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Collection Number: P0054

Collection Title: United States Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Photographic Collection, circa 1941-1985

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Size 1,562 items (10.9 linear feet)
Abstract The collection includes 1,562 images depicting activities of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Navy ROTC from 1941 to about 1985, including training, sailing, social and ceremonial events, awards, and graduating classes. Also included are images depicting aircraft carriers, battleships, and other naval watercraft and vehicles.
Creator University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps.

University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Photograph Collection #P0054, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1997.
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: Patrick Cullom, 2014

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, 2014

Updated by: Patrick Cullom, 2021

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The United States Navy ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) was established in 1926 as a training program on college campuses in preparation for service in the United States Naval Reserve. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill established a Navy ROTC unit in 1940, training students for service in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The Navy ROTC program continues to train and prepare students for military service on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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The United States Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Photographic Collection includes 1,562 images depicting activities of the ROTC from 1941 to about 1985, including training, sailing, social and ceremonial events, awards, and graduating classes. Also included are images depicting aircraft carriers, battleships, and other naval watercraft and vehicles.

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Contents list

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1562 images

Arrangement: Original order.

Photographs depict activities of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States Navy ROTC from 1941 to about 1985, including training, sailing, social and ceremonial events, awards, and graduating classes. Also included are images depicting aircraft carriers, battleships, and other naval watercraft and vehicles.

Image Box IB-P0054/1

Image Folder PF-P0054/0001

Photograph album (1), circa 1941-1963

Black-and-White Photographic Prints and Color Photographic Prints

192 images

Disassembled pages of a photographic album; includes images of events, graduation ceremonies, and graduating classes. Several images taken by Wootten-Moulton Studios, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Original tabs from album:

1943

1944

1951

1952

1953

Spring 1954

1956

Spring 1957

Fall 1958-Spring 1959

Fall 1959-Spring 1960

Fall 1960-Spring 1961

Fall 1961-Spring 1962

Fall 1962-Spring 1963

Image Box IB-P0054/2

Image Folder PF-P0054/0002

Photograph album (2), circa 1963-1966

Black-and-White Photographic Prints and Color Photographic Prints

172 images

Disassembled pages of a photographic album; includes images of events, graduation ceremonies, and graduating classes.

Original tabs from album:

Spring 1963-Summer 1964

Spring 1964-Summer 1965

Spring 1965-Summer 1966

Image Box IB-P0054/3

Image Folder PF-P0054/0003

Photograph album (3), circa 1966-1969

Black-and-White Photographic Prints and Color Photographic Prints

245 images

Disassembled pages of a photographic album; includes images of events, graduation ceremonies, and graduating classes.

Original tabs from album:

Summer 1966-Spring 1967

Summer 1967-Spring 1968

Fall 1968-Spring 1969

Image Box IB-P0054/4

Image Folder PF-P0054/0004

Photograph album (4), circa 1969-1973

Black-and-White Photographic Prints and Color Photographic Prints

260 images

Disassembled pages of a photographic album; includes images of events, graduation ceremonies, and graduating classes.

Original tabs from album:

Summer 1969-Spring 1970

Summer 1970-Spring 1971

Summer 1971-Spring 1972

Summer 1972-Spring 1973

Image Box IB-P0054/5

Image Folder PF-P0054/0005

Photograph album (5): "Rainbeau Pictures, Sailboat," circa 1981-1983

Black-and-White Photographic Prints and Color Photographic Prints

200 images

Album divided into sections labeled "Acquisition and Refurbishment of Rainbeau, Charleston," "Sailing '82," and "Sailing '83."

Image Box IB-P0054/6

Image Folder PF-P0054/0006

Photograph album (6): UNC United States Navy ROTC Pistol Team, circa 1979-1984

Black-and-White Photographic Prints, Color Photographic Prints, Black-and-White Photographic Sheet Film, Color Photographic Sheet Film

Album includes images of events and awards related to UNC United States Navy ROTC Pistol Team.

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0007

Alumni event, circa 1980s

Color Photographic Prints

4 images

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0008

U.S.S. North Carolina ACR-12 (1908), circa 1920s

Black-and-White Photographic Print

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0009

U.S.S. North Carolina BB 55 (1941), circa 1940s

Black-and-White Photographic Print

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0010

U.S.S. North Carolina BB 55 (1941), circa 1980s

Printed Materials

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0011

Military Ceremony, circa 1980s

Color Photographic Prints

44 images

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0012

Military Training, circa 1940s-1950s

Black-and-White Photographic Prints

19 images

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0013

Military Personnel, circa 1940s-1960s

Black-and-White Photographic Prints

11 images

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0014

UNC ROTC Sailboat: "Rainbeau," circa 1984

Color Photographic Prints

11 images

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0015

UNC ROTC Sailboat: "Rainbeau," circa 1984

Color Photographic Prints

20 images

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0016

UNC ROTC Sailboat: "Rainbeau," circa 1984

Color Photographic Prints

33 images

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0017

UNC ROTC Sailing, circa 1980s

Color Photographic Prints

11 images

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0018

UNC ROTC Sailing, circa 1980s

Black-and-White 35mm Roll Film

45 images

Some of these images have prints in P0054/0014-P0054/0017.

Image Box IB-P0054/7

Image Folder PF-P0054/0019

UNC ROTC Sailing, circa 1980s

Color 35mm Roll Film

175 images

Some of these images have prints in P0054/0014-P0054/0017.

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