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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | The project to have a portrait painted of Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) was initiated by University of North Carolina students in 1949, and taken up again in 1953 through the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, not as an official act of the university, but as a project of friends of Graham. Records of the Frank Porter Graham Portrait Committee are comprised primarily of correspondence between Fred H. Weaver (1915-1972), Dean of Student Affairs and secretary of the committee, and D. Hiden Ramsey (1892-1966), chair of the committee, concerning negotiations for having the portrait painted. Also included are letters to prospective committee members and donors; correspondence with Dr. and Mrs. Frank Porter Graham; and documentation of arrangements for the unveiling ceremony and copies of the proceedings and speeches delivered at this ceremony on 19 May 1956. The history of the project is summarized in a letter of 15 April 1955 from Weaver to prospective committee members. |
Creator | University of North Carolina (1793-1963). Frank Porter Graham Portrait Committee. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English. |
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The project to have Dr. Frank Porter Graham's portrait painted was first initiated by students in 1949, and taken up again in 1953 through the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs. It was not an official act of the University of North Carolina, but a project of friends of Graham.
Back to TopRecords, 1949-1958, of the Frank Porter Graham Portrait Committee of the University of North Carolina are comprised primarily of correspondence between Fred H. Weaver (1915-1972), Dean of Student Affairs and secretary of the committee, and D. Hiden Ramsey (1892-1966), chair of the committee, concerning negotiations for having the portrait painted. Also included are letters to prospective committee members and donors; correspondence with Dr. and Mrs. Frank Porter Graham; and documentation of arrangements for the unveiling ceremony and copies of the proceedings and speeches delivered at this ceremony on 19 May 1956. The history of the project is summarized in a letter of 15 April 1955 from Weaver to prospective committee members.
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Folder 1-3
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3 |
General, 1949-1958 |
Folder 4 |
Financial Records, 1955-1958(vouchers, bank statements, checkbook) |