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Size | 200 items |
Abstract | Records of the UNC Cardboard Club primarily contain photographs depicting the Club's displays at Kenan Stadium and during the 1966 Beat Dook Parade. The Cardboard Club coordinated and produced displays at UNC football games, using colored cardboard squares to form words and images in the stands. The collection also contains other materials documenting the Club's activities including cards used to direct participants at football games and grid paper plans for cardboard displays. |
Creator | Cardboard Club (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Jennifer Coggins, September 2016
Encoded by: Gergana Abernathy, September 2016
Updated by Jessica Venlet and Laura Smith, July 2018
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The UNC Cardboard Club was started in 1948 by UNC cheerleader Norman Sper. The club coordinated and produced displays at UNC football games, using colored cardboard squares to form words and images in the stands. The club was funded by the Carolina Athletic Association. It was discontinued in 1987, in part due to safety concerns--students often sent their cardboard panels flying towards the field at the end of games, hitting fellow spectators.
Back to TopThese materials document the activities of the UNC Cardboard Club from 1964-1967. They include a ticket to the 1965 UNC-Georgia football game, a 1965 football schedule, cards used to direct participants in cardboard displays, financial records, correspondence, a membership application and certificate, grid paper plans for cardboard displays, clippings, and photographs. Photographs depict Cardboard Club displays at Kenan Stadium and the 1966 Beat Dook Parade.
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Cardboard Club records and ephemera, 1964-1966They include a ticket to the 1965 UNC-Georgia football game, a 1965 football schedule, cards used to direct participants in cardboard displays, financial records, correspondence, a membership application and certificate, grid paper plans for cardboard displays, and clippings. |
Image Folder PF-40354/1-2
PF-40354/1PF-40354/2 |
Photographs: UNC vs. NC State, 1966 |
Image Folder PF-40354/3-4
PF-40354/3PF-40354/4 |
Photographs: UNC vs. Wake Forest, 1967 |
Image Folder PF-40354/5-6
PF-40354/5PF-40354/6 |
Photographs: UNC vs. Duke, 1966 |
Image Folder PF-40354/7 |
Photographs: UNC vs. Wake Forest and unknown opponents, undated |
Image Folder PF-40354/8 |
Photographs: UNC vs. Duke, undated |
Image Folder PF-40354/9 |
Photographs: UNC vs. University of South Carolina and unknown opponents, undated |
Image Folder PF-40354/10 |
Photographs: UNC vs. Duke, undated |
Image Folder PF-40354/11 |
Photographs: UNC vs. Duke, University of South Carolina, and unknown opponents, undated |
Image Folder PF-40354/12 |
Photographs: Beat Dook Parade, 1966 |
Digital Folder DF-40354/1 |
UNC Cardboard Club Beat Dook Parade, 1966Folder contains digital scans of photographs from the collection. Migrated from a compact disc (DCD-40354/001). |
Digital Folder DF-40354/2 |
UNC Cardboard Club photographs, 1965-1966Folder contains digital scans of photographs from the collection. Migrated from a compact disc (DCD-40354/001). |