Office of President of the University of North Carolina (System) Records, 1968-2015

Collection Number: 70143

Collection Title: Office of President of the University of North Carolina (System) Records, 1968-2015

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Size	123 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 98,400 items)
Abstract	Contains records of the University of North Carolina System, primarily from the Office of the President and Board of Governors. Materials cover several different time periods: the majority of the materials were created from roughly 2010 to 2015, with some materials dating from the late 1960s through the 1980s and 2004-2005. Materials include correspondence, speeches, records of bond referendums, and subject files, as well as records on each of the UNC System schools. Contains records that span the administrations of several UNC System Presidents: William C. Friday (1956-1986), C. D. Spangler, Jr. (1986-1997), Molly Corbett Broad (1997-2005), Erskine Bowles (2006-2010), and Thomas W. Ross (2011-2016).
Creator	University of North Carolina (System). President.
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Office of President of the University of North Carolina (System) Records #70143, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from the Office of the President in November 2022 (RT 20221128.1).

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.

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Processed by: Jessica Venlet, Hannah Southern, Rebecca Stubbs, and Davia Webb, March 2023

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In 1971, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation providing for the restructuring of higher education in North Carolina. The six-campus Consolidated University became the University of North Carolina System; and on 1 July 1972, Consolidated University president William C. Friday became president of the new system. Friday had previously served as president of the Consolidated University since 1956.

During the 1970s, ten campuses were added to the existing six institutions comprising the University of North Carolina System. Eventually the system was made up of sixteen constituent universities: North Carolina State University at Raleigh, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Appalachian State University (Boone), East Carolina University (Greenville), Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro), North Carolina Central University (Durham), North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem), Pembroke State University (Pembroke), Western Carolina University (Cullowhee), and Winston-Salem State University. Each constituent campus had its own individual Board of Trustees and Chancellor and developed its programs under the oversight of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System.

The presidents of the University of North Carolina System are as follows:

William C. Friday, 1972-1986
C. D. Spangler, Jr., 1986-1997
Molly Corbett Broad, 1997-2006
Erskine Bowles, 2006-2011
Thomas W. Ross, 2011-2016
Junius J. Gonzales (interim), 2016
Margaret Spellings, 2016-2019
William L. Roper (interim), 2019-2020
Peter Hans, 2020-

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Contains records of the University of North Carolina System, primarily from the Office of the President and Board of Governors. Materials cover several different time periods: the majority of the materials were created from roughly 2010 to 2015, with some materials dating from the late 1960s through the 1980s and 2004-2005. Materials include correspondence, speeches, records of bond referendums, and subject files, as well as records on each of the UNC System schools. Contains records that span the administrations of several UNC System Presidents: William C. Friday (1956-1986), C. D. Spangler, Jr. (1986-1997), Molly Corbett Broad (1997-2005), Erskine Bowles (2006-2010), and Thomas W. Ross (2011-2016).

