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Size | 6.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2200 items) |
Abstract | This collection primarily consists of ephemera-materials created for a specific event or purpose and intended to be discarded after use-related to events, departments, and organizations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Examples of ephemera include flyers, brochures, event posters, and class projects. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Jennifer Coggins and Carson Fish, November 2016.
Updated because of additions by University Archives staff in December 2016, January 2017, September 2017, November 2017, December 2017, January 2018, April 2018, August 2018, January 2019, June 2019, October 2019, and January 2020.
Encoded by: Gergana Abernathy, November 2016
Revisions by: Nancy Kaiser and Laura Smith, Feburary 2020; Dawne Howard Lucas, August 2021, October 2021, March 2022; Dawne Howard Lucas and Rebecca Stubbs, April 2022; Davia Webb, Dawne Howard Lucas, and Laura Smith, March 2023; Patrick Cullom, May 2023; Luke Cimarusti, Davia Webb, and Laura Smith, November 2023 and March 2024
Back to TopThe 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.
Series 1: Campus Life Ephemera. This series consists of ephemera related to campus organizations, events, classes, and other aspects of university life and organized by year. Much of the ephemera is collected from bulletin boards in the R.B. House Undergraduate Library and residence hall bulletin boards.
Series 2: Howard Waynick Music Ephemera. This series consists of programs from concerts and other musical events at the University of North Carolina between 1936 and 1940. They were collected by Howard Waynick, UNC class of 1938, a musician in Greensboro, N.C.
Series 3: C. Hawkins Ephemera. This series consists of materials collected by C. Hawkins, UNC-Chapel Hill class of 2000, between 1997 and 2004. The series includes ephemera related to UNC-Chapel Hill athletics, the General Alumni Association, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black History and Culture, theater at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Black Student Movement, campus elections, C-TOPS and TSOP orientations, the Masala Fashion Show, Fall Fest, and other campus events.
Series 4: James Lynn Kapp Ephemera. An invitation sent to members of the class of 1893 for a reunion of the classes of 1917, 1913, 1908, 1903, 1898, and 1893. The letter, addressed to Mr. James Lynn Kapp, is accompanied by its original envelope and an enclosed list of members of the class of 1893. There are also pictures of campus landmarks that may have been included with the invitation as well as two later photographs of Wilson Library and Manning Hall.
Series 5: Class Strike Ephemera. This series consists of materials related to a 1970 class strike and student petition challenging the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's disruption policy. The class strike was called to protest the United States's invasion of Cambodia. Following the strike, students submitted a petition, signed by 600 to 800 students, to UNC-Chapel Hill President William C. Friday declaring that they had violated the University's disruption policy. This was intended to overwhelm the University's system for investigating and responding to violations of the policy. In response, Dean of Students C.O. Cathey sent letters to all students who signed the petition, asking them to confirm that they had signed and to further explain their signature of the petition within ten days.
Series 6: Elsie Earle Lawson Modern Dance Ephemera. Ephemera collected by Elsie Earle Lawson, a UNC dance instructor, dance associate of the Carolina Playmakers, and advisor to the Carolina Modern Dance Club. Materials include programs for performances and conferences, photos of dancers, and news releases and clippings about the dance program.
Series 7: UNC Labor Support Group Ephemera. Materials related to the UNC Labor Support Group and labor activism at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Series 8: Helen Louise McDevitt Ephemera. This series consists of materials documenting McDevitt's time on campus and in Chapel Hill, including a letters regarding her admission to UNC and her graduate teaching fellowship, her Athletic Association membership card, a newspaper clipping, and photos. Included is a letter of recommendation from Cordelia Camp, director of the Training School at Western Carolina.
Series 9: Student's Letter Home, 1988. This series consists of a single letter on UNC letterhead dated April 5, 1988 and addressed to "M + D" (presumably "Mom and Dad") from "Janice."
Series 10: Student Body President Campaign Materials, 2012-2015. This series consists primarily of flyers, photos, posters, and other promotional materials related to student campaigns for Student Body President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also included are some planning materials, candidate platforms, and correspondence related to campaigns.
Series 11: Frank Carter Jubilee Footage, 1970. This series consists of footage taken at the Jubilee music festival on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in May 1970. Student Frank Carter (class of 1972) took the footage as part of an assignment for a class in the Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures (RTVMP).
Series 12: UNC Men's Soccer Posters, 1977.
Series 13: Campus contextualization signs, 2018. This series consists of signs highlighting historical and ongoing instances and symbols of white supremacy and examples of racial justice activism on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Another identical set of these signs were placed around campus in 2018.
