Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to Use

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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.

Processed by: Patrick Cullom, 2014

Encoded by: Patrick Cullom, 2014

Updated by: Patrick Cullom, 2021

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.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Academic rites and ceremonies--Photographs.
• Aircraft carriers--Photographs.
• Battleships--Photographs.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Photographs.
• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.
• Military education--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Naval education--North Carolina--Chapel Hill.
• North Carolina--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps--Photographs.

• United States Navy Pre-Flight School (University of North Carolina) Photographic Collection (P0027), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives

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.

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.