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Box 1	Speeches and events, 2012-2013
Box 2	Speeches, meetings, and subject files, 2015
Box 3	Reports and correspondence, 2007-2012 North Carolina A&T, Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, and Elizabeth City State University
Box 4	Correspondence, 2011-2012
Box 5	UNC Tomorrow, 2007 Phase I, Phase II, campus visits: East Carolina University, University North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Winston-Salem State University
Digital Folder DF-70143/001	UNC Tomorrow photos, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/002	Trends and Challenges Facing our State, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/003	Trends and Challenges Facing our State, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/004	UNC Tomorrow, East Carolina University, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/005	UNC-TV Connecting with the People of North Carolina, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/006	UNC Tomorrow listening forums, archive audio, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/007	UNC Tomorrow, Winston Salem State University, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/008	Winston Salem State University Presents: UNC Tomorrow, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/009	UNC Tomorrow forums, Greenville and Rocky Mount, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/010	UNC Tomorrow forums, Wilmington and Fayetteville, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/011	UNC Tomorrow Report, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/012	UNC Tomorrow, East Carolina University, notebook, 2007
Digital Folder DF-70143/013	UNC Tomorrow, East Carolina University, DVD 2007
Box 6	Meetings, 1995-1996, 2005-2008 Chancellor's administrative council meetings, photographs, Pappas Consulting Group
Box 7	Reports, meetings, and press, 2011-2013 Governor Beverly Perdue, North Carolina State government, licensure, tuition, UNC TV, press
Box 8	Subject files, 2005-2006 Alphabetical files A-L: Appalachian State University, Board of Governors, Budget, Correspondence, University North Carolina Chapel Hill Kenan Flagler, University North Carolina Chapel Hill board of trustees, East Carolina University visit, Elizabeth City State University, Love House
Box 9	General Administrative Council, 2006-2008
Box 10	UNC Tomorrow, 2007 UNC Tomorrow binders and materials: University North Carolina Asheville, East Carolina University, Western Carolina University, University North Carolina Wilmington, University North Carolina Pembroke, University North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Central University, University North Carolina Charlotte, University North Carolina Greensboro
Box 11	University files, general, 2005-2007 "Miscellaneous": Appalachian State University, University North Carolina Greensboro, East Carolina University, North Carolina A&T, Fayetteville State University
Box 12	Bond referendum, 1993
Box 13	Events, speeches, and meetings, 2010-2011
Box 14	Events, speeches, and meetings, 2011-2012
Box 15	Regrets, 2013-2014
Box 16	Correspondence, 2015
Box 17	Subject files, 2012-2015
Box 18	University files, 2006-2012, bulk 2009-2010 Visits, observations, reports, materials: Winston-Salem State University, Western Carolina University, University North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina School of the Arts
Box 19	Subject files, 1985-1990 Presidential Candidates Forum 1987, Task Force on Teacher Prep, UAV Productions, Schweitzer Prize 1985, Divestment, Southern Growth Policies Board, Small Business and Technology Development Center, Student Television, Presidential Search Committee, State Aid to Private Colleges, Summer Ventures Program, Sematech, College Level Remediation, Research and Technology, Research Triangle Institute: University North Carolina Chapel Hill, Appalachian State University, Shaw University
Box 20	University files, 2007-2012 Audits, Board of Trustees, Board of Governors Bus Tour, Coach Butch Davis, Chancellor - Correspondence, Coach Contracts, Community-Campus Partnership, Complaints, University files: Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina State University, University North Carolina Chapel Hill, University North Carolina Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School, University North Carolina Charlotte, University North Carolina Greensboro, University North Carolina Pembroke, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University
Box 21	Subject files, 1970-2013 General Administration Council meeting materials 2006, Letters C.D. Spangler 1986-1989, UNC Institutional Goals and Priorities, 1987 Publications - Redesign, VP Communications Wyndham Robertson Letters September 1987, Poultry/Embrex Inc 1986, NC Government Public Meetings, Legislative Survey - General Administration Response, Institute for Transportation Research and Education, George Kennedy UNC-CH policy/planning, resignations, statements, Microelectronics Center 1987 Annual Report, 1986 NC Teaching Fellows Program, 1986 NC Press Association, 1970 North Carolina magazine feature, Private companies, North Carolina Balloon Corp., News Bureau Directors Meeting, Media tour, PR Newswire
Box 22	Subject files, 2004-2006 National Science Board, National Academy of Science, Murdock sub - Kannapolis, Math and Science Education Network (MSEN), Management Flexibility, Judge Howard Manning, Martin Lancaster, Leadership North Carolina, Legislative Proposals, Leandro, Hickory, Higher Education Executive Institute & Reauthorizations, Highlands Biological Stations, IBM sub - Ultra Scale Computing, International Association of Universities (IAU), International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), Information Technology (IT), Joint Education Oversight Committee, Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), Peer Study, Pope Center, Portraits, Playmaker's Ball, Presidential Transition, Portraits, Public Records Request, Recommendations
Box 23	Subject files, 1970-2006 Street Scene NC Research Campus, Legal Affairs Division, Human Resources Division, Information Resources Division Transition Binders for President-Elect Erskine Bowles, Center for Public Policy Research report on University Governance draft, copies of UNC tuition increases, report to President C.D. Spangler, Jr. on the UNC campuses missions, Higher Education in Florida: Catastrophe Forestalled & The Emerging Catastrophe, first annual NC Undergraduate Research Symposium, UNC General Administration Research Office
