Author names: G-Holt
Reel 13: Subseries 2.1. Author names: Hooper-L
Reel 14: Subseries 2.1. Author names: M
Reel 15: Subseries 2.1. Author names: N-R
Reel 16: Subseries 2.1. Author names: S
Reel 17: Subseries 2.1. Author names: T-Z
Reel 18: Subseries 2.2. Folders 1-7
Reel 19: Subseries 2.3. Folders 1-10
Reel 20: Subseries 2.3. Folders 11-18
Reel 21: Subseries 3.1.-3.5.
Reel 22: Subseries 3.6. Folder 1 and Volumes 1-8
Reel 23: Subseries 3.6. Volumes 9-15
Reel 24: Subseries 3.7.-3.14. Folders 1-4
Reel 25: Subseries 3.14. Folders 5-7 and Volumes 1-8
Reel 26: Subseries 3.15.-3.26.
Reel 27: Series 6.
Reel 28: Subseries 7.1. Volumes 1-8
Reel 29: Subseries 7.2. Volumes 1-3
Reel 30: Subseries 7.2. Volumes 4-8

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Processing Information

Processed by: University Archives Staff, November 1999; Johanna Russ, February 2008; Susan Ballinger, January 2009

Encoded by: Peter Hymas, May 2005

Updated by: Amanda Loeb, for digitization, August 2013; Nancy Kaiser, October 2020

Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the encoding of this finding aid.

Folder 692	1813-1825 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 692
Folder 693	1826-1835 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 693
Folder 694	1836-1854 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 694
Folder 695	1876-1915 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 695
Folder 696	1916-1920 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 696
Folder 697	1928-1945 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 697
Folder 698	1946-1956 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 698
Folder 699	December 1905-February 1908 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 699 (bound volume)
Folder 700	March 1908-September 1910 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 700 (bound volume)
Folder 701	September 1910-January 1912 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 701 (bound volume)
Folder 702	February 1912-April 1913 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 702 (bound volume)
Folder 703	April 1913-November 1914 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 703 (bound volume)
Folder 704	November 1914-March 1919 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 704 (bound volume)
Folder 705	March 1919-April 1927 #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 705 (bound volume)
Folder 706	1939 (incomplete) #40152, Subseries: "3.14. Finance Committee Records, 1813-1956." Folder 706 (bound volume)

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Collection Number: 40152 Collection Title: Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina Records, 1795-1964

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Collection Number: 40152

Collection Title: Dialectic Society of the University of North Carolina Records, 1795-1964