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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in Energy Services Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40275, University Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Energy Services Department in September 2004 and July 2010 (Records transfers 20040907.1 and 20100720.1).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: Jennie Rose Halperin, November 2011

Encoded by: Jennie Rose Halperin, November 2011

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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

• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--History.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Maps.
• Public utilities--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
• Refuse and refuse disposal--North Carolina--Orange County.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--History.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Maps.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Office of the Superintendent of Utilities.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Maps.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Energy Services Department.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Director of Utilities.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Office of the Superintendent of Utilities.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Utilities Division.

• Office of the Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Records (#40095)
• Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Business Records (#40096)
• Physical Plant Records (#40102)
• Office of the Director of Utilities Records (#40105)
• University of North Carolina Utilities Study Commission Records (#40201)
• University Archives started archiving selected websites of the academic and business units of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina General Administration, and student groups and organizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in January 2013. To see if websites for this department or related departments have been archived visit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Harvested Websites (#40417).

From the 1890s until 1976, the University of North Carolina provided the public utilities for the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. In 1976-1977, the university sold the public utilities but retained responsibility for maintenance and distribution of utilities on campus. For much of this period, the campus unit that performed this function was the Utilities Division. From 1970 to 1984, the division reported to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Business; in 1984, it was placed under the Physical Plant, which at that time reported to the Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance. In 1986, the Physical Plant began reporting to the newly created Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management, later called Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Services. The Energy Services Department was created in 1998 through a reorganization of the units that reported to the associate vice chancellor. The Energy Services Department assumed the functions of the former Utilities Division.

Records consist chiefly of files related to the management of utilities on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus from 1979 to 2001, including materials related to a number of committees and task groups concerned with the campus utilities. Much of the material concerns compliance with and certification under state and national regulations. There is information on issues such as toxicity, pollution, production, and capacity within the utilities system. Also included are roughly 25 maps and blueprints of the campus and town of Chapel Hill showing the location of utilities, dated 1930s-1970s.

• Oversize paper folder (XOPF-40275/1)
• Oversize volumes (SV-40275/1-3)
• Rolled items (R-40275/1-2)