Box 24	Division binders, 2005 Finance Division binder, Division of Academic Affairs binder, Office of Access, Outreach, and Student Affairs, Board of Governor's Report
Digital Folder DF-70143/014	Gear Up North Carolina, 2005
Digital Folder DF-70143/015	College Foundation of North Carolina Marketing, 2005
Box 25	Newspaper articles, 1999-2000, 2003
Box 26	Finance plan reports, 1999
Box 27	Reports, 2004-2014 Emerging issue reports, workforce reports, long range plans, institutional profiles, House Bill 1264 report, University-School Teacher education partnerships binder
Box 28	University files, 2006-2014 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University reports, North Carolina Central University reports, North Carolina School of Science and Math reports
Box 29	Meetings and regrets, 2008-2009, 2014-2015
Box 30	Reports, meetings, and correspondence, 2004-2005, 2007-2008, 2010 Chief Academic Officer meeting, North Carolina Center for Nursing legislative review reports and correspondence, Board of Governors materials, Appalachian State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro distance education degree programs
Box 31	Bond referendum, 1992-1993, 2011
Box 32	University files, 2000-2011 Chief Academic Officer meeting materials, retention advisory meeting materials, degree and distance education materials for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Fayetteville State University, East Carolina University, North Carolina Central University, and Western Carolina University
Box 33	Public affairs, 2000-2001
Videotape VT-70143/1	Scott Howell and Co. demo reel, revised 9 June 2000
Videotape VT-70143/2	A Building Crisis UNC-TV, correct version 4 May 2000
Digital Folder DF-70143/016	A State of Minds
Box 34	Regrets, 2010-2012
Box 35	University files, 2005-2006 Campus visits, meetings, programs, and events including University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, University of North Carolina at Asheville, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Fayetteville State University.
Digital Video Disc DVD-70143/1	UNC Pembroke An Earnhardt & Co. video
Box 36	Subject files, 2010-2011
Box 37	Subject files, 2014-2015
Box 38	Subject files, 1984-1989 Projects, athletics, Board of Governor's files, forums, scholarship and scholars programs. Photographs have been moved to Image Box 3.
Box 39	University Communications, 2008-2012 Communication and meeting files for University of North Carolina at Pembroke, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Box 40	Subject files, 2005-2006
Box 41	Legislative reports, 2004-2005 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Committee on Public Affairs legislative report, legislative request hard copies, 2004-2005
Videotape VT-70143/3-4 VT-70143/3 VT-70143/4	A Building Crisis UNC-TV
Videotape VT-70143/5	One on One "The Bond Referendum"
Videotape VT-70143/6	Legislative Week in Review (Proposed UNC Bond Legislation, 4 June 1999)
Videotape VT-70143/7	Legislative Tour, 17 March 2000
Videotape VT-70143/8	Campaign 2000 Republicans for Governor Forum Wednesday, 12 April 2000
Videotape VT-70143/9	NCFEO UCC0002TV Just the Facts Revised :30 Scott Howell & Co., 26 September 2000
Videotape VT-70143/10	Scott Howell & Co. NCFEO Everyone Wins UCC-0003TV, 12 October 2000
Videotape VT-70143/11	Scott Howell & Co. NCFEO "Search," 1 November 2000
Videotape VT-70143/12	Eye Witness News ECU
Digital Folder DF-70143/017	Legislative report, 2005
Box 42	Correspondence, 2012-2012
Box 43	Correspondence, 2013-2014
Box 44	Reports, 1987-1989, 2006, 2008-2014 Campus PACE reports binders, Coastal and Marine Science Review and Recommendations binder, House Bill 1264 report, Board of Trustees binder, leadership roles folders
Box 45	Correspondence, 2014-2015
Box 46	Board of Governors meetings, 2009-2010
Box 47	Subject files, 2012-2014
Box 48	Bond referendum, 1999-2000
Videotape VT-70143/13	A Building Crisis UNC-TV
Box 49	Subject files, 2008-2010
Box 50	University files, 2014-2015
Image Box 1	Photographs, 1981-2000
Box 51	Bond referendum, 1988-1999, 2000
Digital Folder DF-70143/018	Bond issue, 1993
Digital Folder DF-70143/019	Bond, 1993
Digital Folder DF-70143/020	UNC Bond, 1993
Digital Folder DF-70143/021	Eva Klein and Associates Capital Adequacy photos, 1999
Box 52	Subject files, 2010-2011
Image Box 2	Photographs, 1987-1988, 1993-1997, 2001-2004
Box 53	University files, 2012-2014
Box 54	Subject files, 1968, 1981-1991 Consent decrees, University of North Carolina Press, events, photographs, correspondence
Box 55	Subject files, 2010-2013
Box 56	Subject files, 2002-2003, 2005-2006
Box 57	Finance files, 2001-2010 Budget requests, legislative reports, legislative guides
Box 58	Subject files, 2005-2006
Box 59	Correspondence, Board of Governors files, 2010-2011, 2014
Box 60	Subject files, 2005-2006
Box 61	Events, 2000-2005
Box 62	Subject files, 2005-2006
Box 63	Reports, 2003-2005
Box 64	Bond referendum, 1993
Box 65	Public affairs, 1999-2003
Box 66	Bond referendum and university files, 1993, 2000, 2006, 2010
Digital Folder DF-70143/022	Higher Education Facilities Needs Report, 2000
Digital Folder DF-70143/023	East Carolina University bond photos, 2000
Digital Folder DF-70143/024	Bond referendum powerpoint, 2000
Digital Folder DF-70143/025	Appalachian State University, facility photos, 2000
Digital Folder DF-70143/026	Consultant photos, all UNC campuses, 2000
Box 67	University files, 2011-2012
Box 68	Subject files, 1968-1987
Box 69	Subject files, 2013-2014
Box 70	Reports, meetings, and correspondence, 2012-2014
Box 71	Finance files and subject files, 2011-2013 Budget priorities, tuition proposals
Box 72	Subject files, 2003, 2010-2015
Box 73	Correspondence, 2012-2013
Box 74	Board of Governors, complaints, 2010-2014
Box 75	Subject files, 1980-1989, 2007-2010 Consent decrees, events, surveys, student health
Box 76	Subject files, 2010-2012
Box 77	Correspondence and university files, 2013-2014
Box 78	Subject files, 2008-2011
Box 79	University files, athletics, 2000-2013 University files, football files, basketball files, President's mail inventories
Image Box 3	Photographs, 1988-1989 Includes photographs pertaining to the Board of Governors and the General Assembly, including elections, referendums, conferences, banquets, awards, meetings, and the UNC System President's home decorated for Christmas.

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Collection Number: 70143 Collection Title: Office of President of the University of North Carolina (System) Records, 1968-2015