Series 14: Scrapbook created by UNC-Chapel Hill student Hayden Park for AMST 202 (Historical Approaches to American Studies) as part of a Spring 2021 class project. The scrapbook contains excerpts from the Karen Parker Diary, Letters, and Clippings, 1963-1966, interspersed with reflections from students in the class. Parker was the first African-American woman undergraduate to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1965. Her diary documents her experiences as a student.
Series 15: Collection of 16 fliers and signs for programs and protests created by students in elin o'Hara slavick's art classes, 2000s-2010s. Topics include the Confederate Monument and the commercialization of the university. Slavick was a Professor of Visual Art, Theory and Practice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 27 years.
Series 16: Collection of five color slides documenting a "Freedom March" sponsored by the "Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business" in the summer of 1963. The Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business (COB) was a grassroots organization formed to promote the de-segregation of local businesses and to pressure city officials for policy change regarding public accommodation laws. Photographs were taken by UNC faculty member Don Irish. The related blog post "Walking Down a Black-and-White Road," written by Irish's daughter Sharon Irish, is also included.
Series 17: The materials in this series include a selection of the messages created and shared as part of an impromptu memorial and show of support for fellow students following the deaths of two Carolina students in October 2021. The memorial materials were removed after several days by staff at the Carolina Union, who then transferred the collection to the University Archives. The materials include handwritten notes on Post-Its, index cards, and other slips of paper. The series also includes digital photos of the memorial as well as chalk messages written on the bricks near the Pit.
Back to TopThis series consists of ephemera related to campus organizations, events, classes, and other aspects of university life and organized by year. Much of the ephemera is collected from bulletin boards in the R.B. House Undergraduate Library and residence hall bulletin boards.
Processing Note: Materials collected by and arranged into topical groupings by UNC Libraries Staff.
Acquisitions Information: Collected from the Undergraduate Library and around campus by UNC Libraries staff (RT 20161231.1).
Flyers, posters, and other ephemera related to campus events, organizations, classes, solicitation and recruitment of students, and other aspects of campus life. Most of the ephemera was collected from the bulletin boards in the House Undergraduate Library and Manning West residence hall.
Also included are two posters reflecting the 2016 United States presidential election - a hand-made poster in support Hillary Clinton, with graffiti in marker, and a poster advertising a lecture on the first black student at Black Mountain College, which has been marked with "Trump" in marker.
Folder 11 |
UNC departments and programs |
Folder 12 |
Events, performances, lectures, and exhibits |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/6 |
Events, performances, lectures, and exhibits |
Folder 13 |
Solicitations and recruitment |
Folder 14 |
Student organizations |
Folder 15 |
Classes |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/5 |
Classes, student organizations, solicitation and recruitment, and UNC departments |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/7 |
2016 United States presidential election ephemera |
Flyers, posters, and other ephemera related to campus events, organizations, classes, solicitation and recruitment of students, and other aspects of campus life. Most of the ephemera was collected from the bulletin boards in the House Undergraduate Library and Manning West residence hall, while additional materials were collected around campus by Wilson Library staff.
Of particular note in this subseries are materials related to protests against UNC's Confederate Monument, nicknamed "Silent Sam."
Acquisitions Information: RT 20180105.1.
Folder 18 |
UNC departments and programs |
Folder 19-20
Folder 19Folder 20 |
Events, performances, lectures, and exhibits |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/10 |
Events, performances, lectures, and exhibits |
Folder 21 |
Solicitations and recruitment |
Folder 22 |
Student organizations |
Folder 23 |
Classes |
Folder 24 |
Athletics |
Folder 25 |
Student activism, general |
Folder 26 |
Confederate monument protests |
Digital Folder DF-40446/6 |
Confederate monument protests |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/11 |
Classes, student organizations, UNC departments, athletics, and student activismIncludes one oversize poster related to the Confederate monument protests. |
Acquisitions Information: RT 20190107.1.
Flyers, posters, and other ephemera related to campus events, organizations, classes, solicitation and recruitment of students, and other aspects of campus life. Most of the ephemera was collected from the bulletin boards in the House Undergraduate Library while additional materials were collected around campus by Wilson Library staff.
Of particular note in this subseries are materials related to protests against UNC's Confederate Monument, nicknamed "Silent Sam."
