UNC Story Archive, 2020-2025

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Summary

Abstract:

This collection contains recorded interviews, transcripts, and other related material from the UNC Story Archive project. Initiated in 2020, The UNC Story Archive is a collection of short, conversational recordings that document the voices and experiences of historically under-represented, misrepresented, or silenced narratives from people affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stories are recorded in collaboration with student and alumni groups and document a wide range of experiences including those of LGBTQIA+ students and staff, first generation college students, and life during COVID-19 pandemic.

Extent:
69 interviews
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

Initiated in 2020, the UNC Story Archive is a collection of short, conversational recordings that document the voices and experiences of historically under-represented narratives as part of a larger effort to preserve a full record of campus history in the Wilson Special Collections Library. Stories are recorded in collaboration with student and alumni groups. The "Story of Us" recordings were developed in collaboration with the Carolina Pride Alum Network, which provided financial support for the project.

Scope and content:

This collection contains recorded interviews, transcripts, and other related materials such as photographs from the UNC Story Archive project. Stories are recorded in collaboration with student and alumni groups and document a wide range of experiences including those of LGBTQIA+ students and staff, first generation college students, and life during COVID-19 pandemic.

Acquisition information:

In 2020, University Archives began collecting recordings for the UNC Story Archive. New recordings are added to this collection on a periodic basis, including: Acc. 20210219.2 (February 2021), Acc. 20210520.2 (May 2021), Acc. 20201901.1 (September 2021), Acc. 20211206.1 (December 2021), Acc. 20220330.1 (March 2022), Acc. 20230315.2 (March 2023), Acc. 20230413.1 (April 2023) and 20250530.4 (May 2025).

Processing information:

Processed by: Jessica Venlet and Cassie Tanks, March 2021

Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, March 2021

Updated for additions by Jessica Venlet, Cassie Tanks, Denise Mantey, Lolita Rowe, Dawne Howard Lucas, Lucia Cimarusti, May 2021, October 2021, January 2022, May 2022, March 2023, June 2025

In 2017, we began using "white" as an ethnic and racial identity for individual and families, in addition to "Black," "African American," "Jewish," and other familiar identity terms that we have used for decades in collection descriptions. We use this identity term so that whiteness is no longer the presumed default of the people represented in our collections. Any information regarding gender identity, sexuality, ethnic or racial identity, and preferred pronouns was provided by the interviewees.

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.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License. You may freely copy, modify, and share these items for non-commercial purposes under the same terms if they include original source information.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the UNC Story Archive #70096, University Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu