Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the North Carolina Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa Records #40164, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance

Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.

Sensitive Materials Statement

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• Bradshaw, Francis Foster, 1893-1979.
• College students--North Carolina--Societies, etc.
• Mackie, Ernest Lloyd, 1893-1972.
• Phi Beta Kappa. North Carolina Alpha (University of North Carolina).
• Student activities--North Carolina--History.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Societies, etc.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Societies, etc.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Students--History.

The North Carolina Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honorary society was established at the University of North Carolina in 1905. From 1920 to 1948, Francis F. Bradshaw and Ernest L. Mackie, as Dean of Men or Dean of Students, administered the chapter. From 1948 to 1966, Dean Mackie continued his activity in local chapter, district, and national affairs while he was a full-time member of the university's Department of Mathematics.

Records, 1904-1966, of North Carolina Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa include correspondence, initiation and membership lists, national society executive committee minutes, and organizational files of the society's South Atlantic District. The files were compiled by Francis F. Bradshaw and Ernest L. Mackie.