Folder 27 |
UNC departments and programs
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Folder 28-30 |
Events, performances, lectures, and exhibits
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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/12-13 |
Events, performances, lectures, and exhibits
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Folder 31 |
Solicitations and recruitment
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Folder 32 |
Student organizations
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Folder 33 |
Classes
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Folder 34 |
Athletics
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Folder 35 |
Student activism, general
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Digital Folder DF-40446/8 |
Student activism, generalConsists primarily of materials related to the "Carol Folt Revolt" demonstration about funding for the arts at UNC. Also included is a statement by Folt on DACA, annotated and posted on campus. |
Folder 36 |
Confederate monument protests
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Digital Folder DF-40446/9 |
Confederate monument protests
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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/14 |
Classes, student organizations, UNC departments, solicitation and recruitment
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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/15 |
Student activism, general, and Confederate Monument protestsIncludes a protest sign reading "Carol Folt who do you serve?" which was found by the Campus Y on 8 May 2018. It may be connected to either the Carol Folt Revolt demonstration about funding for the arts at UNC or the Confederate monument protests. |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/16 |
Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture SeriesConsists of 1 poster for the lecture series. |
Acquisitions Information: RT 20200109.2.
Flyers, posters, and other ephemera related to campus events, organizations, classes, solicitation and recruitment of students, and other aspects of campus life. Most of the ephemera was collected from the bulletin boards in the House Undergraduate Library while additional materials were collected around campus by Wilson Library staff.
Of particular note in this subseries are materials related to protests against UNC's Confederate Monument, nicknamed "Silent Sam."
Folder 37 |
Athletics
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Folder 38 |
Classes
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Folder 42 |
Confederate monument protests
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Digital Folder DF-40446/10 |
Confederate monument protests |
Folder 39-40
Folder 39Folder 40 |
Events, performances, lectures, exhibits
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Folder 41 |
Solicitations and recruitment
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Folder 44 |
Student activism and 2019-2020 elections
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Folder 43 |
Student organizations
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Folder 45 |
UNC departments and programs
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Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/18-21
OPF-40446/18OPF-40446/19OPF-40446/20OPF-40446/21 |
Campus lifeOversize materials documenting topics listed above, including Confederate monument protests. |
Acquisitions Information: RT 20210702.3.
Flyers, posters, and other ephemera related to campus events, organizations, classes, solicitation and recruitment of students, and other aspects of campus life. Most of the ephemera was collected from the bulletin boards in the House Undergraduate Library while additional materials were collected around campus by Wilson Library staff.
Materials mostly range in date from January 2020 to March 2020 only due to the campus shutdown caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Some materials pertain to the 2020 United States Presidential Election.
Folder 46 |
Classes |
Folder 47 |
Events, programs, lectures, exhibits |
Folder 48 |
Parking2019-2020 Employee S4 parking hang tag. The university stopped issuing hang tags in 2021. |
Folder 49 |
Solicitations and recruitment |
Folder 50 |
Student organizations |
Folder 51 |
United States presidential election |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/22 |
Campus lifeOversize materials documenting topics listed above. |
Acquisitions Information: RT 20220222.3.
Flyers, posters, and other ephemera related to campus events, organizations, classes, solicitation and recruitment of students, and other aspects of campus life. Most of the ephemera was collected from the bulletin boards in the House Undergraduate Library while additional materials were collected around campus by Wilson Library staff.
Folder 52 |
Classes |
Folder 53 |
COVID-19 |
Folder 54 |
Solicitations and recruitment |
Folder 55 |
Student organizations |
Folder 56 |
Other materialsIncludes flyers advertising community support and mental health resources, financial aid assistance, workers' rights, and reproductive rights, and other topics. Also includes a flyer designating a gender neutral bathroom. |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/23-24
OPF-40446/23OPF-40446/24 |
Campus lifeOversize materials documenting topics listed above. OPF-40446/24 contains a poster signed by Julián Castro. Castro delivered the keynote address for 2021 Latinx Heritage Month, 30 September 2021. |
Acquisitions Information: RT 20230315.1.
Flyers, posters, and other ephemera related to campus events, organizations, classes, solicitation and recruitment of students, and other aspects of campus life. Ephemera was collected from the bulletin boards in the House Undergraduate Library.
Folder 57 |
Classes |
Folder 58-60
Folder 58Folder 59Folder 60 |
Events, performances, lectures, exhibits |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/26-28
OPF-40446/26OPF-40446/27OPF-40446/28 |
Events, performances, lectures, exhibits |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/29 |
Classes, student organizations, student activism, other materialsIncludes advertisements and flyer from outside organizations. |
Folder 61-62
Folder 61Folder 62 |
Solicitations and recruitments |
Folder 63 |
Student activism |
Folder 64 |
Student organizations |
Folder 65 |
Other materialsIncludes advertisements and flyer from outside organizations. |
Acquisitions Information: Acc. 20240215.3.
