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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Carolina COVID-19 Archive #70097, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

In 2020, University Archives began collecting materials pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. New materials are added to this collection on a periodic basis, including: Acc. 20210219.3 (February 2021) and 20210330.5 (March 2021).

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.

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.

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• COVID-19 (Disease)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
• Coronavirus infections
• Student activities -- North Carolina -- History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Faculty.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Students.

On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States declared a national emergency in response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases nationwide. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pivoted to online learning at that time. This collection is an effort to document and identify for future researchers how the University, the Town of Chapel Hill, and surrounding communities responded to the pandemic.

The collection contains donated and found materials related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection includes many websites and video content produced by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to share information about policies, procedures, "community standards,” and planning related to teaching, learning, and working during the pandemic. Collection of these materials began in March 2020. The collection contains material documenting a selection of virtual programming and events associated with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The collection contains statements and demands made by graduate student workers and the NC Public Service Workers Union regarding safe working conditions and compensation for workers. The collection contains websites, photographs, journals and other writings, and video documenting personal experiences of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty, staff and students as well as North Carolinians from surrounding communities. Some of these materials were donated following an open call for anyone to submit to the Carolina COVID-19 Archive.