Restrictions to Access

Use of audio materials and films may require production of listening or viewing copies.

This collection contains additional materials that are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.

Restrictions to Use

No usage restrictions.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the University of North Carolina Hospitals Volunteer Association Records #40330, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from the University of North Carolina Hospitals Volunteer Association in October 2009 (Records Transfer 091030.2).

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 Clements, January 2011

Encoded by: Jennie Clements, January 2011

Updated because of born digital processing by Ann Cooper, Jackie Dean, and Amanda Loeb, April 2015.

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.

• Voluntarism--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
• Volunteer workers in hospitals--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
• Associations, institutions, etc.--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
• North Carolina Memorial Hospital--History.
• North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Auxiliary.
• North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Volunteer Association.
• North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Women's Auxiliary.
• University of North Carolina Hospitals--History.
• University of North Carolina Hospitals. Volunteer Association.
• University of North Carolina Hospitals. Volunteer Services.

The University of North Carolina Hospitals Volunteer Association was formed in March 1952 as the North Carolina Memorial Hospital Women's Auxiliary. The auxiliary began proving services when the hospital opened in September 1952. In its early days, it operated the hospital hospitality shop, a library cart, and an information desk. Members also sewed for the hospital, decorated waiting rooms, visited patients, and provided clothing and amenities for indigent patients. Over the years, the auxiliary added other services including a beauty shop for patients, a well-baby clinic, infant photographs, interpreter services for non-English speaking patients, and television rental for patients' rooms. The auxiliary also began to offer outreach to the community by providing hospital tours for visitors and student groups and by hosting an annual Health Careers Fair for students. Through its shops and other fundraisers, it raised money for nursing scholarships, grants to hospital departments for equipment and other purchases, and a social welfare fund for patients in need.

In 1960, Candy Stripers were organized at the hospital, and students began to volunteer. The Candy Stripers program was renamed Junior Volunteers in 1970. In 1967, the auxiliary's name changed to North Carolina Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and men began to volunteer. The name changed again, in 1981, to North Carolina Memorial Hospital Volunteer Association. After University of North Carolina Hospitals became the name of the entire hospital complex in 1989, the association changed its name to University of North Carolina Hospitals Volunteer Association.

The records of the Universtiy of North Carolina Hospitals Volunteer Association include minutes, financial records, contracts, correspondence, and other materials related to the operation of the association. It also includes the Association's newsletters, clippings, meeting programs, and documents relating to programs. In addition there is a large amount of audio visual material including many photographs of volunteers and events, scrapbooks, and audiotapes, film, and slides.

• Audiocassettes (C-40330/1-11)
• Digital Folders (DF-40330/1-2) available in the Carolina Digital Repository.
• Films (F-40330/1-7)
• Museum Items (MU-40330/1-2)
• Oversize Photographs (OPF-40330/1)
• Oversize Volumes (SV-40330/1-19)
• Photographs (PF-40330/1-71
• Photograph Albums (PA-40330/1-3)
• Slides (IB-40330/1-2)