Folder 66 |
Athletics, 2023 |
Folder 67 |
Classes, 2023 |
Folder 68-69
Folder 68Folder 69 |
Events, programs, lectures, exhibits, 2023 |
Folder 70-71
Folder 70Folder 71 |
Solicitations and recruitment, 2023 |
Folder 72 |
Student activism, 2023 |
Folder 73-74
Folder 73Folder 74 |
Student organizations, 2023 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/31-35
OPF-40446/31OPF-40446/32OPF-40446/33OPF-40446/34OPF-40446/35 |
Events, programs, lectures, exhibits, 2023 |
This series consists of programs from concerts and other musical events at the University of North Carolina between 1936 and 1940. They were collected by Howard Waynick, UNC class of 1938, a musician in Greensboro, N.C.
Acquisitions information: Donated by Howard Waynick in October 2015 (RT 20161028.1)
This series consists of materials collected by C. Hawkins, UNC-Chapel Hill class of 2000, between 1997 and 2004. The series includes ephemera related to UNC-Chapel Hill athletics, the General Alumni Association, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black History and Culture, theater at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Black Student Movement, campus elections, C-TOPS and TSOP orientations, the Masala Fashion Show, Fall Fest, and other campus events.
Acquisitions information: Donated by C. Hawkins in October 2015 (RT 20151023.2)
Folder 1 |
Ephemera related to UNC-Chapel Hill Athletics |
Folder 2 |
Ephemera related to the General Alumni Association |
Folder 3 |
Ephemera related to the Black Student Movement |
Folder 4 |
Ephemera related to other campus events |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/4 |
ACC Basketball, 2003 |
Summer Jam 2002 poster |
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General Alumni Association membership poster, 2002 |
An invitation sent to members of the class of 1893 for a reunion of the classes of 1917, 1913, 1908, 1903, 1898, and 1893. The letter, addressed to Mr. James Lynn Kapp, is accompanied by its original envelope and an enclosed list of members of the class of 1893. There are also pictures of campus landmarks that may have been included with the invitation as well as two later photographs of Wilson Library and Manning Hall.
Acquisitions information: Donated to University Archives by Rev. Lane Sapp on behalf of Ethel Armstrong, the daughter of UNC alumnus James Lynn Kapp (RT 20161215.1)
Folder 5 |
Invitation to alumni reunion, 1918 |
This series consists of materials related to a 1970 class strike and student petition challenging the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's disruption policy. The class strike was called to protest the United States's invasion of Cambodia. Following the strike, students submitted a petition, signed by 600 to 800 students, to UNC-Chapel Hill President William C. Friday declaring that they had violated the University's disruption policy. This was intended to overwhelm the University's system for investigating and responding to violations of the policy. In response, Dean of Students C.O. Cathey sent letters to all students who signed the petition, asking them to confirm that they had signed and to further explain their signature of the petition within ten days.
Acquisitions information: Donated by Charles C. Harris in December 2016 (RT 20161219.1)
Ephemera collected by Elsie Earle Lawson, a UNC dance instructor, dance associate of the Carolina Playmakers, and advisor to the Carolina Modern Dance Club. Materials include programs for performances and conferences, photos of dancers, and news releases and clippings about the dance program.
Acquisitions information: Donated by Rebecca Lawson (RT 20170128.2)
Folder 7 |
Programs and Event Schedules, 1941-1942 |
Folder 8 |
News clippings and releases, 1941-1942 |
Folder 9 |
Photographs, 1941-1942Individuals pictured include Elsie Earle Lawson, Frederick Koch, Charles McCraw, Frances Erwin, Harris Hooks, Amilie Anderson, and Anice Jarmany. |
Materials related to the UNC Labor Support Group and labor activism at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions information: Donated by Cindy Hahamovitch (RT 20170128.3)
Folder 10 |
UNC Labor Support Group |
Helen Louise McDevitt (1920-2015) graduated from Western Carolina Teachers College (now Western Carolina University) in 1943 with a degree in Business Education with a minor in Mathematics. After graduating, she came to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a graduate student and was the first woman mathematics instructor at the university. This series consists of materials documenting McDevitt's time on campus and in Chapel Hill, including a letters regarding her admission to UNC and her graduate teaching fellowship, her Athletic Association membership card, a newspaper clipping, and photos. Included is a letter of recommendation from Cordelia Camp, director of the Training School at Western Carolina.
Donated by Deborah Potter, August 2017 (RT 20170809.1).
Folder 16 |
Helen Louise McDevitt Ephemera, 1943-1945 |
Digital Folder DF-40446/1 |
Scanned letters and portrait of McDevitt, 1943-1944 |
This addition consists of a letter on UNC letterhead dated April 5, 1988 and addressed to "M + D" (presumably "Mom and Dad") from "Janice." She discusses hosting a visiting speaker on campus as part of the BGSA (likely the Biology Graduate Students Association) and a trip to Wilmington, North Carolina.
Acquisitions Information: RT 20171031.1.
Folder 17 |
Student's letter home, 1988 |
This series consists primarily of flyers, photos, posters, and other promotional materials related to student campaigns for Student Body President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Also included are some planning materials, candidate platforms, and correspondence related to campaigns.
Acquisitions Information: RT 20130306.1, RT 20140407.2, RT 20140616.1, RT 20150302.1.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/9 |
Student Body President campaign materials: Hetali Lodiya, 2013 |
Digital Folder DF-40446/2 |
Hetali Lodaya, 2012-2013 |
Digital Folder DF-40446/3 |
Andrew Powell, 2014 |
Digital Folder DF-40446/4 |
Nikita Shamdasani, 2014 |
Digital Folder DF-40446/5 |
David Marsh, 2015 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/8 |
Student Body President campaign materials, 2015 |
Footage taken at the Jubilee music festival on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in May 1970. Student Frank Carter (class of 1972) took the footage as part of an assignment for a class in the Department of Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures (RTVMP).
Acquisitions Information: RT 20180727.2.
Digital Folder DF-40446/7 |
Frank Carter Jubilee footage, 1970 |
Acquisitions Information: RT 20190502.1.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/17 |
Five posters for UNC Men's Soccer matches, 1977 |
This series consists of signs highlighting historical and ongoing instances and symbols of white supremacy and examples of racial justice activism on the UNC Chapel Hill campus. Another identical set of these signs were placed around campus in 2018.
Acquisitions Information: RT 20190613.2.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/17 |
Campus contextualization signs, 2018 |
This series consists of a scrapbook created by UNC-Chapel Hill student Hayden Park for AMST 202 (Historical Approaches to American Studies) as part of a Spring 2021 class project. The scrapbook contains excerpts from the Karen Parker Diary, Letters, and Clippings, 1963-1966, interspersed with reflections from students in the class. Parker was the first African-American woman undergraduate to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1965. Her diary documents her experiences as a student.
Acquisitions Information: RT 20210901.5.
Box 3 |
AMST 202 class project, Spring 2021 |
This series consists of a collection of 16 fliers and signs for programs and protests created by students in elin o'Hara slavick's art classes, 2000s-2010s. Topics include the Confederate Monument and the commercialization of the university. Slavick was a Professor of Visual Art, Theory and Practice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 27 years.
Acquisitions Information: RT 20220214.3.
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/25 |
Flyers and signs created by students in elin o'Hara slavick's art classes, circa 2000s-2010s |
This series consists of five color slides documenting a "Freedom March" sponsored by the "Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business" in the summer of 1963. The Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business (COB) was a grassroots organization formed to promote the de-segregation of local businesses and to pressure city officials for policy change regarding public accommodation laws. Photographs were taken by UNC faculty member Don Irish. The related blog post "Walking Down a Black-and-White Road," written by Irish's daughter Sharon Irish, is also included.
Descriptions in quotation marks were transcribed from original captions or notes found with materials
Acquisitions Information: RT 20220406.1.
Image Folder PF-40446/1 |
"Chapel Hill Freedom March, Committee For Open Business," circa summer 1963Color 35mm Slides 5 images |
Digital Item DI-40446/1 |
Blog post: "Walking Down a Black-and-White Road" |
This series contains additional materials that are not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options for consulting these materials.
Acquisitions Information: 20220316.1
The materials in this series include a selection of the messages created and shared as part of an impromptu memorial and show of support for fellow students following the deaths of two UNC-Chapel Hill students in October 2021. The memorial materials were removed after several days by staff at the Carolina Union, who then transferred the collection to the University Archives. The materials include handwritten notes on Post-Its, index cards, and other slips of paper. The series also includes digital photos of the memorial as well as chalk messages written on the bricks near the Pit.
Digital Folder DF-40446/11 |
Student Support Memorial Photos, 2021 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-40446/30 |
Sign"Sending LOVE to everyone who's trying their best to heal from things they do not discuss. WE LOVE YOU" |